>> Narrator: IN THE 1950s,
FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT AT ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO, A WAVE OF
PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD CAME FORWARD CLAIMING TO HAVE MADE
CONTACT WITH EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL BEINGS.
SOME CLAIMED TO HAVE SEEN THEM UP-CLOSE, OTHERS CLAIMED TO HAVE
BEEN TAKEN ABOARD CRAFT, AND OTHERS EVEN CLAIMED A COMPLETE
DIALOGUE WITH THEIR ALIEN COUNTERPARTS.
MOST OF THESE CLAIMS WERE DISMISSED AS HOAXES, AND THE
REST REMAINED UNPROVEN, UNTIL NOW.
TWO MEN HAVE COME FORWARD, 500 MILES APART, WITH DOCUMENTED
VIDEO EVIDENCE OF REPEATED CLOSE ENCOUNTERS.
>> YOU'RE GOING TO SEE, I'M GOING TO FLIP THE CAMERA RIGHT
NOW, INFRA-RED. >> I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE
THAT. >> Narrator: BOTH ARE SEEING
STRANGE SPHERES, LIGHTS AND ORBS.
>> I DRIVE UP TO THIS ORB, THE ORB BECOMES TWO ORBS.
>> Narrator: BOTH ARE FEELING COMMUNICATION.
>> I TRULY BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT ALL THIS IS LEADING TO: A
MEETING WITH A BIOLOGICAL ENTITY.
>> Narrator: COULD THEY SHARE THE SAME MEDICAL ANOMALY?
>> THERE IS AN ABNORMALITY HERE. >> Narrator: FOR THE FIRST TIME
ON NATIONAL TELEVISION, WILL THEIR SHOCKING VIDEO FOOTAGE AND
MEDICAL TEST RESULTS FINALLY PROVIDE SOLID EVIDENCE THAT
ALIEN CONTACT HAS OCCURRED? >> I'VE HAD CONTACT MY WHOLE
LIFE. >> Narrator: THIS IS CASE NUMBER
58105: ALIEN CONTACT. Captioning sponsored by
A&E TELEVISION NETWORKS >> Narrator: ON SEPTEMBER 5,
1977, THE VOYAGER 1 SPACECRAFT LEFT EARTH CARRYING STATE-OF-
THE-ART SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS ON ITS JOURNEY TOWARDS JUPITER,
SATURN AND BEYOND. BUT THE CRAFT WAS ALSO CARRYING
SOMETHING ELSE: A 12-INCH GOLD- PLATED COPPER DISK.
THE DISK WAS ENCODED WITH 115 IMAGES, GREETINGS IN 55
LANGUAGES, NATURAL SOUNDS OF WEATHER, ANIMALS AND THE OCEAN,
ALL HAND-PICKED BY CARL SAGAN AND FELLOW ASTRONOMERS.
ACCORDING TO NASA, THIS GOLDEN RECORD WAS DESIGNED "TO CARRY A
GREETING TO ANY FORM OF LIFE, SHOULD THAT BE ENCOUNTERED."
THE DISK WAS INSCRIBED WITH VISUAL INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO
PLAY THE RECORD AND DECODE THE IMAGES, AND ALSO WITH A PULSAR
MAP THAT DEFINED THE LOCATION OF OUR SUN THROUGH A MATHEMATICAL
CODE. AFTER 30 YEARS, THE DATA
CAPTURED BY VOYAGER 1 CONTINUES TO BE TRANSMITTED TO EARTH, BUT
IN ITS MORE THAN NINE BILLION MILES OF EXPLORATION, VOYAGER
HASN'T ENCOUNTERED EXTRA- TERRESTRIAL CONTACT, AS FAR AS
WE KNOW. AS VOYAGER CONTINUES ITS JOURNEY
INTO DEEP SPACE, HUMAN ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT AN ALIEN RACE HAVE
ONLY BECOME MORE ADVANCED. EVER SINCE 1961, LEADING
ASTRONOMERS AND SCIENTISTS AROUND THE WORLD HAVE ENGAGED IN
A PROGRAM CALLED SETI, THE SEARCH FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL
INTELLIGENCE. THE MISSION OF SETI IS "TO
EXPLORE, UNDERSTAND AND EXPLAIN THE ORIGIN, NATURE AND
PREVALENCE OF LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE."
ONE OF ITS PRIMARY FACILITIES IS THE ALLEN TELESCOPE ARRAY IN HAT
CREEK, CALIFORNIA, 290 MILES NORTHEAST OF SAN FRANCISCO.
THE ALLEN ARRAY IS A COLLECTION OF RADIO TELESCOPES DESIGNED IN
PART TO SURVEY THOUSANDS OF STARS FOR POSSIBLE BROADCAST AND
ELECTRONIC CONTACT FROM DEEP SPACE.
THE TEAM BEGINS THEIR INVESTIGATION INTO ALIEN CONTACT
AT THE ARRAY WITH SENIOR ASTRONOMER SETH SHAWSTACK.
>> THE IDEA IS THAT ALL THESE LITTLE ANTENNAS, WHEN CONNECTED
TOGETHER, CAN ACTUALLY OPERATE LIKE ONE BIG ONE.
IT'S IN FACT JUST A BIG METAL EAR THAT WE CAN AIM AT NEARBY
STARS AND HOPE TO PICK UP SOMETHING.
EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE FOUND OUT ABOUT THE UNIVERSE IN THE PAST
20, 30, 40 YEARS HAS ALL POINTED IN ONE DIRECTION, NAMELY THAT
WHAT'S HAPPENED ON THIS PLANET MAY NOT BE A MIRACLE.
>> YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE UNIVERSE COULD BE FILLED WITH
LIFE? >> IT'S LOOKING MORE AND MORE
OPTIMISTIC ALL THE TIME. I MEAN, THE CHANCES SEEM PRETTY
GOOD. >> Narrator: BUT IN ORDER TO
AUTHENTICATE ANY LEGITIMATE SIGNAL, SETI MUST FIRST SIFT
THROUGH THE CONGESTED TRAFFIC OF SIGNALS THAT ORIGINATE FROM
EARTH. GOVERNMENT AND
TELECOMMUNICATIONS SATELLITES MUST BE RULED OUT, RADAR FROM
LOCAL AIRPLANES AND AIRPORTS DISQUALIFIED, AND OTHER MANMADE
INTERFERENCE, LIKE RADIO AND TV SIGNALS, DISCOUNTED.
THE PROCESS SOMETIMES PRODUCES WHAT SETI SCIENTISTS REFER TO AS
FALSE ALARMS, SIGNALS THAT AT FIRST APPEAR TO HAVE AN
EXTRATERRESTRIAL SOURCE. ONE OF SETI'S MOST CONTROVERSIAL
ALARMS WAS THE "WOW SIGNAL" DETECTED ON AUGUST 15, 1977, AT
THE SETI PROJECT AT OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY.
THE SIGNAL WAS SEEN ON A COMPUTER PRINTOUT BY DR. JERRY
R. EHMAN, WHO CIRCLED IT AND WROTE "WOW!"
HE WAS AMAZED THE DATA CLOSELY RESEMBLED WHAT THEY THOUGHT AN
ALIEN SIGNAL MIGHT LOOK LIKE. THE STRONG SIGNAL LASTED FOR 72
SECONDS, AND IT SEEMED TO HAVE FURTHER CHARACTERISTICS THAT
WERE NOT CONSISTENT WITH EARTHLY OR SOLAR SYSTEM ORIGINS.
>> WITHIN ABOUT A MINUTE AFTER THAT FIRST SIGNAL WAS DETECTED,
A SECOND RECEIVER ON THAT ANTENNA LOOKED IN THE SAME SPOT
ON THE SKY, AT THE SAME SPOT ON THE RADIO DIAL, AND DIDN'T SEE
IT. SO WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING ONCE,
NOT SCIENCE. >> Narrator: BUT THERE COULD BE
A POSSIBLE JUSTIFICATION FOR THE SIGNAL'S DISAPPEARANCE.
IF AN ALIEN BEACON WAS TRANSMITTING A SIGNAL
INTERMITTENTLY, THE TELESCOPES WOULD NEED TO BE POINTED AT THE
ORIGINAL SOURCE POINT UNTIL THE NEXT SIGNAL ARRIVED.
BUT SCIENTISTS HAVE NO IDEA HOW LONG THAT CYCLE COULD BE; IT
COULD TAKE MINUTES, HOURS, DAYS OR EVEN YEARS FOR THE NEXT ONE
TO ARRIVE. SINCE SCIENTISTS POINT THE
ARRAY AT AREAS THEY FIND OF INTEREST ON THAT DAY, IT IS
POSSIBLE TO MISS A TRANSMISSION IF THE DISHES ARE POINTED AWAY.
SEVERAL ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO FIND THE "WOW" SIGNAL SINCE,
BUT WITH NO FURTHER APPEARANCES, SCIENCE IS LEFT WITHOUT AN
EXPLANATION. >> THERE ARE PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO
BELIEVE THAT THERE IS INTELLIGENT LIFE OUT THERE, AND
THEY BELIEVE IT ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY BE LISTENING 24/7.
>> Narrator: INSIDE THE ARRAY'S LAB, THE TEAM SEES FIRSTHAND THE
DETAILED PROCESS OF HOW THE SETI SCIENTISTS SEARCH FOR EVIDENCE
OF ALIEN CONTACT. >> IF THERE ARE 56 MILLION
CHANNELS OUT THERE NOW AND YOU'RE SAMPLING THEM ONCE A
SECOND, WELL, THAT'S 56 MEGABYTES A SECOND.
>> WHAT I'VE ACTUALLY DISCOVERED IS THAT WE HAVE A LOT IN COMMON
WITH SETH SHAWSTACK AND THE PEOPLE AT SETI.
>> WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR THE SAME THING, SOME SORT OF PROOF
THAT WE HAVE SOME COSMIC COMPANY.
>> YOU SAY THEY'RE THERE, WE SAY THEY'RE HERE.
IDEALLY, WE CAN MEET IN THE MIDDLE.
>> Narrator: THE ARRAY WILL EVENTUALLY EXPAND TO 350
TELESCOPES, AN ARMY OF TOOLS THAT WILL HELP SURVEY OVER
100,000 STARS AND RETURN 1,000 TIMES MORE DATA IN THE NEXT 20
YEARS THAN ALL PROJECTS WORLDWIDE HAVE ACCUMULATED TO
DATE. WITH THIS POWER, SETI HOPES TO
HAVE FIRST CONTACT WITH AN EXTRATERRESTRIAL BROADCAST BY
THE YEAR 2025. WITH ALIEN CONTACT A SCIENTIFIC
PROBABILITY, THE TEAM IS IN SEARCH OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE THAT
ALIEN CONTACT IS ALREADY AN ONGOING PHENOMENON HERE ON
EARTH. THEY HAVE UNCOVERED TWO ALLEGED
CONTACTEES, TWO MEN FROM DIFFERENT CITIES WHO HAVE FILMED
MYSTERIOUS COLORED ORBS CLOSE TO THEIR HOMES.
THEY BELIEVE THAT THESE ENCOUNTERS ARE ATTEMPTS AT ALIEN
CONTACT. ALIEN CONTACT IS OFTEN DESCRIBED
AS A "CLOSE ENCOUNTER," BUT THESE PHENOMENA ARE NOT ALL THE
SAME. THEY ARE BROKEN DOWN INTO FIVE
SEPARATE LEVELS, EACH INCREASING IN INTENSITY: ENCOUNTERS OF THE
FIRST KIND ARE DESCRIBED AS UP- CLOSE VIEWINGS AT 600 FEET OR
LESS INVOLVING STRANGE CRAFT OR LIGHTS THAT CANNOT BE ATTRIBUTED
TO HUMAN TECHNOLOGY; ENCOUNTERS OF THE SECOND KIND INVOLVE
PHYSICAL EFFECTS SEEN OR FELT, HEAT OR RADIATION, TEMPORARY
PARALYSIS, AND INTERFERENCE WITH TELEVISION OR RADIO SIGNALS; THE
THIRD KIND IS WITNESSING AN ACTUAL BEING AT CLOSE RANGE; THE
FOURTH KIND IS PHYSICAL ABDUCTION; AND THE FIFTH KIND IS
COMMUNICATION, A COMPLETE, RECIPROCAL CONNECTION BETWEEN AN
ALIEN INTELLIGENCE AND A HUMAN BEING.
SUFFOLK, VIRGINIA, HOME TO TERRELL COPELAND, A 25-YEAR-OLD
FORMER UNITED STATES MARINE WHO HAS HAD RECENT ENCOUNTERS WITH
PULSATING ORBS OF LIGHT AT CLOSE RANGE, ORBS THAT SEEM TO BE
APPEARING AROUND HIM MORE AND MORE FREQUENTLY.
ACCORDING TO COPELAND, THEY DO NOT APPEAR TO BE MILITARY
AIRCRAFT FROM THE NEARBY NAVAL BASE.
AND OVER THE PAST EIGHT YEARS, TERRELL HAS HAD THESE ENCOUNTERS
IN THREE DIFFERENT AREAS: THE NORTHWEST NAVAL BASE IN NEARBY
CHESAPEAKE, HIS PARENTS' HOME IN SUFFOLK, AND JUST OUTSIDE HIS
OWN APARTMENT. >> THE STORY IS LARGER THAN
SOMEBODY JUST SEEING SOME OBJECTS IN THE SKY.
FIRST OF ALL, THE OBJECTS ARE SEEING HIM, AND THEY'VE KIND OF
FOCUSED IN ON HIM. AND THAT TELLS ME THERE'S
SOMETHING GOING ON. >> I JOINED THE MILITARY IN THE
SUMMER OF 2000. WE WERE TRAINED TO OBSERVE.
I'VE SEEN AIRCRAFT THAT MAYBE THE TYPICAL CIVILIAN HAS NOT
SEEN. >> Narrator: IN THE WINTER OF
2000, TERRELL HAS AN EXPERIENCE THAT WILL CHANGE HIS LIFE.
LATE ONE NIGHT AT THE NORTHWEST NAVAL BASE IN CHESAPEAKE,
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 3:00 AND 4:00 A.M., TERRELL SEES A STRANGE
OBJECT ILLUMINATING THE FIELD BELOW IT WITH A SPOT LIGHT.
>> I SEE A LIGHT, THINKING MAYBE IT'S A CHOPPER, BUT IT MADE NO
NOISE. AND IT WAS ONLY ABOUT 100 FEET
AWAY. IT WENT FROM BEING A YELLOWISH
LIGHT TO GREENISH, KIND OF LIME COLOR LIGHT.
IT WAS A FLYING SAUCER. IT WAS OVAL-SHAPED.
>> TERRELL COPELAND HAS HAD A CLOSE ENCOUNTER OF THE FIRST
KIND, A FIRSTHAND OBSERVATION OF A U.F.O. AT LESS THAN 600 FEET.
>> Narrator: BUT SIGHTINGS AROUND CHESAPEAKE BAY ARE NOT
UNCOMMON. THE AREA IS ALSO HOME TO THE
OLDEST U.F.O. REPORT IN AMERICAN HISTORY, WRITTEN IN A LETTER
SENT TO THOMAS JEFFERSON IN 1813.
ON JULY 31, 1813, EDWARD HANSFORD, OWNER OF THE
WASHINGTON TAVERN IN PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, DESCRIBED HIS
TERRIFYING SIGHTING AS "A BALL OF FIRE AS LARGE AS THE SUN."
AND THE OBJECT ASSUMED SEVERAL DIFFERENT FORMS AS IT "ASCENDED
AND DESCENDED." THERE IS NO INDICATION THAT
FORMER PRESIDENT JEFFERSON RECEIVED THIS LETTER, BUT THE
LETTER STILL EXISTS AS PROOF OF STRANGE REPORTED EVENTS IN THIS
AREA. OVER THE PAST TWO CENTURIES,
THERE HAS BEEN A FLURRY OF ACTIVITY IN THIS AREA.
IN FACT, LOCALS FILED 12 REPORTS IN 2005 AND 2006.
ON JANUARY 29, 2006, THE "VIRGINIAN PILOT" NEWSPAPER
REPORTED "FORMATIONS OVER VIRGINIA BEACH THAT SWITCHED
DIRECTIONS ON A DIME," "MASSIVE, GLOWING SHAPES," AND "STRANGE
TRIANGLES HOVERING OVER SUFFOLK."
BUT MANY OF THE SIGHTINGS ARE MADE AT FAR-OFF DISTANCES.
TERRELL COPELAND'S ENCOUNTERS ARE HAPPENING AT MUCH CLOSER
RANGE. FOR HIM, THERE'S NO MISTAKING
THESE CRAFT FOR HUMAN TECHNOLOGY.
>> WHEN DID YOU MAKE THAT LEAP INTO THINKING THAT WE WERE
DEALING WITH SOME OTHER KIND OF TECHNOLOGY?
>> I HAD A SIGHTING BACK IN 2005.
>> Narrator: TERRELL'S SECOND ENCOUNTER OCCURS OVER A THREE-
NIGHT PERIOD AT THE END OF OCTOBER 2005, OUTSIDE OF HIS
PARENTS' HOME IN SUFFOLK. ON OCTOBER 27, AT APPROXIMATELY
7:00 P.M., HE SEES A BLUISH ORB MOVING ACROSS THE SKY.
HE CAN TELL IT'S NOT A PLANET OR A STAR, AND WHEN IT APPEARS
AGAIN TWO NIGHTS LATER ON OCTOBER 29, HE ATTEMPTS TO
FOLLOW IT. >> I TRIED TO CHASE IT IN MY
CAR. I WAS LIKE, I WANT TO SEE WHAT
THIS IS, BUT IT WAS GONE. IT LEFT.
>> Narrator: ON THE THIRD NIGHT, OCTOBER 31, SOMETIME AFTER 11:00
P.M., DEEP IN THE DARKNESS OF NIGHT, THE ORB APPEARS AGAIN.
AND THIS TIME, TERRELL IS READY. HE FOLLOWS THE OBJECT IN HIS CAR
DOWN CONSTANCE ROAD. IT LEADS HIM TO AN EMPTY
SHOPPING PLAZA. BUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT SHOCKS
HIM. >> THE ORB BECOMES TWO ORBS.
AS THIS OBJECT MOVES OVER MY HEAD, I SEE THAT IT'S SOME TYPE
OF CRAFT THAT'S LARGER THAN THE SHOPPING AREA THAT I'M IN.
>> Narrator: IN SUFFOLK, VIRGINIA, TERRELL COPELAND HAS
SEEN A MYSTERIOUS BLUE ORB OVER THREE NIGHTS AT THE END OF
OCTOBER 2005. >> I DRIVE UP TO THIS ORB, THE
ORB BECOMES TWO ORBS. >> Narrator: BY THE THIRD NIGHT,
OCTOBER 31, HE HAS FOLLOWED IT TO AN EMPTY SHOPPING PLAZA WHERE
SOMETHING INCREDIBLE HAPPENS. HE'S ABOUT TO HAVE HIS SECOND
CLOSE ENCOUNTER. THE TRIANGLE-SHAPED CRAFT HOVERS
500 TO 700 FEET ABOVE TERRELL. HE NOTICES THAT THE TWO ORBS ARE
ACTUALLY LIGHTS THAT ARE PART OF THE CRAFT.
THE "VIRGINIAN PILOT" NEWSPAPER REPORTS HIS INITIAL REACTION:
"AT FIRST, I THOUGHT IT WAS A STEALTH," REFERRING TO THE AIR
FORCE'S DISTINCTIVELY SHAPED RADAR-EVADING BOMBER.
"BUT I SAW MANY TYPES OF AIRCRAFT WHEN I WAS IN THE
MILITARY, AND WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THIS BIG."
>> TERRELL HAS HAD A NUMBER OF REPEAT SIGHTINGS, ALL WITHIN 600
FEET, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE FIRST KIND.
THESE REPEATED SIGHTINGS TELL ME THERE'S MUCH MORE TO THIS STORY
THAN MEETS THE EYE. HE'S BEING LED DOWN A PATH TO
CONTACT. >> Narrator: BUT JUST A YEAR AND
A HALF LATER, TERRELL HAS A THIRD ENCOUNTER.
AND ACCORDING TO HIM, IT WAS VERY DIFFERENT.
ON MARCH 5, 2007, AT APPROXIMATELY 8:05 P.M., IN
TOTAL DARKNESS, HE FEELS THAT SOMETHING IS OUTSIDE HIS
APARTMENT. HE GRABS HIS VIDEO CAMERA AND
HEADS OUT TO A SHOCKING SIGHT. >> IT WAS ACTUALLY TWO OBJECTS
OUT THERE, 25 TO 35 FEET AWAY FROM ME.
>> Narrator: THE TWO OBJECTS APPEARED TO HOVER IN PLACE, AND
THEN ONE BEGAN TO BEHAVE VERY STRANGELY.
>> IT LOOKED LIKE A BIG SPHERE THAT WAS CHANGING COLORS VERY
VIOLENTLY. >> A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE U.F.O.
FIELD HAVE SAID THAT THAT SEQUENCE OF CHANGING COLORS,
IT'S COMMUNICATING. >> I BELIEVE THAT 100%.
>> WHAT IF THE FLASHING COLORS WERE LIKE MORSE CODE?
WHAT IF THIS IS ACTUALLY A FORM OF COMMUNICATION THAT EXTRA-
TERRESTRIALS USE TO MAKE CONTACT?
>> Narrator: WAS TERRELL RECORDING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN
THE TWO OBJECTS, OR WERE THE OBJECTS ATTEMPTING TO MAKE
CONTACT WITH TERRELL? THE TEAM WILL NEED TO SEE THE
ACTUAL LOCATION TO GET A BETTER VIEWPOINT.
>> THIS IS THE EXACT SPOT RIGHT HERE.
MARCH THE 5th, 2007. THERE WAS A SPHERE THAT WAS
WHITISH IN COLOR RIGHT OVER THAT BUILDING RIGHT THERE.
I LOOK IN THIS DIRECTION, THERE'S ANOTHER OBJECT HERE.
>> Narrator: AS TERRELL WATCHES, THIS SECOND OBJECT EMITS A
SERIES OF PULSATING, COLORED LIGHTS.
TERRELL BELIEVES THAT THESE PULSING SIGNALS WERE IN FACT A
WAY FOR THAT CRAFT TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE OTHER
SINGLE-COLORED ORB ACROSS FROM IT.
BUT AS HE MOVES, HE NOTICES THAT THE MULTICOLORED OBJECT ALSO
BEGINS TO MIRROR HIS MOVEMENT. >> AS I GOT IN MY CAR, IT MOVED
TO A POSITION ABOUT 30 TO 50 FEET ABOVE THE TREE LINE.
AFTER I FINISHED FILMING THE FOOTAGE, THE OBJECT LEFT
BECAUSE, FROM WHAT I COULD SEE, A MILITARY CHOPPER WAS IN THE
AREA. >> SO THE HELICOPTER COMES IN,
AND THESE OTHER OBJECTS LEAVE? >> RIGHT.
AS I TURNED TO LOOK AT A CHOPPER, I LOOK BACK, AND THE
OBJECT IS GONE. >> TERRELL IS A FORMER MARINE,
HE IS A TRAINED OBSERVER, HE KNOWS ALL TYPES OF MILITARY
AIRCRAFT. IF HE TELLS ME THAT HE HAD AN
EXPERIENCE THAT CHANGED HIS LIFE, I CAN BELIEVE HIM ON THAT.
BUT I DO FIND IT SUSPICIOUS THAT WE'RE ALSO IN AN AREA WHERE
THERE IS A MILITARY BASE NEARBY. >> Narrator: WITH TERRELL'S
RECURRING HISTORY OF CLOSE ENCOUNTERS, THE TEAM MUST GET
FURTHER INFORMATION. HIS VIDEO WILL BE SENT FOR
ANALYSIS BY DR. TED ACWORTH WHILE BILL AND PAT FURTHER
INVESTIGATE TERRELL'S ESCALATING EXPERIENCES.
AFTER VIDEOTAPING HIS ENCOUNTER IN MARCH OF 2007, HE RECEIVES A
VISIT FROM A STRANGE INDIVIDUAL. >> THIS PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL
REALLY DIDN'T TALK ABOUT A VIDEO AT HAND; THEY WERE MORE
INTERESTED IN ME. THEY CLAIMED TO BE A MILITARY
CONTRACTOR. THEY ASKED ME A VERY STRANGE
QUESTION. THEY ASKED ME IF I WAS READY FOR
THE TRUTH. AND I SAID, "SURE, LET'S HEAR
IT." AND THIS PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL
CLAIMED THAT THEY HAVE A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH
EXTRA-TERRESTRIALS. WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THIS LONG
CONVERSATION, I DOZED OFF WHILE READING A BOOK.
I WOKE UP TO SOMEONE TRYING TO ENTER MY APARTMENT.
MY FIRST INSTINCT WAS TO GET UP AND GRAB MY FIREARM.
I CLEARLY HEARD A VOICE IN THE ROOM TELLING ME THAT I DON'T
NEED TO GRAB THAT FIREARM. I COULD FEEL THE BOOK IN MY
HANDS, I COULD FEEL MYSELF SITTING ON THE COUCH, BUT I
COULD NOT MOVE AT ALL. AFTER I WAS ABLE TO GET MOVEMENT
OF MY LIMBS, I OPENED THE DOOR AND NO ONE WAS THERE.
AFTER I SPOKE WITH THIS INDIVIDUAL, I EXPERIENCED
SOMETHING THAT I NEVER WOULD HAVE DREAMED OF OR EVEN THOUGHT
ABOUT, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY CALL MISSING TIME.
THAT PARTICULAR NIGHT, AND THE NIGHT AFTER, I WOKE UP AT 3:08
A.M. I DON'T RECALL A NIGHTMARE.
I JUST JUMPED OUT OF BED AND BEFORE I COULD BLINK, MY ALARM
CLOCK WENT OFF AND IT WAS 5:30, TIME FOR ME TO GET UP.
>> Reporter: IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR U.F.O. CONTACTEES AND
ABDUCTEES TO REPORT MISSING TIME.
THESE INDIVIDUALS CONSISTENTLY REPORT BEING IN ONE LOCATION AT
THE TIME OF THE EVENT, AND FINDING THEMSELVES AT ANOTHER
LOCATION WITH NO COMPREHENSION OF THE TIME IN BETWEEN.
>> TEMPORARY PARALYSIS, THAT'S AN INDICATOR OF A CLOSE
ENCOUNTER OF THE SECOND KIND. MISSING TIME IS AN INDICATOR OF
AN ALIEN ABDUCTION. THAT'S A CLOSE ENCOUNTER OF THE
FORTH KIND. IS HE ON A PATH TO MAKE CONTACT?
>> I'M JUST WORRIED THAT WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT A STRANGE
PERSON HERE THAT'S CONTACTED TERRELL AND IS KIND OF FILLING
HIM WITH IDEAS. >> HERE'S A CASE WHERE THIS
PERSON IS CONTACTING YOU AND GIVING YOU A COURSE OF STUDY
DEALING WITH THE HUMAN RELATIONSHIP WITH ALIENS AS THE
ULTIMATE GOAL. I'VE GOT A FUNNY FEELING THAT
YOU ARE BEING RECRUITED AND THERE IS A BRANCH OF THE
GOVERNMENT THAT YOU'RE BEING RECRUITED FOR THAT SOMEHOW,
SOMEWAY YOU ARE A HYBRID BETWEEN AN E.T. AND A HUMAN.
>> Narrator: WHILE THE NOTION OF ALIEN-HUMAN HYBRIDS IS HIGHLY
CONTROVERSIAL AND UNPROVEN, SOME CONTACTEES DO CLAIM TO HAVE
DEVELOPED UNEXPLAINED PHYSIOLOGICAL DISORDERS SHORTLY
AFTER THEIR REPORTED CONTACTS. >> THAT'S VERY SURPRISING, BUT
AT THE SAME TIME, NOT SO SURPRISING, BECAUSE THE REASON
I'M NOT IN THE MILITARY TODAY IS BECAUSE I HAVE AN UNKNOWN BLOOD
DISORDER. >> Narrator: TERRELL'S BLOOD
DISORDER IS A RARE ELEVATION OF AN ENZYME CALLED CREATINE
KINASE, WHICH IS TYPICALLY RELEASED INTO THE BLOOD IN
ABNORMALLY HIGH AMOUNTS WHEN MUSCLE DAMAGE OCCURS IN THE
BODY. ACCORDING TO THE NAVY'S OFFICIAL
MEDICAL REPORT, TERRELL'S C.K. LEVEL WAS TESTED TO BE AS HIGH
AS 2000 U.L. FOR NORMAL HEALTHY PEOPLE, THIS
LEVEL RARELY REACHES ABOVE 200. BUT WHAT CAUSES THIS ELEVATION
OF THE ENZYME IN TERRELL'S BLOOD HAS REMAINED A MYSTERY.
>> NONE OF THE MILITARY DOCTORS AT THE TIME HAD A DIAGNOSIS.
THEY WERE VERY BAFFLED AT IT. >> Narrator: BECAUSE THE
MILITARY DOCTORS COULD NOT FIND A DEFINITIVE REASON FOR THE
ELEVATED ENZYME, TERRELL WAS DISCHARGED FROM THE MILITARY
AFTER ONLY TWO YEARS OF SERVICE, NOT LONG AFTER TERRELL'S MOST
RECENT STRING OF SIGHTINGS BEGAN.
>> HOW CAN YOU CONCLUDE THAT THE GUY'S A HYBRID?
DON'T YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING OFF THE DEEP END A LITTLE BIT?
>> THIS GUY IS GETTING A COURSE OF STUDY IN HOW TO CONNECT WITH
HIS ALIEN SELF. >> LISTEN, YOU'RE NOT HELPING
HIM. YOU'RE NOT HELPING HIM.
YOU'RE TELLING HIM HE CAN SUMMON U.F.O.s NOW?
YOU'RE TELLING HIM HE'S A HYBRID.
>> HE'S TELLING ME. I'M NOT TELLING HIM, HE'S
TELLING ME! >> YOU'RE FANNING THE FLAMES.
>> WE SAW THE VIDEO. DID NOT WITH YOUR OWN EYES YOU
SEE THE VIDEO? >> HE'S HEARING VOICES, HE'S
RESPONDING TO PEOPLE ON INSTANT MESSAGING, HE'S TAKING
INSTRUCTIONS FROM PEOPLE THROUGH E-MAIL.
I MEAN, THESE ARE ALL BIG, RED FLAGS, BILL.
HYBRIDS MAY EXIST, THEY MAY NOT. BUT FOR BILL TO SAY THAT TERRELL
IS A HYBRID, I DON'T THINK IT'S TIME FOR THAT YET.
HE REALLY IS DEEP INTO THE U.F.O. PHENOMENON, AND HE MIGHT
NOT BE SEEING THAT PERHAPS TERRELL JUST HAD AN EXPERIENCE.
HE ASKED SOME QUESTIONS, AND HE REALLY NEEDS SOME MORE OBJECTIVE
INFORMATION. >> Narrator: ARE TERRELL'S EARLY
LEVELS OF CLOSE ENCOUNTERS A PRECURSOR TO A LEVEL FIVE
ENCOUNTER, FULL ALIEN CONTACT? THE TEAM CONCLUDES THAT THEY
NEED TO FURTHER ANALYZE TERRELL'S FOOTAGE AND FIND AN
ANSWER FOR HIS RARE BLOOD DISORDER.
AS THE TEAM DELVES DEEPER INTO THE CASE, TERRELL UNDERGOES
TESTING TO DETERMINE WHAT UNKNOWN EFFECTS HIS BLOOD
ANOMALY MAY BE HAVING. AND COULD THIS VIDEO SHOT BY
MICHAEL LEE HILL OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, OVER THE WATERS OF LAKE
ERIE BE ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT ALIEN CONTACT?
AND WHAT DOES IT HAVE IN COMMON WITH THE FOOTAGE TERRELL
COPELAND SHOT JUST 500 MILES AWAY?
>> WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE HAS SIMILAR FLIGHT CHARACTERISTICS
TO OTHER OBJECTS THAT WE'RE SEEING OTHER PLACES.
>> Narrator: THE TEAM IS CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING TERRELL
COPELAND, WHO FILMED TWO U.F.O.s HE BELIEVES WERE COMMUNICATING
WITH HIM. SOON AFTER, HE'S VISITED BY A
STRANGE INDIVIDUAL AND EXPERIENCES MISSING TIME.
THE TEAM BELIEVES THESE ARE ALL SIGNS OF EARLY-LEVEL ALIEN
CONTACT. BUT CLAIMS OF ALIEN CONTACT ARE
NOT NEW; THE STORIES GO BACK FOR CENTURIES.
IN 1758, SWEDEN'S EMANUEL SWEDENBORG PUBLISHES "CONCERNING
THE EARTHS IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM," HIS OWN PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF
ALIEN TRAVELS. HE CLAIMS TO JOURNEY THROUGHOUT
THE ENTIRE SOLAR SYSTEM, SEEING BEINGS ON SATURN, MARS, VENUS
AND SEVERAL OTHER PLANETS. INTERESTINGLY, HIS
EXTRATERRESTRIAL ADVENTURES ONLY TOOK HIM TO SATURN, THE FURTHEST
KNOWN PLANET AT THE TIME. IN 1900, PSYCHOLOGY PROFESSOR,
THEODORE FLOURNOY FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA DETAILS
THE ACCOUNT OF HELENE SMITH, WHO CLAIMS TO HAVE VISITED MARS.
DURING A SEANCE ON AUGUST 22, 1897, SHE WRITES THIS PHRASE IN
WHAT SHE CLAIMS IS A MARTIAN LANGUAGE, A LANGUAGE THAT SHE
COULD ALSO SPEAK ALOUD. SHE CLAIMS TO CONTINUE TO HAVE
FURTHER CONTACT THROUGHOUT HER LIFE AND EVEN BEGINS A SERIES OF
PAINTINGS DOCUMENTING HER EXPERIENCES.
BY THE 20th CENTURY, THE VISITS ARE BEING REPORTED ON EARTH
ITSELF FOR THE FIRST TIME. 1957, THE MOJAVE DESERT: ON MAY
11, WAYNE S. AHOU, A U.S. MILITARY COMBAT INTELLIGENCE
EXPERT, SEES A CRAFT LAND, AND HE SAYS HE MAKES CONTACT WITH
BEINGS FROM INSIDE. >> I WAS WITHIN A FEW FEET OF
THE CRAFT. I WENT THROUGH AN ALL-NIGHT
EXPERIENCE, AND I WAS SHOWN THINGS OF THE FUTURE OF THIS
CIVILIZATION. >> Narrator: AFTER HIS
EXPERIENCE, WAYNE IS INTERVIEWED FOR OVER TWO HOURS BY THE
C.I.A., BUT THEY DECIDE NOT TO REVEAL DETAILS OF HIS ACCOUNT.
BUT RECENT CLAIMS OF CONTACT HAVE HAD A DARK SIDE.
1983, YORKTOWN, NEW YORK. AN ENGINEER NAMED JOHN FALK
REPORTEDLY SEES A DARK MASS FLOATING ABOVE THE NEW CROTON
FALLS RESERVOIR AT NIGHT. THE OBJECT BEGINS PROJECTING A
RED LASER-LIKE BEAM INTO THE RESERVOIR.
BUT WHEN THE OBJECT NOTICES HIM, IT EMITS A BLINDING FLASH OF
WHITE LIGHT, AND HE WAKES UP THE NEXT MORNING ON THE GROUND.
1997, RANCHO SANTA FE, CALIFORNIA: THE INFAMOUS
HEAVEN'S GATE CULT MAINTAINS THEY HAVE CONTACT WITH AN ALIEN
SHIP IN THE TAIL OF THE HALE- BOPP COMET.
THE ONLY WAY TO SURVIVE EARTH'S DESTRUCTION IS TO COMMIT SUICIDE
AND ALLOW THEIR SOULS TO BE TRANSPORTED TO THE SHIP ABOVE.
THESE CLAIMS OF ALIEN CONTACT HAVE EVOLVED FROM THE PEACEFUL
COMMUNICATIONS AND VISITS OF EARLIER CENTURIES TO THE
INCREASINGLY VIOLENT AND FOREBODING CONTACT OF THE MODERN
ERA. WHAT DOES THIS EVOLUTION IN
CONTACT SUGGEST? ARE THESE MOST RECENT ENCOUNTERS
BENIGN OR A SIGN OF SOMETHING ELSE?
THE TEAM MOVES ON TO INVESTIGATE THEIR SECOND ALLEGED CONTACTEE.
CLEVELAND, OHIO: MICHAEL LEE HILL IS A 39-YEAR-OLD MUSICIAN
WHO FREQUENTS THE WATERS OF LAKE ERIE FOR INSPIRATION.
BUT ON THE NIGHT OF AUGUST 18, 2006, HE SEES SOMETHING THAT
CHANGES HIS LIFE, AND HE CAPTURES IT ON VIDEO.
FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, HE FILMS ORBS OVER AND OVER AGAIN
THAT HE CANNOT EXPLAIN IN THE EXACT SAME LOCATION.
ARE THESE ORBS THE SAME AS THE ONES TERRELL COPELAND FREQUENTLY
ENCOUNTERS OVER VIRGINIA? SKEPTICS HAVE CLAIMED THAT THESE
ORBS CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO ANYTHING FROM POLICE VEHICLES TO
AIRPLANES, BUT CONTACTEES BELIEVE THEY ARE REAL.
SO THE TEAM HEADS TO THE SHORE OF LAKE ERIE TO GET MICHAEL'S
POINT-OF-VIEW FIRSTHAND. >> YEAH, THIS IS LAKE SHORE
RESERVATION PARK. >> SOME OF THE SPECULATION ABOUT
YOUR FOOTAGE IS THAT YOU'RE FILMING LIGHTS ON THE OTHER SIDE
OF THE LAKE. >> YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE THE OTHER
SIDE OF THE LAKE. >> THE LAKE'S 57 MILES ACROSS.
>> PEOPLE SAY THAT YOUR FOOTAGE IS HELICOPTERS AND AIRPLANES,
BUT YOU SAY NO. WHY IS THAT?
>> WE'RE RIGHT NEXT TO PERRY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT.
AND SINCE 9/11, YOU KNOW, THE TERRORIST ATTACKS, THERE'S NO-
FLY ZONES PUT AROUND ALL NUCLEAR FACILITIES.
>> Narrator: PERRY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IS LOCATED 35 MILES
NORTHEAST OF CLEVELAND. SINCE SEPTEMBER 11, T.F.R.s, OR
"TEMPORARY FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS," HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE AROUND
THIS AREA. ACCORDING TO SECTION 99.7 IN THE
CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS, "PILOTS MUST BE AWARE OF A
STANDING NOTICE ADVISING THEM TO AVOID THE AIRSPACE ABOVE OR IN
PROXIMITY TO SITES SUCH AS NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS, DAMS,
REFINERIES, MILITARY INSTALLATIONS AND OTHER SIMILAR
FACILITIES." >> THE ACTUAL MANEUVERS THAT
THESE OBJECTS ARE DOING DON'T SEEM TO FIT THE PROFILE OF
AIRCRAFT, RIGHT? >> NO.
THEY'RE HOVERING. IT'S ONE SOLID SPHERE OF
PULSATING LIGHT. THERE'S NOTHING THAT I KNOW OF,
ANY AIRPLANE THAT'S FLYING AROUND WITH ONE BIG BALL OF
LIGHT. >> ESPECIALLY AROUND A NUCLEAR
POWER PLANT. >> Narrator: WITH IT DIFFICULT
TO ATTRIBUTE MICHAEL'S SIGHTINGS TO AIRCRAFT ABOVE THE LAKE, THE
TEAM HAS A CREDIBLE REASON TO BELIEVE THAT MICHAEL'S REPEATED
ENCOUNTERS ARE SIMILAR TO TERRELL'S AND MAY BE EVIDENCE OF
ATTEMPTED ALIEN CONTACT. THEIR NEXT STEP IS TO COMPARE
MICHAEL'S FOOTAGE TO TERRELL'S AND FIND OUT HOW LONG HE HAS
BEEN HAVING THESE EXPERIENCES. >> THIS RIGHT HERE IS JUST ONE
OF THE SINGLE ORBS THAT I WAS TELLING YOU ABOUT.
IT'S JUST ONE BIG ORB OF LIGHT. ANOTHER OF THE SAME OBJECTS IS
GOING TO COME IN FROM THE RIGHT, AND IT'S GOING TO HOVER RIGHT
OVER THE TOP OF THE FIRST ONE. AT THIS POINT, I REALIZED THIS
IS JUST CRAZY. SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE I'M GOING
TO FLIP THE CAMERA RIGHT NOW, INFRA-RED.
>> WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE HAS SIMILAR FLIGHT CHARACTERISTICS
TO OTHER OBJECTS THAT WE'RE SEEING IN OTHER PLACES.
>> TERRELL COPELAND'S DOWN IN SUFFOLK.
I MEAN, THIS IS THE SAME. IT'S PULSATING, IT HAS THE
CHANGING COLORS, IT HAS THE ORBS COMING TOGETHER.
>> Narrator: SINCE THIS ENCOUNTER, MICHAEL NOTICED THAT
THE ACTIVITY OVER THE LAKE DIED DOWN FOR ALMOST A YEAR, UNTIL
SEPTEMBER OF 2007, WHEN HE TOOK THIS NEW FOOTAGE, WHICH THE TEAM
IS SEEING FOR THE FIRST TIME. >> THESE OBJECTS WOULD JUST COME
UP RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME OVER AND OVER AGAIN, FOR ABOUT AN HOUR
AND A HALF STRAIGHT. THEY ACTUALLY KIND OF GO DARK
AND YOU CAN'T SEE THEM ANYMORE, AND THEN THEY'LL COME BACK.
AND THEY'LL GET REALLY BRIGHT. NOW, AS I'M FILMING THIS,
ANOTHER ONE SHOWS UP RIGHT NEXT TO IT.
>> NOW, IF THESE WERE FLARES, THEY WOULD BE FLOATING AND
DROPPING. >> THE SAME NIGHT, WE HAD THIS
BEAUTIFUL, ORANGE HARVEST MOON, AND THESE OBJECTS STARTED
SHOWING UP UNDER THE MOON. >> I'M WORRIED THAT THE SECOND
OBJECT IS A GHOST IMAGE IN THE CAMERA.
>> ONCE I GET IT INTO FRAME AND I'VE GOT IT, I'LL TAKE A PEEK AT
IT. >> YOU WOULD ALWAYS USE YOUR
BINOCULARS. >> MIKE'S FOOTAGE IS REALLY
IMPRESSIVE SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF LAKE ERIE AND THE FACT
THAT IT'S A NO FLY ZONE. THERE'S NOTHING AROUND FOR
SOMETHING LIKE 60 MILES. IT REALLY MAKES THESE LIGHTS
THAT MICHAEL LEE HILL IS VIDEO TAPING VERY REMARKABLE.
>> Narrator: BUT ARE THESE OBJECTS NEW, OR HAVE THEY BEEN
SEEN BEFORE? MARCH 4, 1988: ACCORDING TO THE
"CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER," SHEILA BAKER SEES SEVERAL SMALL,
TRIANGULAR OBJECTS SHOOTING OUT OF A HUGE, METALLIC GRAY
FOOTBALL-SHAPED OBJECT DESCENDING OVER LAKE ERIE.
THE U.S. COAST GUARD EVEN WITNESSES THIS EVENT AND MAKES A
WRITTEN REPORT: "THE SMALLER OBJECTS BEGAN HOVERING IN THE
AREA WHERE THE LARGE OBJECT LANDED.
THEY APPEARED TO BE SCOUTING THE AREA."
THEY WERE NEVER ABLE TO FULLY RESOLVE THIS EVENT.
THE DESCRIPTION OF THESE OBJECTS APPROACHING THE LAKE IS EERILY
SIMILAR TO MICHAEL'S FOOTAGE FROM AUGUST 18, 2006.
BUT MICHAEL'S ENCOUNTERS GO FURTHER BACK THAN THE TEAM
REALIZES. >> I'VE HAD CONTACT MY WHOLE
LIFE. >> Narrator: HAVE THEY UNCOVERED
A LEVEL FIVE CONTACTEE? >> Narrator: THE TEAM IS IN
CLEVELAND, OHIO, AND THEY'VE JUST SEEN FOOTAGE BY MICHAEL LEE
HILL OF STRANGE OBJECTS HOVERING OVER LAKE ERIE.
THESE TYPES OF SPHERES HAVE BEEN SEEN BEFORE, AND THE TEAM
BELIEVES HE MAY BE EXPERIENCING EARLY STAGES OF CONTACT, JUST
LIKE TERRELL COPELAND OF SUFFOLK, VIRGINIA.
BUT MICHAEL REVEALS HIS EXPERIENCE WITH CONTACT GOES
MUCH DEEPER THAN TERRELL'S. >> I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO SOUND
WEIRD, BUT I'VE HAD CONTACT MY WHOLE LIFE.
I GOT MEMORIES OF WHAT WE CONSIDER GRAYS NOW.
I WOKE UP, I WAS GETTING READY, I LOOKED DOWN AND THERE WAS
BLOOD ON THE FLOOR. SO I WIPED IT UP, WENT ABOUT MY
BUSINESS, STARTED BRUSHING MY TEETH, LOOKED DOWN AND THERE WAS
MORE BLOOD. I COULD NEVER FIND ANY INCISIONS
OR ANYTHING WEIRD. A COUPLE DAYS AFTER THAT, I WOKE
UP ACTUALLY LIKE DURING PEOPLE WORKING ON ME, AND I WAS IN A
BED STRAPPED DOWN. AND I JUST TOLD THIS BEING THAT
WAS RIGHT HERE TO MY RIGHT, I SAID, "LISTEN, I'M AWAKE, I'M
AWARE, I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING, AND IT HURTS."
>> HAVE YOU HAD ANY SUBSEQUENT CONTACT?
>> ONE OF THE WEIRDEST THINGS THAT HAS HAPPENED IS I WALKED
OUT MY BACK DOOR AND THERE WAS A LITTLE PLASMA DEVICE HOVERING BY
MY STUDIO. TWO SPHERES ON EITHER SIDE OF IT
WITH A SHAFT, AND EACH SPHERE LOOKED LIKE A PLASMA BALL.
>> Narrator: ARE THESE SPHERES OUTSIDE MICHAEL'S HOME THE SAME
SPHERES TERRELL IS SEEING? >> I DRIVE UP TO THIS ORB, THE
ORB BECOMES TWO ORBS. >> WE'VE HEARD THIS OVER AND
OVER AGAIN. >> WE HAVE.
>> PEOPLE DESCRIBE SOME KIND OF LUMINESCENT LIGHT THAT DOESN'T
ACTUALLY RADIATE LIGHT. >> IT EMANATES LIGHT.
IT'S INTERNAL. >> NOW, YOU HAVE THE SENSE THAT
THESE OBJECTS ARE SHOWING UP ALMOST TO... AS A CONTACT TO YOU
TO GUIDE YOU ALONG. >> I KNOW THEY KNOW I'M FILMING
THEM. I REALLY THINK I'M IN CONTACT
WITH SOMETHING HIGHER, AND YOU DIDN'T LISTEN.
THAT WOULD BE PROBABLY THE STUPIDEST THING YOU COULD
POSSIBLY EVER DO. >> THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE CASE.
HE HAS GONE THROUGH ALL FIVE CLOSE ENCOUNTERS, FROM THE FIRST
ALL THE WAY TO DIRECT ALIEN CONTACT.
>> Narrator: WITH MICHAEL AND TERRELL'S FOOTAGE NOW IN HAND,
THE TEAM HAS A CHANCE TO LOOK AT BOTH VIDEOS SIDE BY SIDE AND
DETERMINE IF THERE IS ANY CONNECTION BETWEEN THESE TWO
POSSIBLE CONTACTEES. DR. TED ACWORTH HAS RECEIVED
COPIES OF BOTH TERRELL AND MICHAEL'S FOOTAGE.
HE WILL FIRST ATTEMPT TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE
LIGHTS AND IMAGES CAN BE DISCOUNTED DUE TO CAMERA FLARE
OR OTHER OPTICAL INTERFERENCE. >> ALL RIGHT, JEFF, WE'VE GOT
THESE TWO PIECES OF FOOTAGE WHICH BILL AND PAT THINK MIGHT
BE OF THE SAME OBJECT. >> I'M CURIOUS WHY THERE'S A
BLACK SPOT IN THE CENTER OF THAT OBJECT.
>> ME, TOO. I MEAN, TO ME, THAT SCREAMS
DEFOCUS. >> Narrator: IF EITHER OF THE
CAMERAS WAS NOT FOCUSED CORRECTLY, THREE LIGHTS COULD
APPEAR TO BE ONE. THE EDGES OF THE LIGHT OR LIGHTS
WOULD BE BLURRY, AND IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO TELL THE SIZE OR
SHAPE OF THE OBJECTS. >> YOU KNOW, IS IT CHROMATIC
ABERRATION FROM THE ELECTRONICS IN THE CAMERA THAT'S MAKING THE
COLOR CHANGES? I MEAN, SEE THAT?
THE REDS THAT ARE BEING INTRODUCED.
>> Narrator: CHROMATIC ABERRATION CAN BE CAUSED BY THE
LENS OF THE CAMERA. A LOWER QUALITY LENS CANNOT
FOCUS ON MORE THAN ONE COLOR, SO COLORS FRINGE OR BLEED INTO ONE
ANOTHER, MAKING THINGS UNCLEAR. >> IF IT WERE INTERNAL
REFLECTION, THEY WOULD ALL HAVE TO PULSE AT THE SAME RATE, AND
ACTUALLY THEY DON'T LOOK LIKE THEY ARE.
>> DO YOU THINK THAT WE CAN RULE THAT OUT?
>> PROBABLY. >> Narrator: BUT DO THESE
REPORTED U.F.O.s SHARE ANY COMMON TRAITS WITH KNOWN EARTHLY
LIGHTS? >> IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE AN
INCANDESCENT LIGHT OR NATURALLY MADE BY MAN.
>> I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN IMAGERY.
I CAN'T EXPLAIN WHAT THAT WOULD BE FROM.
>> Narrator: THE LIGHTS NOT ONLY HOVER AND MOVE UNLIKE COMETS OR
METEORS, THEY DO NOT HAVE THE SAME APPEARANCE OF F.A.A. LIGHTS
REQUIRED FOR AIRCRAFT TO DISPLAY.
THE DIFFERING COLOR AND PULSES ALSO DO NOT MATCH ANY KNOWN
POLICE OR MILITARY VEHICLES. >> I'M NOT SURE WE'LL EVER BE
ABLE TO BACK OUT EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON.
>> Narrator: COULD THESE SPHERES SEEN 500 MILES APART BE THE SAME
OBJECT OR GROUP OF OBJECTS? >> AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FIRST
TERRELL COPELAND SEQUENCE, WE ARE SEEING A SINGLE POINT, AND
THAT LOOKS SOMETHING LIKE MICHAEL LEE HILL'S.
>> Narrator: SIDE BY SIDE, TERRELL AND MICHAEL'S VIDEOS
BOTH CLEARLY DISPLAY SINGLE POINT ORBS OF LIGHT.
THEIR BASIC APPEARANCE AND MOVEMENT ARE SIMILAR, BUT THE
CAMERA TECHNIQUES AND SHOOTING CONDITIONS ARE VASTLY DIFFERENT,
MAKING FURTHER COMPARISONS DIFFICULT TO MAKE.
>> I THINK I'M SEEING SOME OF THE SAME COLOR FRINGING EFFECTS
AND PERHAPS SOME OF THE SAME DEFOCUS EFFECTS.
THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE FOOTAGE IS SO LOW, EVEN WITH,
YOU KNOW, STATE OF THE ART PROCESSING, I'M NOT SURE WE'LL
BE ABLE TO EXTRACT ENOUGH INFORMATION TO REALLY TELL
DEFINITIVELY WHAT THESE ARE. BOTTOM LINE, IT'S JUST VERY HARD
FOR THESE SORT OF CONSUMER-GRADE VIDEO CAMERAS TO TAKE QUALITY
IMAGES IN THESE CONDITIONS. >> Narrator: THE TEAM MUST NOW
LOOK INTO A NEW ANGLE OF COMPARISON FOR TERRELL AND
MICHAEL. THEY SEIZE ON PERHAPS THE VERY
BEST SCIENTIFIC COMPARISON LEFT: TERRELL'S BLOOD CONDITION.
THE TEAM BRINGS BOTH MICHAEL AND TERRELL TO BOSTON TO DETERMINE
ONCE AND FOR ALL IF THERE IS A LINK BETWEEN THESE TWO ALLEGED
CONTACTEES. THE TESTS ARE IN...
>> THERE IS AN ABNORMALITY HERE. >> Narrator: ...AND THE FINAL
ANALYSIS REVEALS A REMARKABLE CONNECTION.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, YOU FOUND.
>> Narrator: AFTER INVESTIGATING THE CLAIMS OF TWO INDEPENDENT
CONTACTEES, TERRELL COPELAND OF SUFFOLK, VIRGINIA, AND MICHAEL
LEE HILL OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, THE TEAM HAS REASSEMBLED IN BOSTON
FOR THE FINAL STEP IN THE INVESTIGATION.
THE TEAM BREAKS INTO TWO GROUPS TO BRING THEIR SUBJECTS TO THE
HOSPITAL. TERRELL IS SCHEDULED TO UNDERGO
A THOROUGH EXAMINATION LED BY ONE OF THE LEADING DOCTORS IN
THE CARDIOPULMONARY FIELD, DR. DAVID SYSTROM.
>> WE'RE AT MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL.
WE'RE MEETING WITH DOCTOR DAVID SYSTROM, WHO'S THE DIRECTOR OF
THE CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE LABORATORY.
>> Narrator: TERRELL HAS A HISTORY OF AN ELEVATED LEVEL OF
THE ENZYME CREATINE KINASE IN HIS BLOOD, A RARE DISORDER THAT
IS USUALLY INDICATIVE OF MUSCLE DAMAGE.
BUT HOW DOES IT RELATE TO ALIEN CONTACT?
THE TEAM IS LOOKING TO SEE IF THE ENZYME IS STILL PRESENT
TODAY AND FOR AN EXPLANATION IF IT IS, ONE THAT TERRELL'S
MILITARY DOCTORS COULD NOT PROVIDE.
DR. SYSTROM HAS SET UP A SERIES OF TESTS FOR EXACTLY THIS
PURPOSE. >> THIS PARTICULAR TEST IS A
PRETTY GOOD ONE AT SAYING, A., ARE YOU NORMAL OR NOT, COMPARED
TO PEOPLE OF YOUR AGE AND YOUR BODY SIZE?
A LOT OF TIMES, WITH DISORDERS OF MUSCLE AND HEART AND LUNGS,
WE'LL ONLY FIND ABNORMALITIES WITH STRESSIVE EXERCISE.
WE'LL TAKE HIM UP UNTIL HE CAN'T GO ANY FURTHER, AND THEN WE HOPE
TO GET SOME ANSWERS AT PEAK EXERCISE.
IF THERE IS AN ABNORMALITY, WE CAN BEGIN TO ACQUAINT AT THE
NATURE OF THE ABNORMALITY. WE CAN DETERMINE WHETHER IT'S
YOUR LUNGS LIMITING YOU, WHETHER IT'S YOUR HEART LIMITING YOU, OR
WHETHER IT'S YOUR MUSCLE LIMITING YOU.
AND THAT'S THE IMPORTANT ONE, I THINK, FROM THE SOUND OF YOUR
HISTORY THAT WE'RE GOING TO DETERMINE WHETHER THERE'S AN
ABNORMALITY OF MUSCLE METABOLISM HERE.
>> Narrator: AS TERRELL COMPLETES HIS TESTING, MICHAEL
ARRIVES TO HAVE HIS BLOOD DRAWN FOR A FULL ANALYSIS AS WELL.
>> SHORTLY BEFORE WE INVESTIGATED YOUR CASE IN
CLEVELAND, WE WENT OUT TO VISIT A YOUNG EX-MARINE IN VIRGINIA
WHO'S ALSO EXPERIENCING U.F.O. SIGHTINGS.
AND THE VIDEO THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT SEEMS VERY SIMILAR.
>> WOW. >> HOWEVER, TERRELL, THE OTHER
GENTLEMAN, HAS A RARE BLOOD ANOMALY.
>> RIGHT. >> SO SEEING AS HOW YOU ARE
EXPERIENCING U.F.O.s AND VISITATION, WE THINK THAT YOU
MAY ALSO HAVE SOME KIND OF BLOOD ANOMALY.
>> WE'RE GOING TO GET MICHAEL LEE HILL'S BLOOD TESTED AS WELL,
AND IF HE HAS HIGH LEVELS OF THE ENZYME C.K., THAT COULD BE THE
REAL KEY TO THIS CASE. >> THE INTERESTING THING TODAY
IS THAT WE HAVE AN ELEVATION OF THE CREATINE KINASE AGAIN.
BUT THE PECULIAR THING NOW, IF WE'RE SEVEN TO EIGHT YEARS OUT,
FOR IT TO PERSIST IS MOST UNUSUAL.
>> Narrator: NORMALLY, ELEVATION OF CREATINE KINASE IS A SIGN OF
MUSCULAR INJURY. FOR IT TO HAVE PERSISTED IN
TERRELL'S BLOOD FOR THIS LONG SUGGESTS THAT THERE IS ANOTHER
PROBLEM ALTOGETHER. >> I'M WONDERING IF THE ONE
PATIENT AND TERRELL COPELAND'S BLOOD, WHAT YOU FOUND EITHER
SIMILAR OR DISSIMILAR ABOUT THEIR TESTS.
>> THERE WAS A MARKER OF GENERIC INFLAMMATION, NOT SPECIFICALLY
OF THE MUSCLE THAT WAS ABNORMALLY ELEVATED.
>> Narrator: BOTH TESTS SHOW THAT TERRELL AND MICHAEL HAVE AN
ELEVATION OF THE ENZYME IN THEIR BLOOD.
>> I THINK THAT'S AS FAR AS I CAN TAKE IT IN TERMS OF
COMPARISONS. >> Narrator: THOUGH THE DOCTOR
WILL NOT SPECULATE IF THERE'S A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE ELEVATED
LEVELS IN THE TWO BLOOD SAMPLES OR WHAT THE SOURCE OF THE
ANOMALY COULD HAVE BEEN, BOTH TERRELL AND MICHAEL HAVE THE
ELEVATED ENZYME IN COMMON. WITH THESE SURPRISING RESULTS
IN, THE TEAM DECIDES IT'S TIME TO BRING TERRELL AND MICHAEL
TOGETHER FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME.
>> BOTH OF YOU ARE NOT ABDUCTEES, YOU'RE CONTACTEES.
VERY UNIQUE. >> I'VE SEEN DIFFERENT CRAFTS,
DIFFERENT SHAPES, SIZES. A LOT OF TIMES, I KNOW THEY'RE
OUT BECAUSE WHENEVER I FEEL THIS, IT'S NOT AN ENERGY THAT
YOU CAN HEAR, BUT YOU CAN FEEL IT, AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE OUT.
I THINK IT'S SOME TYPE OF COMMUNICATION.
>> EVERY YEAR, IT'S KIND OF PROGRESSED WHERE THEY'VE GOT
CLOSER AND CLOSER. >> I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THAT'S
WHAT ALL THIS IS LEADING TO, A MEETING WITH A BIOLOGICAL
ENTITY. >> YOU HAVE NO DOUBT THAT
SOMETHING'S IN COMMUNICATION WITH YOU BECAUSE IT WILL GROW TO
THE POINT WHERE IT WILL TAKE ALL DOUBT AWAY.
>> Narrator: NOW THAT TERRELL AND MICHAEL HAVE DISCOVERED THEY
SHARE SIMILAR EXPERIENCES OF CONTACT, THE TEAM REVEALS THE
ASTONISHING RESULTS OF THEIR TESTS.
>> WE FOUND SOMETHING PRETTY INTERESTING.
IN BOTH CASES, YOU HAVE AN ELEVATED LEVEL OF C.K., OR
WHAT'S CALLED CREATINE KINESIS. TERRELL, IN YOUR CASE, BECAUSE
WE WERE ABLE TO DO THOSE CARDIOPULMONARY TESTS, DR.
SYSTROM FELT THIS ELEVATED LEVEL OF C.K. WAS DIRECTLY RELATED TO
YOUR MUSCLE TISSUE. MIKE, IN YOUR CASE, HE DIDN'T
HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO KNOW WHAT THE SOURCE OF YOUR ELEVATED
C.K. WAS. HE JUST FIGURED IT WAS MORE A
GENERAL SORT OF SYSTEMIC ELEVATION.
PERHAPS YOU SHARE, COULD SHARE SOME KIND OF COMMON UNUSUAL
PHYSIOLOGICAL TRAIT IN YOUR BLOOD.
>> DIDN'T THIS JUST PROVE THAT? I MEAN...
>> IT TELLS ME THAT WERE I TO DO ANY KIND OF MEDICAL TESTING ON
SELF-DESCRIBED CONTACTEES, I WOULD CERTAINLY LOOK FOR THAT AS
A MARKER TO FACILITATE A CERTAIN LEVEL OF CONTACT.
>> BILL, THAT WOULD BE A PRETTY INTERESTING EXPERIMENT, IF WE
COLLECTED TOGETHER A DOZEN OR TWO DOZEN ABDUCTEES AND TESTED
THEIR C.K. LEVEL, WHICH IS EASY ENOUGH TO DO, JUST WITH A SIMPLE
BLOOD TEST. IT WOULD BE PRETTY INTERESTING
TO FIND THAT IF, ACROSS ALL 12 OR 24 PEOPLE, THAT WAS PRESENT.
THAT WOULD BE PRETTY COMPELLING. >> TO FIND OUT THAT HE SHARES
SOME OF MY EXPERIENCES, EVEN SOME OF MY BLOOD
CHARACTERISTICS, THAT'S JUST PHENOMENAL.
>> THERE ARE SOME REALLY INTERESTING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN
THE CASES OF MICHAEL AND TERRELL.
I JUST DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE LOOKING AT JUST U.F.O. SIGHTINGS
OR IF THESE GUYS HAVE ACTUALLY MADE ALIEN CONTACT.
>> SOME OF THE VIDEO FOOTAGE LOOKED LIKE IT MIGHT HAVE SOME
SIMILARITIES. MAYBE THEY WERE LOOKING AT THE
SAME THING. AS FAR AS THE BLOOD TEST GOES,
YOU KNOW, WE DID A COMPREHENSIVE SET OF BLOOD ANALYSES.
THE ONLY THING WE FOUND THAT WAS UNUSUAL ACROSS THE TWO SETS WAS
THE CYTOKINES. >> I THINK THAT THEY ARE
DEFINITELY CONNECTED IN SOME WAY BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TWO PEOPLE
WITH HIGH C.K. LEVELS THAT ARE REPORTING THE SAME PHENOMENON.
>> I THINK, AFTER OUR COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS, WE HAVE
FOUND NO PROVABLE CONNECTIONS, NO PROVABLE LINKS.
>> IN BOTH CASES, THERE IS SOMETHING BENEATH THE SURFACE.
I MEAN, SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO BE HAPPY WITH THIS: THAT THE REAL
ANSWERS LIE IN THE QUEST AND NOT IN THE SOLUTION.
>> Narrator: TODAY, VOYAGER 1 CONTINUES ITS JOURNEY INTO DEEP
SPACE, CARRYING WITH IT PROOF OF OUR EXISTENCE ON EARTH.
BUT NASA BELIEVES IT WILL BE 40,000 YEARS BEFORE THE CRAFT
REACHES THE NEAREST PLANETARY SYSTEM AND POSSIBLY MAKES
CONTACT WITH OTHERS LIKE US. MEANWHILE, WITH MORE AND MORE
CONTACTEES COMING FORWARD HERE ON EARTH, MANY WONDER IF THE
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