Monsters and Mysteries in America (2013–…): Season 3, Episode 9 - Demon Panthers, Helicopter Crew Meets UFO, Doppelganger - full transcript

Narrator:
IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS,

A PARANORMAL PANTHER
ON A RAMPAGE.

BOOM. IT HIT ME.

I MEAN, IT KNOCKED ME
IN THE ROAD.

AND I KNEW THAT'S WHEN IT WAS
GONNA TRY TO EAT ME.

I WAS SCARED TO DEATH.

Narrator:
THE TWIN YOU NEVER KNEW YOU HAD

TURNS INTO YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE.

Jzontanna: WHO KNOWS WHAT THIS
THING'S ACTUAL INTENTION IS?

THE EYES OF WHATEVER THIS IS.

MAYBE IT'S GONNA BE
THE LAST THING I SEE.



[ SCREAMING ]

Narrator:
THE SKIES OVER KENTUCKY,

SCORES OF UFO SIGHTINGS.

[ THUNDER CRASHES ]

NOW NEW EVIDENCE
FROM A CHOPPER CREW

THAT BARELY SURVIVED
AN AERIAL ASSAULT.

Graham: ALL OF A SUDDEN,
THIS OBJECT IS COMING TOWARD US,

AND AS I TRIED TO GET AWAY
FROM IT AND LOOK,

AND IT WAS CHASING US.
"IT'S CHASING US."

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Narrator: AT ILLINOIS'
SOUTHERNMOST TIP,

WHERE THE OHIO RIVER MERGES
WITH THE MISSISSIPPI,

SPRAWLS THE SHAWNEE
NATIONAL FOREST.

SMALL TOWNS EXIST
AS QUIET OUTPOSTS



ALONGSIDE THE 280,000 ACRES
OF PROTECTED WILDERNESS.

IT SEEMS PEACEFUL ENOUGH,

EXCEPT FOR THE RUMORS
ABOUT A SUPERNATURAL PREDATOR.

IF YOU LOOK AT SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

WITH A REAL FOCUS
ON THE SHAWNEE NATIONAL FOREST,

YOU GET LOTS OF DIFFERENT
REPORTS OF CRYPTIDS.

Narrator: AND IN THE REPORTS,

ONE CRYPTID CREATURE
APPEARS AGAIN AND AGAIN.

A FEROCIOUS FELINE,
BLACK AS THE NIGHT,

FANGS OF FURY,
A SUPERNATURAL SLASHER.

ALL OF A SUDDEN,
WE COME UP THIS HILL...

[ TIRES SCREECH ]
...AND THERE IT IS.

[ CREATURE ROARS ]

[ FLIES BUZZING ]

Narrator: DEEP WITHIN
THE SHAWNEE NATIONAL FOREST

IS A RUGGED
BACKCOUNTRY WILDERNESS

KNOWN AS THE DEVIL'S KITCHEN.

THE INDIANS, THE LOCALS,
THE SETTLERS

ALL FEARED THAT AREA
AND REALLY KEPT AWAY FROM IT.

Narrator:
BEGINNING IN THE MID 1800s,

TERRIFYING TALES
BEGAN TO EMERGE,

ENCOUNTERS
WITH UNUSUAL CAT CREATURES.

FROM ABOUT THE 1850s
THROUGH ABOUT 1917,

YOU GET A LARGE BODY
OF ACTUAL, FACTUAL CASES

TALKED ABOUT IN NEWSPAPERS.

USUALLY A COUPLE LINES --
"FAMILY SEES PANTHER."

"FAMILY WAS ATTACKED
BY A BLACK PANTHER."

Narrator: ONE SUCH CASE
OCCURRED IN JULY OF 1917

ON THE GROUNDS OF AN ESTATE
IN MONTICELLO, ILLINOIS.

A VERY MYSTERIOUS CASE
HAPPENED ON A LOCAL MANSION

WHERE A BUTLER WAS OUT
DOING THEIR GARDENING,

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN...

[ CREATURE ROARS ]

[ SCREAMS ]

THIS UPRIGHT BLACK PANTHER
ATTACKED HIM,

AND IT BECAME
A VERY FRIGHTENING SITUATION.

Narrator: REPORTERS DUBBED IT
"NELLIE THE LION."

OVER THIS WAY!
COME HERE!

THE ATTACK SPARKED
A MASSIVE HUNT.

THE TRACKS
JUST DISAPPEAR RIGHT HERE.

[ PANTHER ROARS ]

THE MARAUDING BEAST
WAS NEVER FOUND.

ROADS WERE MONITORED
BY POLICE OFFICERS,

SCHOOLS WOULD CLOSE

BECAUSE THEY WERE AFRAID KIDS
WERE GOING TO BE SNATCHED.

Narrator: THEY'RE DESCRIBED

AS MUCH LARGER
THAN A TYPICAL PANTHER,

WELL OVER 9 FEET IN LENGTH
WITH JET-BLACK FUR.

THESE BEASTS DON'T BEHAVE LIKE
CATS TYPICALLY SEEN IN NATURE.

Rev. Swope: A LOT OF PEOPLE
HAVE SEEN THE PHANTOM PANTHER

APPEAR BEFORE THEM
AND DISAPPEAR.

SOME PEOPLE HAVE SEEN
THE PANTHER JUMP AT THEM

AND DISAPPEAR IN MID LUNGE.

SOMETHING
THAT'S PHYSICALLY THERE

THAT YOU CAN SEE WITH YOUR EYES,
BUT IT'S TANGIBLY NOT THERE.

PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TRYING
TO CAPTURE THESE ANIMALS

SINCE THEY'VE BEEN SIGHTED,

FROM CAMERA TRAPS
TO PHYSICAL, METAL TRAPS,

AND ALL OF THEM
SEEM TO BE FRUITLESS

BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT BOUND BY
THE NORMAL PHYSICS THAT WE ARE.

Coleman:
PEOPLE SEE THEM ALL THE TIME,

YET ZOOLOGY
CANNOT EVEN EXPLAIN THEM.

THAT'S THE REASON
THEY BECOME CRYPTIDS.

Narrator:
RESEARCHER LOREN COLEMAN

HAS INVESTIGATED CRYPTID
SIGHTINGS AROUND THE WORLD

FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS.

AS A SCIENTIST,
I ACCEPT OR DENY THE EVIDENCE.

AND THAT'S THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING TO ME.

I'M NOT A TRUE BELIEVER,
I'M NOT A DEBUNKER.

I TRY TO LOOK
AT THIS SKEPTICALLY,

AND THAT'S A REAL
IMPORTANT STANCE FOR ME.

Narrator: OF ALL THE CRYPTID
CREATURES HE'S INVESTIGATED,

COLEMAN HAS COME FACE-TO-FACE
ONLY ONCE.

HE HAS NEVER TOLD HIS ACCOUNT
ON CAMERA UNTIL NOW.

IN THE FALL OF 1969,

NOT FAR FROM
THE SHAWNEE NATIONAL FOREST,

COLEMAN AND A COUPLE
OF COLLEAGUES WERE IN A CAR.

Coleman:
WE WERE ALL RETURNING FROM WORK

AS RECREATIONAL THERAPISTS
AT THE STATE HOSPITAL,

AND THERE'S A PART OF THE ROAD

THAT GOES THROUGH
THE GIANT CITY STATE PARK.

VERY RUGGED AREA,
LOTS OF WOODS AROUND.

I'M SITTING THERE IN A POSITION
LOOKING STRAIGHT OUT THE FRONT.

Narrator:
FROM THE PASSENGER SEAT,

COLEMAN SAW A LARGE BLACK MASS
MOVING JUST UP AHEAD.

[ TIRES SCREECH ]

[ PANTHER GROWLS ]

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, A GIANT
BLACK PANTHER CROSSES THE ROAD.

STEVE, BACK UP.

THIS IS A LARGE CAT, ONE
THAT REALLY SHOULDN'T BE HERE.

Narrator: THEY WATCHED
HELPLESSLY, TOO AFRAID TO MOVE.

THIS THING COULD HURT US.

Narrator: LUCKILY, THE GIANT
BEAST LEAPT OFF THE ROAD

AND VANISHED INTO THE WOODS.

I WANT TO TURN AROUND,
LOOK FOR TRACKS.

YOU'RE CRAZY.
WE'RE OUT OF HERE.

EVERYBODY ELSE
WANTED TO GO HOME.

SO, IT WAS FRUSTRATING.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING
I TALK ABOUT THAT OFTEN,

AND YET I KNOW IT WAS REAL.

AND THEN THE NEXT YEAR, WAS LOTS
OF SIGHTINGS AROUND THERE.

I WROTE MY FIRST ARTICLE,
ACTUALLY,

ON MYSTERY ANIMALS
OF ILLINOIS IN 1971.

Narrator: ONE OF THE MOST
TERRIFYING ENCOUNTERS

LOREN COLEMAN INVESTIGATED
HAPPENED TO THIS MAN.

MIKE BUSBY IS A 63-YEAR-OLD
RETIRED AUTO MECHANIC.

HE WAS BORN AND RAISED
IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS.

GROWING UP, MIKE HEARD
THE RUMORS ABOUT THE PANTHERS.

Busby: YEARS AGO
WHEN I WAS A SMALL KID,

WE WAS TOLD
THERE WAS A BLACK PANTHER,

BUT I NEVER DREAMED OF EVER
SEEING ANYTHING, YOU KNOW?

OR ESPECIALLY BEING
ATTACKED BY IT.

Narrator:
IN THE SPRING OF 1970,

BUSBY WAS
A 19-YEAR-OLD NEWLYWED.

ONE NIGHT, HE WAS ON HIS WAY
TO PICK UP HIS BRIDE

IN A NEARBY TOWN.

WE HAD JUST GOT THROUGH WORKING
AT MY DAD'S GARAGE.

WE PUT A MOTOR IN A CAR.

AND IT WAS LATE.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN ROUTE 3.

NOT A VERY WELL-TRAVELED ROAD
BACK IN THE DAY.

AND I HAD AN OLD '55 CHEVROLET.

Narrator: HE WAS READY TO UNWIND
AFTER A LONG DAY AT WORK.

WITHIN MINUTES, HE'D BE FACING
THE BATTLE OF HIS LIFE.

[ ENGINE SPUTTERS ]

THEN THE CAR, IT STARTED
JUMPING AND JERKING.

Narrator: OUT OF NOWHERE,
THE ENGINE CUT OUT.

WHEN IT DIED, I PULLED OFF
TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.

WHAT'S GOING ON IN HERE?

I WENT OUT,
PECKED ON THE CARBURETOR,

AND I KNEW THAT WOULD FIX IT.

BUT THEN I HEARD SOMETHING, LIKE
LIMBS AND BRUSH BEING BROKE,

STEPPED ON OR SOMETHING
RIGHT BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.

[ PANTHER GROWLS ]

[ ROARS ]

THAT'S WHEN IT POUNCED ON ME.

I COULDN'T GET IT OFF OF ME.

IT HAD ME PINNED.
I COULD NOT PUSH IT OFF.

I WAS SCARED TO DEATH.

I THOUGHT THIS THING WAS
GONNA TRY TO EAT ME ALIVE.

SO I GRABBED IT
WITH BOTH HANDS...

...AND HELD ITS MOUTH OPEN
SO IT COULDN'T BITE MY THROAT.

Narrator:
FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE,

BUSBY FELT WHOLLY OUTMATCHED
BY THE GROWLING BEHEMOTH.

IT WAS SCRATCHING ME
AND HITTING ME

LIKE A HUMAN WOULD HIT YOU,
YOU KNOW?

AND IT WAS COMING
TOWARD MY THROAT.

AND I JUST KNEW THIS THING
IS GONNA KILL ME.

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THIS WAY!

Narrator:
IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS,

IT'S BEEN SEEN
HUNDREDS OF TIMES.

RIGHT HERE.
IT'S NEVER BEEN CAPTURED.

BUT WITNESSES SWEAR A DEMONIC
BLACK PANTHER WITH GLOWING EYES

STALKS THESE DARK, WOODED ROADS.

IN 1970 ON A RURAL HIGHWAY NEAR
THE SHAWNEE NATIONAL FOREST,

MIKE BUSBY CROSSED PATHS
WITH THIS MONSTER.

[ PANTHER GROWLS ]

I WAS SCARED TO DEATH.
I WAS HOLLERING.

I KNOW I WAS CRYING,
AND HOLLERED,

HOPING THAT WOULD GET IT
OFF OF ME,

BUT THE MORE I WOULD HOLLER
AND CRY...

[ SCREAMS ]

...IT SEEMED LIKE THE MORE
IT WAS TRYING TO TEAR ME UP.

[ ROARS ]

THE WAY IT GROWLED,
IT WAS LIKE A [YOWLS]

A CAT GROWL.

[ ROARS ]

IT HELD ME
TO THAT BLACKTOP ROAD.

I COULD NOT GET AWAY FROM IT.

AND I WAS PRETTY STRONG MYSELF
BACK THEN.

BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA TRY
TO EAT ME ALIVE.

[ ROARS ]

I KNEW I WAS DEAD,
SO I JUST WENT LIMP.

[ GROWLS ]

THE THING GOT UP OFF ME.

Narrator: JUST THEN, HEADLIGHTS
APPEARED LIKE A SAVING ANGEL.

Busby:
I HEARD THE BRAKES SQUEAL.

[ BRAKES SQUEAL ]

THE THING TOOK OFF
TO THE WOODS,

BUT WHEN IT TOOK OFF,
IT WAS ON ITS BACK LEGS.

AND WENT FOUR OR FIVE STEPS,
AND THAT'S THE LAST I SAW

BECAUSE I CRAWLED
TILL I GOT UP ON THE ROAD.

HEY!
YOU'RE HURT.

LET ME HELP YOU.

DID YOU SEE THAT?

HE COME OUT AND ASKED ME...

WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?

HE SAID, "DID YOU SEE THAT?

IT WENT IN THE WOODS
ON ITS BACK LEGS."

I SAID,
"YES, SIR, I SAW THAT."

[ SCREAMS ]

HE SAID, "WELL, IT WAS BIG,
WHATEVER IT WAS."

Narrator: THE DRIVER HELPED MIKE
GET TO THE HOSPITAL.

I HAD SCRATCHES ALL OVER
BOTH ARMS, THE BACK, CHEST...

JUST RELAX.

...BOTH SIDES OF MY NECK,
AND MY FACE HAD SCRATCHES.

GOING TO SUTURE THIS UP.

I WAS LAID UP
FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS.

[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]

MR. BUSBY.
I'M OFFICER MORGAN.

Narrator:
FROM HIS HOSPITAL BED,

MIKE BUSBY GAVE A STATEMENT
TO LOCAL POLICE.

YOU KNOW WHAT IT WAS
THAT ATTACKED YOU, SIR?

Busby:
AND I TOLD THEM WHAT WENT ON,

AND THEY DIDN'T REALLY
BELIEVE ME.

THE COPS THOUGHT IT WAS A WOLF,

BUT I KNEW IT WASN'T 'CAUSE
IT DIDN'T HAVE A LONG SNOUT.

IT WAS A BIG CAT.

THEY NEVER FOLLOWED
THE INVESTIGATION OR NOTHING.

THEY NEVER DID
ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

Narrator: WHEN LOCAL REPORTERS
PICKED UP ON THE STRANGE STORY,

IT CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF
CRYPTOZOOLOGIST LOREN COLEMAN.

YOU'RE STILL IN SOME PAIN.

COLEMAN INTERVIEWED MIKE BUSBY

JUST DAYS
AFTER THE TERRIFYING ATTACK.

LOOK AT THIS.

Coleman:
I COULD TELL HE WAS UPSET.

IT WAS SOMETHING REAL
THAT HAPPENED

AND IT CAUSED BODILY HARM
TO THIS GUY.

JUST POUNCED ON ME.

GOT UP AND RAN AWAY
ON TWO LEGS.

WHEN HE TOLD HIS STORY,
HE WAS BACK THERE AGAIN,

AND IT WAS SO INTENSE FOR HIM.

THING WAS EVIL.
IT WANTED ME DEAD.

IT WAS POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS.

HE TOLD HIS STORY AND THEN
HE HAD TO CALM DOWN AGAIN

BECAUSE IT WAS SO REAL FOR HIM.

AND THEN TO BE ABLE TO TALK
TO THE TRUCK DRIVER,

THEY JUST WENT TOGETHER SO WELL.

IT WAS A STORY THAT I HAD
TO REALLY CONSIDER

AND ACCEPT AS GOOD EVIDENCE.

Narrator: A FEW WEEKS LATER,
THE ALEXANDER COUNTY SHERIFF

KILLED A WOLF ON ROUTE 3

AND DECLARED IT THE CULPRIT
IN THE BUSBY ATTACK.

Busby: AND HE COME OUT
TO OUR GARAGE AND HE SAID,

"THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT GOT YOU,
MIKE, WAS THAT WOLF."

I SAID, "NO.
WELL, I DON'T CARE.

I KNOW THAT'S NOT
WHAT ATTACKED ME.

IT WAS NOT NO WOLF
OR NO DOG OF ANY KIND."

Coleman: MIKE DROVE THAT ROUTE
OFTEN BACK AND FORTH FROM WORK.

HE WAS SCARED.

HE WAS TERRIFIED THAT HE WOULD
MEET THIS CREATURE AGAIN.

Busby:
I WILL NEVER, AS LONG AS I LIVE,

GO BACK THERE
AT NIGHTTIME AGAIN.

NOT EVEN WITH A GUN.

THERE'S STILL SOMETHING
OUT THERE.

[ PANTHER GROWLS ]

ANYTHING CAN EXIST OUT THERE.

YOU DON'T KNOW
WHAT'S IN THE DARK.

[ ROARS ]

Narrator: JUST OUTSIDE
OF ORLANDO, FLORIDA,

THE AFFLUENT SUBURB OF OVIEDO,

PALM TREES AND EXPANSIVE LAWNS
LINE SAFE AND FRIENDLY STREETS.

TO ONE FAMILY THAT SETTLED HERE,
IT SEEMED LIKE HEAVEN.

THAT IS UNTIL
THEY WERE TERRORIZED

BY ONE OF THE STRANGEST MONSTERS
OF ALL.

ONE THAT NO GATES, NO ALARMS,

NOR NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH
CAN PROTECT YOU FROM.

Jordan: I WAS ALMOST
ABOUT TO FALL ASLEEP,

AND WHAT I THOUGHT WAS MY SISTER
CAME IN.

Jzontanna:
HONESTLY, I DON'T THINK
THAT IT'S EVER GONNA GO AWAY

UNTIL IT DOES
WHAT IT NEEDS TO DO.

Narrator: FROM TIME IMMEMORIAL,
IT'S BEEN A TERRIFYING OMEN.

BELIEVED TO FORETELL DANGER
OR IMMINENT DEATH.

DOPPELGANGER IS A VERY OLD TERM
FROM GERMANY

TRANSLATING
TO MEANING "DOUBLE WALKER."

IT'S DEFINED AS A PARANORMAL
DOUBLE OF A LIVING PERSON.

Narrator: DOPPELGANGERS ARE
OFTEN DESCRIBED AS AN EVIL TWIN

THAT'S LURKING IN THE WORLD
FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US.

FOR TANNA LEGGET AND HER FAMILY,
THE LEGEND IS ALL TOO REAL.

THEY WERE STALKED BY A DARK
AND DEADLY DOPPELGANGER,

ONE THAT SEEMED DRIVEN
TO WIPE TANNA OUT OF EXISTENCE

AND TAKE HER PLACE.

Kim:
AS A MOTHER AND EVERYTHING,

YOU KNOW EVERY ASPECT
OF YOUR CHILDREN,

AND TANNA'S WALK,
HER MANNERISMS, EVERYTHING.

TANNA.

I KNEW IMMEDIATELY THAT THAT'S
NOT TANNA, CAN'T BE TANNA.

AND THEN I THOUGHT, "OH, MY
GOSH, SOMETHING'S WENT WRONG."

Narrator: WHETHER IT'S A WARNING
OF DOOM OR A SNATCHER OF SOULS,

WHEN A DOPPELGANGER
COMES TO CALL,

ITS MESSAGE IS SHEER TERROR.

ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS CASES
OF A DOPPELGANGER

OCCURRED IN 1860 ON THE EVE

OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S FIRST
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

AFTER HE ARRIVED HOME,
AS HE SAT DOWN TO REST,

HE CAUGHT SIGHT OF HIMSELF
IN THE MIRROR.

SOMEHOW, A SECOND IMAGE
MATERIALIZED...

PALE AND DEATHLY.

Belanger: THE SECOND IMAGE IN
THAT MIRROR, HE SAID, HAD A FACE

THAT WAS LINED AND WAS
ABOUT FIVE SHADES PALER.

ANOTHER FACE
NEXT TO MY FACE.

WHEN HE SPOKE TO HIS WIFE,
MARY TODD LINCOLN,

ABOUT WHAT HE HAD SEEN,
SHE BELIEVED THAT IT WAS A SIGN,

AND SHE INTERPRETED IT AS HE
WOULD BE ELECTED A SECOND TIME,

BUT THE PALLOR AND JUST THE WAN
LOOK OF THAT SECOND IMAGE,

MARY TODD BELIEVED
THAT HE WOULD NOT LIVE

TO SEE THE END OF HIS TERM.

AND AS WE ALL KNOW, HE DID NOT.

Narrator:
REPORTS OF A DOPPELGANGER

AREN'T CONFINED
TO THE HISTORY BOOKS.

IN OVIEDO, FLORIDA,
THE LEGGETT FAMILY

EXPERIENCED A HOME INVASION
LIKE NO OTHER.

MOM, HAVE YOU SEEN
MY HAIRBRUSH?

NO IDEA.

WE ALWAYS HAD VERY SCIENTIFIC AS
OPPOSED TO SUPERNATURAL BELIEFS.

TO US, SCIENCE WILL EVENTUALLY
FIGURE EVERYTHING OUT.

IT'S IN JORDAN'S ROOM.
IT'S GOT TO BE.

JORDAN!

Narrator: YET SCIENCE COULDN'T
EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED NEXT.

DON'T YELL, TANNA.

TELL HER
TO STOP TAKING MY BRUSH!

APRIL 2003.

Jordan:
GET OUT OF MY ROOM.

AN ORDINARY MORNING
IN THE LEGGETT HOUSEHOLD.

MOM, SHE TOOK IT.

Kim:
I JUST HAD TWO CUPS OF COFFEE,

SETTLING DOWN TO WATCH MY
MORNING TV, AS I NORMALLY DO.

I'M LOCKING MY ROOM.

SHE CAN'T JUST COME IN
WITHOUT ASKING.

DID YOU TAKE HER BRUSH?

I JUST USED
HER STUPID BRUSH.

SERIOUSLY?
YOU CAN'T USE YOUR OWN BRUSH?

NOW WE'RE GONNA BE LATE.

LOOK, THE BUS IS OUT THERE.
GO.

Y'ALL HAVE A GOOD DAY.

[ DOOR CLOSES ]

Narrator: BY 8:00, THE GIRLS
HAD BOTH LEFT FOR SCHOOL.

FINALLY,
KIM HAD THE HOUSE TO HERSELF.

I WAS ON THE COUCH.

AND TANNA CAME WALKING OUT...

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
YOU'RE GONNA BE LATE.

...WITH A TOWEL
AND A TOWEL ON HER HEAD.

YOU'RE GONNA BE LATE FOR SCHOOL.

Narrator: FIVE MILES AWAY
AT OVIEDO HIGH SCHOOL,

TANNA IS SETTLING IN TO CLASS.

BUT BACK AT THE LEGGET'S HOME,

TANNA'S MOTHER IS CONVINCED
SHE'S STILL IN THE BATHROOM.

AND I FOLLOWED HER IN THERE,
AND NO ONE WAS THERE.

TANNA, WHERE'D YOU GO?

THERE WAS LITERALLY NO WAY
THAT SHE COULD HAVE [SIGHS] --

THERE WAS NO DOORS, NO WAY
SHE COULD'VE GOTTEN OUTSIDE.

WHAT DID I JUST SEE?

Narrator: LATER THAT DAY,

KIM CONFRONTED TANNA
ABOUT MISSING THE BUS.

YOU WERE LATE.
TELL ME THE TRUTH.

MOM, I SWEAR.

STOP SAYING I WASN'T AT SCHOOL!
I'M NOT LYING!

SHE WAS ON THE BUS, MOM.
I PROMISE.

Kim: SHE HAD NO IDEA
WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT,

AND IF SHE HAD MISSED CLASSES, I
WOULD'VE GOTTEN A CALL AT HOME.

NO CALL CAME.

I HAD NO EXPLANATION FOR IT.

AND YEAH, IT KIND OF
SHOOK ME UP, YOU KNOW,

AS I WENT OVER IN MY HEAD
"WHAT COULD I HAVE SEEN?"

AND I JUST COULDN'T PUT
TWO AND TWO TOGETHER.

Narrator: THE TROUBLE
WAS ONLY GETTING STARTED.

AS NIGHT FELL, THE SISTERS
WERE IN THEIR SEPARATE ROOMS.

Jordan: IT WAS PRETTY LATE,

AND WAS PROBABLY CLOSE
TO FALLING ASLEEP,

BUT NOT TO THE POINT
WHERE I WAS ACTUALLY ASLEEP.

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, MY SISTER,
SHE WALKS IN THE ROOM.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

I DON'T HAVE YOUR BRUSH.
GET OUT OF MY ROOM.

Narrator: JORDAN SENSED
THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG.

EVEN THOUGH IT WAS DARK,

I COULD STILL SEE THAT THERE
WAS HAIR COVERING THE FACE.

AND I COULDN'T SEE
THE EYES OR ANYTHING.

GET OUT.

THOSE AREN'T YOURS.
GET OUT OF MY ROOM.

GET OUT! MOM!

MY SISTER TURNED
AND WALKED AWAY FUNNY.

McDaniel: MOST OF THE CASES
THAT I'VE RESEARCHED,

THE PERSON CAN TELL
THAT THERE'S SOMETHING

A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT
GOING ON HERE,

WHETHER IT'S THE WAY THEY MOVE
OR THE WAY THEY APPEAR TO THEM.

BUT THERE IS SOMETHING OFF.

Narrator: THE NEXT DAY,
JORDAN CONFRONTED TANNA

ABOUT THE STRANGE VISIT
TO HER ROOM.

YOU REALLY FREAKED ME OUT.
THAT WASN'T COOL AT ALL.

JORDAN, I SWEAR
I WASN'T IN YOUR ROOM.

SHE SAID THAT I HAD WALKED IN
VERY PURPOSEFULLY,

VERY DRIVEN,
AND I HAD WALKED BACK OUT.

JUST STOP.
WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?

SHE DENIED EVER GOING IN THERE.

JORDAN, I SWEAR.

AND I WAS A LITTLE TAKEN ABACK
'CAUSE I KNOW WHAT I SAW.

I NEED A LOCK ON MY DOOR.

I WAS SHOCKED.
ABSOLUTELY SHOCKED.

I [CHUCKLES] SAT DOWN
AND I THOUGHT,

YOU KNOW,
SOMETHING WAS GOING ON.

Jzontanna: SHE WAS VERY NERVOUS
AT THE TIME.

SHE TOLD ME
THAT IT WAS VERY, VERY SOLID

AND VERY, VERY CONVINCING
THAT IT SHOULD'VE BEEN ME.

MOM!

Jordan: WE JUST STILL
COULDN'T EXPLAIN IT.

WE REALLY COULDN'T.

Narrator:
JORDAN TOOK IT UPON HERSELF

TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT WAS STALKING HER FAMILY.

THE TECH-SAVVY TEEN
SOUGHT THE HELP

OF A PARANORMAL RESEARCHER
ONLINE.

McDaniel:
I RECEIVE E-MAILS FROM PEOPLE

ABOUT THEIR OWN
DOPPELGANGER ENCOUNTERS.

IS THAT THE GUY?

YEP.

DOPPELGANGERS.

YEAH. SEND IT.

I DID FEEL LIKE
IT WAS MAYBE A POSSIBLE SIGN

OF SOMETHING GOING TO HAPPEN,
YOU KNOW,

WHETHER IT'S SOMETHING TRAGIC
OR DEATH.

Narrator: THE FAMILY
WAS BEGINNING TO FEAR

THAT A DOPPELGANGER HAD TANNA
IN ITS CROSSHAIRS,

TRYING TO KILL HER OFF
AND TAKE HER PLACE.

TANNA WAS FEELING ANXIOUS,
HER IMAGINATION RUNNING WILD.

IF I SAW ITS FACE, HONESTLY,
NOT TO SOUND THE ALARMIST,

BUT I THINK THAT WOULD
PROBABLY BE THE END FOR ME.

THE MIRROR!
THE MIRROR!

I DON'T KNOW
WHAT'S HAPPENING.

SINCE IT LOOKED LIKE ME,

IT WAS ALREADY TAKING
THE IDENTITY OF ME,

I WAS VERY CONCERNED THAT
I NEEDED TO STAY PROTECTED.

TANNA, I BELIEVE YOU.

WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT
WHAT'S GOING ON.

Narrator: WITHIN A FEW MONTHS,
TANNA HAD MOVED AWAY TO COLLEGE.

THE FAMILY THOUGHT
THEY HAD SHAKEN FREE

OF TANNA'S DARK DOUBLE.

[ INDISTINCT VOICES ON TV ]

TANNA?

WHAT IN THE WORLD
ARE YOU DOING HERE?

TANNA'S DOPPELGANGER WAS ABLE
TO FORCE THAT DOOR TO OPEN,

AND I REALLY, AT THAT POINT,
DIDN'T KNOW

WHETHER TO FEEL UNSAFE
OR WHAT TO FEEL.

IT WAS PHYSICALLY OPENING DOORS,
AND THAT FREAKED HER OUT.

I THINK THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME
SHE WAS TRULY AFRAID OF IT.

Narrator: IN FLORIDA IN 2003, A
DOPPELGANGER, A MURDEROUS MIMIC,

BEGAN STALKING
17-YEAR-OLD TANNA LEGGET.

AFTER LEAVING HOME FOR COLLEGE,
TANNA THOUGHT SHE WAS FREE.

BUT HER DIABOLICAL DOUBLE
WOULDN'T QUIT.

THE SITUATION CHANGED
QUITE A BIT FOR ME

BECAUSE I HAD NEVER SEEN IT BE
ABLE TO DO ANYTHING PHYSICAL.

[ INDISTINCT VOICES ON TV ]

Narrator: ONE AFTERNOON, KIM WAS
AT HOME RESTING ON THE COUCH.

TANNA?

THE FRONT DOOR
JUST KIND OF BANGED OPEN.

TANNA?

AND I THOUGHT, "OH, MY GOSH,
SOMETHING'S WENT WRONG."

I'M LIKE, "TANNA, WHAT'S WRONG?"

AND STILL NOTHING.

Narrator: AS SHE STEPPED AWAY
FROM THE DOOR,

KIM NOTICED SOMETHING STRANGE.

ARE YOU OKAY?

IT'S ALMOST AS IF SHE WAS MOVING
TOO FAST AND WALKING, YOU KNOW,

AT A SLIGHTLY OFF -- THAT'S
THE ONLY WAY I CAN DESCRIBE IT,

AS THIS ALMOST
DIFFERENT MANNERISMS.

Narrator:
IT WAS SEARCHING FOR SOMEONE.

THEN IT SPOKE.

TANNA.

TANNA.

THERE WAS NOTHING THERE.
IT WAS GONE, VANISHED.

THE FACT THAT IT WAS ABLE
TO TOUCH THE DOOR

OR AT LEAST OPEN THE DOOR,

AND THE FACT THAT IT WAS TRYING
TO COMMUNICATE IN SOME SENSE

WAS VERY ALARMING.

MAYBE IT DOES HAVE
SOME MANIPULATION

AS FAR AS
OUR PHYSICAL WORLD GOES.

Narrator: ALL KIM KNEW
WAS THE DOPPELGANGER WAS BACK,

DETERMINED
TO GET HER DAUGHTER...

WHEREVER SHE WAS.

I WAS WORKING
IN A PIZZA RESTAURANT

AS THE OPENING MANAGER,

SO I HAD TO COME INTO THE STORE
BEFORE ANYBODY ELSE.

I WAS IN THE MIDDLE
OF ACTUALLY JUST MOVING

OUR LITTLE BUCKETS
OF SANITIZER AROUND

AND SETTING UP THE ACTUAL WAY

THE STORE NEEDED TO BE LAID OUT
FOR THE DAY.

I THOUGHT NO ONE ELSE IS AROUND.

WE DIDN'T HAVE
OUR PEOPLE COMING IN

TILL THE STORE ACTUALLY OPENED.

Narrator: WHOEVER WAS THERE
WITH TANNA WAS UP TO NO GOOD.

FRANK?

FRANK?

ARE YOU TRYING TO SCARE ME?

Narrator:
FINALLY, TANNA SAW IT.

Jzontanna: THROUGH THE OVENS, I
SAW WHAT REALLY LOOKED LIKE ME

IN MY EXACT UNIFORM FOR THE DAY,
WALKING PAST THROUGH THE OVEN.

SEEING IT THERE,
SOLID AS IT WAS,

IT WAS EXTREMELY ALARMING.

IT'S FOUND ME.
IT KNOWS WHERE I WORK.

Narrator:
WITH NONE OF HER FAMILY AROUND,

TANNA WAS IN A SHOWDOWN
WITH A DOPPELGANGER.

NO ONE ELSE CAN HELP ME,

AND WHO KNOWS WHAT THIS THING'S
ACTUAL INTENTION IS?

Narrator: SHE THOUGHT
IF SHE LOCKED EYES WITH IT,

IT MIGHT MEAN INSTANT DEATH.

[ SCREAMING ]

Narrator:
TANNA FLED THE BUILDING.

SHE DIDN'T DARE LOOK BACK.

LOOKING INTO WHATEVER
THIS CREATURE'S EYES,

I THINK THAT WOULD
ACTUALLY SIGNAL,

LIKE, THE FINAL DEATH THROES
FOR MYSELF.

I THINK THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE
THE END FOR ME.

WHEN TANNA CALLED, SHE WAS,
YOU KNOW, VERY SHOOK UP.

SHE HAD SHEER TERROR, AND
SHE SAID, "MOM, I SAW SOMETHING.

IT WAS ME.
I SAW THE DOPPELGANGER."

Narrator:
AFTER THE HARROWING GLIMPSE

OF HER SUPERNATURAL SELF,

TANNA IS AFRAID IT WON'T STOP

UNTIL IT ACHIEVES
ITS DARK MISSION.

I DO FEEL AND FEAR,

ESPECIALLY BEING AS CLOSE
THE LAST TIME THAT IT CAME,

THAT IT WILL FIND ME AGAIN.

HONESTLY, I DON'T THINK
THAT IT'S EVER GONNA GO AWAY

UNTIL IT DOES
WHAT IT NEEDS TO DO.

I FEEL LIKE THIS IS GONNA BE
WITH OUR FAMILY FOREVER.

IT'S GOING TO APPEAR AGAIN,

AND I HOPE TANNA NEVER HAS
TO SEE WHAT'S BEHIND THOSE EYES.

Narrator: FOR DECADES,
RESIDENTS OF KENTUCKY

HAVE REPORTED CLOSE ENCOUNTERS

WITH UNIDENTIFIED
FLYING OBJECTS.

NOW NEW PROOF
OF EXTRATERRESTRIAL VISITORS

FROM SOME OF THE MOST CREDIBLE
WITNESSES SO FAR --

TWO AIR POLICE OFFICERS FORCED
INTO A FACEOFF AGAINST A UFO.

IT WAS JUST SITTING THERE
ABOVE THE TREETOPS.

AFTER A FEW SECONDS, IT DRIFTED.

LOOK AT THAT.

WHAT IS THAT THING?

AND THEN IT CAME DEAD CENTER.

IT'S MOVING WITH US.

IT LOOKED LIKE
WE WERE KIND OF IN A DUEL.

IT WOULD WAIT FOR ONE PERSON
TO MAKE A MOVE.

ALL OF A SUDDEN,
THIS OBJECT IS COMING TOWARD US.

AND AS I STARTED TO FLY OUT,
KENNY SAYS...

THERE IT IS.

..."IT'S CHASING US.
IT'S CHASING US."

GO! GO!

Narrator: ALONG THE SOUTHERN
BANKS OF THE OHIO RIVER

SITS LOUISVILLE,
THE LARGEST CITY IN KENTUCKY.

IT'S A RELAXED
AND HOSPITABLE TOWN

KNOWN FOR SIMPLE PLEASURES --

FRIED CHICKEN, BOURBON WHISKEY,
THOROUGHBRED RACES.

BUT THIS REGION
ALSO HAS A DARKER REPUTATION.

RUMORS OF UNIDENTIFIED
FLYING OBJECTS

HOVERING IN THE NIGHT SKIES.

Waldridge: ALIEN INCIDENTS,
UFO INCIDENTS IN KENTUCKY.

SEEMS LIKE EVERY YEAR
OR EVERY COUPLE YEARS,

THERE ARE PRETTY NOTORIOUS CASES
THAT COME UP.

Narrator:
REPORTS OF MYSTERIOUS OBJECTS

FLYING OVER KENTUCKY
GO BACK TO 1948.

Waldridge: THOMAS MANTELL
WAS A AIR FORCE PILOT,

AND HE GOT A CALL THAT THERE WAS
A UFO THAT HAD BEEN SPOTTED.

Narrator: ON THE AFTERNOON
OF JANUARY 7, 1948,

THE KENTUCKY HIGHWAY PATROL

REPORTED AN UNUSUAL
CIRCULAR OBJECT

NEARLY 300 FEET IN DIAMETER
CLIMBING FAST.

THEY SCRAMBLED
THE FIGHTER PLANES,

AND HE ACTUALLY CHASED THE UFO
FOR QUITE A DISTANCE.

Narrator:
MANTELL WENT SKY HIGH IN PURSUIT

ALMOST 5 MILES
ABOVE THE EARTH.

Waldridge:
AND HE CHASED IT TO THE POINT

WHERE HIS PLANE CRASHED.

Narrator: MANTELL'S DEATH
WAS ONE OF THE FIRST CASES

TO FOCUS THE AMERICAN PUBLIC
ON THE UFO PHENOMENON.

A FEW YEARS LATER, KENTUCKY
WAS ONCE AGAIN THE TARGET

OF A FAMOUS
EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENCOUNTER.

IN 1955 IN HOPKINSVILLE,
LITTLE GREEN MEN

WERE ALLEGED TO HAVE HELD
ONE FAMILY UNDER SIEGE.

Waldridge: IT WAS A FAMILY THAT
SAW AN OBJECT ON THEIR FARM,

AND THEN THE CREATURES STARTED
SHOWING UP OUTSIDE THEIR HOUSE.

Narrator: TERRIFIED, THE FAMILY
CALLED IN THE POLICE.

Waldridge:
WHEN THE POLICE OFFICER ARRIVED,

THERE WAS SOME TYPE
OF GLOWING MATTER ON THE GROUND.

PROBABLY ONE
OF THE BETTER DOCUMENTED CASES

AS FAR AS UFO
AND ALIEN ENCOUNTERS GO.

Narrator: YET OVER THE YEARS,

REPORTS OF ALIENS
ARRIVING TO KENTUCKY

BEGAN TO FEEL LIKE FOLKLORE.

THEN A NEW CASE ARRIVED, MORE
CONVINCING THAN EVER BEFORE.

ON A FEBRUARY NIGHT IN 1993,
KENNY GRAHAM AND KENNY DOWNS,

BOTH VETERAN POLICE OFFICERS,

HAD A TERRIFYING CLOSE ENCOUNTER
IN THE AIR.

ONE THAT NO ONE'S EVER BEEN ABLE
TO EXPLAIN.

WE HAD TWO VERY WELL TRAINED
VETERAN OFFICERS

THAT SAW THIS OBJECT

AND ACTUALLY HAD A PRETTY BIG
ENCOUNTER WITH IT.

MAN:
You're clear for takeoff.

10-4.

Narrator: ON THE EVENING
OF FEBRUARY 1, 1993,

THE TWO OFFICERS
WERE STARTING THEIR SHIFT.

DOWNS. GO AHEAD.

IT WAS A COLD NIGHT,
AND IT WAS A SLOW POLICE NIGHT.

WE WENT OUT ON OUR ROUTINE
PATROL CHECKING BUSINESSES.

ONE OF OUR MAIN THINGS WAS
TO PATROL ROOFTOPS, MALLS,

PARKING LOTS TO TRY
TO DETER CRIME.

10-4. LOCATION?

AND A CALL CAME OUT
OF A POSSIBLE BURGLARY

ROUGHLY 2 MILES NORTH
OF THE HELIPORT.

Narrator: OFFICER KENNY GRAHAM
WAS AT THE CONTROLS.

OFFICER KENNY DOWNS HANDLED
THE CHOPPER'S SPOTLIGHT

AND SIGNALING SYSTEMS.

WE WERE ALMOST ON THE SCENE
WHEN WE WERE CANCELLED.

IT WAS A FALSE ALARM.

FALSE ALARM?
[ SCOFFS ]

ALL RIGHT,
LET'S HEAD BACK HOME.

AND WE WERE ON THE WAY BACK TO
THE HELIPORT AT THE TIME WHEN...

I SAW A LIGHT.

IT LOOKED LIKE ABOUT TREE LEVEL
AND IT WASN'T MOVING.

I SAID, "IS THAT A NEW TOWER?
WHAT IS THAT?"

HE SAID, "NO,
THERE'S NO NEW TOWER THERE."

Graham: WE WERE BAFFLED.

AND AS WE HOVERED, KENNY SHINED
THE BIG SPOTLIGHT ON IT.

DO YOU SEE THAT?

THERE'S A SHAPE
IN THE LIGHT.

WHAT IS THAT THING?

AND INSIDE WAS A GLOWING ORANGE
SHAPE, LIKE BASKETBALL SIZE.

Narrator: WHATEVER IT WAS
GLOWED INTENSELY,

EVEN UNDER THE BLAST OF
THE POWERFUL POLICE SPOTLIGHT.

SHOULD WE --

I-I DON'T WANT
TO GET TOO CLOSE.

THE OBJECT SEEMED TO MIMIC
THE HELICOPTER'S MANEUVERS.

IT'S MOVING WITH US.

Downs: THE FIRST THING I THOUGHT
WAS THIS THING IS WATCHING US,

TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT WE WERE

AT THE SAME TIME
WE WERE WATCHING IT

TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT IT WAS.

IT LOOKED LIKE
WE WERE KIND OF IN A DUEL,

IT WOULD WAIT FOR ONE PERSON
TO MAKE A MOVE.

I DIDN'T WANT IT
TO GET TOO CLOSE TO US AT ALL

'CAUSE IT WAS, YOU KNOW, WAS
AN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT,

AND I DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT IT WAS GONNA DO.

Narrator: ALL OF A SUDDEN,
THE UFO MADE ITS MOVE.

IT'S GONE, MAN.

THIS OBJECT JUST TOOK UP AND OUT
AT A VERY HIGH RATE OF SPEED,

AND IT, YOU KNOW, DISAPPEARED
OUT OF SIGHT.

Narrator: IF THE OFFICERS
THOUGHT THE OBJECT HAD LEFT,

THEY WERE WRONG.

AND AS I STARTED TO FLY OUT
OF OUR AREA, KENNY SAYS...

THERE IT IS.
IT'S CHASING US.

..."IT'S CHASING US.
IT'S CHASING US."

IT'S CIRCLING US.
IT'S TOO FAST!

I CAN'T EVEN CONTROL
THIS THING.

AND THAT'S WHEN, YOU KNOW,
I REALLY PICK THE AIR SPEED UP

AND TRY TO GET AWAY FROM IT.

Narrator: OFFICER GRAHAM GUNNED
THE CHOPPER FULL THROTTLE,

PUSHING IT ABOVE
100 MILES AN HOUR.

Graham:
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS,

AND I DIDN'T WANT IT TO HIT OUR
TAIL ROTOR, AND WE WOULD CRASH.

AS IT CAME BACK AROUND,
I TURNED TOWARD IT AGAIN.

OFFICER GRAHAM TO CONTROL.

Narrator:
AT A LOUISVILLE AIRPORT...

UH, COPY, OFFICER.

Narrator:
...AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS
NOTICED THE HELICOPTER CIRCLING.

Something is chasing us
out here.

Graham: I WAS CALLING
LOUISVILLE AIRPORT TOWER

TO ASK IF THEY HAD SEEN ANYTHING
IN THE AIR WITH US.

CHASING YOU?
Are you picking it up?

UH, WE WERE WONDERING...

Downs: THEY SAID,
"NO, BUT WE WERE WONDERING

WHY YOU ALL WERE GOING AROUND
IN CIRCLES AT LOW ALTITUDE,"

LIKE WE WERE DOING.

NOTHING BACK THERE.

NOTHING?

ALL RIGHT, COPY.
KEEP AN EYE ON IT FOR US.

Narrator: FROM THE GROUND,

TWO OFFICERS SPOTTED
THE UNUSUAL GLOWING OBJECT

AND WITNESSED THE HELICOPTER
MAKING HIGH-SPEED MANEUVERS.

[ SIREN WAILING ]

WHAT IS THAT THING?

THERE WAS ONE OFFICER SAID THAT
HE TRIED TO CATCH UP WITH IT,

AND THERE WAS NO WAY
HE COULD KEEP UP.

Narrator: THEN THE UFO BEGAN
FLYING AROUND THE POLICE CHOPPER

LIKE A PREDATOR
CIRCLING ITS PREY.

Downs:
HE WOULD TURN THE HELICOPTER

AND TRY TO STAY
IN VISUAL SIGHT OF IT,

BUT IT WAS GOING SO FAST,
WE COULDN'T DO THAT.

Narrator: WHAT CAME NEXT WOULD
PUT THE OFFICERS' LIVES AT RISK.

Downs:
IT SHOT THREE FIREBALLS OUT.

IT'S SHOOTING!
GO!

AND I REMEMBER THINKING,
"THIS THING IS TELLING US

'YOU BETTER LEAVE ME ALONE,

'CAUSE I CAN SHOW YOU
WHAT I CAN DO'."

[ SHOUTS ]

Narrator: IN 1993
ABOVE THE LOUISVILLE SKYLINE,

VETERAN AIR PATROLMEN
KENNY DOWNS AND KENNY GRAHAM

CAME IN CONTACT WITH A UFO.

FOR SEVERAL MINUTES,

THE OBJECT LED THEM ON A LETHAL
GAME OF CAT AND MOUSE.

Downs:
IT HAD NO PROPULSION WHATSOEVER.

YOU DIDN'T SEE A JET ENGINE,

YOU DIDN'T SEE ANY KIND OF SMOKE
COMING OFF OF IT.

IT WAS, LIKE, FLOATING.

BUT IT WAS FLOATING AT SPEEDS
I'D NEVER WITNESSED BEFORE.

WE GOT SOMETHING
CHASING US.

IT'S CIRCLING AROUND.

IT WOULD LOOK AT YOU
FOR A MINUTE,

AND THEN IT LOOKED LIKE A SECOND
LATER, IT WAS A MILE AWAY.

Graham: HEY, FRED, SOMETHING
IS CHASING US OUT HERE.

ARE YOU PICKING UP
ANY OF THIS?

[ Radio chatter ]
NOTHING?

Graham: IT WAS TRAVELING
MORE THAN 600 MILES AN HOUR,

'CAUSE IT REALLY MOVED OUT,
AND IT WAS NOTHING THAT --

ANY AIRCRAFT THAT I SEE
THAT CAN MANEUVER LIKE THAT.

Narrator: GRAHAM PULLED
THE HELICOPTER TO A HOVER

ABOUT 500 FEET OFF THE GROUND.

THE OBJECT ALSO CAME TO A HALT.

EVERYTHING WAS STILL
FOR A MOMENT.

THEN ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE.

Graham: THREE SMALL FIREBALLS
CAME OUT OF IT.

AS I SAW THEM COME OUT, I BANKED
THE HELICOPTER HARD LEFT,

KIND OF ALMOST PUT IT
ON ITS SIDE.

Narrator:
A DRASTIC AND DANGEROUS MANEUVER

TO AVOID A DIRECT HIT.

AND WHEN I CAME BACK UP
AND AROUND, IT HAD GONE.

Narrator:
THE OFFICER ON THE GROUND

SAID THE UFO HAD ROCKETED
STRAIGHT UP OUT OF SIGHT.

INSIDE THE CHOPPER,

THE OFFICERS WATCHED AND WAITED,
REFLEXES READY.

BUT THE MYSTERIOUS UFO
WAS GONE FOR GOOD.

WELL, THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL
INCIDENTS, NOT ONLY IN KENTUCKY,

BUT ACROSS THE NATION OF UFOs
DROPPING WHAT SEEMS LIKE FLARES

OR FIRING OBJECTS
AT OTHER OBJECTS.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEY ARE
BECAUSE THERE'S NO EVIDENCE

THAT'S EVER BEEN FOUND WHERE
THESE OBJECTS HIT OR LAND.

SO, THEY SEEM TO, YOU KNOW,
INCINERATE INSIDE OF THE AIR.

Narrator: GRAHAM AND DOWNS
RETURN TO THE HANGAR.

Downs: WE WERE BOTH
BREATHING REALLY HEAVY,

AND I REMEMBER KENNY SAID,

"I JUST FEEL LIKE
I JUST RAN A MARATHON."

AND I SAID, "SO DO I."

AND I'M THINKING,
"JUST WHAT WAS THAT?"

NO ONE'S
GONNA BELIEVE THIS.

BEING ON THE GROUND AND HAVING
TIME TO COLLECT MY THOUGHTS,

THAT'S THE CLOSEST THING
TO ANY FEAR,

BUT...THAT'S WHEN WE REALLY
KIND OF SIT DOWN

AND REALLY WAS CONCERNED
ABOUT WHAT IT WAS.

Narrator:
THE NEXT DAY, THE DEPARTMENT

HELD AN IMPROMPTU
PRESS CONFERENCE.

THE OFFICERS' SUPERVISOR
ATTESTED TO THEIR CREDIBILITY.

AFTER 20 YEARS, GRAHAM AND DOWNS
AREN'T ANY CLOSER

TO UNDERSTANDING
WHAT ATTACKED THEM THAT NIGHT.

ALL THEY KNOW

IS THEY ENCOUNTERED
SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY.

WE TOLD OUR STORY AS WE SAW IT.

YOU KNOW, WE TOLD THE TRUTH,

AND WE HAVE NO PROBLEM SAYING
WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE SAW.

Downs: I JUST WISH SOMEBODY
WOULD COME FORWARD, SAY,

"HEY, THIS IS WHAT
YOU SAW THAT NIGHT.

THIS IS THE REASON
IT WAS FLYING THAT FAST.

THIS IS THE REASON
IT WAS CIRCLING YOU."

NOBODY EVER HAS.

UNTIL SOMEBODY COMES FORWARD
AND TELLS ME THAT,

THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE
OUT THERE.