NASA's Unexplained Files (2012–…): Season 5, Episode 1 - JFK UFO Conspiracy - full transcript

NASA'S MISSION
IS TO EXPLORE THE UNKNOWN.

WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE UNIVERSE

IS A TINY FRACTION
OF WHAT'S ACTUALLY OUT THERE.

IN THE SEARCH FOR ANSWERS,

IT LAUNCHES ITS SCIENTISTS
INTO SPACE,

ITS CRAFT BEYOND THE LIMITS
OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM.

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 GONNA THROW AT US NEXT.

A NASA PROBE DISCOVERS
STRANGE MARKINGS ON MARS.



IT LOOKS, FOR ALL THE WORLD,
LIKE MORSE CODE.

IS THIS SOME SORT OF MESSAGE?

A MESSAGE FROM WHO?

A MYSTERY CRAFT
TERRIFIES WITNESSES

ON TWO SEPARATE CONTINENTS.

IT'S LIKE "WAR OF THE WORLDS."

PEOPLE THINK THEY'RE
UNDER ATTACK.

- THEY'RE SCARED TO DEATH.
- THEY HAD NO IDEA

WHAT WAS GOING ON.

AND DOES A DECLASSIFIED DOCUMENT

SUGGEST A LINK
BETWEEN SECRET UFO FILES

AND THE DEATH OF JFK?

THIS DOCUMENT IS
ABSOLUTELY SENSATIONAL.

IS THIS A MOTIVE?



IS THIS A SMOKING GUN?

THESE ARE
"NASA'S UNEXPLAINED FILES."

NASA's Unexplained Files - SEASON 5
EP - 1 - JFK UFO Conspiracy

ASTRONAUTS SEE SOMETHING
FLOATING PAST THE WINDOW

OF THE SKYLAB SPACE STATION.

IT'S A SURPRISE.

AND SURPRISES ON SPACE STATIONS

ARE NOT GOOD NEWS.

THE CREW RACED TO IDENTIFY
THE BIZARRE PHENOMENON.

YOUR REACTION, AS AN ASTRONAUT,
IS, "THIS COULD KILL ME."

AUGUST 2ND, 1973,

NASA'S SKYLAB SPACE STATION

ORBITS 270 MILES
ABOVE THE EARTH.

ASTRONAUTS ALAN BEAN,
OWEN GARRIOTT

AND JACK LOUSMA CARRY
THE RESPONSIBILITY

OF PERFORMING WHAT SHOULD BE
A LANDMARK MISSION

IN THE HISTORY
OF SPACE EXPLORATION.

SKYLAB WAS NASA'S
FIRST SPACE STATION

TO BE VISITED BY SUCCESSIVE
CREWS OF ASTRONAUTS.

THE CREW'S PRIMARY OBJECTIVE

IS TO STUDY THE EFFECTS
OF PROLONGED SPACE TRAVEL

ON THE HUMAN BODY.

THE WHOLE IDEA WAS TO STUDY
WHAT HAPPENS TO HUMANS

WHEN WE GET IN THIS ZERO GRAVITY
FOR LONG PERIODS.

THEY HAD A REALLY NICE SETUP.

THEY COULD ACTUALLY
RUN AROUND THE...

SORT OF THE PERIPHERY
OF THE WHOLE MODULE.

AT 6:37 A.M.,
GARRIOTT AND LOUSMA

ARE COMPLETING
THEIR SCHEDULED TASKS

WHEN THEY NOTICE SOMETHING
FLY PAST THE WINDOW.

GARRIOTT AND LOUSMA
ARE UTTERLY AMAZED

TO SEE SNOWFLAKES
DRIFTING PAST THE WINDOW

IN OUTER SPACE.

IT'S ALMOST LIKE A SNOWSTORM.

AND THAT'S THE ONLY
WAY TO DESCRIBE IT.

IT'S A SURPRISE.

AND SURPRISES ON SPACE STATIONS

ARE GENERALLY NOT GOOD NEWS.

GARRIOTT AND LOUSMA ARE
HIGHLY TRAINED SCIENTISTS.

WHAT THEY ARE SEEING APPEARS

TO DEFY THE LAWS OF PHYSICS.

YOU'RE UP IN SPACE.

IT'S BASICALLY A VACUUM.

SO THERE ARE NO CLOUDS.
THERE'S NO MOISTURE.

THERE'S NO ANYTHING OUT THERE.

THERE IS NO WEATHER IN SPACE.

THE APPEARANCE
OF THE FROZEN OBJECTS

ISN'T JUST PUZZLING.

IF THEY'RE SOLID,
IT'S POTENTIALLY LETHAL.

YOU SEE SOMETHING
FLOATING AROUND IN ORBIT.

YOUR OBVIOUS THOUGHT IS THAT
IT'S SOME SORT OF SPACE DEBRIS.

IF THE LIGHT CATCHES IT
JUST RIGHT,

SPACE DEBRIS CAN APPEAR
VERY BRIGHT WHITE.

AND IT CAN KIND OF CLUMP
TOGETHER OR STAY TOGETHER.

SPACE DEBRIS TRAVELS
AT SIX TIMES

THE SPEED OF A RIFLE BULLET.

A SINGLE SNOWFLAKE-SIZED PIECE

COULD PUNCH A HOLE THROUGH
THE HULL OF THE SPACE STATION.

YOUR REACTION, AS AN ASTRONAUT,
IS, "THIS COULD KILL ME."

MOST SPACE DEBRIS
IS CREATED BY SPACECRAFT

ORBITING AROUND 470 MILES
ABOVE THE EARTH.

BUT SKYLAB ORBITS 200 MILES

LOWER THAN THIS CLOUD OF JUNK.

AT THIS ALTITUDE, IT'S POSSIBLE
TO ENCOUNTER SPACE DEBRIS.

BUT IT'S REALLY UNLIKELY
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ENOUGH OF IT

FOR IT TO LOOK LIKE A BLIZZARD.

THE CREW ASKS MISSION CONTROL

TO RUN DIAGNOSTICS ON SKYLAB

TO CHECK FOR DAMAGE.

THEY TRACE THE FAULT
TO THE FUEL SYSTEM

OF THE APOLLO SPACECRAFT
ATTACHED TO SKYLAB.

WHAT MISSION CONTROL
DISCOVERED PRETTY QUICKLY

WAS THAT THERE
WAS FUEL LEAKING OUT

FROM ONE OF THE THRUSTER UNITS
ON THEIR APOLLO SPACECRAFT,

THEIR TRANSPORT CRAFT,

THE ONE THEY NEEDED TO GET
BACK TO EARTH SAFELY IN.

TROUBLESHOOTING THE PROBLEM
WITH IDENTICAL ENGINES

BACK ON EARTH REVEALS

THAT A CORROSIVE INGREDIENT

IN THE FUEL SUPPLY

HAS EATEN THROUGH
ONE OF ITS FOUR THRUSTERS.

CORROSION ISN'T GOING TO BE
JUST A ONE-OFF FIX.

CORROSION IS INSIDIOUS.

CORROSION SPREADS.

THE CORROSIVE LEAK MEANS

THE APOLLO TRANSPORT MODULE

IS JETTISONING GALLONS

OF FUEL INTO SPACE EVERY MINUTE.

WHEN ANY FLUID LEAKS OUT
INTO THE VACUUM OF SPACE,

IT FLASH FREEZES
INTO SNOWFLAKES.

IF THEY LOSE TOO MUCH FUEL,

THEY WON'T BE ABLE
TO ATTEMPT RE-ENTRY.

AND SKYLAB, IT BECOMES A COFFIN,

A $2.2 BILLION COFFIN.

IN RESPONSE TO
THE UNFOLDING CRISIS,

NASA ANNOUNCES ONE OF
THE MOST AUDACIOUS PLANS

IN THE SPACE AGENCY'S HISTORY,

A DARING MISSION
TO RESCUE THE THREE ASTRONAUTS.

NASA ISN'T GOING
TO LEAVE THREE MEN

TO DIE IN ORBIT, NO WAY.

NORMALLY, A SPACE MISSION

TAKES YEARS TO PLAN AND EXECUTE.

BUT NASA MAY ONLY
HAVE A FEW DAYS

TO SAVE THE SKYLAB CREW.

YOU'VE GOT ALL THE DIFFICULTIES
OF A NORMAL SPACE MISSION

PLUS YOU'RE TRYING TO DO IT
IN A VERY SHORT TIME FRAME.

NASA PLANNERS NEEDED TO BE ABLE
TO LAUNCH A VEHICLE IN TIME

BEFORE THE CREW
HAS DIED OR STARVED.

NASA ENGINEERS FORMULATE A PLAN

TO SEND TWO BACKUP PILOTS
UP TO THE SPACE STATION

IN A MODIFIED APOLLO CRAFT.

THE RESCUE PLAN INVOLVED
TAKING THE APOLLO

FOR THE NEXT VISIT
TO THE SPACE STATION

BUT STRIPPING OUT EQUIPMENT
AND SUPPLIES

FOR A SPACE-STATION MISSION AND,

INSTEAD, PUTTING
IN THREE EXTRA SEATS

FOR THE RESCUED CREW.

THE PLAN PUTS NASA
UNDER IMMENSE PRESSURE.

IF THE SPACE AGENCY
SENDS THE BACKUP PILOTS

INTO ORBIT ON A DANGEROUS
RESCUE MISSION,

IT PUTS MORE LIVES IN DANGER.

THIS IS WORSE THAN
A NIGHTMARE SCENARIO.

THEY'VE GOT TO COME UP
WITH A SOLUTION.

AND THEY'VE GOT TO
COME UP WITH IT FAST.

JUST DAYS BEFORE
THE RESCUE MISSION

IS SCHEDULED TO LAUNCH,

ENGINEERS LEARN THAT
THE DEFECTIVE SKYLAB CAPSULE

MIGHT STILL BE ABLE
TO BRING THE ASTRONAUTS HOME.

THEY DISCOVER A WAY
TO RE-ENTER EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE

UTILIZING A DIFFERENT SET
OF THRUSTERS

ON THE COMMAND MODULE.

AT THAT POINT, THE NEED FOR
THE RESCUE MISSION WENT AWAY.

ON AUGUST 14TH, NASA
ABORTS THE RESCUE MISSION.

MISSION CONTROL INSTRUCTS
SKYLAB PILOT JACK LOUSMA

TO ATTEMPT A RISKY MANUAL
RETURN TO EARTH USING

JUST TWO OF HIS FOUR THRUSTERS.

THIS IS UNPRECEDENTED
IN SPACE TRAVEL.

IT MIGHT NOT EVEN BE POSSIBLE.

BUT NASA HAS TO TRY.

AT 10:07 A.M. ON SEPTEMBER 25TH,

THE THREE ASTRONAUTS DEPART
THE SPACE STATION

IN THEIR WOUNDED CRAFT.

MISSION CONTROL CAN ONLY WAIT

AS THE CAPSULE SLAMS
INTO EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE

AT OVER 15,000 MILES PER HOUR.

THE EXTERIOR OF THE CRAFT

HEATS UP TO OVER
5,000 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT,

CREATING A LAYER OF PLASMA

THAT BLOCKS OUT
ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO THE CREW.

15 MINUTES LATER,

THE MODULE SPLASHES DOWN
OFF THE COAST OF MEXICO.

RESCUE TEAMS REACH THE CAPSULE

AND RECOVER THE ASTRONAUTS.

ALL UNHARMED BY THEIR ORDEAL.

AFTER A FULL INVESTIGATION
INTO THE NEAR DISASTER,

ASTRONAUTS RETURN TO SKYLAB
IN NOVEMBER 1973.

AND THE SPACE STATION

GOES ON TO LAY THE FOUNDATIONS

FOR FUTURE NASA MISSIONS.

THIS COULD HAVE BEEN
THE END OF SKYLAB.

BUT THANKS TO SOME CALM,
COOL, SMART THINKING,

IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF ONE
OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL MISSIONS

IN NASA HISTORY.

COMING UP, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE

ON TWO CONTINENTS WITNESS
STRANGE LIGHTS IN THE SKY.

THIS ISN'T A HALLUCINATION,
AND IT'S NOT MASS HYSTERIA.

THIS THING IS REAL.

AND HAS A NASA PROBE
DISCOVERED A MESSAGE

ON THE MARTIAN LANDSCAPE?

A MESSAGE FROM WHO?
AN INTELLIGENCE, POSSIBLY.

A NASA PROBE DISCOVERS
A BIZARRE PATTERN

ON THE SURFACE
OF THE RED PLANET.

IT'S REALLY CLEAR,
DOTS AND DASHES.

IT LOOKS, FOR ALL THE WORLD,
LIKE MORSE CODE.

WHAT IS THE MEANING
OF THE MARTIAN MARKINGS?

IS THIS SOME SORT OF MESSAGE?

A MESSAGE FROM WHO?

FEBRUARY 6, 2016,

AS THE MARS
RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER PASSES

OVER AN UNCHARTED REGION
NEAR THE PLANET'S NORTH POLE,

IT SPOTS A STRANGE PATTERN
IN THE LANDSCAPE.

THE DISCOVERY STUNS ASTRONOMERS.

THIS PARTICULAR PATTERN
HAS NEVER BEEN SEEN BEFORE.

IT'S RARE TO SEE SUCH ORGANIZED
PATTERNS IN LANDSCAPE IMAGES,

JUST VERY ODD, STRANGE PATTERNS.

THE BIZARRE MARKINGS STRETCH

FOR SEVEN MILES
ACROSS THE MARTIAN SURFACE.

FOR SOME ASTRONOMERS,

THEIR ARRANGEMENT
IS EERILY FAMILIAR.

YOU HAVE THIS INCREDIBLE
SUCCESSION OF DOTS

AND STRAIGHT LINES.

IT LOOKS LIKE MORSE CODE

DOWN THERE
ON THE SURFACE OF MARS.

WHEN NASA PUBLISHES
THE IMAGES, THEY GO VIRAL.

SOME OBSERVERS SPECULATE
THAT IT COULD BE EVIDENCE

THAT SOMEONE OR SOMETHING
HAS ETCHED A CODE

INTO THE MARTIAN DIRT.

SOME PEOPLE ARE LOOKING
AT THESE PATTERNS AND SAYING,

"YOU KNOW, IT'S A MESSAGE."

A MESSAGE FROM WHO?

AN INTELLIGENCE, POSSIBLY.

FOR DECADES,
ASTRONOMERS HAVE BELIEVED

THAT THE BEST CHANCE
OF FINDING MESSAGES

FROM EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE

IS TO LISTEN FOR RADIO SIGNALS

SENT FROM DISTANT STAR SYSTEMS.

THE DISCOVERY OF
THE MARS CIPHER RAISES

AN INTRIGUING POSSIBILITY.

MAYBE WE'RE... WE'RE NOT LOOKING
FOR THE RIGHT FORM OF MESSAGE.

UH, MAYBE IT'S
SOMETHING THAT, UH,

WE'LL FIND ONE DAY
AT THE SURFACE OF A PLANET.

UH, MAYBE THIS IS IT.

MAYBE MARS HAS
AN INTELLIGENT CIVILIZATION.

IN THE FACE
OF MOUNTING SPECULATION

ABOUT THE MEANING
OF THE MARTIAN CODE,

NASA ATTEMPTS TO TRANSLATE IT.

THE RESULTS REVEAL
THAT IF THIS IS CODE,

IT'S CERTAINLY NOT MORSE CODE.

THE DECODED MESSAGE
FROM THIS ANCIENT ALIEN RACE

IN MORSE CODE READS,

AND I QUOTE, "NEE NED ZB 6TN."

"N-E-E, N-E-D, Z-B."

"N-E-E, N-E-D, Z-B,

6-T-N-N, C-E-C-C."

DOESN'T REALLY MAKE MUCH SENSE.

DOESN'T MAKE ANY
SENSE WHATSOEVER.

DOES THAT SOUND LIKE
AN INTELLIGENT MESSAGE TO YOU?

NOT TO ME.

IF AN ADVANCED RACE
ISN'T RESPONSIBLE

FOR THE WEIRD PATTERN,
THEN WHAT IS?

A CLUE TO UNRAVELING THE ENIGMA

COULD COME FROM A GRAVITY MAP

OF MARS CREATED

BY NASA IN MARCH, 2016.

IT REVEALS A SERIES
OF GRAVITATIONAL ANOMALIES

AROUND THE MARTIAN NORTH POLE,

CLOSE TO WHERE
THE IMAGE WAS TAKEN.

THE POLAR CAP REGION
IS KNOWN TO HAVE

GRAVITY ANOMALIES, PLACES

WHERE THE GRAVITY
FIELD IS STRONGER.

AND WE'RE NOT 100 PERCENT SURE

WHAT THE CAUSE OF THESE
GRAVITY ANOMALIES IS.

COULD THIS WEIRD GRAVITATIONAL
VARIATION BE RESPONSIBLE

FOR THIS STRANGE
MORSE-CODE PATTERN?

ON EARTH, GRAVITY
ANOMALIES CAN CREATE BULGES

AND DIPS ON THE SURFACE
OF THE OCEANS.

BUT ASTRONOMERS DOUBT
THEY COULD ACCOUNT

FOR THE MYSTERIOUS
PATTERN ON MARS.

I THINK THAT DOESN'T
SEEM TO BE LIKELY

BECAUSE THESE ARE
VERY SMALL FEATURES.

RIGHT?
AND GRAVITY IS A VERY BIG THING.

AND IT AFFECTS MOUNTAINS
AND VALLEYS,

NOT INDIVIDUAL LITTLE FEATURES.

CLOSER ANALYSIS
OF THE IMAGE REVEALS

ANOTHER POSSIBLE EXPLANATION.

IF WE ZOOM IN ON
THESE LITTLE BY LITTLE,

NOW IT BECOMES CLEAR.

EACH DASH HAS A DARKER LINE
RUNNING ALONG THE MIDDLE OF IT.

INVESTIGATORS
BELIEVE THEY ARE RIDGES.

SEEING THIS REALLY HITS HOME
THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY

A 3-D PEAK OBJECT STICKING UP
OUT OF THE MARTIAN SURFACE.

THESE ARE DUNES.

MARS IS COVERED
IN VAST SAND DUNES,

MANY TWICE THE SIZE
OF THE BIGGEST ON EARTH.

BUT IF THE LINES
IN THE IMAGE ARE DUNES,

THEY'RE UNLIKE ANY NASA

HAS PREVIOUSLY DISCOVERED
ON THE RED PLANET.

SCIENTISTS SUGGEST
THE LOCAL GEOLOGY

COULD PROVIDE AN EXPLANATION.

NOW THIS AREA IS IN A...
AN IMPACT CRATER.

IT'S A BOWL.
IT'S A HOLE IN THE GROUND.

WHEN WINDS BLOW INTO THE CRATER,

THEY BOUNCE OFF THE WALLS,

DRAMATICALLY ALTERING
THE SHAPE OF THE DUNES.

WHEN THE WIND BLOWS IN TWO
DIRECTIONS, ALL OF A SUDDEN,

YOU WILL SEE THESE SIMPLE
LITTLE CRESCENT SHAPED DUNES

STRETCHED INTO LONG,
STRINGY DUNES.

THIS IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE.

MOST SCIENTISTS AGREE.

THE LOCALIZED WIND
CONDITIONS COULD ACCOUNT

FOR THE DASH-SHAPED DUNES
IN THE IMAGE.

THE DOTS ARE HARDER TO EXPLAIN.

MARS EXPERT, PASCAL LEE,

SUGGESTS THEY COULD
CONCEAL GIANT BALLS OF ICE.

I SUSPECT THAT
BECAUSE THESE DUNES

ARE IN THE NORTH
POLAR REGION OF MARS,

THEY CONTAIN ICE.

AND THE ICE
IS MAKING THEM STRONGER

AGAINST THE ACTION OF WIND.

IT MAKES THEM CEMENTED,
IN SOME SENSE.

FOR NOW, THIS IS JUST A THEORY.

MARS' STRANGE TERRAIN
AND WEATHER REMAIN

A MYSTERY TO US.

BUT UNDERSTANDING THEM
IS A KEY STEP

TOWARDS ONE DAY SETTING FOOT
ON THE RED PLANET.

IF NASA'S GOING TO SEND HUMANS
TO LIVE AND WORK ON MARS,

WE NEED TO KNOW
HOW WEATHER THERE WORKS.

THEY MAY LOOK LIKE
PLACES ON EARTH,

BUT MARS IS STILL
A VERY ALIEN WORLD.

COMING UP, AN EXPLORER
DISCOVERS AN ISOLATED TRIBE

USING WEAPONS FROM OUTER SPACE.

THERE'S A REAL MYSTERY HERE.

THEY'RE NOT TELLING
ANYONE THEIR SECRET.

AND AN EXPLOSIVE LETTER

FROM JFK ORDERS THE CIA

TO SHARE ITS CLASSIFIED
UFO FILES.

THIS LETTER IS DATED 10 DAYS
BEFORE THE ASSASSINATION.

IS THERE A CONNECTION?

A DECLASSIFIED MEMO
FROM PRESIDENT KENNEDY DEMANDS

THAT THE CIA SHARE
ITS UFO INTELLIGENCE WITH NASA.

THIS LETTER IS DATED 10 DAYS
BEFORE THE ASSASSINATION.

IS THERE A CONNECTION?

COULD THE EXPLOSIVE
LETTER HELP SOLVE

ONE OF THE MOST
SHOCKING MURDERS IN HISTORY?

I MEAN, THIS DOCUMENT
IS ABSOLUTELY SENSATIONAL.

WERE KENNEDY'S PROBES
WITH THE CIA ABOUT UFOS

CAUSE FOR ALARM OR EVEN,
POSSIBLY, ASSASSINATION?

NOVEMBER 22ND, 1963,

12:30 P.M.,

SHOTS RING OUT
ACROSS DEALEY PLAZA IN DALLAS...

...ENDING THE LIFE OF PRESIDENT
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY

AND SENDING A NATION
INTO MOURNING.

THE JFK ASSASSINATION IS ONE
OF THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL

AND POLARIZING CASES
IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

IT'S A DECADES-OLD QUESTION.

WHO KILLED JFK AND WHY?

THE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES IS DEAD.

OVER THE LAST 50 YEARS,

THERE HAVE BEEN
NUMEROUS THEORIES

ABOUT KENNEDY'S DEATH.

DAVID MARWELL HEADED A REVIEW
OF CLASSIFIED RECORDS

RELATING TO THE ASSASSINATION.

AFTER THE ASSASSINATION,

THERE WERE A NUMBER
OF OFFICIAL INQUIRIES

THAT WERE CHARGED
WITH DETERMINING

EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED
TO THE PRESIDENT.

IN 1964, THE WARREN COMMISSION,

THE OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT
INVESTIGATION

INTO KENNEDY'S ASSASSINATION,

CONCLUDED THAT LEE HARVEY OSWALD

WAS RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE PRESIDENT'S DEATH.

BUT MANY BELIEVE THERE
ARE NUMEROUS INCONSISTENCIES

WITH THE LONE GUNMAN THEORY.

IT WAS A CRIME
THAT WAS WITNESSED

BY HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE.

AND IT'S ONLY NATURAL THAT
THEIR OBSERVATIONS WOULD DIFFER.

MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT JFK
HAD MADE POWERFUL ENEMIES,

EVEN THE CIA,
AND THAT THEY WERE RESPONSIBLE

FOR HIS ASSASSINATION. FIRE!

CONSPIRACY
THEORIES LINKING THE CIA

TO KENNEDY'S DEATH
ARE WELL DOCUMENTED.

BUT IN 2010,

A SENSATIONAL DECLASSIFIED
GOVERNMENT MEMO EMERGED

THAT SOME THOUGHT PROVIDED
NEW POSSIBLE MOTIVES

FOR THE AGENCY'S INVOLVEMENT
IN THE ASSASSINATION:

A DOCUMENT WRITTEN
BY JFK HIMSELF.

TEN DAYS BEFORE
JFK WAS ASSASSINATED,

HE HAD DRAFTED A LETTER
TO THE CIA REQUESTING

ALL UFO DOCUMENTS
TO BE RELEASED TO HIM.

IN THE LETTER, THE PRESIDENT
ALSO ORDERS THE AGENCY

TO SHARE THEIR SECRET
UFO FILES WITH NASA.

IT SAYS TO THE CIA,

"YOU WILL SHARE THIS INFORMATION
ABOUT THESE UNKNOWNS,"

WHICH MEANS UFOS.

YOU SHARE THIS SO THAT
NASA'S MISSION DIRECTORS

WILL BE ASSISTED IN UNDERTAKING

THEIR DEFENSIVE
RESPONSIBILITIES.

THE DATE OF THE LETTER
IS INTRIGUING.

YOU'VE GOT TO WONDER
IF THERE'S A CORRELATION

IN THE SHORT TIME PERIOD

BETWEEN THE LETTER BEING SENT
AND THE ASSASSINATION.

FOLLOWING THE ROSWELL INCIDENT,

WHERE AN EXTRATERRESTRIAL CRAFT

ALLEGEDLY CRASHED IN NEW MEXICO,

THE CIA SET UP A COVERT GROUP

TO MONITOR UFO ACTIVITY
IN THE US AND ABROAD.

OVER THE FOLLOWING YEARS,

IT DOCUMENTED AND CATALOGED
THOUSANDS OF SIGHTINGS.

ALL OF A SUDDEN,
THEY'RE BEING REQUESTED

TO GIVE OVER ALL THOSE DOCUMENTS
TO PRESIDENT KENNEDY.

I MEAN, THIS DOCUMENT
IS ABSOLUTELY SENSATIONAL

BECAUSE WHEN YOU START
TALKING ABOUT

SHARING INFORMATION
WITH OTHER AGENCIES,

THAT'S THE ONE THE THING
THE CIA NEVER LIKED TO DO.

NOW WE HAVE TO ASK QUESTIONS.

WERE KENNEDY'S PROBES
WITH THE CIA

ABOUT UFOS CAUSE
FOR ALARM OR EVEN,

POSSIBLY, ASSASSINATION?

THIS SUGGESTION IS UNCONVINCING.

BUT TO THE CIA, KENNEDY'S LETTER

MAY ALSO CONTAIN
A SECOND, GREATER THREAT.

THIS DOCUMENT ALSO GOES
ON TO TALK ABOUT

A PROGRAM OF COOPERATION

WITH THE SOVIET UNION IN SPACE.

IT ESSENTIALLY INSTRUCTS THE CIA

TO INITIATE
A DATA-SHARING PROGRAM

WITH THE SOVIET UNION.

THE REQUEST FOLLOWS A SPEECH

KENNEDY GAVE AT THE U.N.,

WHERE HE EVEN SUGGESTS
THAT HE WILL COLLABORATE

WITH THE RUSSIANS
ON THE BIGGEST PRIZE IN SPACE,

A MANNED MISSION TO THE MOON.

IN THE FIELD OF SPACE,

THERE IS ROOM
FOR NEW COOPERATION.

KENNEDY WAS ACTUALLY
INTERESTED IN STARTING UP

A JOINT PROGRAM
BETWEEN THE SOVIETS

AND THE U.S. TO COMBINE
OUR EFFORTS TO TRY

AND GET TO THE LUNAR SURFACE.

I INCLUDE AMONG THESE
POSSIBILITIES

A JOINT EXPEDITION TO THE MOON.

SOME AUTHORS AND HISTORIANS

SUGGEST THAT THE CIA

WAS INFURIATED BY KENNEDY'S
REPEATED ATTEMPTS

TO COOPERATE WITH AMERICA'S
COLD WAR ENEMY.

THIS IS A PERIOD
OF EXTREME TENSION

BETWEEN THE SUPERPOWERS.

THE THEORY WAS THAT HE WAS
KILLED BY THE CIA,

WHO FEARED THAT
HE WAS GOING SOFT

ON THE SOVIET THREAT.

THE REVELATIONS IN THE 2010

JFK MEMO SPARK A MEDIA FRENZY.

THEY APPEAR TO PROVIDE
CRUCIAL NEW EVIDENCE

FOR THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL
MURDER INVESTIGATION

OF THE 20TH CENTURY.

IS THE LETTER A MOTIVE?
IS THIS A SMOKING GUN?

SINCE THE LETTER WAS DISCOVERED,

SOME HAVE CLAIMED IT IS A FAKE.

IMAGE ANALYST MARC D'ANTONIO
ASSESSES IT'S AUTHENTICITY.

USUALLY, WE MIGHT EXPECT
TO SEE TOP SECRET

DOWN AT THE BOTTOM IN A BIG,
STENCILED OUTLINE OR A STAMP.

THE DIRECTOR'S NAME
AND THE TOP HEADING

ARE NOT IN THE SAME PLACE

AS IN HIS OTHER LETTERS.

THERE ARE DISCREPANCIES.
THAT'S TRUE.

BUT THAT DOESN'T
MEAN IT'S A FAKE.

DAVID MARWELL QUESTIONS
WHY ONLY ONE COPY OF THE LETTER

HAS BEEN PROVIDED
FOR INVESTIGATORS.

THE DOCUMENT LOOKS LIKE A COPY.

IT LOOKS LIKE A CARBON COPY.

SO IT BEGS THE QUESTION
WHERE THE ORIGINAL IS

AND ALSO WHY THE TOP
HAS BEEN REDACTED.

DOCUMENTS DO NOT EXIST
ON THEIR OWN.

IN 2017, THE CIA

WILL RELEASE THOUSANDS
OF CLASSIFIED FILES

RELATING TO JFK'S DEATH.

PERHAPS THEY CONTAIN
THE ORIGINAL LETTER

AND WILL SHED MORE LIGHT

ONTO WHO WAS BEHIND
THE ASSASSINATION.

UNTIL THEN, DEBATE
WILL CONTINUE TO RAGE

ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED
ON THAT FATEFUL DAY

IN DALLAS IN NOVEMBER, 1963.

COMING UP, AN UNEXPLAINED CRAFT

CAUSES PANIC
ON THE STREETS OF MOSCOW.

IT APPEARED TO BE
SOMETHING VERY LARGE

AND CHASING THEM.

AND AN EXPLORER
DISCOVERS A REMOTE TRIBE

USING WEAPONS
THAT COME FROM SPACE.

THEY'RE NOT TELLING
ANYONE THEIR SECRET.

A STRANGE CRAFT CAUSES PANIC
ON TWO SEPARATE CONTINENTS.

YOU HAVE MULTIPLE,
CREDIBLE WITNESSES

ALL SAYING THEY SAW
THE SAME THING.

IT'S LIKE "WAR OF THE WORLDS."

PEOPLE THINK THEY'RE
UNDER ATTACK.

A SECRET GOVERNMENT
DOCUMENT PROVIDES A CLUE

TO THE MYSTERIOUS EVENTS.

A DECLASSIFIED STATE DEPARTMENT
DOCUMENT EMERGES,

WHICH PUTS NASA
AT THE HEART OF IT.

AS MIDNIGHT APPROACHES,

WITNESSES IN CITIES ACROSS
NORTHWEST RUSSIA REPORT

SEEING A STRANGE OBJECT
LIGHT UP THE SKIES.

THERE'S A WAVE OF UFO
SIGHTINGS THROUGHOUT RUSSIA.

PEOPLE REPORT A CRESCENT

WITH A REDDISH-ORANGE HUE TO IT.

THEY SAY IT LOOKS
LIKE A HORSESHOE,

DIMMER IN THE MIDDLE
AND BRIGHTER ON THE ENDS.

AND IT HAS A DISTINCT GLOW.

OVER THE NEXT HOUR,

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE SEE
THE UNEXPLAINED OBJECT.

THE SIGHTINGS SPREAD PANIC.

SOME PEOPLE APPARENTLY
THINK THAT

THE UNITED STATES HAS LAUNCHED
A FIRST-STRIKE NUCLEAR ATTACK.

SOME PEOPLE THINK
IT'S JUDGMENT DAY.

THEY WERE SCARED TO DEATH.

THEY HAD NO IDEA
WHAT WAS GOING ON.

WITNESSES DESCRIBE THE CRAFT

AS BEING AROUND 400 FEET WIDE,

TWICE THE SIZE OF A BOEING 747.

AND IT'S MOVING FAST.

IT APPEARED TO BE SOMETHING
VERY LARGE AND VERY ODD.

SOME PEOPLE SAW THAT IT
WAS ACTUALLY CHASING THEM.

IT'S LIKE "WAR OF THE WORLDS."

SOON AFTER MIDNIGHT,

THE MYSTERY CRAFT
VANISHES FROM THE SKIES.

BUT JUST AN HOUR LATER,
IT SUDDENLY REAPPEARS.

ONLY THIS TIME, IT'S ON
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD.

THERE'S A WAVE
OF SIMILAR SIGHTINGS

THROUGHOUT FIVE COUNTRIES
IN SOUTH AMERICA.

AGAIN, VERY SIMILAR THINGS SEEN.

REPORTS OF THE SAME
HORSESHOE-SHAPED UFO,

JUST AS DESCRIBED IN RUSSIA.

WHATEVER THIS IS, IT'S GLOBAL.

IN CHILE, A PILOT REPORTS

THAT THE GLOWING OBJECT
MAKES A HEAD-ON PASS

AT HIS AIRCRAFT BEFORE
SUDDENLY DISAPPEARING.

MINUTES LATER, IT IS TRACKED

AT AN INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT IN ARGENTINA.

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL REPORTS

SOMETHING BRIEFLY ON
THE RADAR SCREEN

RAPIDLY CHANGING ITS ALTITUDE.

AFTER A FLURRY OF SIGHTINGS
ACROSS SIX COUNTRIES,

THE CRAFT VANISHES AGAIN.

THIS TIME, IT DOES NOT REAPPEAR.

FOR ALMOST TWO DECADES,

THE CASE REMAINED UNSOLVED.

THEN, IN 1997,

A DECLASSIFIED US
GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT EMERGES

WHICH SUGGESTS NASA
COULD BE BEHIND THE MYSTERY.

WHAT THIS DOCUMENT SHOWS

IS THAT AN ARGENTINE
ENGINEER WORKING FOR NASA

TOLD HIS MOTHER
THAT THE SPACE AGENCY

WAS ENGAGED
ON ATMOSPHERIC EXPERIMENTS

THAT WOULD CAUSE
STRANGE SHAPES IN THE SKY.

THE EXPERIMENT INVOLVED
USING SMALL SATELLITES

TO SHOOT CHARGED PARTICLES
INTO THE ATMOSPHERE.

THE SPACE AGENCY HOPED

THAT BY TRACKING
THESE PARTICLES,

IT WOULD HELP THEM
BETTER UNDERSTAND

HOW SOLAR WINDS BEHAVE
WHEN THEY HIT EARTH.

NASA CALLED IT
PROJECT FIREWHEEL.

PROJECT FIREWHEEL SENDS
THESE SMALL BATTERY-OPERATED

SPACECRAFT HIGH
INTO THE ATMOSPHERE

WHERE THEY RELEASE THESE LITHIUM
AND BARIUM BATTERIES

SO THAT THEY MAKE FIRE-WHEEL
SHAPES IN THE SKY.

THE SPEED AND TRAJECTORY

OF THE FIREWHEEL
SATELLITE MATCHED

SOME OF THE WITNESSES'
REPORTS FROM 1980.

BUT KEY DETAILS DIFFER.

THE PROBLEM WITH THIS THEORY

IS THAT NO FIREWHEEL TESTS
HAD BEEN SCHEDULED

FOR THE NIGHT OF THE SIGHTINGS.

IN FACT,
THE ONLY FIREWHEEL TESTS

IN THE AREA
WERE IN FRENCH GUYANA.

AND THEY WERE TWO WEEKS
BEFORE THE SIGHTINGS.

THE DATES DON'T MATCH.
THE GEOGRAPHY DOESN'T MATCH.

IT JUST DOESN'T ADD UP.

THE MYSTERY COMES
TO THE ATTENTION

OF EX-NASA ENGINEER JIM OBERG,

WHO LAUNCHES HIS
OWN INVESTIGATION.

HE DISCOVERS THAT ON THE NIGHT
THE OBJECT APPEARED IN RUSSIA,

AN EARLY-WARNING SATELLITE
CALLED COSMOS 1188 LAUNCHED

FROM A SPACE PORT
500 MILES NORTH OF MOSCOW.

THIS WAS A SPECIAL
KIND OF SATELLITE.

IT WAS A SATELLITE DESIGNED

TO HOVER OVER THE NORTH POLE

AND RELAY COMMUNICATIONS

TO THE REST OF THE SOVIET UNION.

SOVIET RECORDS
REVEAL THAT IN ORDER

TO REACH ITS ORBITAL HEIGHT,

THE SATELLITE FIRED
A FOURTH ROCKET STAGE

AS IT APPROACHED SOUTH AMERICA.

OBERG SUGGESTS THAT
THIS VENTING OF GAS,

COMBINED WITH LOCAL
LIGHT CONDITIONS,

COULD EXPLAIN THE SIGHTINGS
IN THE SKIES THERE.

THE SUN WAS OVER
THE WESTERN HORIZON.

THE GROUND WAS DARK.

THE CLOUD OF GAS
WAS STILL IN SUNLIGHT,

STILL ILLUMINATED
AND STILL VISIBLE

AND FREAKING OUT THOUSANDS

AND THOUSANDS OF WITNESSES
ON THE GROUND.

THE RUSSIAN-SATELLITE THEORY
IS ACCEPTED BY SOME.

BUT OTHERS SUGGEST
THAT IT CANNOT ACCOUNT

FOR THE SIZE OF THE CRAFT
SEEN IN RUSSIA

OR ITS BEHAVIOR
IN THE SKIES OVER ARGENTINA.

IF YOU BELIEVE THE REPORTS
FROM THAT DAY,

THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF THINGS
THAT AREN'T EXPLAINED.

COMING UP,

A MYSTERIOUS CRASH ON THE MOON.

SOMETHING APPEARS TO HAVE HIT
THE SURFACE WITH SOME FORCE.

IT LOOKS AS IF
IT'S SOMETHING ENGINEERED,

BUT ENGINEERED BY WHAT?

A NASA PROBE SPOTS

AN UNUSUAL CRATER
ON THE LUNAR SURFACE.

THE MOON IS LITERALLY
SMOTHERED IN CRATERS.

BUT THIS ONE IS DIFFERENT.

IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING
HAS SMASHED INTO THE MOON.

INVESTIGATORS DISCOVER
A STRANGE OBJECT SITTING INSIDE.

IT ACTUALLY ALMOST
LOOKS ENGINEERED.

SO... SO WHAT IS THIS?

FOR CENTURIES,
ASTRONOMERS HAVE WITNESSED

AND DOCUMENTED STRANGE PHENOMENA

AND OBJECTS IN
THE SKIES ABOVE EARTH,

NOWHERE MORE SO THAN
ON THE MOON.

PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
REGISTERING REPORTS

OF ANOMALOUS ACTIVITY
ON THE MOON

STRETCHING BACK 400 YEARS.

IN FACT, NASA ACTUALLY
HAS A REPORT CALLED

"LUNAR ANOMALIES"

WHICH TRACES 400 YEARS
OF LUNAR OBSERVATIONS.

THE 1968 NASA DOCUMENT LISTS

ALMOST 600 REPORTS

OF UNEXPLAINED EVENTS
AND OBJECTS ON THE MOON.

SINCE THEN, SOME CONSPIRACY
THEORISTS CLAIM

THAT NASA MISSIONS
HAVE EVEN CAPTURED EVIDENCE

OF EXTRATERRESTRIAL CRAFT

AND STRUCTURES
ON THE LUNAR SURFACE.

WE, YET, DO NOT KNOW
WHAT THE SOLUTION IS

TO ALL THESE THINGS
THAT PEOPLE HAVE SEEN.

IN 2012, NASA'S LUNAR

RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER TAKES
AN IMAGE

THAT OFFERS TO SHED NEW LIGHT
ON THESE MYSTERIES.

ON FEBRUARY 12TH,

AS THE CRAFT SCANS
AN ANCIENT VOLCANIC PLAIN

KNOWN AS THE SEA OF ISLANDS,

IT SPOTS AN UNUSUAL
130-FOOT-WIDE CRATER BELOW IT.

I'VE STUDIED A LOT
OF CRATERS ON THE MOON.

THIS IS DIFFERENT, THOUGH.

THIS IS NOT ONE OF YOUR REGULAR.

IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S
AN OBJECT INSIDE.

IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING
HAS SMASHED INTO THE MOON.

IT'S REALLY ODD.

THE MOON IS COVERED
WITH CRATERS,

THE RESULT OF A HEAVY
BOMBARDMENT OF ROCKS FROM SPACE.

BUT WHATEVER LANDED HERE
IS NO METEORITE.

WE'RE NOT SEEING
THE TYPICAL ROUND SHAPE

OR THE RIM THAT WE NORMALLY FIND

WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO EXAMINE
IMPACT CRATERS ON THE MOON.

WHEN A METEORITE HITS,

THEY COME IN AT SUCH SPEEDS
THAT THEY FRAGMENT COMPLETELY.

THERE'S NOTHING LEFT.
THEY VAPORIZE.

WHEN ASTRONOMERS ZOOM IN ON
THE OBJECT IN THE CRATER,

WHAT THEY DISCOVER SHOCKS THEM.

WHATEVER THIS IS,
IT'S STILL INTACT.

IT LOOKS AS IF
IT'S SOMETHING ENGINEERED,

BUT ENGINEERED BY WHAT?

MOST EXPERTS WHO STUDY
THE IMAGE THINKS

THAT IT CONTAINS THE REMAINS
OF A HUMAN SPACECRAFT.

A LIKELY SCENARIO FOR WHAT
WE ARE SEEING IN THIS IMAGE

COULD BE THAT IT
IS A MAN-MADE OBJECT

THAT HAS CRASHED DOWN
ONTO THE SURFACE OF THE MOON.

IF THIS IS EVIDENCE
OF A HUMAN CRAFT,

THEN WHO CRASHED IT AND WHEN?

ONE POSSIBILITY IS
A RUSSIAN PROBE

CALLED LUNA 9,

THE FIRST SPACECRAFT
TO LAND ON ANOTHER WORLD.

LUNA 9 SENT BACK
THE FIRST PICTURES

FROM THE SURFACE OF THE MOON.

THAT WAS A MASSIVE MILESTONE,

A REAL COUP
FOR SOVIET ENGINEERING.

SHORTLY AFTER LANDING,
CONTACT WAS LOST.

WE HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THE LUNA 9
PROBE ACTUALLY ENDED UP.

THE NASA IMAGE WAS TAKEN CLOSE

TO LUNA 9'S LAST KNOWN LOCATION.

BUT THE SIZE OF THE CRATER
SUGGESTS THIS CANNOT

BE THE RESTING PLACE
OF THE DOOMED SOVIET CRAFT.

LUNA 9
WAS ACTUALLY REALLY SMALL,

AND THERE'S NO WAY IT COULD
MAKE A HOLE THAT BIG.

INVESTIGATORS
SEARCH FOR LARGER CANDIDATES

FOR THE CRASHED CRAFT.

ONE POSSIBLE SUSPECT
IS THE RELIC

OF A WEIRD EXPERIMENT
CARRIED OUT BY NASA

OVER FOUR DECADES AGO.

ON APRIL 19TH, 1972,

THE APOLLO 16 CREW
DELIBERATELY CRASHED

THEIR S-IVB ROCKET
BOOSTER INTO THE MOON.

WE HAD SEISMOGRAPHS
ON THE LUNAR SURFACE

THAT WOULD HAVE PICKED UP
THE IMPACT OF THE S-IVB.

THE PLAN WAS TO
MEASURE SHOCK WAVES

FROM THE IMPACT
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT

THE MOON'S INTERNAL STRUCTURE.

IT WAS VERY VALUABLE TO THOSE
WHO WERE TRYING TO DEVELOP,

FROM THE SEISMOGRAPH SIGNALS,

A PICTURE OF THE INTERNAL
MASS OF THE MOON

AND WHAT IT WAS LIKE.

THE 15-TON, 58-FOOT-LONG BOOSTER

HURTLED TOWARDS
THE MOON'S SURFACE

AT OVER 500 MILES PER HOUR.

BUT JUST BEFORE IMPACT,
NASA LOST CONTACT WITH IT.

THIS BOOSTER ROCKET HAS BEEN,

REALLY, A SUBJECT
OF INTENSE SPECULATION.

AND... AND WE JUST
DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS.

THE LENGTH OF THE OBJECT

IN THE IMAGE MATCHES
THE APOLLO BOOSTER.

AND SCIENTISTS BELIEVE
THE HUGE CYLINDER

IS ONE OF THE FEW OBJECTS
STRONG ENOUGH TO

WITHSTAND SUCH A VIOLENT IMPACT.

SOMETHING LIKE A ROCKET BOOSTER

CRASHING DOWN
ONTO THE SURFACE OF THE MOON

IS MORE LIKELY TO STAY INTACT

BECAUSE IT IS BUILT TO WITHSTAND

HIGH PRESSURES AND TEMPERATURES.

THE IDEA THAT THIS COULD BE
THE MISSING BOOSTER ROCKET

FROM APOLLO 16
IS VERY PLAUSIBLE.

IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.

IT APPEARS THAT AFTER
HALF A CENTURY OF SEARCHING,

THE MYSTERY OF THE
DISAPPEARING APOLLO BOOSTER

MAY HAVE FINALLY BEEN SOLVED.

WE NEED HIGHER-RESOLUTION
IMAGES TO BE SURE.

BUT NASA IS PRETTY CONFIDENT

THEY FINALLY FOUND THEIR
MISSING BOOSTER

AFTER ALL THESE YEARS.

COMING UP,

A STRANGE DISCOVERY
IN THE ARCTIC

200 YEARS AGO TRIGGERS
A GALACTIC GOLD RUSH.

ALL THAT WEALTH IS JUST
WAITING UP THERE FOR US.

ALL WE HAVE TO DO
IS GO AND GET IT.

AN EXPLORER DISCOVERS
A REMOTE ARCTIC TRIBE

USING TOOLS AND WEAPONS
MADE FROM A STRANGE METAL.

HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE BECAUSE

THERE'S NO MINING
IN GREENLAND AT ALL?

THEY'RE REFUSING TO TALK.

THEY'RE NOT TELLING
ANYONE THEIR SECRET.

THE ANSWER TO THE MYSTERY

COULD HELP MANKIND
CONQUER OTHER WORLDS.

IT IS A TRUE TURNING POINT
IN HUMAN CIVILIZATION

BECAUSE THIS WILL BE
THE BEGINNING

OF THE INDUSTRIALIZATION
OF THE FINAL FRONTIER.

GREENLAND, 1818,

BRITISH NAVAL OFFICER
CAPTAIN JOHN ROSS

AND HIS CREW BECOME
THE FIRST EUROPEANS

TO MAKE CONTACT
WITH THE THULE PEOPLE,

A NOMADIC INUIT TRIBE.

AS ROSS EXPLORES THE THULES'
ISOLATED SETTLEMENT,

HE DISCOVERS
SOMETHING INCREDIBLE.

THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST
REMOTE INUIT SETTLEMENTS.

AND YET THEY'RE USING IRON
TOOLS AND IRON WEAPONS.

HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE BECAUSE

THERE'S NO IRON MINING
IN GREENLAND AT ALL?

HOW COULD METAL REACH
A 200-STRONG TRIBE OF INUIT

IN SUCH A REMOTE
PART OF THE WORLD?

GREENLAND HAS NO KNOWN
IRON DEPOSITS.

AND THE TRIBE INSISTS THEY HAVE
NEVER TRADED WITH OUTSIDERS.

THEY'RE NOT TRADING
FOR THIS STUFF.

THE INUITS THERE ARE SO ISOLATED

THEY HAVE NO CONTACT
WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD.

A SECRET SOURCE IS PROVIDING
THE ISOLATED ARCTIC TRIBE

WITH AN APPARENTLY UNLIMITED
SUPPLY OF WEAPON-STRENGTH IRON.

WHEN ROSS PUSHES THEM
TO REVEAL WHO OR WHAT IT IS,

THE TRIBE'S PEOPLE
BECOME EVASIVE.

THEY'RE REFUSING TO TALK.

THEY'RE NOT TELLING
ANYONE THEIR SECRET.

THERE'S A REAL
MYSTERY HERE, TO HIM.

WHERE IS THIS MATERIAL
COMING FROM?

THE MYSTERY OF THE INUIT IRON

REMAINS UNSOLVED UNTIL
U.S. EXPLORER ROBERT PEARY

VISITS THE AREA IN 1894,

ALMOST 70 YEARS LATER.

PEARY HIRED A LOCAL
INUIT GUIDE IN ORDER

TO GET THE INUITS
TO REVEAL THEIR SECRET.

JUST WHERE WAS
THE IRON COMING FROM?

THE INUITS GUIDE PEARY
ACROSS HUNDREDS OF MILES

OF FROZEN WILDERNESS
TOWARDS A REMOTE PENINSULA

IN THE FAR NORTHWEST
OF GREENLAND.

WHEN THEY ARRIVE,

PEARY DISCOVERS
SOMETHING ASTONISHING.

THE METAL THE WEAPONS
ARE MADE FROM

COMES FROM ANOTHER WORLD.

IT'S THREE HUGE IRON METEORITES.

THE METAL IS FROM SPACE.

ONE'S CALLED THE WOMAN,
THE DOG AND THE TENT.

THE LARGEST ONE, THE TENT,
IS 30 TONS IN MASS.

PEARY FINDS EVIDENCE
THAT THE METEORITES

HAVE BEEN PROVIDING IRON

FOR GENERATIONS
OF INUIT FAMILIES.

DESPITE THIS,
HE RUTHLESSLY DECIDES

THEY PRESENT AN OPPORTUNITY

FOR HIM TO MAKE A QUICK BUCK.

AFTER LOADING THEM
ONTO HIS SHIP,

PEARY RETURNS TO NEW YORK

AND SELLS THEM FOR $40,000,

THE EQUIVALENT OF OVER
ONE MILLION DOLLARS TODAY.

THIS COULD HAVE BEEN
THE FIRST INSTANCE

WITH WHICH MONEY EXCHANGED HANDS

FOR A METEORITE OF THIS SIZE.

THIS REALLY OPENS THE DOOR
TO SHOW OTHER PEOPLE

THAT METEORITES
CAN MEAN BIG BUSINESS.

TODAY, SOME METEORITES
SWAP HANDS

FOR MORE THAN
$250,000 PER OUNCE.

MANY ARE RICH IN RARE,
VALUABLE METALS.

BUT WHILE PROSPECTORS
USED TO SEARCH

FOR SPACE ROCKS HERE ON EARTH,

A GROWING NUMBER ARE PREPARING

TO HUNT FOR THEM IN SPACE.

THERE ARE NOW MULTIPLE COMPANIES

THAT ARE PUTTING TOGETHER PLANS

TO GO OUT AND MINE
OR EXTRACT RESOURCES

FROM THINGS IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM.

IN 2015,
A LARGE NEAR-EARTH ASTEROID

WAS ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN UP

TO 5 TRILLION
IN PRECIOUS METALS.

EVEN A RELATIVELY
SMALL HOUSE-SIZE ASTEROID

CAN CONTAIN PREVIOUS METALS
AND RAW MATERIALS

WORTH MILLIONS,
IF NOT BILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

MANKIND IS ON THE VERGE

OF A MULTI-TRILLION-DOLLAR
GALACTIC GOLD RUSH.

AND IT ALL BEGAN WITH A CHANCE
DISCOVERY IN GREENLAND

ALMOST 200 YEARS AGO.

WHEN WE'RE ABLE TO EXTRACT AND
HARVEST RESOURCES FROM SPACE,

THIS WILL BE THE BEGINNING
OF THE INDUSTRIALIZATION

OF THE FINAL FRONTIER.

ALL THAT WEALTH IS JUST
WAITING UP THERE FOR US.

ALL WE HAVE TO DO
IS GO AND GET IT.

Subtitles Diego Moraes
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