>> FOR HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS
OF YEARS, PEOPLE HAVE LOOKED UP TO THE SKY AND WITNESSED BRIGHT,
FAST-MOVING OBJECTS THAT COMPLETELY DEFY EXPLANATION. AND
ON OCCASION, THESE OBJECTS COME CRASHING DOWN TO EARTH.
>> THEY HEARD A LOUD EXPLOSION. >> SOMETHING HAPPENED HERE.
>> FIERY SPHERES OF LIGHT. >> ACCORDING TO MEXICAN
INTELLIGENCE REPORTS, 2 ALLEGED UFO INCIDENTS, REMARKABLY
SIMILAR IN NATURE BUT SEPARATED BY 33 YEARS, TOOK PLACE IN
REMOTE CORNERS OF MEXICO. BOTH SITES WERE IMMEDIATELY SEALED
OFF AND SCOURED BY THE MILITARY, WHO THEN DENIED ANYTHING UNUSUAL
HAD HAPPENED. AND MOST INTRIGUINGLY, UFO EVIDENCE
REPORTEDLY REMAINS AT BOTH CRASH SITES.
>> YOU FIND IT? >> YEAH, IT'S OVER HERE.
>> NO WAY. >> THERE IS THE PROOF THAT
SOMETHING HAPPENED HERE. >> THIS IS WHAT UFOLOGISTS WANT.
>> IS THERE A RATIONAL EXPLANATION, OR COULD THESE
CRASH SITES HOLD THE KEY TO UNLOCKING THE UFO MYSTERY?
>> SOME PEOPL ARE REALLY AFRAID TO TALK ABOUT THIS CASE.
>> FROM FIRSTHAND ACCOUNTS OF THE SPHERE-LIKE FIREBALL
CRASHING TO THE EARTH... >> STRANGE BALLS OF LIGHT.
IT HIT THE TREE LIMBS AND CAUSED A FIRE.
>> TO TRACKING AN ALLEGED DOWNED UFO...
>> WE'VE DISCOVERED WRECKAGE OF A PLANE THAT CRASHED FROM THE
UFO. >> TO ANALYZING EVIDENCE OF
A REAL CRASH SITE... >> WE'VE HAD EXTRATERRESTRIAL
CONTACT. >> AND SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS TO
SEPARATE FACT FROM FICTION. >> THAT'S A LOT OF CURRENT. THAT
WOULD KILL YOU INSTANTLY. >> WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE IS
CASE NUMBER 74012: UFO CRASH AND RETRIEVAL.
>> ♪ YEAH, I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE, THE ONLY ONE,
I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE, THE ONLY ONE ♪
>> ON AUGUST 20, 2007 AT 4:00 IN THE MORNING, A STRANGE NOISE IN
THE SKY SENDS FRIGHTENED RESIDENTS OF XILITLA, MEXICO
RUNNING OUT IN THE STREETS. CLEARLY OUTLINED AGAINST THE
DAWN SKY, A FIERY SPHERE-SHAPED CRAFT BLAZES OVER THE VILLAGE
AND CRASHES INTO A NEARBY GROVE OF TREES. SOME WITNESSES NOTICE
THE MYSTERIOUS OBJECT CHANGE SPEED AND DIRECTION, AS IF IT
WERE BEING FLOWN LIKE AN AIRPLANE. THE SHEER NUMBER OF
EYEWITNESSES AND THE OBJECT'S STRANGE TRAJECTORY MAKE THE CASE
COMPELLING TO THE TEAM. INTERESTINGLY, THIS 2007 EVENT
AT XILITLA MIRRORS A 1974 UFO CRASH NEAR COYAME, 675 MILES TO
THE NORTHWEST. LIKE THE XILITLA INCIDENT, THE UNKNOWN OBJECT AT
COYAME WAS REPORTED TO BE TRAVELING UNDER INTELLIGENT
CONTROL AT SUPERSONIC SPEEDS UNTIL IT COLLIDED WITH A SMALL
CIVILIAN PLANE. BOTH CRAFT CRASHED TO THE DESERT BELOW.
TODAY, THIS REPORTED CRASH SITE IS KNOWN AS MEXICO'S ROSWELL.
>> WE JUST GOT A PHENOMENAL EMAIL FROM VICTOR CAMACHO, ONE
OF THE TOP NEWS GUYS DOWN IN MEXICO. WE HAVE THE CHANCE TO BE
THE FIRST UFO INVESTIGATORS ON A BRAND NEW CASE. A FIREBALL CAME
FROM A UFO--AT LEAST THIS IS WHAT THE VILLAGERS ARE
SAYING--BOUNCED OFF A BUNCH OF TREES, AND MIGHT HAVE LEFT SOME
RESIDUE. THEY WROTE A REPORT ON THIS CASE, AND THIS REPORT WENT
ALL THE WAY UP THE LADDER TO POLICE INTELLIGENCE, AND WE HAVE
A CHANCE TO INTERVIEW THE ACTUAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICER FOR THE
CENTRAL MEXICO POLICE WHO TOOK THE REPORT AND BROUGHT IT ALL
THE WAY TO MEXICO'S PENTAGON. >> SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE A LITTLE
ADVENTURE ON OUR HANDS. >> WE DO, AND THE PERSON WHO PUT
US IN TOUCH WITH HIM IS RUBEN URIARTE. NOW, RUBEN IS REALLY AN
EXPERT IN THE WAY THESE WHOLE CASES ARE COVERED UP, AND SO
THERE'S A RELATIONSHIP HERE BETWEEN THIS CASE IN XILITLA AND
RUBEN'S BIG CASE, WHICH IS MEXICO'S ROSWELL. YOU HAVE THE
POSSIBLE COLLISION BETWEEN A UFO AND A SMALL PLANE. RUBEN SAYS
THAT HE CAN PROBABLY GET US TO--'CAUSE HE THINKS HE'S FOUND
IT--THE ACTUAL CRASH SITE. >> IF THERE'S AN ALLEGED UFO
COLLISION WITH A PRIVATE AIRCRAFT, WE MIGHT ACTUALLY FIND
SAMPLES OR ARTIFACTS FROM THE PLANE AND/OR THE UNIDENTIFIED
OBJECT. >> THESE ARE 2 REALLY FANTASTIC
CASES. I NEED YOU GUYS TO ROLL ON THE GEAR. WE'RE GONNA CRACK
THIS CASE WIDE OPEN. >> XILITLA MEXICO IS A MOUNTAIN
TOWN 136 MILES NORTH OF MEXICO CITY, 90 MILES INLAND FROM THE
GULF OF MEXICO. ON THEIR WAY THERE, THE TEAM MEETS RUBEN
URIARTE AN EXPERT ON UFO CASES IN MEXICO AND THE AMERICAN
SOUTHWEST. >> THIS AREA HERE, A LOT OF UFO
SIGHTINGS HAVE BEEN REPORTED OVER THE YEARS.
>> ALSO JOINING THE TEAM IS UFO RESEARCHER RONNIE MILEONE. AT
4:00 IN THE MORNING, A GLOWING RED-YELLOW SPHERE-SHAPED
FIREBALL, APPROXIMATELY 7 FEET IN DIAMETER, FLEW IN FROM THE
WEST AND CRASHED INTO A GROVE OF LEMON AND COFFEE TREES.
EYEWITNESSES CALLED THE POLICE, AND BY 4:30, THE ENTIRE AREA WAS
LOCKED DOWN. POLICE OFFICERS WERE SWORN TO SECRECY. BUT ONE
POLICE INTELLIGENCE OFFICER WHO INVESTIGATED THE CRASH IS NOW
WILLING TO TALK ABOUT THE INCIDENT.
>> VICTOR, THIS IS REALLY SERIOUS STUFF WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT, AND YOU COULD NOT BE SEEN IN PUBLIC.
>> THEY PREFERRED NOT TO BE SEEN IN PUBLIC.
>> VICTOR CAMACHO IS A RADIO HOST AND UFO RESEARCHER. HE AND
RUBEN URIARTE HAVE ENSURED THE OFFICER'S ANONYMITY. DUE TO THE
SENSITIVE NATURE OF HIS TESTIMONY, THE POLICE
INTELLIGENCE OFFICER INSISTED THAT HIS FACE BE ELECTRONICALLY
DISGUISED, AND THAT THE INTERVIEW BE HELD IN A REMOTE
SUGARCANE FIELD FAR FROM ANY OBSERVERS.
>> SO YOU TOOK THE INITIAL REPORT. IS THAT TRUE?
>> SI. >> WHAT HAPPENED AFTER YOU TOOK
THE INITIAL REPORT? >> I RECEIVED THE REPORT AUGUST
19. THERE WERE UNIDENTIFIED OBJECTS THAT HAD FALLEN. THERE
WERE ONGOING REPORTS OF STRANGE OBJECTS IN THIS AREA--BALLS
OF FIRE. >> FIRE? I HEARD BALLS OF FIRE.
>> BALLS OF FIRE ARE NOT UNCOMMON IN THIS PART OF THE
WORLD. ON FEBRUARY 8, 1969, A BLUE-WHITE FIREBALL STREAKED
ACROSS THE SKY AND LANDED NEAR THE VILLAGE OF PUEBLO DE
ALLENDE. BUT A METEORITE LEAVES A CRATER,
AND AS THE EYEWITNESS REPORTS STATE, NO CRATER OR DEBRIS FIELD
WAS LEFT BEHIND. METEORITES ALSO FALL STRAIGHT DOWN TO THE EARTH.
THEY CANNOT CHANGE COURSE OR ZIG-ZAG. NOR DID THE POLICE SEAL
OFF THE AREA AFTERWARD. >> AFTER YOU FILED THE REPORTS,
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? >> I MADE THE REPORT AND WENT TO
SDNA. >> "SDNA" IS AN ACRONYM FOR
THE SECRETARY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE, THE TOP LEVEL OF THE
MEXICAN MILITARY. ALL OTHER SECURITY AND POLICE FORCES
REPORT TO SDNA. ON MARCH 5, 2004, A MEXICAN AIR FORCE PLANE
SEARCHING FOR ILLEGAL DRUG SMUGGLERS USING AN INFRARED
CAMERA VIDEOTAPED 11 OBJECTS FLYING 2 MILES OVER CIUDAD DE
CARMEN IN THE STATE OF CAMPECHE. ALTHOUGH THE OBJECTS WERE
INVISIBLE TO THE AIR CREW, THEY WERE PICKED UP ON THE PLANE'S
RADAR. THE OBJECTS SURROUNDED THE PLANE BRIEFLY BEFORE
VANISHING AT HIGH SPEED. THIS SIGHTING WAS VERIFIED AND
RELEASED TO THE MEDIA BY SDNA. >> ONCE SDNA GETS INVOLVED, THE
LOCAL POLICE NO LONGER HAVE ACCESS TO INVESTIGATE THAT
PARTICULAR EVENT BECAUSE SDNA HAS COME IN. THEY WANT TO SECURE
THE AREA LIKE THEY'RE SECURING A CRIME SCENE, AND THEY FREEZE THE
SCENE SO THEY CAN CONDUCT THEIR OWN FORENSICS ON THE OPERATION.
>> SI. >> THIS STORY WENT RIGHT TO THE
MEXICAN MILITARY, AND NOT JUST THE MILITARY--RIGHT TO THE TOP
OF MEXICO'S POLICE INTELLIGENCE. LOOK AT HOW BRAVE THESE GUYS
ARE. IT'S ASTOUNDING. THESE GUYS ARE SPEAKING OUT ON A TOP-SECRET
MEXICAN INTELLIGENCE UFO INVESTIGATION. I'VE GOT TO GET
MORE INFORMATION ON THIS. >> THIS PHENOMENON IS VERY
COMMON IN THIS AREA. >> ANTONIO MARTINEZ CHAVEZ IS
THE DEPUTY EDITOR OF "EL MARIANA DE VALLES," THE LOCAL AREA
NEWSPAPER. THE XILITLA POLICE CALLED HIM THE MORNING AFTER THE
INCIDENT. HE BELIEVES THAT THE POLICE AT THAT TIME BELIEVED A
UFO HAD CRASHED. HE IMMEDIATELY SENT MARYBOO VILLALOBOS, THE
LOCAL BEAT REPORTER, TO COVER THE EVENT.
>> ON THE MORNING OF THE 20th, I RECEIVED A REPORT THAT CAME
FROM THE CITY OF XILITLA. A BALL OF FIRE FELL.
>> A FIREBALL. >> A BALL OF FIRE.
>> YEAH, A BALL OF FIRE. >> A BALL OF FIRE FELL AND
EXPLODED INTO THE TREETOPS. THE WITNESS
REPORTED IT TO THE AUTHORITIES, AND WHEN THEY GOT THERE, THEY
JUST FOUND ASHES. >> SO THEY FOUND ASHES INSTEAD
OF METAL FRAGMENTS. >> ONE OF THE INVESTIGATORS TOOK
SOME OF THE ASHES. >> YOU COULD TELL US WHERE THIS
PERSON CAN BE FOUND. >> SI.
>> WELL, LET'S TRY AND FIND HIM, AND LET'S TRY AND SEE THE ASHES.
>> ACCORDING TO MARTINEZ, THE OBJECT THREW OFF LONG,
RIBBON-LIKE COILS OF ASH AS IT PASSED OVERHEAD, WHICH WERE
COLLECTED AND PRESERVED. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE ORIGINATING
FROM A UFO IS EXTREMELY RARE. THIS NEWS SUDDENLY GIVES THIS
CASE SPECIAL IMPORTANCE. >> I'VE GOT 2 PHENOMENAL
SOURCES. ONE SOURCE--POLICE INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS. THE OTHER
SOURCE IS A LOCAL REPORTER WHO ACTUALLY PICKED UP THIS CASE,
WHATEVER IT IS, UFO OR WHATEVER, AND SHE'S FOLLOWING IT.
>> ALL RIGHT. >> THE REPORTER GAVE US
WITNESSES. PAT, THAT'S YOUR JOB. HUNT DOWN THE WITNESSES. WE HAVE
THE NAMES. INTERVIEW THEM. COME BACK TO ME WITH THE STORY.
>> OK. >> RONNIE, THE REPORTER SAID
THERE WAS ACTUAL DEBRIS THAT CAME FROM THE OBJECT'S IMPACT.
GET THAT EVIDENCE BACK. >> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ANALYZE THE EVIDENCE. THIS IS AN AMAZING CASE OF A FIREBALL
CRASHING. RONNIE'S GONNA TAKE A LOOK AT THE ACTUAL CRASH SITE
WHILE I GO INTERVIEW THE WITNESSES.
>> WILL THE WITNESS TESTIMONY LEAD THE TEAM TO ANY PHYSICAL
EVIDENCE? >> I SAW ASHES.
>> ASHES. >> THE ASHES.
>> ON AUGUST 20, 2007, A RED-ORANGE FIREBALL REPORTEDLY
PERFORMING IMPOSSIBLE MANEUVERS IN THE SKY CRASHES IN XILITLA,
MEXICO. THE TEAM HAS TRAVELED TO THIS SMALL MOUNTAIN TOWN TO
VISIT THE CRASH SITE. >> THIS CASE IS REALLY AMAZING.
WE HAVE A FIREBALL CRASHING. RONNIE'S GONNA TAKE A LOOK AT
THE ACTUAL CRASH SITE WHILE I GO INTERVIEW THE WITNESSES.
>> HEY, RUBEN, THESE PEOPLE LIVE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET,
AND I WANT TO FIND OUT IF THEY SAW ANYTHING.
>> ABSOLUTELY. >> UNFORTUNATELY, I SPEAK ABOUT
2 WORDS OF SPANISH. >> OK.
>> MAYBE YOU CAN HELP ME OUT HERE.
>> OK. >> DID HE SEE THIS THING?
>> OK, HE SAW IT RIGHT ABOVE THE TREES.
>> WAS HE STANDING HERE? >> SI.
>> JOAQUIN CASTILLO RUBIO LIVES DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM
WHERE THE OBJECT FELL. >> TELL US WHAT DIRECTION IT
CAME FROM. >> IT CAME FROM THAT DIRECTION
TOWARDS THIS DIRECTION HERE. IT HIT THE TREE LIMBS, AND IT
CAUSED, LIKE, A FIRE. >> ACCORDING TO RUBIO, THE
OBJECT WAS APPROXIMATELY 7 FEET IN DIAMETER AND WAS ENGULFED IN
FLAMES. >> YES, I FELT FRIGHTENED WHEN I
SAW THIS. IT WAS VERY RARE FOR ME, VERY STRANGE TO SEE THIS.
>> BUT RUBIO ISN'T THE ONLY WITNESS. PAT INTERVIEWED
SANTARINA GONZALEZ, WHO HAD AN EVEN BETTER VIEW OF THE
INCIDENT. >> AND I LOOKED UP, AND I SAW,
LIKE, A BALL OF LIGHT. AND IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WERE SOME
FLAMES THAT WERE COMING OUT. AND I TURNED AROUND AND CALLED MY
HUSBAND, AND THEY STARTED CALLING 911. THE LAW ENFORCEMENT
STARTED ARRIVING. HE SAID THEIR RADIOS TURNED OFF. THE
RADIOS--THE POLICE OFFICERS, THEIR RADIOS DIDN'T WORK.
>> THE POLICE OFFICERS' RADIOS DIDN'T WORK.
>> APPROXIMATELY FOR 20 MINUTES, THEY WERE WITHOUT ANY
COMMUNICATION. >> FROM APPROXIMATELY 4:30 TO
4:50 A.M., 30 MINUTES AFTER THE CRASH, THE ENTIRE AREA WAS UNDER
COMPLETE RADIO SILENCE AND LOST ALL POWER. EVEN THE
BATTERY-POWERED POLICE RADIOS WERE REPORTEDLY UNABLE TO
RECEIVE OR TRANSMIT A SIGNAL. >> "I WAS SLEEPING." HE SAYS, "I
HEAR A VERY STRANGE NOISE." HIS ROOFING STARTED VIBRATING, AND
HE COULD HEAR THE NOISE. >> HAVE YOU EVER EXPERIENCED
THAT KIND OF TREMBLING BEFORE. >> NO, NO.
>> WHAT DID IT SOUND LIKE. >> [TICKING]
>> I SAW, LIKE, A SMALL OBJECT. LIKE A SMALL SHIP. MAYBE IT WAS
A UFO. >> KIND OF GOING THROUGH THE
CHECKLIST OF WHAT IT WAS NOT. UM, I THINK WE--WE CAN PRETTY
MUCH ELIMINATE THAT IT WAS LIGHTNING. LIGHTNING DOESN'T
FLOAT AROUND IN THE TREES. IT WASN'T FIREWORKS; THERE WAS NO
FESTIVAL GOING ON. WHAT ELSE WOULD REALLY HOVER AROUND AND
KNOCK OUT POLICE COMMUNICATION LIKE THAT AND HAVE THAT KIND OF
EFFECT? MAY BE LOOKING AT A REAL UFO INCIDENT HERE.
>> RONNIE INSPECTS THE CRASH SITE, SEARCHING FOR ANY PHYSICAL
TRACES OF THE OBJECT. >> ACCORDING TO SOME OF THE
EYEWITNESSES, THE OBJECT RICOCHETED FROM ONE TREE TO THE
OTHER TREE. >> FIRST IMPACT, AND THEN GOES
UP THERE. >> IF THERE'S ANY RESIDUE FROM
THIS OBJECT, I'M GONNA CHECK THAT THERE'S NO ABUNDANCE OF
RADIOACTIVITY. NORMAL SIGNS. >> NORMAL SIGNS.
>> RONNIE'S GEIGER COUNTER SHOWS THAT THE SITE ISN'T RADIOACTIVE,
ELIMINATING THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE FIREBALL WAS POWERED BY SOME
SORT OF NUCLEAR FUEL. >> I'M GONNA TAKE SOME SOIL
SAMPLES, BARK, AND FRUIT THAT'S HERE. SO I'LL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
EVERYTHING. >> RONNIE TAKES SAMPLES FROM THE
SITE WHILE BILL AND PAT HUNT DOWN THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE OF
CONFIRMED EVIDENCE: THE ASHES THE CRAFT SUPPOSEDLY LEFT
BEHIND. >> THEN I SAW ASHES, LONG ASHES.
THEY WERE ABOUT THAT LENGTH. >> THESE WERE LONG ASHES.
>> ASHES. >> WE ALL KNOW WHAT WE'VE GOT TO
GET, RIGHT? >> RIGHT, RIGHT.
>> THE ASHES. >> MARYBOO IS, LIKE, SHE'S THE
LOCAL REPORTER. >> WE SHOULD GO TALK TO HER
ABOUT THE LONG ASHES. >> BILL INTERVIEWS MARYBOO
VILLALOBOS, THE BEAT REPORTER SENT TO THE CRASH SITE. SHE
ACTUALLY SAW AND HANDLED THE RIBBON-LIKE ASHES WHICH DID NOT
DISINTEGRATE WHEN TOUCHED. >> CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE ASHES TO
ME? ANYTHING SPECIAL? >> IT WAS ABOUT 2 CENTIMETERS
WIDE OF BLACK AND GRAY MATTER. IT WAS SOMEWHAT HARD. IT DIDN'T
JUST CRUMBLE. IT HAD A HARD SURFACE.
>> CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE YOU TOOK THE ASHES?
>> I GAVE THEM TO MR. CARLOS ARIANOS.
>> YEAH, HE'S A POLICE OFFICER. >> WE ARE ONE SINGLE PHONE CALL
AWAY FROM GETTING ACTUAL DEBRIS--ASHES THAT MIGHT HAVE
FALLEN OUT OF A UFO. I'M GONNA CALL CARLOS ARIANO RIGHT NOW TO
GET THOSE ASHES. YES, MR. CARLOS ARIANO, PLEASE.
>> ALTHOUGH ARIANO WAS UNAVAILABLE FOR AN INTERVIEW, HE
AGREED TO SEND THE ASHES BACK WITH THE TEAM.
>> WE THINK THAT A CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF THE COMPOSITION OF
THE ASHES WILL REVEAL SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT THE NATURE OF THAT
FIREBALL WAS. [THUNDER]
>> THE TEAM HEADS TO VENTURA, CALIFORNIA TO CAPCO ANALYSIS
SYSTEMS WITH THE ASH SAMPLE FROM XILITLA.
>> WE BROUGHT HERE THE ASH SAMPLE, AND WE'VE ASKED THE
SCIENTISTS HERE AT CAPCO IF THEY CAN ANALYZE THESE AND JUST GIVE
US A QUANTITATIVE SUMMARY OF WHAT THE COMPOSITION IS OF ALL
OF THESE SAMPLES. >> THE SCIENTISTS AT CAPCO ARE
TESTING THE ASH SAMPLE USING GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY AND MASS
SPECTROSCOPY. BOTH OF THESE TESTS BREAK THE SAMPLE APART IN
ORDER TO ANALYZE ITS MAKE-UP. WHAT MAKES THIS SAMPLE MORE
DIFFICULT IS THAT ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT OF ASH WAS ABLE TO BE
RECOVERED. THE SCIENTISTS ARE TESTING FOR SULPHUR AND SILICON,
2 ELEMENTS COMMON IN METEORITES AND SPACE DEBRIS.
>> WE GOT SOME SULPHUR HERE. OUR DETECTION LIMIT IS 10,000, AND
THE AMOUNT OF SULPHUR WE FIND THERE IS 19,000.
>> ALTHOUGH THE SAMPLE WAS ONE-ONE THOUSANDTH THE SIZE OF
A STANDARD SAMPLE, IT CONTAINS TWICE THE AMOUNT OF SULPHUR AS
THE CONTROL. AN ELEVATED SULPHUR LEVEL IS INDICATIVE OF FIRE.
HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THE LIMITED SAMPLE SIZE, THE RESULTS ARE
STILL INCONCLUSIVE. THE TEAM NOW HEADS TO THE LAB OF EXPERIMENTS
PRODUCER JOHN TINDALL, WHO WILL ATTEMPT TO RECREATE THE ASHES
FROM XILITLA. >> NOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED DOWN IN MEXICO, BUT IF IT KNOCKED OUT RADIOS AS THEY
SAY IT DID FOR, YOU KNOW, 20 MINUTES TO AN HOUR, THAT'S SOME
SORT OF A LARGE EMP EVENT, ALMOST ON THE ORDER OF AN ATOMIC
WEAPON. >> I THINK WHAT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT HERE, PAT, ARE THE ASHES, 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE
VILLAGERS SAID THEY SAW, AND THAT'S WHAT STANDS OUT IN ALL
THE WITNESS DESCRIPTIONS. >> SO THE ASHES WEREN'T IN
ENOUGH OF A PIECE TO ACTUALLY GATHER UP THOUGH THEY WERE
INTACT. >> CORRECT.
>> BECAUSE THE ASHES DID NOT DISINTEGRATE, THE TEAM HAS TO
CONSIDER THAT THEY MAY BE SOME SORT OF WIRING, OR SOMETHING
ELECTRICAL IN NATURE. >> SO IF YOUR ALIEN SPACESHIP
HAD SOME SORT OF PROBLEMS AND--BOOM!--YOU KNOW, BLEW
APART, THERE COULD BE COILS AND WINDINGS AND THINGS
DISINTEGRATING AND COMING DOWN, SHOWERING DOWN, AND LEAVING
STRANGE ASHES. >> ANOTHER THEORY IS THAT
WHATEVER THE ENVELOPE IS AROUND THE UFO THAT ALLOWS IT TO
NAVIGATE THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE, THAT ENVELOPE CREATES ITS OWN
EMP EFFECT. >> BASICALLY AN EMP EVENT IS A
VERY STRONG ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE. AND WHAT WE'VE DONE IN
THIS EXPERIMENT IS CREATED AN EXTREMELY STRONG
ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE. IT'S INSTANTANEOUS. IT DISINTEGRATES
THE WIRE, AND IT RELEASES 10,000 VOLTS AT 200 AMPS. IT WOULD KILL
YOU INSTANTLY. SO BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING
TO, UM, TAKE LOTS OF CURRENT, SHOOT IT ACROSS A WIRE, AND
DISINTEGRATE A WIRE AND CREATE AN EMP EVENT.
>> THE TEAM IS TESTING TO SEE IF AN EMP EVENT COULD DISRUPT RADIO
RECEPTION AS WELL AS TURN RIBBON-LIKE WIRING TO ASH. JOHN
HAS CONNECTED A 27,000 VOLT POWER SUPPLY TO A 32-GUAGE
NICKEL COATED COPPER WIRE. >> THAT'S A LOT OF CURRENT.
THAT WOULD KILL YOU INSTANTLY. OK, HERE WE GO. THIS NEEDS TO
CHARGE FOR ABOUT 10 SECONDS. OK. HERE WE GO. AND 3, 2, 1.
[POPS] WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT, BILL?
>> WOW. THERE'S CERTAINLY A LONG STRING OF ASHES. THAT'S FOR
SURE. >> TOTALLY VAPORIZED THE COPPER
AND THE NICKEL IN THAT WIRE, AND PLUS A LARGE THERMAL SIGNATURE,
LARGE ELECTROMAGNETIC SIGNATURE. A LOT GOING ON THERE.
>> WHEN WE STARTED THIS INVESTIGATION INTERVIEWING THE
WITNESSES, NOBODY KNEW WHAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THAT STRING OF
ASHES. IT WAS A REAL BIG MYSTERY IN THE VILLAGE. THE POLICE
DIDN'T KNOW. THEY WROTE UP REPORTS. THE INTELLIGENCE
OFFICER SAID HE DIDN'T KNOW. BUT AT LEAST NOW WE HAVE ONE
PLAUSIBLE EXPLANATION FOR WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE CAUSE OF
THOSE ASHES, AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN A UFO SCENARIO. SO I THINK
WITH THIS WE REALLY HAVE THE ABILITY TO START WORKING ON THIS
CASE IN SUCH A WAY THAT MAYBE WE CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION.
>> HAS THE TEAM FOUND THE CRASH SITE...
>> LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING OVER HERE, BILL.
>> OF MEXICO'S ROSWELL? >> DID YOU FIND IT?
>> YEAH, IT'S OVER HERE. >> NO WAY.
>> AS THE TEAM FROM "UFO MAGAZINE"
RESEARCHES THE 2007 CASE, THE REPORTED UFO CRASH IN XILITLA,
MEXICO, THEY NOTICE SIMILARITIES WITH ANOTHER CASE FROM 1974.
COYAME, 675 MILES TO THE NORTH, IS HOME TO A CASE SO PUZZLING
THAT IT IS KNOWN AS MEXICO'S ROSWELL.
>> THERE'S A LINK BETWEEN 1974 AND 2007. IN 1974, A UFO CRASHED
OVER COYAME. IN 2007, A UFO DROPPED A BURNING FIREBALL OVER
THE VILLAGE IN XILITLA. IN BOTH CASES, THE POLICE AND THE
MILITARY COVERED UP THE CRASHES. WE'RE GONNA FIND THE DEBRIS IN
COYAME, AND WE'RE GONNA FIND THE LINK BETWEEN XILITLA AND
MEXICO'S ROSWELL. >> UFO EXPERT RUBEN URIARTE
GIVES THE TEAM THE HOTTEST LEAD EVER IN THIS CASE.
>> THE 2 SITES WE'LL BE GOING OUT TO VISIT, ONE OF THEM IS AN
ACTUAL AIRPLANE DEBRIS FIELD FROM A SMALL AIRPLANE THAT
CRASHED IN THE DESERT NEAR HERE.
>> WE JUST GOT A BIG BREAK IN THIS CASE. RUBEN URIARTE FOUND
THE LOCATION OF THE DOWNED PLANE IN THE COYAME DESERT. WE MAY
FIND EVIDENCE OF UFO CONTACT, OR, WHO KNOWS, WE MAY FIND AN
ACTUAL PIECE OF THE UFO ITSELF. >> COYAME IS A SMALL CITY WITH
APPROXIMATELY 30,000 PEOPLE 120 MILES FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO
AND ONLY 40 MILES FROM THE TEXAS BORDER.
[COW LOWING] >> COYAME SITS IN THE CHIHUAHUAN
DESERT, THE SAME DESERT THAT SURROUNDS ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO.
>> WE'RE ON OUR WAY TO COYAME NOW TO LOOK AT THE UFO
CRASH SITE. >> AT 10 P.M., AUGUST 25, 1974,
STRATEGIC DEFENSE INSTALLATIONS ACROSS TEXAS ARE ALLEGEDLY PUT
ON HIGH ALERT WHEN RADAR DETECTS AN UNIDENTIFIED CRAFT. WHAT IS
PARTICULARLY ALARMING IS THE REPORTED SPEED AT WHICH THE
OBJECT IS TRAVELING. IT REPORTEDLY CLOCKS IN AT 2,500
MILES PER HOUR. A TYPICAL COMMERCIAL JET TRAVELS BETWEEN
500 AND 600 MILES PER HOUR. THE TOP SPEED OF AN F-15 FIGHTER,
ONE OF THE FASTEST JETS IN THE SKY, IS MACH 2.5 OR
APPROXIMATELY 1,400 MILES PER HOUR. THE UNKNOWN OBJECT IS
TRACKED ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO, HEADING TOWARD THE
SOUTHERN BORDER OF THE UNITED STATES. SUDDENLY THE OBJECT
VEERS 90 DEGREES TO THE LEFT AND BEGINS PARALLELING THE TEXAS
COASTLINE. AT THE SAME TIME, UNAWARE THAT ANYTHING UNUSUAL
WAS GOING ON IN THE SKIES OVERHEAD, A SMALL CIVILIAN
AIRPLANE TAKES OFF FROM EL PASO, HEADING FOR MEXICO CITY. THE
WEATHER WAS PERFECT. THERE WAS NO REASON TO EXPECT THAT THIS
WOULD BE ANYTHING BUT A NORMAL EVENTLESS FLIGHT. THE OBJECT
OVER THE GULF MAKES ANOTHER IMPOSSIBLY SHARP TURN, THIS TIME
TO THE RIGHT, AND ENTERS MEXICAN AIR SPACE. HEADING INLAND OVER
THE DESOLATE BACKGROUNDS OF CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO. THE U.S.
DEFENSE TECHNICIANS REPORTEDLY SEE THE UNKNOWN OBJECT SUDDENLY
DISAPPEAR FROM THEIR SCREENS JUST OUTSIDE THE SMALL MEXICAN
CITY OF COYAME. MOMENTS LATER, MEXICAN CIVIL AIR CONTROL
REPORTS THAT A SMALL PLANE HAD JUST CRASHED IN THE CHIHUAHUAN
DESERT. >> WELL, SPEAKING TO SOME OF THE
LOCAL TOWN PEOPLE, THE FLIGHT PATH OF THE UFO WOULD HAVE BEEN
FROM THE SOUTH, WHICH IS BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, COMING OVER,
SWINGING OVER, GOING NORTHEAST OVER THAT MOUNTAIN PEAK THERE.
>> THE IMPACT SITE IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT MOUNTAIN.
>> THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT MOUNTAIN.
>> LET'S GET TO THE SITE. IT'S GONNA BE A LONG DAY.
>> RIGHT. YOU GOT IT. >> UH, LOOKS LIKE PROBABLY
THAT WAY. >> MAN, IT'S AMAZING HOW ALL OF
THIS TERRAIN LOOKS SIMILAR. >> NOE TORRES CO-AUTHORED THE
BOOK "MEXICO'S ROSWELL" WITH RUBEN URIARTE. THE 2 MEN VISITED
THIS SITE EXTENSIVELY WHILE RESEARCHING THEIR BOOK.
>> RUBEN AND NOE ARE GOING DOWN TO FIND THE WRECKAGE.
>> THE TEAM IS SEARCHING A ONE-MILE BY ONE-MILE AREA,
HOPING TO FIND EVIDENCE OF A UFO COLLISION.
>> YOU GUYS SEE ANYTHING? >> WE'VE GOT 3 ISSUES: WHERE
IS IT, WHETHER IT'S BEEN ERODED BY WIND OVER THE YEARS AND RAIN,
AND WHETHER THE SITE'S NOT BEEN COMPLETELY SCAVENGED BY LOCAL
PEOPLE LOOKING FOR ARTIFACTS. >> I'D SAY ANOTHER KILOMETER AND
A HALF UP. >> MEANING WE HAVE TO GO
THAT WAY. >> LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING OVER
HERE. >> WHERE IS IT, NOE?
>> RIGHT OVER HERE. >> THERE'S STUFF ALL OVER THE
PLACE. >> LOOK!
>> DID YOU FIND IT? >> IT'S OVER HERE.
>> WHERE, OVER THERE? >> RIGHT HERE, GUYS.
>> THE TEAM HAS LOCATED PART OF THE WRECKAGE, MUCH OF WHICH MAY
NOT HAVE BEEN SEEN FOR OVER 34 YEARS.
>> IT'S THE WHOLE RUDDER ASSEMBLY. LOOK AT ALL THE CASING
OVER HERE. LOOK AT THE GLASS. THAT'S THE WINDSHIELD.
>> THE DEBRIS FIELD COVERS APPROXIMATELY 10,000 SQUARE
FEET. THE TEAM HAS LOCATED WRECKAGE AT SEVERAL
POINTS, INCLUDING WHAT APPEARS TO BE THE RUDDER
ASSEMBLY OF A PLANE. >> WELL, WE'VE DISCOVERED
WRECKAGE OF A PLANE THAT'S STREWN ABOUT HERE IN THE DESERT.
IT COULD BE THE PLANE THAT CRASHED FROM THE UFO. I CAN'T
REALLY KNOW THAT UNTIL WE ANALYZE THIS AND FIND SOMETHING
ANOMALOUS ON IT, MAYBE SOME KIND OF RADIOACTIVITY OR SOMETHING
THAT WOULD GIVE US A CLUE THAT MAYBE THERE WAS SOME CONTACT
WITH A UFO. >> THERE MUST BE THINGS ALL
AROUND HERE, PAT, SO WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> I'M EXCITED THAT WE FINALLY HAVE SOMETHING HARD AND TANGIBLE
TO WORK WITH. I MEAN, IT'S ONE THING TO READ ABOUT UFO CRASHES
IN A BOOK AND SAY, "WELL, OK, MAYBE THIS HAPPENED." BUT WHEN
YOU FINALLY GET OUT HERE, AND YOU SEE THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY
SOMETHING TO WORK WITH--WE'VE ACTUALLY GOT METAL TO ANALYZE,
AND WE'VE GOT SOIL TO SAMPLE-- IT'S EXCITING. THIS IS WHAT
UFOLOGISTS WANT. FOR ANSWERS, THIS IS WHERE YOU WANT TO BE.
YOU WANT TO BE ACTUALLY IN THE FIELD WITH YOUR HANDS ON SOME
ARTIFACTS THAT MAY INDICATE THAT WE'VE HAD EXTRATERRESTRIAL
CONTACT. >> THERE IT IS RIGHT THERE, IN
THE SAND. THERE IS THE WRECKAGE. THERE IS THE PROOF THAT
SOMETHING HAPPENED HERE WHERE YOU SAID IT SHOULD BE.
>> RIGHT NOW THE TRICK IS GOING TO BE WORKING WITH THIS DEBRIS
AND SEEING IF WE CAN GET SOME KIND OF STORY OF WHAT ACTUALLY
HAPPENED. [BEEPING]
>> WELL, THIS CRASH OCCURRED OVER 3 DECADES AGO, CORRECT?
>> YES. >> IT'S A WONDER THAT THERE'S
ANYTHING LEFT AT ALL, REALLY. >> MY THOUGHT IS THAT THIS SITE
WAS SCRUBBED PRETTY CLEAN BY THE GROUP THAT SCRUBBED IT, WHETHER
IT WAS THE MEXICAN MILITARY 33 YEARS AGO, WHETHER IT WAS THE
U.S. MILITARY, WE DON'T KNOW. BUT THE SITE WAS SCRUBBED PRETTY
CLEAN, BUT WE FOUND ENOUGH PIECES THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY IT.
>> WE HAVE A REALLY INTERESTING PIECE OVER HERE, GUYS. LOOKS
LIKE PART OF THE HYDRAULICS FROM THE PLANE.
>> LET'S SEE. THIS IS A HYDRAULIC CONNECTOR RIGHT HERE.
SEE, YOU'VE GOT A LINE COMING IN, RIGHT? THEN YOU'VE GOT
VARIOUS PRESSURE BOLTS ON HERE. WE FOUND A PIECE OF THE TAIL
SECTION. WE FOUND THE FUEL FILTER, VARIOUS HYDRAULIC LINES,
WINDSHIELD. IT'S NOT A MOTOR VEHICLE. IT'S NOT A MOTORCYCLE.
IT'S A PLANE. THE TRICK IS GONNA BE WHAT DOES THE ANALYSIS OF THE
WRECKAGE TELL US ABOUT WHAT HIT THE PLANE? I MEAN, WE KNOW
THERE'S PLANE WRECKAGE. WE'VE SEEN WINDSHIELD. WE'VE SEEN PART
OF A PLANE. WE'VE SEEN MELTED ALUMINUM.
>> BUT NO UFO. >> BUT IT SAYS NOTHING ABOUT
THE UFO. >> IN THE CASE OF ROSWELL, YOU
HAVE A LOT OF RANCHERS, YOU HAD ACTUAL MILITARY PEOPLE STEPPING
FORWARD AND DESCRIBING WHAT THEY SAW. THE PROBLEM WITH THIS CASE
IS WE'VE GOT PHYSICAL EVIDENCE TO HOLD ONTO, BUT WE DON'T HAVE
ANYONE TO TALK TO. THERE AREN'T ANY MILITARY WITNESSES STEPPING
FORWARD. THERE DON'T SEEM TO BE ANY RANCHERS OUT HERE TO TELL US
WHAT THEY SAW. AND THAT'S THE PROBLEM. IT COULD BE THAT THIS
ACTUALLY WAS A UFO INCIDENT, BUT WE BASICALLY NEED MORE SOLID
LEADS TO REALLY SOLVE THIS CASE. [BEEPING]
[BEEPS LOUDLY] >> AND THERE I GO. RIGHT ON TOP
OF AN OBJECT NOW. >> THE TEAM HAS FINALLY FOUND
POSSIBLE EVIDENCE OF THE FATAL COLLISION BETWEEN A PLANE AND
A POSSIBLE UFO. >> THIS IS REALLY A VERY
IMPORTANT FINDING. >> DOES THIS TWISTED PIECE OF
METAL CONTAIN THE PROOF? >> I'M THRILLED. THIS IS
A MAJOR FIND. >> WHILE SEARCHING THE DESERT
NEAR COYAME, MEXICO... >> DID YOU FIND IT?
>> YEAH, IT'S OVER HERE. >> THE TEAM MAY HAVE DISCOVERED
THE DEBRIS FIELD CREATED BY THE 1974 COLLISION OF A PRIVATE
PLANE AND A POSSIBLE UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT.
>> HEY, RONNIE, YOU FINDING STUFF OVER HERE?
>> THIS IS REALLY A VERY IMPORTANT FINDING.
>> USING A METAL DETECTOR, RONNIE HAS FOUND A PIECE OF
WRECKAGE THAT LOOKS LIKE MELTED METAL WITH NO RECOGNIZABLE
SHAPE. IT MAY BE THE RESULT OF 2 METALS FUSING INTO ONE.
>> SUDDENLY WE'VE GONE FROM A THEORETICAL CRASH TO WORKING
WITH ACTUAL PHYSICAL DEBRIS THAT WE CAN WORK WITH.
>> OOH HOO. THAT PIECE IN ITSELF COULD BE AN EXAMPLE OF THIS
THEORY OF TRANSFERENCE, RIGHT? LOCARD'S THEORY OF TRANSFERENCE.
>> YES. >> IN WHICH 2 METALLIC ELEMENTS
HIT, MELT, FUSE. >> ACCORDING TO LOCARD'S
EXCHANGE PRINCIPLE... >> IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THE FORCE
OF THE COLLISION BETWEEN THE 2 CRAFT, COMBINED WITH THE
UNKNOWN FORCES SURROUNDING THE OBJECT, CREATED AN EXPLOSION SO
HOT THAT METAL FROM THE PLANE FUSED WITH EXTRATERRESTRIAL
MATERIAL FROM THE UFO? >> I CAN'T CLASSIFY IT WITH THE
DISCRIMINATOR. IT'S SAYING BETWEEN ZINC, COPPER. IT'S
REALLY GIVING ME AN UNKNOWN INDICATION OF EXACTLY WHAT THIS
IS. THERE MIGHT BE SOME OTHER MIX OF ELEMENTS IN HERE, SO THIS
IS A VERY IMPORTANT THING TO BRING BACK. GET SOME METAL
ANALYSIS ON THIS. >> NOW, DID THE METAL MELT FROM
THE KINETIC HEAT OF AN IMPACT WITH A UFO? DID THE METAL MELT
AS THE PLANE HIT THE MOUNTAIN OVER THERE AND KIND OF BOUNCED
DOWN AND EXPLODED? THESE ARE THE THINGS WE DON'T KNOW AND CAN'T
REALLY TELL FROM THE SITE. >> WHAT'S FASCINATING TO ME IS
THAT THIS SITE IS SO CLOSE TO THE ZONA DE SILENCIO WHICH
FRINGES THIS AREA AS WELL, AND THE STRANGE CRAFT THAT WAS
INVOLVED IN THE '74 INCIDENT OVERFLEW PART OF THE ZONE OF
SILENCE. >> ACCORDING TO REPORTS, THE UFO
FLEW FROM THE SOUTHWEST TOWARD TEXAS AND THROUGH THE ZONE OF
SILENCE, A CIRCLE OF ROUGHLY 300 SQUARE KILOMETERS CENTERED NEAR
THE JUNCTURES OF THE STATES OF DURANGO, COAHUILA, AND
CHIHUAHUA. IT GETS ITS NAME BECAUSE IT IS BELIEVED THAT
RADIO AND TELEVISION WAVES ARE SPORADICALLY SILENCED HERE FOR
NO REASON. WHAT'S FASCINATING ABOUT THIS ARE IS THAT THE
REPORTED UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT SEEN IN XILITLA IN 2007 ALSO
FLEW OVER THE ZONE OF SILENCE BEFORE MAKING A SHARP TURN
TOWARD XILITLA. WHAT IS IT ABOUT THIS AREA THAT CAUSES IT TO HAVE
SUCH AN EFFECT ON THESE OBJECTS? >> IT'S NOTED FOR ITS ANOMALOUS
ACTIVITY--UFO SIGHTINGS, APPARITIONS . AND IT'S
CONSIDERED AS MEXICO'S BERMUDA TRIANGLE.
>> THE ZONE IS AN AREA WITH A LONG HISTORY OF PHYSICAL AND
MAGNETIC ANOMALIES. COMPASSES HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO GO HAYWIRE
AND SWING WILDLY, WHICH CAN FATALLY EFFECT AIRCRAFT GUIDANCE
SYSTEMS. IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS ISOLATED DESERT IS AN UNUSUAL
SIGHT. >> WHY WOULD THERE BE
A STRUCTURE HERE? >> ONE THING WE NOTICE RIGHT
AWAY, THAT THE WHOLE AREA IS MARKED OFF BY A CIRCLE OF
BLACKENED EARTH. >> THE AREA IS MARKED OFF BY
A CIRCLE OF DARKENED EARTH APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET IN
DIAMETER. >> IS THIS A BIG DEAL?
>> CAREFUL. DON'T GO TOO CLOSE YET.
>> WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT I JUST KNOW THAT THIS--
I JUST--THIS SOIL IS SO SUSPICIOUS.
>> GUYS, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, THAT HOLE DOESN'T SEEM THAT
MYSTERIOUS TO ME. AND I KNOW THAT--YOU KNOW, I HATE TO BE THE
PARTY POOPER HERE, BUT IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE SOMEBODY MAY HAVE
BEEN DIGGING A WELL OR A PIT FOR BURNING GARBAGE.
>> EVEN THOUGH EVERYBODY IN THIS SMALL COMMUNITY KNOWS EVERYBODY
ELSE, AND THEY KEEP TRACK OF EVERYTHING IN THE AREA, NOBODY
HAD AN EXPLANATION FOR HOW THIS PIT GOT HERE, WHAT ITS ORIGIN
WAS, WHAT IT MAY HAVE BEEN USED FOR. IT'S A TOTAL MYSTERY TO
EVERYBODY HERE. AND ANOTHER PART OF THIS MYSTERY IS THAT THE
VILLAGERS TOLD US THAT THE MILITARY SPECIFICALLY WARNED
THEM TO STAY AWAY FROM THIS AREA THAT'S DEMARKED BY THIS FENCE.
STAY AWAY AND JUST DON'T MESS WITH IT.
>> THE FENCED REGION AROUND THE PIT HAS AN AREA OF APPROXIMATELY
4,000 SQUARE FEET. WHY THIS REMOTE AREA 5 MILES AWAY FROM
COYAME WOULD BE FENCED OFF IS NOT KNOWN. THE TEAM BREAKS THE
AREA DOWN INTO QUADRANTS AND SEARCHES FOR ANY SIGNS OF
DEBRIS. >> THERE'S A LID. IT LOOKS
LIKE A-- >> OH, A 55-GALLON DRUM OR
SOMETHING. >> THAT'S A CLUE.
>> I'M NOTICING OTHER BITS AND PIECES OF METAL LIKE THIS.
>> IF THE MILITARY HAD AN EXPEDITION OUT HERE, THEY WOULD
HAVE DEFINITELY BROUGHT THEIR OWN FUEL WITH THEM 'CAUSE
THERE'S NO GAS STATION NEAR HERE. WE FOUND CHAIN DRIVES FOR
MAYBE A DRILLING MECHANISM. WE FOUND WELDING PARTS. THE OTHER
THING WE FOUND ARE OIL DRUMS. SO SOMEBODY TRANSPORTED OIL,
PETROLEUM, OR SOME EXPLOSIVE MATERIAL TO THIS SITE.
>> COULD IT BE THAT LIKE THE 2007 CRASH IN XILITLA, THE
MEXICAN MILITARY WAS IMMEDIATELY CALLED IN TO COLLECT, GATHER,
AND DESTROY ANY AND ALL EVIDENCE OF THIS INCIDENT?
>> PULLING UP SOME CIRCULAR METAL OBJECTS HERE.
>> LOOK AT THIS. THEY'RE ALL-- THEY'RE ALL LIKE DRUM COVERS.
YOU NOTICE? LOOK AT THIS. >> THERE'S SOMETHING RIGHT OVER
THERE. A WHITE--I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT IS. I DIDN'T WANT
TO TOUCH IT. >> OH, YOU KNOW WHAT? IT COULD
BE FOR A LIGHT FIXTURE, SOME KIND OF LIGHT FIXTURE. IN OTHER
WORDS, IF YOU HAVE THE BULB ASSEMBLY--
>> OH, WAIT A MINUTE. LET'S SAY THIS WAS THE SITE THEY CAME TO,
SO THEY STRUNG THE LIGHTS AT NIGHT. THE HOLE THAT WE FOUND IS
NOT SIMPLY A HOLE IN THE GROUND. IT'S A DRILLED HOLE. SO THIS IS
A SITE WHERE SOME KIND OF BURIAL OR EXPLOSIVE OPERATION, SOME
KIND OF INCENDIARY OPERATION, TOOK PLACE TO GET RID OF
EVIDENCE AND BURY EVIDENCE. IT LOOKS KIND OF LIKE A BOMB CRATER
OR ONE OF THESE NUCLEAR EXPLOSION SITES WHERE IT
EXPLODES, AND THE GROUND COLLAPSES, AND THERE'S A KIND OF
A CRATER. THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO ME JUST LOOKING AT IT.
>> ACCORDING TO NOE AND RUBEN'S BOOK "MEXICO'S ROSWELL,"
"THE PRESENCE OF THIS DEADLY AGENT MOTIVATED A U.S. MILITARY
TASK FORCE TO RUSH INTO MEXICO AND SET OFF AN INCENDIARY
DEVICE, POSSIBLY NUCLEAR, TO PREVENT ANY FURTHER SPREAD OF
THE PROBLEM." THE U.S. DID INDEED HAVE BACKPACK NUCLEAR
WEAPONS IN THE 1970s. THE W54 SUITCASE NUKE RANGED IN POWER
FROM 1 TO 10 KILOTONS. THIS SMALLER EXPLOSION MAY HAVE BEEN
USED TO ELIMINATE A "LETHAL BIOLOGICAL AGENT." ACCORDING TO
NOE AND RUBEN, CITIZENS OF COYAME WERE WARNED FOR YEARS
AFTER THE 1974 EVENT TO STAY AWAY FROM THIS AREA DUE TO HIGH
LEVELS OF RADIATION. WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED HERE?
>> I'M GONNA SWEEP SLOWLY. >> RONNIE TESTS FOR
RADIOACTIVITY IN THE PIT USING A GEIGER COUNTER. THE GEIGER
COUNTERS MEASURE THE NUMBER OF RADIOACTIVE PARTICLES BEING
EMITTED BY A SAMPLE IN COUNTS PER MINUTE, OR CPM.
>> JUST ABOUT 15 CPMs. >> THE EARTH ITSELF EMITS
A BACKGROUND RADIATION OF APPROXIMATELY 15 CPM.
>> NO SIGN OF ANY RADIOACTIVITY. LOOKS LIKE--LOOKS LIKE WE'RE
RADIOACTIVE DEAD. IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S JUST NORMAL.
[GEIGER COUNTER CLICKING] >> OH, HOLD ON A SECOND. WAIT.
HANG ON. >> THAT INCREASED RAPIDLY.
>> HANG ON. >> WOW.
>> THE RADIATION LEVEL JUMPED TO OVER 100 COUNTS PER MINUTE,
8 TIMES THE NORMAL LEVEL, INDICATING RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL
MAY HAVE BEEN IN THIS IMMEDIATE VICINITY.
>> WELL, I STILL HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THIS HOLE
MIGHT BE, BUT I HAVE TO ADMIT IT'S UNUSUAL.
>> WHEN YOU COME UPON A SITE THAT POTENTIALLY CONTAINS THE
WRECKAGE OF A PLANE THAT CRASHED WITH A UFO THAT THE MILITARY
SCRUBBED CLEAN, AND YET ON THE SITE ARE POTENTIALLY LITTLE
PIECES OF FORENSIC EVIDENCE THAT MAY REVEAL SUBSTANCES OTHER THAN
SOMETHING WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ON THAT PLANE--SO FOR US, I'M
THRILLED. THIS IS A MAJOR FIND. >> THE PLANE DEBRIS AND THE
RADIOACTIVE SAMPLES TAKEN FROM THE MYSTERIOUS PIT IN CHIHUAHUAN
DESERT ARE SENT TO THE LAB TO TEST FOR TRACE EVIDENCE OF UFOs.
>> WE DO KNOW THAT SOMETHING HAPPENED THERE.
>> WILL TESTING IN THE LAB FINALLY HELP SOLVE THE CASE OF
MEXICO'S ROSWELL? >> THE TEAM HAS GATHERED SAMPLES
FROM A REPORTED UFO CRASH SITE NEAR COYAME, MEXICO.
>> WHAT IS THIS STUFF? >> THEY ARE NOW HEADED BACK TO
THE LABORATORIES AT CAPCO ANALYSIS SYSTEMS IN VENTURA,
CALIFORNIA. >> SO THE TEAM HAD COLLECTED
4 SAMPLES, ONE OF WHICH IS A CONTROL SAMPLE, AND THE OTHER
3 ARE CLOSER TO THIS MYSTERIOUS HOLE. WE'RE GONNA TEST THESE
SAMPLES FOR A VARIETY OF KNOWN COMPOUNDS, ORGANIC AND
SEMI-VOLATILES. >> THE TEAM MEETS ALAN WEPPITY,
AN ANALYSIS TECHNICIAN WHO RAN A NUMBER OF TESTS ON SAMPLES
GATHERED NEAR THE REPORTED BURIAL SITE.
>> WHEN WE WERE AT COYAME OUT IN THE DESERT, WE TOOK A SERIES OF
SAMPLES RADIATING OUT FROM WHAT WE THINK WAS THE SITE OF THE
EXPLOSION. I KNOW YOU RAN SOME TESTS ON THOSE. WHAT'D YOU
FIND OUT? >> THE ORGANIC SITE BASICALLY
IMPLIED THAT ANALYSIS USING GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY, MASS
SPECTROSCOPY INSTRUMENT, THE PURPOSE BEING TO IDENTIFY ALL
THE SEMI-VOLATILE COMPOUNDS POTENTIALLY PRESENT IN THOSE
SAMPLES. >> ALAN IS TESTING 4 SAMPLES
COLLECTED FROM DIFFERENT DISTANCES AROUND MYSTERIOUS PIT
NEAR COYAME. THE SAMPLE AREAS START AT THE FURTHEST DISTANCE
FROM THE CENTER POINT. SAMPLE A IS THE CONTROL, AND SAMPLE D WAS
TAKEN FROM INSIDE THE HOLE ITSELF. ALAN IS SCANNING FOR THE
PRESENCE OF VOCs: VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS. VOCs ARE
DEFINED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AS CHEMICAL
COMPOUNDS THAT EASILY VAPORIZE INTO THE ATMOSPHERE. THESE
INCLUDE METHANE, FORMALDEHYDE, AND MANY COMMON HOUSEHOLD
CHEMICALS. IDENTIFYING THE VOCs WILL HELP TO DEFINE THE CHEMICAL
MAKEUP OF THE SAMPLE. >> IN YOUR SAMPLE, SAMPLE A AND
SAMPLE B ARE COMPLETELY CLEAN SAMPLES. YOU KNOW, THERE IS
REALLY NOTHING IN IT. HOWEVER, IN THE OTHER 2, C AND D, WE
FOUND A SLIGHT TRACE OF HYDROCARBONS, BASICALLY--
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS--WHICH WE KIND OF DEFINE LOOKING AT THE
CHROMATOGRAM AS MOTOR OIL. AGAIN, IT'S NOT TOO MUCH BUT
ENOUGH TO SHOW US A POSITIVE, YOU KNOW, SOME HITS.
>> WHICH IS FUNNY BECAUSE WHERE THAT SAMPLE CAME FROM, C AND D,
THEY WERE GETTING CLOSER TO THE ACTUAL MINE SHAFT WHERE, AS THE
STORY GOES, THE UNITED STATES ARMY BLEW UP SOME DEBRIS. AND
RIGHT AROUND THAT MINE SHAFT, WE FOUND A FEW PETROLEUM CONTAINERS
THERE. >> THE SOIL SAMPLES FROM COYAME
DID HAVE SOME KIND OF SEMI-VOLATILE COMPOUND IN THEM.
ALTHOUGH WE CAN'T DRAW SPECIFIC CONCLUSIONS, WE DO KNOW THAT
SOMETHING HAPPENED THERE THAT MAY HAVE INVOLVED SOME KIND OF
EXPLOSION OR INCENDIARY PROCESS. ALL OF THIS SUPPORTS THE
POSSIBILITY THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOME SORT OF MILITARY
ACTIVITY THERE, AND THEREFORE SOME SORT OF MILITARY COVER-UP.
>> IT'S ALMOST AS THOUGH THERE WAS PETROLEUM STORED IN THERE
WHICH EITHER LEECHED OUT AND WENT TO THE TOP OR WAS ACTUALLY
EXPLODED. WE DON'T KNOW. THERE'S A LINK HERE BETWEEN THE 2 CASES:
THE CRASH AT COYAME AND WHAT REALLY HAPPENED IN THE VILLAGE
OF XILITLA. SO WHAT DID THE TESTS SHOW, JEFF?
>> WELL, THE TEST SHOWS THAT PETROLEUM OR A BENZENE SUBSTANCE
WAS MORE IN CONCENTRATION IN A SPECIFIC AREA, WHICH WAS THE
D SAMPLE. >> D. THE HOLE HAD THE HIGHEST
CONCENTRATION, RIGHT, OF PETROLEUM BASED PRODUCTS. IN THE
HOLE ITSELF, WHICH IS--WHAT STRUCK ME WAS THAT THE SOIL
ITSELF IS BASICALLY DARK--IT'S ALMOST AS THOUGH SOMETHING IN
THE HOLE THREW SOMETHING DARK INTO THE SOIL, AND SO THE CLOSER
TO THE TOP, THE LIGHTER THE SOIL BECAME.
>> YOU KNOW, IT SOUNDS LIKE PERHAPS AN EXPLOSION.
>> THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE TO ME.
>> WHICH MAY HAVE INVOLVED SOME VOLATILES OR SEMI-VOLATILES. AND
WE'VE MEASURED. WE DETECTED SOME VERY TRACE AMOUNTS THERE. MAY
HAVE DONE SOMETHING THERMALLY TO THE SOIL OR ADDED SOME CHEMICAL
COMPOSITION TO THE SOIL AS IT THREW THE SOIL OUT, WHICH WOULD
BE CONSISTENT WITH THE IDEA THAT WHAT IT HAD THROWN SETTLED
ON THE TOP OF THE SURFACE AWAY FROM THE
HOLE, BUT IN THE HOLE, IT COULD HAVE BEEN DRIVEN INTO THE WALLS
OF THE HOLE. >> OK, SO I THINK WE CAN DEBATE
COYAME AD INFINITUM UNTIL WE GET MORE INFORMATION. WE KNOW
THERE'S SMOKE; WE NEED TO FIND THE FIRE. BUT LET'S TURN OUR
ATTENTION TO XILITLA BECAUSE HERE'S A CASE WHERE WE ACTUALLY
HAVE A CURRENT CASE, RIGHT? IT WAS APRIL 2007. WE WERE ABLE TO
GET A MINUTE SAMPLE OF THE ASH THAT WAS THE RESIDUE FROM
THIS FIRE. >> WHY COULDN'T WE BRING MORE
SAMPLE? WHY DO WE HAVE JUST A TINY AMOUNT?
>> THERE WERE LARGE AMOUNTS OF SAMPLES THAT THE VILLAGERS
THEMSELVES COLLECTED. THE POLICE CAME IN AND CONFISCATED THE
WHOLE MESS OF IT EXCEPT FOR A VERY SMALL AMOUNT. NOW, THAT
WE WERE ABLE TO GET INTO THIS COUNTRY.
>> THE FACT THAT THE MEXICAN AUTHORITIES CONFISCATED ALL
THESE SAMPLES--WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
>> NOW YOU'RE COMING OVER TO MY SIDE OF THE TABLE.
WHAT YOU'VEGOT IS, ONE, WHY WOULD THE MEXICAN
AUTHORITIES MAKE IT SUCH A HIGH PRIORITY TO ROLL IN IMMEDIATELY,
TAKE THE SOIL, AND GO? WHY WERE WE FOLLOWED BY POLICE AND
MILITARY AS WE WENT TO THE LOCATION? WE HAVE EVIDENCE OF
SOMETHING. >> FROM COLLECTING ASH FROM THE
REPORTED XILITLA CRASH OF 2007 TO FINDING A DARKENED EARTH AREA
NEAR MEXICO'S ROSWELL, THE TEAM HAS GAINED INSIGHT INTO ONE OF
THE WORLD'S MOST ACTIVE REGIONS FOR UFO REPORTS. AND ALTHOUGH
THE SAMPLES PROVE INCONCLUSIVE, THE NUMBER OF SIGHTINGS AND THE
GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE TO THESE EVENTS SHOW US THERE MAY BE MORE
GOING ON IN MEXICO THAN THE PUBLIC IS ALLOWED TO KNOW.
I had much more time available before wasting time watching this nonsense. How do I get my wasted time back???? Asking for my own dumbass self.