>> SOMETHING CAME OUT OF THE
SKY AND HIT THE GROUND. >> IN FRONT OF SEVERAL
EYEWITNESSES, A BURNING OBJECT CRASHES TO EARTH.
>> IT WAS ROUND, FLAMES COMING OFF THE FRONT.
>> AND OVER 2,000 MILES AWAY, ANOTHER STRANGE IMPACT.
>> HE SAID NOBODY GOES DOWN IN THERE WITH US.
>> TECHNOLOGY REVEALS CLUES AT ONE SITE.
>> IT'S NOT NATURAL. THAT IS DEFINITELY NOT NATURAL.
>> WHILE REPORTS OF MEN IN BLACK SURROUND THE OTHER.
>> THEY WORK FOR AN AGENCY I HAD NEVER HEARD OF BEFORE.
>> WHO OR WHAT IS CRASHING OUTSIDE OF THESE COMMUNITIES?
>> WOULD YOU SAY THIS THING WAS UNDER INTELLIGENT CONTROL, THEN?
>> IT HAD TO BE. >> AND WHAT DOES OUR OWN
GOVERNMENT KNOW ABOUT THEM? >> I DON'T SEE HOW THE MILITARY
COULD POSSIBLY COVER THAT UP. >> THIS IS CASE NUMBER
65303--"ALIEN CRASHES." >> WHATEVER IT WAS, THEY WANTED
IT BACK. >> I LOOKED UP AND I SAW AN
OBJECT PASSING TO THE SOUTH THAT LIT UP THE AREA.
>> MAY 14, 2008, NEEDLES, CALIFORNIA. IN THE EARLY
MORNING DARKNESS, AT APPROXIMATELY 3:00 A.M., A
LOCAL FISHERMAN CLAIMS TO SEE SOMETHING HE WILL NEVER FORGET.
A TURQUOISE BALL OF FIRE SUDDENLY LIGHTS UP THE COLORADO
RIVER. SECONDS LATER, IT CRASHES INTO THE DESERT. SOME
INITIALLY THINK IT'S JUST A METEOR BUT CAN'T EXPLAIN THE
STRANGE COLOR. AND THE INCIDENT ISN'T OVER YET. WITHIN MOMENTS,
FIVE UNMARKED HELICOPTERS ENTER THE AREA. BUT THESE AREN'T JUST
ANY HELICOPTERS. THEY'RE DOUBLE ROTOR MILITARY MODELS, AND ONE
HAS A LARGE SKY CRANE. SOON AFTER, WITNESSES SEE THE ARMADA
LEAVING, AND IT'S CARRYING SOMETHING. THE OBJECT,
ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, IS AROUND 30 FEET LONG AND BULKY,
LIKE A TANKER TRUCK. BUT THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE. IT'S
STILL BURNING WITH A BRIGHT TURQUOISE GLOW.
>> WELL, THERE SEEMS TO BE A COMMON WITNESS TESTIMONY
INVOLVING MILITARY PRESENCE--THE MILITARY COMING
IN AND APPARENTLY REMOVING OR CLEANSING THE AREA.
>> THE MILITARY MOVES IN HARD, MOVES IN FAST. HELICOPTERS COME
IN AND YANK OUT WHATEVER CRASHED.
>> NEEDLES IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. WE DON'T KNOW
EXACTLY WHERE THE CRASH SITE IS, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT A CRASH
OCCURRED. AND WE'LL BE TRYING TO FIND OUT WHERE THAT SITE IS
AND SEE WHAT HAPPENED. >> THE SEARCH IN NEEDLES STARTS
WITH SEVERAL BREAKING LEADS. SOME CLAIM THAT HIDDEN
SOMEWHERE IN THE DENSE DESERT BRUSH IS PROOF OF WHATEVER
CRASHED HERE. DR. TED ACWORTH WILL ATTEMPT TO PINPOINT WHERE
THE OBJECT CAME DOWN. >> YOU'VE GOT VEHICLES
CRASH-LANDING INTO EARTH. YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIND PHYSICAL
EVIDENCE--HARD PHYSICAL SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE.
>> PAT USKERT WILL HEAD DOWN THE RIVER IN SEARCH OF THE
CRASH SITE. >> AS A UFO INVESTIGATOR, THIS
IS A CHANCE FOR ME TO DIG INTO THE GROUND AND MAYBE TURN UP
SOME ANSWERS. >> AND BILL BIRNES WILL MEET
WITH EYEWITNESSES WHO SAW THE ENTIRE EVENT UNFOLD.
>> WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT WHY THE MILITARY COMES IN AND
DENIES ANYTHING EVER HAPPENED. >> THE INVESTIGATION BEGINS AT
NEEDLES KTOX RADIO, WHERE BILL AND PAT MEET STATION OWNER
DAVID HAYES. >> HERE WE FIND OURSELVES TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED ON-- >> MAY 14?
>> MAY 14, YEAH. IN STUDIO WITH BILL BIRNES, PAT USKERT. IF YOU
HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THE INCIDENT OF MAY 14 ON THAT
MORNING... >> ACCORDING TO HAYES, THE
MORNING FOLLOWING THE ALLEGED UFO CRASH, LISTENERS BEGIN
CALLING IN REPORTS. AND THE CALLS ARE STILL COMING IN.
>> LET'S TRY A PHONE CALL, GUYS. CALLER, YOU'RE LIVE ON
1340. >> IT WAS COMING DOWN FAST AT
AN ANGLE. >> DID YOU NOTICE A SHAPE TO
THE OBJECT? >> YES, IT--IT ALMOST LOOKED
LIKE A HUGE METEORITE FROM WHERE I WAS. THAT'S WHY I HAD
EXPECTED TO HEAR AN EXPLOSION WHEN IT HIT.
>> YEAH, YEAH. >> WHILE SOME DESCRIBE
THE OBJECT AS A METEORITE, HARDLY ANY BELIEVE
THAT'S THE CASE AFTER WHAT HAPPENED NEXT.
>> I THINK SOMETHING CAME OUT OF THE SKY, AND IT WAS
RETRIEVED, AND I DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT IT WAS. THEY WERE
HERE TO RECOVER IT SO QUICKLY. >> AND HOW QUICKLY WAS THAT, BY
THE WAY? >> I WAS TOLD WITHIN THE FIRST
20 MINUTES. >> WOW.
>> DO YOU THINK THEY WERE TRACKING IT IF IT'S THAT QUICK?
>> I THINK YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE. I DON'T THINK YOU COULD GET
HERE THAT QUICKLY UNLESS YOU WERE STAGED, READY TO GO,
KNOWING IT WAS COMING DOWN. >> BUT FEW CLAIM TO HAVE SEEN
THE ACTUAL CRASH--OR ARE AFRAID TO ADMIT IT BECAUSE OF THE
MILITARY'S RESPONSE. >> I NOTICED SOME VEHICLES
COMING OFF THE FREEWAY. AND ONE OF THEM WAS INCREDIBLY STRANGE
ON THE BACK WITH ANTENNAS AND DOMES. THE FRONT LICENSE PLATE
WAS U.S. GOVERNMENT, AND WITH BLACKED OUT WINDOWS WITH A GUY
WHO WAS STARING AT ME. >> HAYES SAYS HE LATER SAW THE
SAME VEHICLES OUTSIDE THE RADIO STATION, WATCHING.
>> I WAS ACTUALLY PARKED ABOUT 100 YARDS FROM THE STATION. AND
I'M NOT QUITE SURE, BUT THE KIND OF EQUIPMENT AND THE KIND
OF VEHICLES THEY WERE IN OBVIOUSLY WERE VERY HIGH-TECH
ELECTRONIC POSSIBLE SURVEILLANCE.
>> BUT SURVEILLANCE VEHICLES ARE NOT THE ONLY MYSTERIOUS
PRESENCE. THE AFTERNOON FOLLOWING THE CRASH, PEOPLE SEE
STRANGE, UNMARKED PLANES ARRIVING AT A LOCAL AIRPORT.
THEY'RE PLAIN WHITE WITH A RED STRIPE DOWN THE SIDE. AND TO
SOME, THEY ARE VERY FAMILIAR. >> THE OTHER INTRIGUING PART OF
THIS STORY IS THE JANET FLIGHTS. WE HAD HAD A REPORT
THAT THERE WAS THESE FLIGHTS COMING IN AND OUT THE
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT THAT MORNING.
>> JANET IS NOT THE NAME OF AN OFFICIAL AIRLINE. IT IS A
CALL SIGN, A SIGN TO THESE UNMARKED WHITE JETS WITH A RED
STRIPE, ALLEGEDLY SEEN SINCE THE 1970s. THIS IS ONE OF
THESE FLIGHTS SEEN AT THE FAR END OF LAS VEGAS' McCARRAN
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. JANET FLIGHTS ARE BELIEVED TO CARRY
DEFENSE WORKERS TO SEVERAL NOTORIOUSLY ISOLATED LOCATIONS,
INCLUDING AREA 51. BUT WHY ARE THEY BEING SEEN IN
NEEDLES THE DAY FOLLOWING THE REPORTED U.F.O. CRASH?
BILL HEADS TO LAUGHLIN/BULLHEAD AIRPORT AND MEETS THE MANAGER,
DAVID GAINES, TO SEE IF HE CAN FIND THE ANSWER.
>> GOVERNMENT PLANES DO COME IN HERE FROM TIME TO TIME.
>> THAT IS CORRECT, YES. PRIMARILY, THEY'RE MILITARY
AIRCRAFT. >> NOW, HAVE YOU EVER SEEN
AIRCRAFT FROM AN AIRLINE KNOWN AS "JANET AIRLINES"?
>> NO. >> HAVE YOU EVER SEEN AIRCRAFT
COMING IN--COVERT AIRCRAFT--WHITE, MAYBE WITH RED
BANDS ON THEM? MAYBE BLACKED- OUT WINDOWS FOR PASSENGERS?
>> NO. >> YOU NEVER HEARD OF THIS
OPERATION? YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT?
>> I COULD GIVE NO CREDENCE TO IT EVER HAPPENING, BECAUSE TO
OUR KNOWLEDGE, IT DIDN'T HAPPEN HERE.
>> IF YOU HAD SEEN THAT, AND YOU HAD BEEN ORDERED NOT TO
DIVULGE THAT THEY USED THIS AIRPORT, WHAT WOULD YOU TELL ME?
>> I WOULD TELL YOU THAT NO AIRCRAFT HAVE EVER BEEN HERE, OF
THAT NATURE. WE'VE NEVER SEEN ANY.
>> THE WITNESSES SAID THAT ON MAY 14, A JANET PLANE DID LAND
THERE UNDER THE COVER OF DARKNESS. DAVID GAINES SAID IT
NEVER HAPPENED. >> WITH WITNESSES AT ODDS OVER
WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY, THE BEST WAY TO FIND PROOF MAY LIE
IN THE VAST DESERT. PAT IS PREPPING AN EXPEDITION DOWN THE
COLORADO RIVER. HIS GOAL--TO FIND THE ACTUAL CRASH SITE.
>> WE'RE BRINGING IN ARCHEOLOGIST GARTH BALDWIN.
AND HE'LL BE ABLE TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN JUST
REGULAR GROUND EROSION AND THE IMPACT OF THIS OBJECT.
>> BUT FINDING IT WON'T BE EASY. >> THE VEGETATION IN THIS AREA'S
PRETTY DENSE. THERE'S SOME TRAILS WE'RE GOING TO USE TO
GET TO THE CLEARINGS THAT ARE OUT THERE, AND MAYBE FIND SOME
OF THE INDICATIONS OF A BURN OR AN IMPACT. IF THINGS ARE
DISRUPTED, IT SHOULD BE PRETTY APPARENT.
>> WHILE SEARCHING THE THICK BRUSH WILL PROVE FORMIDABLE, A
NEW DEVELOPMENT COULD AID THE SEARCH. A WITNESS WHO HEARD THE
RADIO PROGRAM HAS COME FORWARD. AND HE HAS A GENERAL IDEA OF
WHERE THE OBJECT CRASHED. HIS NAME IS FRANK COSTIGAN.
>> ABOUT A LITTLE AFTER 3:00 IN THE MORNING, I CAME OUT TO HUNT
FOR MY CAT. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE GROUND HERE LIT UP.
NOT LIKE BRIGHT SUN OR BRIGHT MOON, BUT YOU KNOW, ENOUGH TO
MAKE ME LOOK UP. >> FRANK HAS AN INCREDIBLE
BACKGROUND WITH CONTROLLED FLIGHTS. THOUGH HE NOW LIVES IN
NEEDLES, HE USED TO BE CHIEF OF POLICE AT LOS ANGELES
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. >> COULD YOU TELL ME THE SHAPE
OF IT? >> IT WAS ROUND. FLAMES COMING
OFF THE FRONT. IT WAS BLUE AND TURQUOISE. I'D SAY FIVE TO SIX
TIMES LONGER THAN IT WAS WIDE. I THOUGHT I'D HEAR A SONIC BOOM
WHEN IT SLOWED DOWN TO THE SPEED OF SOUND.
>> DID YOU HEAR A CRASH? >> DIDN'T HEAR A THING.
>> COSTIGAN CLAIMS HE DOESN'T HEAR ANYTHING
BECAUSE THE DESCENDING UFO DISAPPEARS OVER THE HORIZON
TO THE SOUTH. IT CROSSES RIGHT OVER THE COLORADO RIVER BEND,
NORTH OF TOPEK. BUT FROM WHAT HE IS ABLE TO SEE, COSTIGAN
BELIEVES THIS COULDN'T BE ANYTHING ORDINARY.
>> YOU WORKED AT L.A.X., CORRECT?
>> YES, I WAS CHIEF OF POLICE, AND I WAS ALSO SUPERINTENDENT
OF AIRPORT OPERATIONS. >> WAS THIS OBJECT ANYTHING
LIKE YOU'VE EVER SEEN BEFORE IN YOUR EXPERIENCES?
>> NOTHING THAT--NOTHING COMMERCIAL, NOTHING PRIVATE.
AND NOTHING I HAD SEEN IN THE MILITARY.
IT HAD TO BE SOMETHING THAT WAS A CONTROLLED FLIGHT OF SOME
SORT THAT MAYBE WENT HAYWIRE. THAT'S MY OPINION.
>> YET IF THIS CRAFT WAS AT ONE TIME UNDER CONTROL, WHO WAS
GUIDING IT? AND WHERE DID IT COME FROM? THE DESERT OUTSIDE
OF NEEDLES IS RINGED BY MILITARY BASES AND TEST
FACILITIES. TO THE NORTHWEST SITS THE CHINA LAKE NAVAL
RANGE. TO THE WEST ARE BOTH THE ARMY'S FORT IRWIN AND THE
MARINE BASE AT 29 PALMS. TO THE SOUTH IS YUMA PROVING GROUND,
WHERE THE ARMY TEST FIRES LONG-RANGE EXPERIMENTAL
ARTILLERY. AND OF COURSE, MOST INTRIGUING OF ALL, TO THE NORTH
OF NEEDLES IS AREA 51. >> IN OTHER WORDS, WE'RE
STANDING RIGHT HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF A MILITARY TEST AREA
HOTSPOT, WITH TEST AIRCRAFT. SOME THINGS THAT ARE, LIKE,
BEYOND WHAT WE EVEN DREAM OF ARE BEING FLOWN.
>> TWO THEORIES ARE POSSIBLE. ONE, THAT IT WAS AN ALIEN
VEHICLE. TWO, THAT IT WAS ONE OF OURS. THE ANSWER MAY LIE
WITH A WITNESS WHO CLAIMS HE HEARD THE IMPACT.
>> I LOOKED UP. AND THAT'S WHEN IT CAME IN.
>> IT KIND OF WENT THROUGH A CLOUD AND CAME OUT, AND THEN
THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE DIRECTLY BEHIND THIS.
>> ON A QUIET MORNING IN MAY OF 2008, SOMETHING CRASHES IN THE
DESERT OUTSIDE OF NEEDLES, CALIFORNIA. MULTIPLE WITNESSES
WATCH AS A TURQUOISE BLUE OBJECT IS CARRIED AWAY BY
MILITARY HELICOPTERS. BUT THERE'S MORE TO THE STORY, AND
IT MAY BE THE KEY TO UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S GOING ON.
ALL OF THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE. IN JULY 1947, ANOTHER DESERT
CRASH BRINGS THE SMALL TOWN OF ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO, TO
WORLDWIDE ATTENTION. THE MILITARY'S ANNOUNCEMENT THAT
THEY HAVE RECOVERED A FLYING DISC SHOCKS THE WORLD.
ALLEGEDLY, THE NEARBY ARMY AIRFIELD SENDS PERSONNEL TO
CLEAN UP THE CRASH SITE, AND INSTRUCTS WORKERS TO LEAVE NO
EVIDENCE BEHIND. DAYS LATER, THE MILITARY CHANGES ITS STORY,
ATTRIBUTING THE CRASH TO A WEATHER BALLOON.
NOW IN NEEDLES, THE TEAM HAS LOCATED A KEY EYEWITNESS WHO
AGREES TO SPEAK WITH THE INVESTIGATION ON ONE
CONDITION--THAT HIS REAL NAME NOT BE USED. THE WITNESS, KNOWN
ONLY AS BOB, ARRANGES A MEETING ON THE COLORADO RIVER NEAR
WHERE HE SAW THE OBJECT ON MAY 14.
>> AS I WAS SITTING ON THE BOAT FISHING AT 3:00 IN THE MORNING,
THE WHOLE FRONT OF THE BOAT LIT UP. I LOOKED UP, AND I SAW A
BRIGHT TURQUOISE BLUE SOMETHING FALLING OUT OF THE SKY. IT CAME
STRAIGHT ACROSS FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER, AND IT HIT. IT
JUST KIND OF MADE A THUMP. >> WHERE DID IT IMPACT?
>> JUST WEST OF MY POSITION, MAYBE 200 YARDS FROM MY BOAT,
IN BETWEEN THE RAILROAD TRACKS AND THE RIVER.
>> BOB CLAIMS THAT WITHIN 15 MINUTES, MILITARY HELICOPTERS
APPEARED. >> AND ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER
THE FIRST HELICOPTER SHOWED UP, THERE WAS A SECOND, AND THEN A
THIRD. AND THAT'S WHEN THE BIG ONE CAME OVERHEAD. THAT THING
CAME--CIRCLED OVER MY BOAT, WENT TO THE SITE, DROPPED OUT OF
SIGHT FOR A FEW MOMENTS, AND THE NEXT THING I KNOW, IT WAS
UP AND FLYING. >> BOB NOT ONLY SEES THE ARMADA
OF HELICOPTERS ARRIVE, BUT THEIR RETURN TRIP WITH THE
ALLEGED U.F.O. IN TOW. >> DID YOU SEE THE OBJECT BEING
LIFTED ON THE SKY HOOK? >> YES, SIR. THAT'S WHERE I SAW
THE SHAPE. NOT ONLY WAS IT WELL LIT BY THE OTHER
HELICOPTERS--THEY WERE SHINING THEIR LIGHTS ON IT--IT WAS
STILL VERY HOT. >> BOTH BOB AND FRANK
COSTIGAN'S TESTIMONY SAY THAT THE OBJECT MAY BE IN THE AREA
OF THE DESERT CLOSEST TO THE RIVER. THE INVESTIGATION SETS
OFF. ARCHEOLOGIST GARTH BALDWIN WILL
BE LOOKING FOR SEVERAL TELLTALE SIGNS.
>> THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH OF AN INDICATION OF AN IMPACT OF THE
SIZE THAT BOB TALKED ABOUT. THERE SHOULD BE SOME
DISPLACEMENT OF SOIL MARKED BY A CHANGE IN THE SAND, A CHANGE
IN THE TEXTURE OF THE GROUND. THE SAGE GROWS VERY SLOWLY.
THE GRASS GROWS VERY SLOWLY. SO IF IT'S DISTURBED IN ANY WAY,
IT'S GOING TO BE OBVIOUS. >> GREAT. WE MIGHT GET LUCKY.
BECAUSE IF THERE WAS AN OBJECT THAT CRASHED THERE, I DON'T SEE
HOW THE MILITARY COULD POSSIBLY COVER THAT UP.
>> BUT FINDING THE ACTUAL SITE WILL PROVE DIFFICULT. THICK
DESERT SAGEBRUSH BLANKETS THIS ENTIRE AREA. THE SAGEBRUSH WILL
MAKE AN IMPACT SITE HARD TO SPOT. BUT THERE'S A BACKUP PLAN
IN PLACE--AN EYE IN THE SKY. [ENGINE STARTS]
THE ULTRALIGHT WILL BE RIGGED WITH A HIGH-DEFINITION CAMERA.
AS IT SEARCHES FROM THE AIR, PAT AND GARTH WILL FOLLOW ON
LAND, LOOKING FOR ANY TRACE SIGNS NEAR THE RIVER, WHILE TED
AND BILL WILL RETRACE BOB'S MOVEMENTS FROM THE WATER.
>> IF WE THINK WE CAN GET RELATIVELY CLOSE TO THE SPOT,
JUST LET US KNOW AND WE'LL CALL IN THE ULTRALIGHT. IT CAN HELP
US FROM THE AIR SEE ANYTHING THAT MIGHT BE ON THE GROUND
THAT'D BE INVISIBLE TO US. >> WE'LL GET YOU IN THE GENERAL
AREA. >> AFTER NEARLY AN HOUR, BOB
SEES SOMETHING. >> YOU SEE WHERE THE BRUSH
COMES ALL THE WAY TO THE WATER? >> YEAH.
>> THAT'S WHERE. WE'VE GOT TO BE REAL CLOSE.
>> HE RECOGNIZES SOME LANDMARKS--POWER LINES AND A
BEND IN THE RIVER UP AHEAD. >> AND I SEE THE TRAIN TRESTLE
THERE, SO--YOU'RE SURE THAT'S IT'S THIS SIDE OF THE--
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES ME PRETTY SURE WE'RE IN THE
RIGHT SPOT. >> THE ULTRALIGHT IS CALLED IN
FOR AERIAL SUPPORT. AFTER A FEW PASSES, THE
ULTRALIGHT HITS PAY DIRT. >> OUR PILOT GLEN DID SAY
THERE WAS A BURNED AREA SOUTH OF HERE. NOW, THAT SORT OF
CORRESPONDS WITH WHAT YOU SAW, RIGHT, BOB?
>> THAT'S CORRECT. SOMEWHERE IN THIS POSITION RIGHT HERE, DUE
SOUTH OF US. >> THE BURNS COULD BE PHYSICAL
REMNANTS OF THE FLAMING OBJECT'S CRASH LANDING.
>> IF WE DO S TRANS X--YOU KNOW, WALKING IN AN S--A LAZY S
SORT OF PATTERN IN TEAMS OF TWO, 20 TO 30 METERS APART,
WE'LL COVER A LOT OF GROUND PRETTY QUICKLY.
>> SO WHY DON'T YOU GUYS START THERE? WE'LL START THERE, AND
WE CROSS PATHS. >> WE BETTER MOVE. WE
DON'T HAVE A LOT OF DAYLIGHT LEFT.
>> BUT BEFORE THEY GET TO THE BURN SITE, TED AND BILL FIND
ANOTHER POSSIBLE SIGN OF A CRASH.
>> OVER THERE. >> WE'LL CHECK IT OUT. THAT'S
ABOUT THE SIZE OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
>> EXACTLY. >> SO THIS IS REALLY CURIOUS AT
HOW THIS DIRT IS ALL THROWN UP, RIGHT?
>> YEAH. I MEAN, THIS IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF A BERM OR A CRATER
THAT YOU MIGHT EXPECT. IT'S NOT SO MUCH IN A CRATER FORM,
EXCEPT MAYBE THIS WAY. >> SO IF SOMETHING REALLY
LANDED AND THREW DIRT UP IN FRONT OF IT, IT WOULD BE A
DUNE OR A BERM JUST LIKE THIS. >> YEAH. ACTUALLY, IF YOU LOOK
AT IT, IT'S ALMOST A BIT OF A HORSESHOE COMING IN FROM THAT
DIRECTION. >> IT'S FASCINATING.
>> AND THAT'S THE DIRECTION THAT BOB DESCRIBED THE OBJECT
COMING OUT OF. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> TED BRINGS IN GARTH FOR HIS OPINION.
>> I DON'T SEE ANY DIRECT IMPACT. YOU KNOW, WHERE IT
WOULD HAVE OBLITERATED THE LIVING VEGETATION, AND THEN
ALLOWED EVERYTHING ELSE TO LIVE. I MEAN, I DON'T SEE AN
IMPACT. I DON'T SEE AN IMPACT. >> BUT THE BURN SITE IS STILL
FURTHER INLAND. A FEW HOURS LATER, IT COMES
INTO VIEW. >> WELL, LOOK AT HOW BURNED
THIS AREA IS. >> WE'VE GOT BURNED STUFF ALL
OVER THE PLACE. >> AND BOB DID SAY THAT WHEN
THEY EXTRACTED THIS OBJECT FROM THE GROUND, THIS THING WAS
STILL GLOWING. >> BUT HE DESCRIBED IT AS
LANDING WITH A THUD, AND NOT AN EXPLOSION.
>> EXACTLY. >> SO THAT KIND OF ARGUES
AGAINST SOME KIND OF FIRE. >> BUT GARTH HAS OTHER REASONS
FOR QUESTIONING THIS SITE. >> THERE'S LITTLE PATCHES OF
BURNED STUFF, PROBABLY FROM WILD LAND FIRES. YOU GOT A LOT
OF BURNED TREES HERE AND OVER THERE, SO--I MEAN, I THINK
THAT'S ALL NATURAL. THERE'S LIVE VEGETATION ALL AROUND IT,
DRY VEGETATION ALL AROUND IT, OLD, DRY VEGETATION ALL AROUND
IT. SO THAT WOULD HAVE CAUGHT FIRE
HAD THIS BEEN THE FLAMING IMPACT THAT THEY HAD SAID.
>> WITH NO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE FOUND, THE GROUND SEARCH HASN'T
BEEN ABLE TO VERIFY BOB'S LOCATION. BUT WITH SO MUCH
GROUND TO COVER, THE NEEDLES CRASH SITE MIGHT STILL BE
HIDDEN SOMEWHERE IN THE BRUSH. >> THIS REALLY ISN'T AS EASY AS
WE THOUGHT IT WAS. OUR PILOT DID SPOT BURNED AREAS FROM THE
AIR. AND WE WENT TO THOSE BURNED AREAS AND WE LOOKED AT
THEM. NO EVIDENCE OF IMPACT. BUT WE'RE GOING TO PRESS ON
FURTHER AND SEE WHAT WE CAN FIND.
>> DURING THE GROUND INVESTIGATION, A NEW LEAD HAS
COME TO THE FOREFRONT. GEORGE KNAPP, AN INVESTIGATIVE
REPORTER FOR KLAS TELEVISION IN LAS VEGAS, HAS ALSO BEEN
LOOKING INTO THE ALLEGED U.F.O. CRASH IN NEEDLES, AND DURING
HIS SEARCH, HE CAME FACE-TO-FACE WITH GOVERNMENT
OPERATIVES THAT MAY ACTUALLY BE MEN IN BLACK--AGENTS WHO ARE
ALLEGEDLY CHARGED WITH INTIMIDATING U.F.O. WITNESSES
AND KEEPING THESE TYPES OF EVENTS OUT OF THE PUBLIC EYE.
>> GEORGE KNAPP WAS AN EYEWITNESS TO THESE PEOPLE AND
AN EYEWITNESS TO WHO THEY ARE, WHERE THEY WERE GOING, AND WHAT
THEY'RE DOING. >> AS BILL HEADS TO GET THIS
NEW INFORMATION, TED AND PAT SHIFT THEIR FOCUS TO
PENNSYLVANIA, WHERE A CRASH IN THE SMALL COMMUNITY OF
KECKSBURG IS YIELDING FRESH EVIDENCE.
>> THE KECKSBURG INCIDENT IS A CORNERSTONE OF UFOLOGY. IT IS
PENNSYLVANIA'S ROSWELL. WE KNOW THAT SOMETHING CRASHED FROM THE
SKY. IT WAS ON TV, IT WAS ON THE RADIO.
>> WE HAVE A RANGE OF INSTRUMENTS. IF WE CAN FIND A
POSITION THAT WE FEEL WITH HIGH CONFIDENCE COULD BE THE CRASH
SITE, WE CAN USE THESE INSTRUMENTS TO SEE WHAT WE CAN
LEARN ABOUT WHAT'S UNDERNEATH THE SOIL.
>> AS TED PREPS A FULL-SCALE SCRUTINY OF THE KECKSBURG SITE,
TESTIMONY FROM THE LAST SURVIVING WITNESSES COULD SHOW
THAT THE MILITARY HAS BEEN COMPLICIT IN A COVERUP FOR
YEARS. >> I STOOD THERE AND I WALKED
AROUND LOOKING AT IT. THIS THING AIN'T FROM HERE.
>> IN NEEDLES, CALIFORNIA, A GLOWING OBJECT CRASHES INTO THE
DESERT, SEEMINGLY OUT OF CONTROL. WITNESSES SAY IT IS
RETRIEVED BY A GROUP OF MILITARY HELICOPTERS. BUT THE
INCIDENT DOESN'T END THERE. PEOPLE SEE UNMARKED PLANES
LANDING AT THE LOCAL AIRPORT, PLANES IDENTICAL TO THOSE
REPORTEDLY USED FOR TRANSPORT TO THE TOP SECRET MILITARY BASE
AT AREA 51. BUT THIS HAS ALL HAPPENED BEFORE, AND NOT JUST
AT ROSWELL. OVER 40 YEARS AGO, SOMETHING CRASHED IN THE SLEEPY
TOWN OF KECKSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA. BUT WHATEVER IT
WAS, IT WASN'T OUT OF CONTROL. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, IT HAD
TO BE PILOTED BY SOMEONE. ON DECEMBER 9, 1965, AROUND 4:45
P.M., SOMETHING IS MOVING IN THE SKY. IT'S A GLOWING
FIREBALL. BUT MANY THINK THAT THIS CAN'T BE A METEOR, BECAUSE
IT'S MOVING TOO SLOWLY. WHATEVER IT IS, THE OBJECT
LOSES CONTROL AND CRASHES. WHAT IMMEDIATELY TRANSPIRES
BEARS EERIE SIMILARITIES TO WHAT HAS JUST HAPPENED IN
NEEDLES. IS IT JUST A COINCIDENCE, OR ARE THESE TWO
CRASHES MIRROR IMAGES OF EACH OTHER 43 YEARS APART?
BILL BIRNES IS MEETING WITH STAN GORDON, THE LEADING
INVESTIGATOR OF THE KECKSBURG INCIDENT. HE'S RESEARCHED THIS
CASE FOR OVER TWO DECADES. >> WITNESSES ALL TELL US THE
OBJECT TURNED AND CAME BACK IN TOWARDS KECKSBURG. THIS
OBJECT--IT CAME DOWN AS THOUGH IT WAS MAKING ALMOST LIKE A
CONTROLLED LANDING. AND MOMENTS AFTER IT FELL, PEOPLE REPORTED
LIKE A CALM OF BLUISH GRAY SMOKE RISING UP OUT OF THE
WOODS THAT DISSIPATED VERY QUICKLY.
>> ACCORDING TO RESEARCH, HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE IN MICHIGAN, OHIO, AND ONTARIO, CANADA REPORTEDLY
WITNESSED THE U.F.O. AS IT TRAVELED ON A TRAJECTORY THAT
FINALLY LED TO ITS CRASH LANDING IN KECKSBURG.
>> THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS, THE RADIO AND TV STATIONS WERE
BEING BOMBARDED WITH CALLS. AND AS IT PROCEEDED INTO
WESTMORELAND COUNTY, THE MEDIA OUT IN THIS AREA BEGAN TO BE
OVERWHELMED WITH REPORTS COMING IN.
>> WITNESSES AGREE WITH STAN GORDON'S FINDINGS. THIS TINY
TOWN WAS CONSUMED BY THE INCIDENT. NO ONE HAD EVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT. PAT MEETS WITH ONE
WITNESS, BILL BULEBUSH, WHO SAW THE OBJECT FLY OVER AND CRASH
IN WESTMORELAND COUNTY. >> BILL, TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED.
>> HEARD THIS SIZZLING NOISE, AND THEN I SEEN THIS RED
FIREBALL COMING. CAME OVER LIKE--JUST--JUST LIKE
THIS. AND I WATCHED IT. AND IT WENT UP TOWARDS THE MOUNTAIN,
IT MADE THE TURN AND COME BACK--A PERFECT TURN, AND CAME
DOWN. IT JUST SEEMED LIKE IT--IT WAS TRYING TO FIND A
PLACE TO LAND. >> WOULD YOU SAY THIS THING WAS
UNDER INTELLIGENT CONTROL THEN? >> IT HAD TO BE.
>> BULEBUSH SAYS THAT HE GOT IN HIS CORVAIR AND DROVE TO
WHAT HE BELIEVED WAS A DOWNED AIRCRAFT.
>> SO I GRABBED MY FLASHLIGHT AND WENT DOWN THROUGH THE
WOODS. AND I COULD SEE IT DOWN THERE. AND I FIGURED, "WELL,
HOW CAN THEY COME OUT? THERE AIN'T NO WINDOWS, THERE AIN'T
NO RIVETS--NO NOTHING ON IT, YOU KNOW.
>> SO YOU GOT A CLOSE LOOK AT THIS THING?
>> WELL, I WAS ONLY ABOUT 8 FEET AWAY FROM IT.
>> WAS IT SMOKING? WAS THERE ANYTHING--
>> OH, YEAH, IT SMELLED LIKE SULFUR. SMELLED LIKE ROTTEN
EGGS. >> BILL BULEBUSH REALLY HELPS
US ELIMINATE SOME OF THE MORE PROSAIC EXPLANATIONS OF WHAT
THIS COULD HAVE BEEN--A METEOR, OR MAYBE A CRASHED AIRPLANE,
OR--OR CAPSULE. HE SAW THIS FIREBALL COMING DOWN IN THE SKY
AND TURNING. HE SPECIFICALLY SAID THAT THIS HAD TO BE UNDER
INTELLIGENT CONTROL. >> SOON AFTER, EMERGENCY
PERSONNEL REACHED THE CRASH SITE. AND VOLUNTEER
FIREMAN JIM ROMANSKI IS ONE OF THEM. HE IS ALSO SURPRISED BY
WHAT HE SEES. >> I WAS SHOCKED. BECAUSE I WAS
PREPARING FOR A SMASHED UP AIRPLANE. AND HERE WAS THIS
HUMONGOUS PIECE OF METAL BURIED INTO THIS DRAINAGE DITCH.
>> COULD YOU DESCRIBE EXACTLY HOW IT WAS BURIED?
>> WE'RE TALKING NIGHTTIME, FIRST OF ALL. WE'RE TALKING
PILES OF BRUSH AROUND THIS THING, BECAUSE IT COMES FLYING
DOWN THROUGH THE TREES. >> ROMANSKI SAYS THE U.F.O. WAS
ACORN SHAPED, AND HAD A RING OF STRANGE MARKINGS THAT ENCIRCLED
THE ENTIRE OBJECT. THIS DESCRIPTION IS RARE, UNLIKE
OTHER REPORTED U.F.O. SHAPES, SUCH AS TRIANGLES AND DISCS.
AND THERE'S MORE. STRANGE HIEROGLYPHICS ARE REMINISCENT OF
ANOTHER CASE. THE BENTWATERS U.F.O. THAT WAS REPORTED TO
HAVE LANDED NEAR A BRITISH MILITARY BASE IN 1980 DISPLAYED
SIMILAR MARKINGS TO THOSE THE KECKSBURG WITNESSES DESCRIBE.
>> HAD YOU EVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS EVER IN YOUR LIFE?
>> NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT. MY IMPRESSION AFTER I LOOKED AT
THIS THING, AND I STOOD THERE, AND I THOUGHT ABOUT IT, AND I
WALKED AROUND LOOKING AT IT--THIS THING AIN'T FROM HERE.
>> AND THEN A DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD REPEAT ITSELF 43 YEARS
LATER IN NEEDLES. WITHIN HOURS OF THE CRASH, DOZENS OF
MILITARY PERSONNEL, INCLUDING ARMY AND AIR FORCE, ARRIVE ON
THE SCENE. THEY REPORTEDLY CORDON OFF THE AREA, PREVENTING
THE PUBLIC FROM REACHING THE CRASH SITE. INSIDE THIS
RESTRICTED ZONE, THEY ARE SEARCHING.
BOB GADDY, A REPORTER WITH "THE GREENSBURG TRIBUNE," WAS
DISPATCHED TO THE CRASH SCENE, AND HE DISTINCTLY REMEMBERS THE
INTIMIDATING MILITARY PRESENCE. >> WHEN I GOT THERE, THERE WERE
PROBABLY AT LEAST A DOZEN MILITARY PERSONNEL, IN ADDITION
TO PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE OFFICERS. I SAID, "I NEED TO GO
DOWN THERE." THEY SAID, "THERE'S NOTHING THERE." AND I
SAID, "WELL, IF THERE'S NOTHING THERE, WHY CAN'T I GO IN THERE?"
>> GADDY TELLS PAT THAT THE MILITARY, NOT THE STATE POLICE,
WERE CLEARLY IN CHARGE OF THE SCENE.
>> I'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED A TIME IN A CIVILIAN SITUATION
WHERE THE MILITARY HAD COME IN AND TAKEN CONTROL OF AN
ACCIDENT SITE. WHY WOULD THE ARMY BE THERE?
>> WE WERE STOPPED BY A MILITARY. YOU HEARD THE BOLT
SNAP ON THE RIFLE. AND I STOPPED IN MY TRACKS. AND THEN
RON STOPPED. AND YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ON FOR A
SECOND. HE TOLD US TO GET OUT, GET BACK TO WHERE WE CAME FROM.
>> HE LOOKED AT ME AND POINTED HIS FINGER AT ME. HE SAID,
"NOBODY GOES DOWN IN THERE WITH US."
>> WITNESSES TELL STAN GORDON THAT LATER IN THE EVENING, THEY
SEE A LARGE FLATBED TRUCK DRIVE INTO THE CRASH AREA. WITHIN THE
HOUR, THE TRUCK DRIVES FROM THE SITE IN A HURRY, CARRYING
SOMETHING UNDER A TARP. >> IF YOU WOULD HAVE WALKED IN
FRONT OF IT, THEY WOULD NEVER HAVE STOPPED FOR YOU.
>> GORDON SAYS THAT DURING HIS OWN INVESTIGATION, JIM ROMANSKI,
BILL BULEBUSH, AND OTHERS, LED HIM TO A SPOT THEY SAID WAS THE
CRASH SITE. THESE INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED INDEPENDENTLY,
AND EACH WITNESS LED HIM TO THE EXACT SAME SPOT.
>> I'M VERY HOPEFUL TOMORROW WE CAN FIND THE EXACT LOCATION I
WAS TAKEN TO 20 SOME YEARS AGO. >> OK. IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE WAS
SOME SORT OF CRASH. I CAN BRING IN GROUND-PENETRATING RADAR AND
SEE IF WE CAN FIND ANYTHING THAT HASN'T BEEN FOUND BEFORE. NOT
ONLY DOES STAN HAVE MULTIPLE CORROBORATING WITNESSES WHO
PINPOINT THE LOCATION, BUT ALSO, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S A
VERY GOOD CHANCE WE'LL BE ABLE TO FIND SOME SORT OF DEBRIS.
>> EYEWITNESSES AND INVESTIGATORS HAVE SEEN THIS
SITE BEFORE, BUT NEVER WITH TECHNOLOGY LIKE THIS.
>> YOU THINK A SIGNATURE LIKE THIS MIGHT BE CONSISTENT WITH A
SIGNATURE MADE BY A CRASHED VEHICLE? IS THAT POSSIBLE?
>> YEAH, THAT'S POSSIBLE. >> AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THE
NEEDLES CASE BREAKS WIDE OPEN WITH REPORTS OF OFFICIALS THAT
COULD BE THE INFAMOUS MEN IN BLACK.
>> THEY ARE LEGITIMATELY FEDERAL AGENTS.
>> IT WAS SOMETHING OTHER THAN THIS WORLD.
>> IN DECEMBER, 1965, A FLAMING OBJECT IS REPORTED FALLING
THROUGH THE SKY IN CANADA, MICHIGAN, AND OHIO. IN THESE
LOCATIONS, SOME CLAIM THAT DEBRIS FALLS TO EARTH, THAT
SONIC BOOMS ARE HEARD, AND THAT A SEISMOGRAPH RECORDS THE
IMPACT. BUT NONE OF THIS EVIDENCE EVER SURFACES. IT IS
ONLY IN THE SMALL PENNSYLVANIA TOWN OF KECKSBURG WHERE
ANYTHING REAL IS VERIFIED. SEVERAL WITNESSES REPORT THAT
IN THIS RAVINE, AN ACORN SHAPED OBJECT WITH STRANGE MARKINGS
CRASHED. AND IT IS THIS LOCATION THAT
HAS BECOME THE INVESTIGATION'S FOCAL POINT. THE TEAM WILL HIKE
IN WITH RESEARCHER STAN GORDON, GEOLOGIST, STEVE KYTE, AND PETE
HUTCHINSON, AN ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEYIST.
GORDON COMPARES THE TERRAIN WITH A PHOTOGRAPH HE TOOK HERE
IN 1985, AND BELIEVES THIS IS THE SPOT WHERE THE U.F.O.
IMPACTED. >> WELL, YOU HAVE THE PHOTO.
DOES THIS AREA HERE LOOK LIKE IT MIGHT MATCH?
>> OH, TED, THIS IS THE BEST MATCH WE'VE SEEN ALL DAY.
I THINK THE PHOTOGRAPH THAT WE HAVE HERE WAS TAKEN 5, 10
FEET BEHIND US LOOKING IN THAT DIRECTION.
>> WE HAVE THESE--WHAT LOOK LIKE ONE OR TWO FENCE POSTS. IT
LOOKS LIKE SOME BARBED WIRE AND A FENCE POST HERE,
AND IT LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER ONE RIGHT UP THERE.
>> THE FENCE POSTS, AND STAN GORDON'S MATCHING PHOTOGRAPH,
TAKEN ALONGSIDE EYEWITNESSES, ALL POINT TO THIS SPOT AS THE
SITE OF THE KECKSBURG CRASH. BUT FOR YEARS, DEBUNKERS
CLAIMED THAT WHAT CAUSED THE DAMAGE IN THIS RAVINE WAS A
RUSSIAN SPACE PROBE. THE SHAPE AND SIZE OF THE COSMOS 96
PROBE, ORIGINALLY SLATED TO REACH VENUS, WAS SIMILAR TO
WHAT EYEWITNESSES DESCRIBED. BUT RECENTLY, EVEN THIS
EXPLANATION WAS THROWN OUT. ACCORDING TO NASA'S NATIONAL
SPACE SCIENCE DATA CENTER, "U.S. AIR FORCE TRACKING DATA ON
COSMOS 96 ALSO INDICATE THE SPACECRAFT ORBIT DECAYED
EARLIER THAN THE 4:43 P.M. EASTERN STANDARD TIME ON THE
9th OF DECEMBER." BUT NASA'S INTEREST IN THE
CRASH EXTENDS FURTHER BACK. AT THIS VERY SITE IN 1965,
WITNESSES SAW NASA OFFICIALS ALONGSIDE THE MILITARY.
>> I SEE NASA THERE WITH THEIR UNIFORM ON, THEIR PATCH ON THE
SIDE. THEY HAD THEIR WHITE LUMINUMS ON.
>> AND THIS ALL TIES BACK TO ROSWELL. A SECRETIVE APPROACH
TO A CRASH. SOMETHING TAKEN FROM THE SITE ONBOARD A FLATBED
TRUCK COVERED BY A TARP, AND UNDER COVER OF NIGHT. BUT AFTER
ALL THESE YEARS, COULD THEY HAVE MISSED SOMETHING?
>> PETE HUTCHINSON HERE HAS AN ARRAY OF SCIENTIFIC
INSTRUMENTATION FOR SCANNING THE EARTH AROUND THE SITE.
>> WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE SITE, TO
SEE IF ANYTHING IS STILL HERE THAT IS EVIDENCE OF A POSSIBLE
CRASH 43 YEARS AGO. >> PETE HUTCHINSON AND HIS
ASSISTANT, BRIAN BEGIN THE ELECTRO-MAGNETIC SCANNING OF
THE GROUND. THE TOOL EMITS ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY INTO THE
SOIL, AND MOISTURE CARRIES THE CURRENT, WHICH IS SENSITIVE TO
METAL. >> SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO FIND ANY
METALS AND THEN ALSO ANY ANOMALOUS SOIL CONDUCTIVITIES?
>> CORRECT. >> OK. WELL, WHY DON'T WE PUT
THE TOOL TO WORK? >> DURING THE SEARCH, THE
SCANNER PICKS UP SOME METAL CONDUCTIVITY.
BUT THE SIZE AND IDENTITY OF THE METAL IS UNKNOWN WITHOUT
FURTHER INFORMATION PROCESSING. SIGNIFICANT ANOMALIES APPEAR ON
THE TWO-DIMENSIONAL MAP. >> THAT RED INDICATES A
HEIGHTENED LEVEL. JUST HOW STRONG IS THAT?
>> THAT'S FAIRLY DECENT FOR THIS AREA. THERE'S DEFINITELY
METAL THERE. >> SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT METAL
IS NATURALLY OCCURRING METAL? >> IT COMES FROM SOMETHING
OTHER THAN WHAT'S NATURALLY OCCURRING IN THIS AREA.
>> DO YOU THINK A SIGNATURE LIKE THIS MIGHT BE CONSISTENT
WITH A CRASHED VEHICLE? IS THAT POSSIBLE?
>> YEAH, THAT'S POSSIBLE. >> ACCORDING TO HUTCHINSON, WHAT
MAKES THIS UNUSUAL IS THE HIGH CONCENTRATION. THIS AMOUNT OF
METAL IS NOT TYPICAL IN THIS AREA OF PENNSYLVANIA.
HUTCHINSON SUGGESTS THAT THE TEAM DIG IN THIS AREA TO
DETERMINE THE SOURCE. >> THIS SCIENCE ONLY TELLS US
WHERE TO LOOK. THE NEXT STEP IS TO GO IN THERE AND INVESTIGATE,
PHYSICALLY DIG IT AND DO AN INTRUSIVE TEST.
>> AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIG? >> AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIG, YES,
EXACTLY. >> THE TEAM NEEDS TO EXPOSE THE
AREA BEFORE DARK. SO PAT JOINS TO ASSIST ON THE DIG. WHEN THE
SOIL IS UNCOVERED, PETE USES THE GROUND PENETRATING RADAR TO
LOOK FOR A SPECIFIC METAL SOURCE.
>> HEY, CHECK THIS OUT. IT STARTS HERE--IT STARTS RIGHT
THERE, AND IT ENDS RIGHT THERE. IT'S NOT NATURAL. THAT IS
DEFINITELY NOT NATURAL. >> WITH THE SUNLIGHT FADING,
THE DIG WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL MORNING. WHAT IS THE SOURCE OF
THE METAL BURIED AT THIS ALLEGED CRASH SITE?
>> NOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S DOWN THERE, BUT I CAN'T
WAIT TO START DIGGING AND TURN UP SOME ANSWERS.
>> IN THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE ALLEGED KECKSBURG U.F.O.
CRASH, GROUND PENETRATING RADAR HAS REVEALED AN ANOMALOUS
SOURCE OF METAL AT THE EXACT SPOT WHERE EYEWITNESSES CLAIM
THE U.F.O. CRASHED IN 1965. THE TEAM HAS EXPOSED THE SITE,
AND ARE READY TO CONTINUE DIGGING TO DISCOVER THE SOURCE
OF THE METAL. BUT WITHIN MINUTES, THE
INVESTIGATION SUDDENLY HITS AN IMPENETRABLE WALL.
>> G.P.R. TOLD US THAT YOU'VE GOT METALLIC CONDUCTIVITY, AND
I'M HITTING BEDROCK. NOW, EITHER THE OBJECT SKIMMED ALONG
THE SURFACE, OR THE METAL WOULD HAVE TO BE UNDER THE BEDROCK,
WHICH IS TOTALLY UNLIKELY. >> MAYBE THIS THING DID COME
ACROSS THIS AREA AND LEFT SOME KIND OF--A RESIDUE ON THE STONE.
>> BUT UPON CLOSER EXAMINATION, THE BEDROCK ITSELF IS THE
REASON FOR THE ANOMALOUS HITS. ACCORDING TO PETE, THIS BEDROCK
CONTAINS IRON. >> THE ROCKS THEMSELVES COULD
BE SO HEAVILY FERROUS THAT THEY'RE GIVING A FALSE POSITIVE
TO THE G.P.R. >> SO WHATEVER HITS WE GOT MAY
HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CRASH.
>> DESPITE THE BEDROCK'S FALSE HITS, THE OVERWHELMING WITNESS
TESTIMONY AND THE CORROBORATING INTERVIEWS MAKES THE SITE
COMPELLING. >> THIS IS WHERE EVERYONE
AGREES THE OBJECT CAME DOWN. AND THERE WAS, ACCORDING TO ALL
EYEWITNESSES, A MILITARY PRESENCE HAULING THIS CRAFT
AWAY. WE DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING TODAY, BUT AN OBJECT CRASHED
RIGHT HERE IN KECKSBURG. >> BILL NOW TURNS BACK TO THE
NEEDLES CRASH. GEORGE KNAPP, AN INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER FOR KLAS
TELEVISION IN LAS VEGAS, HAS A SURPRISING LEAD ON THE
HELICOPTERS ALLEGEDLY SEEN AFTER THE CRASH.
>> WE WERE WORKING ON A STORY ABOUT BLACK HELICOPTERS BEFORE
WE STARTED WORKING ON THIS NEEDLES STORY. FIGURED OUT
WHO THEY WERE. THEY WORK FOR THIS VERY INTERESTING OUTFIT
OUT OF FORT CAMPBELL, KENTUCKY, "THE NIGHTSTALKERS."
>> TASK FORCE 160. >> THE NIGHTSTALKERS, OR TASK
FORCE 160, IS A SPECIAL OPS AVIATION REGIMENT. AND IT
REQUIRES A SECRET CLEARANCE FOR ALL OF ITS MEMBERS.
>> WHEN GEORGE KNAPP WAS INVESTIGATING WHAT GROUP OF
BLACK HELICOPTERS MIGHT HAVE BEEN OPERATING IN NEEDLES,
CALIFORNIA, HE DISCOVERED THEY WERE THE NIGHTSTALKERS, THE
VERY SAME GROUP THAT WAS TRANSPORTING A FLAMING OBJECT
IN THE CASH-LANDRUM INCIDENT IN TEXAS IN 1980.
>> THE CASH-LANDRUM INCIDENT, LIKE NEEDLES, INVOLVED MILITARY
HELICOPTERS PURSUING AND REMOVING A STRANGE GLOWING
OBJECT, WHICH LED TO THREE WITNESSES DEVELOPING STRANGE
BLISTERS AND RADIATION SICKNESS. BUT KNAPP'S
INVESTIGATION DIGS FURTHER AND DISCOVERS MILITARY PERSONNEL
THAT WERE WORKING IN NEEDLES ON UNNAMED TOP SECRET PROJECTS.
COULD THESE BE THE ELUSIVE MEN IN BLACK, REPORTED BY MANY
U.F.O. WITNESSES? >> THESE GUYS WERE DRIVING BACK
TO LAS VEGAS FROM NEEDLES. PRETTY SOON, THEY COME UP AND
THEY DRIVE UP RIGHT NEXT TO US, THE ENGINE RUNNING. AND THEY
GET OUT AND START TALKING TO US. THEY SAID THEY WERE FEDERAL
AGENTS. THEY FLASHED A BADGE, AND SURE ENOUGH, THEY ARE
LEGITIMATELY FEDERAL AGENTS. THEY WORK FOR AN AGENCY I HAD
NEVER HEARD OF BEFORE. THEY TRANSPORT NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
>> BUT THE SPECIFICS OF WHY THESE AGENTS ARE IN NEEDLES ARE
STILL UNKNOWN. >> THEY'RE HIGHLY TRAINED.
THEY'RE A DANGEROUS GROUP OF PEOPLE. THESE GUYS ARE
COMMANDOES. THEY CARRY ALL KINDS OF WEAPONS. THEY'RE VERY
TOUGH CUSTOMERS. I'M NOT SURE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE HAPPY
THAT THEY'VE GOT THIS MUCH ATTENTION.
>> DESPITE THEIR PRESENCE, KNAPP DOESN'T BELIEVE THAT
THESE AGENTS ARE MEN IN BLACK OR THAT THEY ARE INVOLVED WITH
THE NEARBY CRASH. YET, IN BOTH THE NEEDLES AND KECKSBURG
CRASHES, EYEWITNESSES REPORTED SEEING LARGE OBJECTS BEING
HAULED AWAY BY MILITARY VEHICLES. IF THIS AGENCY IS NOT
INVOLVED, WHO IS? >> WHAT WE'RE FINDING OUT IS
THAT THE STORIES OF PEOPLE WHO SAY THERE WAS A STRANGE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT AGENCY IN BLACK S.U.V.s TRAVELING IN NEEDLES
RIGHT AROUND THE DAY AFTER THAT EVENT--THOSE STORIES ARE TRUE.
>> WHATEVER CRASHED, AREA 51 PLANES WERE SEEN IN THE
VICINITY. THE HELICOPTERS THAT RETRIEVED THE OBJECT MAY HAVE
BEEN INVOLVED IN ANOTHER CASE, WHERE PEOPLE WERE EXPOSED TO
RADIATION. AND NOW, FEDERAL AGENTS IN THE NEEDLES AREA, BY
THEIR OWN ADMISSION, HAVE SOME ASSOCIATION WITH NUCLEAR
WEAPONS. COULD THIS CRASH INVOLVE SOME CRAFT THAT USES
NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY, EMITS RADIATION, AND BE SO TOP SECRET
THAT ITS HOME BASE IS AREA 51? >> WHAT'S MISSING IS HARD
PHYSICAL EVIDENCE AT AN ACTUAL CRASH SITE.
>> WE KNOW THAT THERE WAS MILITARY INVOLVEMENT
SUPPRESSING THE INFORMATION. >> THEY MOVE IN, THEY FILL THE
AIR WITH MISINFORMATION, AND THEN THEY DENY THAT ANYTHING
HAPPENED. >> WITH SITES CLEANSED OF ALL
SIGNS OF A CRASH, COULD THESE INCIDENTS HAVE NATIONAL
SECURITY IMPLICATIONS? WHATEVER IS FALLING OUT OF THE SKY, THE
MILITARY SEEMS INTENT ON KEEPING IT SECRET.
