NASA's Unexplained Files (2012–…): Season 4, Episode 1 - Pluto's Stranger Things - full transcript

WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE
UNIVERSE IS A TINY FRACTION

OF WHAT'S ACTUALLY OUT THERE.

WE HAVE NO IDEA
WHAT'S OUT THERE.

THERE MIGHT BE DANGERS
LURKING IN THE DARKNESS.

WE RUN ACROSS MORE MYSTERIES
THAN DISCOVERIES.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING
TO THROW AT US NEXT.

WE COULD BE DEALING
WITH THE FIRST EXAMPLE

OF AN ALIEN SOCIETY OUT IN SPACE

OH, MY GOODNESS.

WE TRAVEL
FOUR BILLION MILES TO PLUTO,

AND WHEN WE GET THERE,



IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S SOMETHING
MOVING ON THE SURFACE.

NASA's Unexplained Files - SEASON 4
EP - 1 - Pluto's Stranger Things

Subtitles Diego Moraes

IT'S NOT LIKE ANYTHING
WE'VE SEEN BEFORE.

WHATEVER THIS THING IS,
IT'S BIG.

IT'S BIGGER THAN ANY PLANET
IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM.

IT'S BEYOND HUMAN SCALE.

THIS IS TRULY AMAZING.

AND IF THIS STRUCTURE IS REAL,

WE'RE GOING WHERE
NO ONE'S GONE BEFORE.

IT STARES AT AN AREA OF SPACE

WHERE THERE'S THOUSANDS
OF STARS, AND WE WAIT.

AND WE WAIT TILL ONE
OF THOSE STARS SLIGHTLY DIMS,

AS A PLANET MOVES
IN FRONT OF IT.



THEN WE KNOW
WE HAVE FOUND A PLANET.

THE STAR IS CRAZY.

IT'S NOT BEHAVING LIKE
ANYTHING WE'VE EVER SEEN.

OF THE TENS
OF THOUSANDS OF STARS

THAT HAVE BEEN MONITORED
BY KEPLER,

THIS IS A COMPLETE ONE-OFF.

SO, HERE'S THE ODD THING
ABOUT IT.

THE DIMMING IS NOT REGULAR...
IT'S IRREGULAR.

SOMETIMES IT HAPPENS
IN FIVE DAYS,

SOMETIMES IT HAPPENS
IN 100 DAYS.

IT SHOWS ERRATIC
DROPS IN BRIGHTNESS...

SOMETIMES SMALL,
SOMETIMES LARGE...

AND WE'RE REALLY NOT
SURE WHAT'S GOING ON.

IT'S LIKE SOMEONE'S PLAYING
WITH THE DIMMER SWITCH

ON THIS STAR.

IF A JUPITER-SIZE PLANET...

THE BIGGEST PLANET
IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM...

WERE TO PASS
IN FRONT OF THIS STAR,

IT WOULD ONLY BLOCK
ABOUT 1% OF THE LIGHT.

THAT WOULD REQUIRE
TOO BIG OF A PLANET.

IT'S JUST IMPLAUSIBLE
TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT BIG.

THERE'S NO POSSIBLE WAY
IT COULD BE A PLANET.

SO, IT MAKES YOU WONDER...
IF WE HAVE ELIMINATED

ALL THE POSSIBLE
SCIENTIFIC ANSWERS,

MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING ELSE.

THE BEHAVIOR THAT WE'RE SEEING
WITH THIS STAR MATCHES

WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT

FROM SOMETHING CALLED
A DYSON SPHERE,

A MEGASTRUCTURE BUILT
BY AN ALIEN CIVILIZATION

AROUND ITS STAR.

THIS HAS ALL THE HALLMARKS

OF WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT
FROM A DYSON SPHERE,

A MEGASTRUCTURE SO BIG,

IT WAS BLOCKING
THE LIGHT FROM THAT STAR.

NOW, THAT GETS YOUR ATTENTION.

IT WOULD ALMOST LOOK LIKE
A SHELL AROUND THE STAR.

ENERGY COMING FROM THE SUN

COULD BE BOUNCED BACK
DOWN TO YOUR PLANET,

AND YOU WOULD HAVE
SO MUCH ENERGY,

YOU WOULDN'T KNOW
WHAT TO DO WITH IT.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME

THAT I ACTUALLY SEE
SO MANY SERIOUS ASTRONOMERS

BE REALLY OPEN
TO THE POSSIBILITY

THAT THIS IS SOMETHING
REALLY STRANGE

THAT COULD ACTUALLY BE
AN ALIEN SOCIETY OUT THERE.

SO, IF THESE
ARE ALIEN STRUCTURES

THAT ARE BEING BUILT,

THE LIGHT SHOULD BE
GROWING DIMMER AND DIMMER

AND MORE IRREGULAR.

BRADLEY SCHAEFER WENT INTO

THIS HISTORICAL ARCHIVE
OF PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES

AND LOOKED AT THE BRIGHTNESS
MEASUREMENTS OF THIS STAR,

GOING BACK TO 1890.

WHAT HE FINDS
IS THAT OVER THE LAST CENTURY,

THE STAR HAS DIMMED BY 20%,

WHICH IS COMPLETELY
UNPRECEDENTED

FOR THIS CATEGORY OF STAR.

IF THIS IS SOME KIND
OF ALIEN SUPERSTRUCTURE,

OF COURSE THAT WOULD BE

PROBABLY THE MOST EXCITING
DISCOVERY IN ASTRONOMY

FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS.

I MEAN, WE COULD BE DEALING
WITH THE FIRST EXAMPLE

OF AN ALIEN SOCIETY
OUT IN SPACE.

THIS WOULD BE THE BIGGEST STORY
IN SPACE EXPLORATION... PERIOD.

I MEAN, IT WAS LIKE FIREWORKS
IN YOUR EYEBALL.

IT WAS SPECTACULAR.

SO, HAS THE NEW HORIZONS
SPACECRAFT TAKEN PICTURES

OF GIANT SNAILS ON PLUTO?

IT'S LIKE LIGHT
FLASHING IN MY EYEBALLS.

I THOUGHT,
"DID I REALLY SEE A FLASH?"

IMAGINE WHAT MISSION CONTROL

"IS JACK GOING NUTSO?"

IT WAS LIKE A BIG BOX
THAT I WAS TO PUT ON.

IT LOOKED LIKE HORSE BLINDERS
THAT YOU PUT ON A HORSE.

AND I LOOK UP AT THIS
ENORMOUS SATURN ROCKET.

AND IT'S FULLY FUELED.

AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S ALIVE.

WE'RE BASICALLY
BEING PUT ON A BOMB

THAT HAS AN EXHAUST THAT
ALLOWS US TO GO INTO SPACE.

I SAW A FLASH, AND I THOUGHT,

"DID I REALLY SEE A FLASH?"

I'M HAVING THESE LIGHT FLASHES,
AND I'M SEEING...

IT'S LIKE LIGHT
FLASHING IN MY EYEBALLS.

THEY WOULD SEE THEM
WHEN THEIR EYES WERE OPEN,

WHEN THEIR EYES WERE SHUT.

I MEAN, IT WAS LIKE
FIREWORKS IN YOUR EYEBALL.

IT WAS SPECTACULAR.

NASA BEGAN TO THINK
THEY MAY BE DEALING

WITH SOMETHING GOING
ON INTERNALLY...

LIGHTS THAT ARE CAUSED BY
THE INTERACTION OF RADIATION

WITH THE BRAIN, THE OPTIC NERVE.

NASA SCIENTISTS DEVELOPED
THIS REALLY STRANGE DEVICE...

A HELMET THAT WOULD GO OVER
THE ASTRONAUT'S HEAD.

IT WAS CALLED

THE APOLLO LIGHT FLASH
MOVING EMULSION DETECTOR...

THE ALFMED.

IT ALMOST LOOKED LIKE SOMETHING,
LITERALLY, OUT OF A SCI-FI M

THAT WOULD CLEARLY
BLOCK THEIR VISION

SO THAT IT WAS COMPLETELY DARK.

IT WAS LIKE A BIG BOX
THAT I WAS TO PUT ON.

IT LOOKED LIKE HORSE BLINDERS
THAT YOU PUT ON A HORSE.

SO, THE ASTRONAUTS
WEREN'T NECESSARILY THRILLED

ABOUT THESE EXPERIMENTS,

MAINLY BECAUSE... HERE YOU
ARE FLYING TO THE MOON.

YOU'RE FLYING IN DEEP SPACE,

AND NOW YOU HAVE TO STICK
A BOX ON YOUR HEAD?

SO I PUT THIS ON.

AND THEN I START
TO CLOSE MY EYES

AND DESCRIBE THE LIGHT FLASHES
THAT I'M SEEING.

DO COSMIC RAYS EXPLAIN
MOST OF THESE WEIRD FLASHES?

PROBABLY.

BUT DO THEY EXPLAIN EVERYTHING

THAT THESE ASTRONAUTS
ARE SEEING?

THAT'S HARDER TO SAY.

Hey, I just saw a flash
on the lunar surface.

ONE OF THE ASTRONAUTS
LOOKS OUT AND HE SAYS,

"WAIT A MINUTE.
I CAN SEE SOMETHING OUTSIDE.

THIS IS NOT INTERNAL.

I AM LOOKING AT SOMETHING
OUTSIDE THE SPACECRAFT."

Hey, Bob, I'm looking
at a bright object.

And it's obviously rotating
because it's flashing.

It's way out in the distance,
as I say,

'cause there are particles
that are close by,

and it's obviously
not one of those.

NEEDLESS TO SAY,
THIS IS EXTREMELY UNNERVING.

ANY OBJECT OUTSIDE
THE SPACE CAPSULE...

I MEAN, YOUR FIRST THOUGHT IS,
"WHAT THE HECK IS THIS THING?"

Hey, I just saw a flash
on the lunar surface.

It was a bright, little flash,

right out there
near that crater.

IMAGINE WHAT MISSION CONTROL

"IS JACK GOING NUTSO?

IS HE ACTUALLY SEEING
SOMETHING ON THE SURFACE?"

THIS IMAGE WAS TAKEN
DURING A LUNAR EXCURSION,

ON APOLLO 17.

AND, IN THIS IMAGE,
YOU SEE A MOONSCAPE,

BUT YOU SEE SOMETHING ELSE.

UP HERE IN THE CORNER

IS A REALLY ODD
THREE-DOT OBJECT.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.

THERE'S THIS CLUSTER OF
THREE BLUISH-COLORED LIGHTS.

THEY'RE TOO BRIGHT AND TOO BLUE
TO BE A PLANET OR CONSTELLATION.

COULD THAT BE WHAT CERNAN SAW?

JUST BEFORE WE STARTED
OUR WAY BACK HOME,

I RELEASE A SMALL SUBSATELLITE.

AND IT GOES OUT ON A RAIL
THAT TWISTS IT,

AND AS IT'S TWISTING,
LONG ARMS COME OUT

TO STABILIZE IT IN ITS SPIN.

IT'S IN LUNAR ORBIT, SPINNING,

AND THE SUN IS REFLECTING OFF
THE ARMS AS THEY GO AROUND.

AND YOU CAN SEE
THE FLASHING OF THE ARMS.

MY ASSUMPTION IS THAT
THAT'S WHAT GENE'S SEEING.

BUT I DO NOT KNOW
IF OURS IS STILL THERE.

THE MOON, JUST LIKE THE EARTH,
GETS HIT BY IMPACTS.

BUT THE EARTH HAS AN ATMOSPHERE,
SO WE SEE METEORS.

BUT THE MOON DOESN'T
HAVE MUCH ATMOSPHERE,

SO WHEN IT GETS HIT,

IT FORMS A BRIEF FLASH OF LIGHT.

IT CAN HAPPEN IN LESS
THAN A SECOND.

EVEN AT THIS POINT IN TIME,

WE DON'T KNOW FOR CERTAIN
WHAT THIS IS.

DID WE FIND SOME
SORT OF CREATURE ON PLUTO?

SO, HAS THE NEW HORIZONS
SPACECRAFT TAKEN PICTURES

OF GIANT SNAILS ON PLUTO?

I THINK EXPECTATIONS WERE
THAT IT COULD VERY WELL

BE JUST A DEAD,
UNINTERESTING LUMP OF ICE.

AND, BOY, WERE WE WRONG.

RATHER THAN A COLD,
UNINTERESTING LUMP OF ICE,

PLUTO IS AN ALIEN WORLD
IN ITS OWN RIGHT.

WE TRAVEL FOUR BILLION MILES
TO PLUTO,

AND WHEN WE GET THERE,

IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S SOMETHING
MOVING ON THE SURFACE.

IT LOOKS UNMISTAKABLY
LIKE SOME KIND OF TRAIL.

WHAT COULD POSSIBLY MAKE THAT?

NEW HORIZONS HAS SHOWN US
VISTAS OF PLUTO

THAT WE HAVE JUST
NEVER SEEN BEFORE...

UNPRECEDENTED IMAGES,
INCLUDING... THIS ONE.

THIS IMAGE ACTUALLY
LOOKS LIKE A SNAIL.

YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHAT
MIGHT BE A SHELL AND A HEAD.

IT'S REALLY STRANGE.

AND I HAVE TO ADMIT, IT LOOKS
LIKE IT'S LEAVING A PATH.

SO, DO WE SEE
SPACE SNAILS ON PLUTO?

WHEN THIS THING WAS FOUND,
IT BLEW THE DOORS WIDE OPEN.

THE INTERNET WAS BLAZING
WITH CONSPIRACY THEORIES.

THE SURFACE OF PLUTO...
A HORRIBLE PLACE FOR LIFE.

I WOULD SAY
AN IMPOSSIBLE PLACE FOR LIFE

LET'S PUT IT THIS WAY...

EVERYTHING IN YOUR BODY
WOULD FREEZE IN A FEW SECONDS.

YOU BETTER PUT A SKELETON IN IT.

OTHERWISE,
IT'S JUST GOING TO COLLAPSE

IN AN UNAPPETIZING HEAP.

THIS FLAT SURFACE AREA ON
PLUTO, CALLED SPUT

IS HOST
TO THESE STRANGE MARKINGS

THAT WE FIND
ON THE SURFACE OF PLUTO.

MANY PEOPLE BELIEVED
IT WAS A DEAD WORLD...

NOTHING WAS CHANGING,
NOTHING WAS HAPPENING...

BUT THAT'S NOT TRUE.

PLUTO IS AN ACTIVE
GEOLOGICAL WORLD.

THINK OF A LAVA LAMP,

WITH A BLOB SLOWLY COMING UP
FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE LAMP.

THIS IS EXACTLY THE SAME THING
THAT'S HAPPENING ON PLUTO.

THESE LINES ARE NONE OTHER
THAN THE EDGES

OF CONVECTION ZONES,

WHERE WARM MATERIAL
HAS COME UP IN THE CENTER,

AND THEN COLD MATERIAL,
NOW COOLING,

DROPS DOWN ALONG THE EDGES.

THESE GIANT SNAILS
ARE PROBABLY WATER ICE.

WATER ICE IS GOING
TO BE ROCK-HARD

AND MIGHT FORM A LARGE ICEBERG.

IT WOULD SIT ON TOP
OF THE NITROGEN ICE.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING ON T

WE'RE SEEING ICEBERGS FLOATING
IN A SEA OF FROZEN NITROGEN.

WE THINK OF LIFE AS BEING

IT'S CONCEIVABLE THAT IF YOU
DUG A DEEP HOLE ON PLUTO,

YOU MIGHT FIND SOME
SORT OF MICROBIAL LIFE

WAY, WAY DOWN THERE.

80% OF THE LIFE ON OUR PLANET
IS ACTUALLY UNDERGROUND.

THERE'S MORE LIFE DOWN THERE
THAN THERE IS UP HERE.

THERE MAY BE LIFE ON PLUTO.

I MEAN, YOU CAN'T RULE
THAT OUT ALTOGETHER.

BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE
ON THE SURFACE,

AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE BIG.

THIS WAS NOT ELECTRONIC SPYING.

THIS WAS NOT PHOTOGRAPHIC
EXPERIMENTATION.

THIS WAS SCIENCE.

THE PROBLEM WITH THE COVER
STORY IS THAT IT'S BALONEY.

AND THE RUSSIANS KNOW IT.

IT'S VERY UNLIKELY
THAT NASA's BEING TOLD

EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON.

EVEN PEOPLE WITHIN
THE U.S. GOVERNMENT

DON'T KNOW ABOUT THESE MISSIONS.

ATMOSPHERIC AND WEATHER SAMPLING

ARE A KEY PART
OF NASA's MISSION.

BUT THERE'S SOMETHING UNUSUAL
ABOUT THIS OPERATION.

WHY IS NASA CONDUCTING
HIGH-ALTITUDE RESEARCH

IN TURKEY?

WHAT'S GOING ON?

UNFORTUNATELY,
A WEATHER-OBSERVATION PLANE

HAS FLOWN OVER THE SOVIET UNION,

BLOWN OFF COURSE
BY BAD WINDS AND STUFF,

AND WE'VE LOST THE PLANE
AND THE PILOT.

ISN'T THAT A SHAME?

THE LEADER OF THE SOVIET UNION,
NIKITA KHRUSCHCHEV,

APPEARS BEFORE
THE SOVIET PARLIAMENT

AND SAYS THAT THE USSR
HAS SHOT DOWN

AN AMERICAN SPY PLANE

THAT TRESPASSED
INTO SOVIET TERRITORY.

NASA, OF COURSE, IS OUTRAGED.

THIS IS INNOCENT
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH,

THERE WAS A MALFUNCTION,

THE PLANE FLEW ON AUTOPILOT.

IF IT STRAYED
INTO ANYBODY ELSE'S AIRSPACE,

IT WAS AN ACCIDENT
AND NOTHING MORE.

THE RUSSIANS WAIT UNTIL
THE U.S. IS FULLY COMMITTED

TO THE COVER STORY

BEFORE THEY RELEASE THAT
THEY HAVE INFORMATION,

THAT THE STORY IS FALSE.

THEY HAVE THE PILOT. HE'S ALIVE.

HE'S CONFESSED TO BEING A SPY.

THEY HAVE THE PLANE.
THEY HAVE THE WRECKAGE.

AND THEY HAVE HIS EQUIPMENT.

THE PROBLEM WITH THE COVER
STORY IS THAT IT'S BALONEY.

AND THE RUSSIANS KNOW IT.

THE NASA RESEARCH MISSION

IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE MOST
DISASTROUS SPY MISSIONS

IN U.S. HISTORY.

THE U-2 IS
A REMARKABLE AIRCRAFT,

CAPABLE OF FLYING
AT FANTASTIC HEIGHTS

AND TAKING INCREDIBLE
HIGH-RESOLUTION PICTURES

THAT WILL ENABLE THE AMERICANS

TO DETERMINE THE TRUE LEVEL
OF SOVIET MILITARY CAPABILITIES.

GARY POWERS IS ONE OF A
HANDFUL OF HIGHLY TRAINED,

ELITE PILOTS

AT THE CUTTING EDGE
OF THIS ENTIRE PROGRAM.

THEY THOUGHT AT THE TIME

THAT THE U-2 WAS
NOT VULNERABLE TO ATTACK

BECAUSE IT FLEW
AT SUCH HIGH ALTITUDE,

IT COULD NOT BE SHOT DOWN.

AS IT TURNS OUT,

THAT'S A DANGEROUS
AND FALSE ASSUMPTION.

THE SOVIETS KNOW
THAT THE AMERICANS

ARE OVERFLYING THEIR TERRITORY
AT HIGH ALTITUDES.

AND THEY'VE DEVELOPED
SYSTEMS TO COUNTER IT.

AS GARY POWERS
APPROACHES HIS FIRST TARGET,

THERE'S AN IMPACT.

THERE'S AN EXPLOSION.

THE AIRCRAFT HAS BEEN HIT.

GARY POWERS MANAGED
TO EJECT SUCCESSFULLY

FROM THE AIRCRAFT
AND PARACHUTED TO THE GROUND,

WHERE HE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY
ARRESTED

BY THE SOVIET AUTHORITIES.

FOR A PILOT WHO'S BEEN
CAPTURED AND BEHIND

AND UNDER INTERROGATION,

THIS WOULD BE A VERY,
VERY STRESSFUL MOMENT,

BECAUSE YOU'RE THINKING
ABOUT ALL KINDS OF THINGS...

WHAT YOU CAN SAY,
WHAT YOU CAN'T SAY...

AND JUST A GREAT DEAL OF STRESS

AND, OF COURSE,
INTIMIDATION, AS WELL.

THE RUSSIANS ARE SAYING
THAT THE PILOT

GAVE THEM A CONFESSION.

BUT EVEN WITHOUT A CONFESSION,

THEY HAVE THE AIRPLANE
AND THE EQUIPMENT.

IT'S PRETTY CLEAR WHAT
HE WAS DOING UP THERE.

THE SOVIETS HAVE BEEN DOING
THIS SORT OF THING

SUCCESSFULLY FOR DECADES.

THEY KNOW HOW TO PLAY THIS.

I THINK THE SOVIETS
WERE FAR MORE CONCERNED

ABOUT USING THIS
AS A PROPAGANDA ISSUE

THAN ANY KIND OF INFORMATION

THEY WERE GOING
TO GLEAN FROM HIM.

THIS IS SOMETHING
OF A BLACK EYE TO NASA,

WHICH HAD PRIDED ITSELF

ON BEING A CIVILIAN
AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE PROGRAM.

AND NOW THEIR NAME
HAS BEEN USED TO COVER

FOR AN OBVIOUS SPY PROGRAM.

THE ROLE OF NASA, WITH REGARD
TO MILITARY ACTIVITIES,

IS A GRAY AREA ABOUT
WHICH WE KNOW VERY LITTLE.

THEY DO PLENTY
OF CLASSIFIED WORK

BECAUSE THE TECHNOLOGY
OF MANY THINGS IS CLASSIFIED.

IT'S VERY UNLIKELY
THAT NASA's BEING TOLD

EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON.

EVEN PEOPLE WITHIN
THE U.S. GOVERNMENT

DON'T KNOW ABOUT THESE MISSIONS.

THEY'RE ONE OF THE MOST SECRET
PROGRAMS THE AMERICANS HAVE

AT THIS MOMENT.

NASA IS ORDERED BY
THE EISENHOWER ADMINISTRATION

TO RELEASE THE COVER STORY

THAT ONE OF THEIR AIRCRAFT
HAS GONE OFF COURSE

AND CRASHED DURING
A RESEARCH MISSION.

THEY WERE COERCED
INTO DOING THAT,

AND THEY WEREN'T REALLY
VERY HAPPY ABOUT IT.

ALTHOUGH SOME OFFICIAL FILES
ON THIS INCIDENT

HAVE BEEN RELEASED,

SOME OF THE NSA FILES
REMAIN UNDER LOCK AND KEY

TO THIS DAY.

SO THERE MAY BE PARTS
OF THE STORY

THAT WE'LL NEVER KNOW.

IF YOU SAW THIS IN THE SKY,

YOU WOULD WONDER IF THE END
OF THE WORLD WAS COMING.

OH, MY GOODNESS.

THIS LOOKS LIKE
A GIANT BEAM OF LIGHTNING

IS JUST FROZEN IN THE SKY.

IT'S LIKE NOTHING
I'VE EVER SEEN BEFORE.

IT'S SO BRIGHT AND SO STRAIGHT,
IT DOESN'T LOOK NATURAL.

WHAT THE HELL?

WHAT'S SO CRAZY ABOUT THIS IS
HOW ORDERLY THE LIGHT LOOKS.

IT LOOKS LIKE A GIANT SPOTLIGHT
IS SHINING BETWEEN CLOUDS.

IT'S KIND OF WAVING
BACK AND FORTH.

IT'S A BURNING SPEAR OF LIGHT
POINTING ALMOST VERTICAL.

IT JUST DOESN'T LOOK NATURAL.

THAT IS WEIRD.

WHAT THE IS HAPPENING?

OH, MY GOODNESS.

WHAT THE HELL?

I'M FLIPPING OUT, DUDE.

IF YOU SAW THIS IN THE SKY,

YOU WOULD WONDER IF THE END
OF THE WORLD WAS COMING.

THERE'S NO WAY THAT
THIS COULD BE LIGHTNING.

IT'S A SHORTER PILLAR.
IT CONTINUES TO MOVE.

LIGHTNING IS A VERY QUICK FLASH.

BUT THAT AIRCRAFT WOULD HAVE
TO BE SITTING STILL IN THE SKY.

AND AIRCRAFT, GENERALLY,

ARE MAKING A PATH
THROUGH THE SKY.

THEY DON'T SIT STILL.

5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

Fire.

IT PRETTY MUCH DOES LOOK
LIKE A ROCKET LAUNCH.

WHEN A ROCKET-EXHAUST TRAIL
HITS A CLOUD,

IT CREATES A BRIGHT LIGHT

THAT EXTENDS STRAIGHT UP
INTO THE SKY.

AS FAR AS WE'RE AWARE,
THERE ARE NO ROCKETS

THAT ARE LAUNCHED IN INDIANA.

THERE ARE LOADS OF BIG,
VERY EXPENSIVE,

HIGHLY CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS

FOR DEVELOPING
A NEW WEAPON SYSTEM,

A NEW WAY TO KILL PEOPLE,

A NEW WAY TO EXPLODE THINGS,
TO DESTROY STUFF.

ONE OF THE THEORIES
THAT WAS FLOATING AROUND

WAS THAT MAYBE THIS WAS
A TEST OF THE HAARP SYSTEM.

THERE'S CERTAINLY SOME
MILITARY APPLICATIONS INVOLVED.

WHAT'S GOING ON IN
THE CLASSIFIED PORTIONS?

WE DON'T KNOW,
AND THEY'RE NOT TALKING.

SOME HAVE SUGGESTED
THIS IS RELATED

TO AFFECTING CLIMATE CHANGE
DIRECTLY

OR TRYING TO KNOCK SATELLITES
OUT OF THE ATMOSPHERE

OR, PERHAPS,
HEATING THE ATMOSPHERE

TO THE POINT WHERE THE
ATMOSPHERE ITSELF IS GLOWING,

AS A RESULT OF SOME
OF THE RADIATION

THAT'S BEING POURED FORTH.

SO, THE HAARP ARRAY
DOES SHOOT POWERFUL BEAMS

OF ENERGY INTO THE SKY,

BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO
BE VISIBLE AS BEAMS OF LIGHT.

PEOPLE HAVE BEEN BLAMING HAARP
FOR ALL KINDS OF CRAZY STUFF.

I DON'T THINK IT'S HAARP.

WITH THE INTENSITY OF THE LIGHT,

THE WAY THAT IT'S SO BRIGHT,
ONE POSSIBLE THEORY

IS THAT IT COULD BE
A JUMPING SUN DOG.

A THUNDER CLOUD
COULD RELEASE ELECTRICITY

INTO THE ATMOSPHERE
FROM A LIGHTNING STRIKE,

AND IT COULD ALTER
THE ICE CRYSTALS

AND MAKE THEM CHANGE
SO IT WOULD APPEAR

THAT THE LIGHT BEING
REFLECTED ACTUALLY JUMPS.

SO, IN THE PRESENCE OF,
SAY, A THUNDERSTORM,

THEN THE SUN DOG MIGHT
ACTUALLY LEAP AROUND THE SKY,

JUST LIKE WE SEE HERE.

MULTIPLE LIGHTNING STRIKES
CHANGING THE ELECTRICAL MAKEUP

OF THE ATMOSPHERE
WOULD BE NEEDED

IN ORDER TO MAKE IT
CONTINUALLY JUMP THE WAY

THAT IT DOES IN THE VIDEO.

YOU LOOK
AT THE HUBBLE TELESCOPES

AND SCENES THAT WE SEE
OF THE EXPLODING STARS,

THE FORMATION OF STARS,
THE EXPANDING OF THE UNIVERSE,

IT'S IN A CONSTANT
STATE OF CHANGE.

DO COSMIC RAYS EXPLAIN
MOST OF THESE WEIRD FLASHES?

PROBABLY.

BUT DO THEY EXPLAIN EVERYTHING

THAT THESE ASTRONAUTS
ARE SEEING?

THAT'S HARDER TO SAY.

THERE MAY BE LIFE ON PLUTO,

BUT IT'S NOT GOING
TO BE ON THE SURFACE,

AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE BIG.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME

THAT I ACTUALLY SEE
SO MANY SERIOUS ASTRONOMERS

BE REALLY OPEN
TO THE POSSIBILITY

THAT THIS COULD ACTUALLY BE
AN ALIEN SOCIETY OUT THERE.

LET'S SEE.
LET'S DISCOVER THESE UNKNOWNS.

AND TO ME, THAT'S A CHALLENGE.

WE WANT TO SEE WHAT'S OUT THERE.

Subtitles Diego Moraes
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