Strange Evidence (2017–…): Season 2, Episode 8 - The Omen of Blood River - full transcript
A river of blood washes through a city's streets, and some witnesses believe it's a warning of doomsday. A strange perfect circle emerges in the clouds about California, and some experts speculate that it's evidence of alien activ...
Narrator: WORLDWIDE, SIX BILLION
CAMERAS ARE WATCHING US.
ON OUR STREETS, AT WORK, AND IN OUR HOMES.
THEY CAPTURE THINGS THAT SEEM IMPOSSIBLE.
IT DEFIES THE LAWS OF PHYSICS.
Man: AH, THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE, MAN.
Narrator: EXPERTS CARRY
OUT FORENSIC ANALYSIS
OF THESE UNUSUAL EVENTS.
THERE'S GOT TO BE SOME
EXPLANATION FOR WHAT'S GOING ON.
Woman: [ SCREAMS ]
Narrator: COMING UP, HORROR IN THE STREETS
AS A CITY DROWNS IN BLOOD.
THIS COULD BE THE END OF DAYS.
Narrator: CAR MUNCHING CANINES HAVE STARTED
EATING AUTOMOBILES.
THESE DOGS SEEM POSSESSED.
THEY'RE JUST TEARING THAT CAR APART.
Narrator: AND THE WEIRD SOUND THAT IS
FREAKING OUT THE WORLD.
WHEN YOU HEAR THESE SOUNDS YOUR REACTION IS
THIS IS SOMETHING SUPERNATURAL.
Narrator: BIZARRE PHENOMENON,
MYSTERIES CAUGHT ON SURVEILLANCE,
WHAT'S THE TRUTH BEHIND THIS
STRANGE EVIDENCE?
Narrator: NOW, A GORY TIDE OF DEATH.
IT'S HORRIFYING, IT LOOKS
LIKE A RIVER OF BLOOD.
Narrator: AS RESIDENTS
RUN FOR THEIR LIVES...
SEEMS LIKE THE APOCALYPSE.
Narrator: ...EXPERTS FEAR IT
COULD ALREADY BE TOO LATE.
IT'S LIKE A BIOHAZARD ON A MEGA SCALE.
♪♪
Narrator: DHAKA, CAPITAL OF BANGLADESH.
A CITY WITH OVER 18
MILLION IN ONE OF THE MOST
DENSELY POPULATED AREAS OF THE WORLD.
[ TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS ]
RATES OF VIOLENT CRIME,
MURDER, AND TERRORISM
MAKE DHAKA ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS CITIES
IN THE WORLD.
[ GUNSHOTS ]
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016,
STUDENT, AMIR HOSSAIN
HEADS HOME FROM COLLEGE
BUT AS HE NEARS HIS HOUSE
HE'S FROZEN TO THE SPOT
BY A TERRIFYING SIGHT.
FOR HOSSAIN, THE SHOCKING
SCENE POINTS TO A TERRIFYING
MESSAGE FROM THE HEAVENS.
FOR MANY, IT'S AN ALL TOO REAL
VERSION OF SCENES DEPICTING
RELIGIOUS ARMAGEDDON.
IN THE BIBLE, THE RIVER NILE
IN EGYPT TURNS TO BLOOD,
ONE OF THE 10 PLAGUES SENT FROM GOD.
AND IN ISLAM, THE MOST AWFUL
TORMENT OF HELL IS TO SWIM
IN A RIVER OF BLOOD FOR ETERNITY.
THEY MIGHT BE THINKING, THIS
COULD BE THE END OF DAYS.
IT SEEMS LIKE THE APOCALYPSE.
Narrator: THE SINISTER FOOTAGE SHOCKS
AND MYSTIFIES SCIENTISTS.
IT'S LIKE SOMEONE SEVERED
AN ARTERY IN DHAKA.
Narrator: RECORDS SHOW
THAT THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME
THAT BLOOD HAS APPEARED ON A CITY STREET.
IN KERALA, INDIA IN 2001 FREAK STORMS
PRODUCED DOWNPOURS OF BLOOD RED RAIN.
THE BIZARRE RAINS FELL ACROSS
THE STATE FOR TWO MONTHS.
STRANGER STILL, IN 2008 IN LA SIERRA, CHOCO
A TINY VILLAGE DEEP IN
THE COLUMBIAN JUNGLE,
LOCALS REPORTED A RED RAINFALL THAT LASTED
FOR 30 MINUTES.
WHEN SCIENTISTS TOOK
SAMPLES THE SHOCKING RESULTS
REVEALED THAT IT WAS NOT RAIN, BUT BLOOD.
IT REMAINS A MYSTERY THAT
200 RESIDENTS OF THE VILLAGE
ARE CONVINCED THEY
WITNESSED A GENUINE MIRACLE.
♪♪
CHEMIST, KISHORE HARI
ANALYZES THE DHAKA FOOTAGE.
HE FINDS IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO BELIEVE
THAT IT'S REALLY BLOOD
POURING THROUGH THE CITY.
HE SUSPECTS THE INTENSE
COLOR OF THE RED LIQUID
MAY POINT TO A CATASTROPHIC
INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT.
WE NEVER SEE THIS MUCH COLOR IN WATER,
PARTICULARLY THIS REDDISH COLOR.
THE ONLY TIME I'VE EVER SEEN THIS BEFORE
IS WHEN THERE'S BEEN
A CHEMICAL PLANT SPILL.
Narrator: KOLONTAR, HUNGARY, OCTOBER 2010.
AN ALUMINUM PLANT'S TOXIC WASTE DAM FAILS
RELEASING A RED TIDAL WAVE.
THE HIGH IRON OXIDE
CONTENT GIVES THE POLLUTION
A BLOOD RED COLOR.
AND SODIUM OXIDE CAUSES CHEMICAL BURNS.
HUNDREDS FLEE AS THE
FLOOD ENGULFS THREE TOWNS
LEAVING EIGHT DEAD AND
OVER 120 INJURED IN ITS WAKE.
UNFORTUNATELY, IN HUMAN HISTORY
WE'VE HAD NUMEROUS CHEMICAL LEAKS
CAUSING DEVASTATION FOR GENERATIONS
AND THIS MAY BE NO DIFFERENT.
Narrator: A CHECK OF RECORDS REVEALS
ONE INDUSTRY IN THE CITY
WITH A HISTORY OF CREATING
HUGE AMOUNTS OF TOXIC WASTE.
IT TURNS OUT THAT DHAKA
DOES HAVE A LEATHER TANNING INDUSTRY.
SO YOU'VE GOT THE HIDES OF
ANIMALS THAT ARE PROCESSED
AND TURNED INTO LEATHER.
IT'S A TREMENDOUSLY POLLUTING INDUSTRY.
Narrator: THE CITY'S TANNING
INDUSTRY CREATES AROUND
THREE QUARTERS OF A MILLION CUBIC FEET
OF TOXIC WASTE EVERY DAY.
THAT'S ENOUGH TO FILL EIGHT
OLYMPIC SWIMMING POOLS
AND WITHIN ALL THIS TOXIC
WASTE IS A KILLER CHEMICAL AGENT.
ARSENIC, DEADLY ARSENIC.
Narrator: ARSENIC ATTACKS THE BODY'S CELLS
LEADING TO MULTIPLE ORGAN
FAILURE, HEMORRHAGING,
AND AGONIZING DEATH.
DIFFICULT TO DETECT, IT
BECAME THE POISON OF CHOICE
FOR MURDERERS IN VICTORIAN BRITAIN,
WITH A THIRD OF ALL POISONING CASES
INVOLVING ARSENIC,
AND THAT'S JUST THE
MURDERS THAT CAME TO TRIAL.
IN DHAKA, IF THIS FLOOD
CONTAINS HIGH LEVELS OF ARSENIC
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE COULD BE AT RISK.
WE ARE LOOKING AT POISONS BEING RELEASED
RIGHT INTO THE HEART OF AN URBAN CENTER.
Narrator: IT'S NOT JUST ARSENIC RELEASED
FROM TANNING FACTORIES THAT'S A PROBLEM.
THE CHEMICAL EXISTS IN
THE GROUNDWATER IN DHAKA
AND IN MANY COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE,
INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES.
ACCORDING TO THE U.S.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
DRINKING WATER FROM
PRIVATE, UNLICENSED WELLS
MAY BE ENDANGERING 13 MILLION AMERICANS
EVEN AT LOW DOSES.
OVER TIME, ARSENIC IS
LINKED TO HEART DISEASE
AND CANCERS OF THE SKIN AND LUNGS.
BUT WHEN KISHORE HARI DISCOVERS IMAGES
OF THE BLOOD RED WATERS TAKEN TWO DAYS
AFTER THE ORIGINAL FOOTAGE
HE SPOTS A VITAL NEW CLUE.
IT SEEMS LIKE THE COLOR IS CHANGING.
SLOWLY TRANSITIONING FROM A BRIGHT RED
INTO KIND OF A DULLER,
ALMOST RUSTY RED COLOR.
Narrator: IT'S A SHOCKING DISCOVERY.
ONE THAT MEANS HARI MUST
CONCEDE THAT EVERYONE'S
WORST FEARS HAVE BEEN REALIZED.
THIS IS REAL BLOOD IN THE WATER.
♪♪
Narrator: COMING UP, WHY ARE THESE DOGS
TEARING A CAR TO PIECES?
MAN'S BEST FRIEND, THEY CAN
ALSO BE TIME BOMBS ON LEGS.
♪♪
Narrator: CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS ARE HIT BY
A WEIRD WAVE OF ENERGY
AS A MYSTERIOUS HOLE APPEARS IN THE SKY.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE ALIEN MOTHERSHIP IS
ABOUT TO DESCEND THROUGH THE CLOUDS.
Narrator: AND EXPERTS RACE TO FIGURE OUT
WHY THIS STREETS OF DHAKA
ARE RUNNING RED WITH BLOOD.
IS IT HUMAN BLOOD?
♪♪
Narrator: A CRIMSON TIDE IS DROWNING DHAKA,
ONE OF THE WORLDS MOST DANGEROUS CITIES.
NEW IMAGES OF THE FLOOD SHOWING THE LIQUID
CHANGING FROM RED TO BROWN
CONVINCES CHEMIST, KISHORE
HARI OF A HORRIFYING TRUTH.
THIS IS REAL BLOOD IN THE WATER,
BECAUSE OVER TIME IT OXIDIZES,
CHANGING FROM THAT BRIGHT RED
WHEN YOU FIRST GET THAT
CUT AND SEE THE BLOOD,
TO MORE OF A RUSTY COLOR.
Narrator: SCIENCE JOURNALIST, JEFF WISE
INVESTIGATES WHERE THIS RIVER OF BLOOD
MIGHT'VE COME FROM.
HE EXAMINES THE DATE OF THE VIDEO.
COULD THERE BY ANY LINK WITH ISLAM?
IN PARTICULAR A MUSLIM RITUALISTIC FESTIVAL
CALLED, EID AL-ADHA, ALSO KNOWN
AS THE FEAST OF THE SACRIFICE.
THE FEAST OF THE SACRIFICE
COMMEMORATES HOW ABRAHAM
WAS ASKED BY GOD TO SACRIFICE HIS SON
AND SO EVERY YEAR IN CELEBRATION OF THIS
THE WORSHIPERS WILL SACRIFICE AN ANIMAL.
IN THE COURSE OF DOING THIS
A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF BLOOD IS GENERATED.
Narrator: BUT IT WOULD TAKE NOT ONE,
BUT COUNTLESS SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS
TO DROWN A CITY IN BLOOD.
IT'S HORRIFYING, THIS IS
A LITERAL RIVER OF BLOOD.
♪♪
Narrator: ANIMAL SACRIFICES ON A HUGE SCALE
ARE REPORTED IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.
IN NEPAL, THE WORLD'S
LARGEST MASS SLAUGHTER
TAKES PLACE EVERY FIVE YEARS IN GRATITUDE
TO THE HINDU GODDESS, GADHIMAI.
IN 2009, OVER HALF A
MILLION BUFFALO, GOATS,
AND CHICKENS WERE DECAPITATED.
FIVE MILLION PEOPLE TRAVELED TO WITNESS
THE TWO-DAY BLOODY RITUAL.
THE PRACTICE OF ANIMAL SACRIFICE
EVEN REACHES SUBURBAN AMERICA.
IN SAN ANTONIO TEXAS IN MARCH 2018,
12 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED
AFTER NEIGHBORS WITNESSED
THE GROUP DISMEMBERING ANIMALS WITH KNIVES.
IN DHAKA, IT TRANSPIRES THAT NO FEWER THAN
100,000 COWS, GOATS AND
SHEEP HAVE THEIR THROATS SLIT
AND ARE DISMEMBERED.
COUNTLESS GALLONS OF BLOOD ARE SPILLED.
UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WAS A SEWER BACK UP
SO THAT BLOOD FLOWED OUT INTO THE STREETS
AND GAVE US THIS BRILLIANT RED COLOR
FLOWING THROUGH THE STREETS.
Narrator: BUT AMIR
HOSSAIN, WHO IS WITNESSED
MANY OTHER MUSLIM SACRIFICES
BELIEVES THE BLOOD ON
THE STREET IS AN ILL OMEN.
Narrator: NOW, PACKS OF CAR
EATING DOGS TERRORIZE LOCALS.
THESE DOGS SEEM POSSESSED.
THEY'RE JUST TEARING THAT CAR APART.
Narrator: SOME FEAR THIS
FEROCIOUS ATTACK IS PERSONAL.
MAYBE THESE DOGS ARE EXACTING REVENGE
ON SOMEONE THAT THEY REALLY DON'T LIKE.
♪♪
Narrator: OCTOBER 2016,
SAKARYA, TURKEY, 8 A.M.
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY MECHANIC CEM ACAR
ARRIVES AT WORK.
HE CHECKS SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE
SHOWING THE PREVIOUS NIGHT'S ACTIVITY.
AT FIRST EVERYTHING IS QUIET, BUT THEN,
ACAR CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT HE SEES.
[ DOGS BARKING ]
THE CRAZED ANIMALS CAUSE
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN DAMAGE
TO ACAR'S CAR.
EXPERTS ARE SHOCKED
BY THIS OUT OF CHARACTER CANINE BEHAVIOR.
SEEING THEM AS PETS YOU
THINK THEY'RE VERY DOCILE
AND YOU DON'T REALLY EXPECT
THEM TO HAVE THIS STRENGTH.
Narrator: BUT BIOLOGIST LESLIE SAMUEL
WONDERS WHETHER THE FOOTAGE
IS SHOWING AN AGGRESSIVE INSTINCT
REEMERGING IN DOGS 15,000 YEARS AFTER
THEY WERE FIRST TAMED BY MAN.
DOGS FOR MOST PEOPLE
ARE FAITHFUL COMPANIONS.
THEY'RE MAN'S BEST FRIEND,
BUT THEY ARE ALSO DANGEROUS ANIMALS.
Narrator: IN AMERICA,
AROUND 40 PEOPLE ARE KILLED
EVERY YEAR BY DOGS.
THESE ALARMING STATS MAKE THE DOG
ONE OF THE DEADLIEST ANIMALS IN THE U.S.
MORE LIKELY TO KILL YOU
THAN SHARKS, ALLIGATORS,
AND BEARS COMBINED.
MAN'S BEST FRIEND, THEY CAN
ALSO BE TIME BOMBS ON LEGS.
♪♪
Narrator: THE STRENGTH AND
AGGRESSION OF SOME DOGS
HAS EVEN BEEN HARNESSED AS A WEAPON.
THE ROMANS FIELD UNITS JUST OF DOGS
AND THEY WOULD MARCH IN SIDE BY SIDE
NEXT TO THEIR FOOT
SOLDIERS DURING CONFLICTS.
NOW THESE WAR DOG UNITS WERE
USED ALL OVER THE ROMAN EMPIRE
INCLUDING WHAT IS NOW
KNOWN AS MODERN DAY TURKEY.
Narrator: THE MOLOSSUS, THE
ANCESTOR OF TODAY'S MASTIFF
WAS A LARGE AGGRESSIVE DOG
BRED FOR ONE PURPOSE, TO KILL.
[ GROWLING ]
STARVED BEFORE COMBAT
BY THEIR ROMAN MASTERS
THESE VICIOUS ANIMALS COULD
TEAR THROUGH ENEMY LINES,
SAVAGELY RIPPING SOLDIERS LIMB FROM LIMB.
OTHER UNITS WERE ACTUALLY DESIGNED TO
RUN UNDERNEATH HORSES AND DISEMBOWEL.
Narrator: TODAY, BREEDERS IN THE U.S.
HAVE INTERBRED NEAPOLITAN MASTIFFS,
A DIRECT DESCENDANT
OF THE ANCIENT MOLOSSUS,
CREATING A NEW SUPERSIZED BEAST.
THE AMERICA MOLOSSUS.
IF BREEDERS ARE TYING
TO BRING THIS BLOODLINE
OF WAR DOG BACK IN THE UNITED STATES,
WHO'S TO SAY BREEDERS IN TURKEY AREN'T
DOING THE SAME THING?
Narrator: BUT A CHECK
OF THE SIZE OF THE DOGS
IN THE FOOTAGE REVEALS THAT NONE OF THEM
ARE LARGE ENOUGH TO BE A MOLOSSUS.
ZOOLOGIST, ROLAND KAYS
EXAMINES THE SURVEILLANCE TAPE.
HE NOTICES THAT THESE
CITY DOGS APPEAR TO BE
DISPLAYING BEHAVIOR SIMILAR TO THAT
OF THEIR WILD AFRICAN COUSINS.
THIS FOOTAGE IS ALMOST
LIKE AN URBAN SERENGETI.
YOU WOULD THINK OF A PACK OF WILD DOGS
ATTACKING A WILDEBEEST.
[ DOGS BARKING ]
THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE
WITH A PACK OF WILD DOGS
IN THE CITY ATTACKING A CAR.
Narrator: LOCAL RECORDS INDICATE
THAT THIS AREA IS A KNOWN
HUNTING GROUND FOR FERAL DOGS.
HUNDREDS ROAM, ABANDONED
BY THEIR HUMAN MASTERS
AND A CHECK OF CITY DOCUMENTS
REVEALS SAVAGE PACK ATTACKS
ON RESIDENTS, INCLUDING YOUNG CHILDREN.
DOGS ARE DESCENDED FROM WOLVES
AND WOLVES ARE PACK ANIMALS.
THEY WORK TOGETHER TO HUNT.
[ HOWLING ]
FERAL DOGS MAY BE MORE
PRONE TO WOLF-LIKE BEHAVIOR
BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT
BEING CONDITIONED TO LIVE
IN A HOUSE AND INTERACT WITH A HUMAN
AS THEIR PRIMARY MASTER
AND SO IT IS QUITE POSSIBLE
THAT THESE DOGS HAVE BEEN
HUNTING TOGETHER IN A PACK.
Narrator: BUT FOR SOME, HUNTING DOWN A CAR
DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
THEY DON'T EAT BUMPERS,
THEY DON'T EAT TIRES.
YOU HAVE TO ASK, WHY ARE THEY DOING THIS?
♪♪
Narrator: COMING UP, A
CHILLING MYSTERY SOUND
HEARD AT SEVERAL
LOCATIONS ACROSS THE WORLD.
THIS ISN'T THE FIRST
TIME THIS IS HAPPENING.
Narrator: RED LIGHTS FROM SPACE,
BUT WHAT ARE THEY DOING ON EARTH?
WHAT STRANGE BEAST MAY HAVE
AWAKENED IN THE MOUNTAINS?
Narrator: AND CAR CRUNCHING CRAZED CANINES.
THERE IS ONE DISEASE THAT
MAKES DOGS ACT VICIOUSLY
AND THAT'S RABIES.
♪♪
Narrator: EXPERTS ARE BAFFLED
AS DOGS IN TURKEY RIP
A FAMILY CAR TO PIECES
FOR NO APPARENT REASON.
INVESTIGATORS WONDER
IF THEIR CONDUCT IS CAUSED
BY A DEADLY DISEASE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FEVERED BEHAVIOR
OF THESE DOGS YOU HAVE TO WONDER,
IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THEM?
SOMETHING LIKE RABIES?
Narrator: RABIES IS A KILLER VIRUS
THAT ATTACKS THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD.
IT'S SPREAD BY ONE INFECTED
ANIMAL BITING ANOTHER.
A RABID DOG WILL ROAM
RESTLESSLY, TURN VICIOUS,
AND EVEN BITE AND ATTACK RANDOM OBJECTS.
[ GROWLING ]
ONCE AN ANIMAL DISPLAYS SYMPTOMS OF RABIES
DEATH IS NEAR CERTAIN.
THE SAME FATE AWAITS ANY
HUMAN BITTEN BY A RABID ANIMAL
AND NOT TREATED.
[ BARKING ]
GLOBALLY, ONE PERSON DIES
OF RABIES EVERY 10 MINUTES.
THE SYMPTOMS RANGE FROM PARALYSIS TO TERROR
AND HALLUCINATIONS, LEADING
TO DELIRIUM, COMA, AND DEATH.
BUT WHEN EXPERTS TAKE A
CLOSER LOOK AT THE FOOTAGE
THEY SPOT A PROBLEM WITH THE RABIES THEORY.
ONE OF THE TELLTALE SIGNS OF THE DISEASE
IS FROTHING AT THE MOUTH.
THESE DOGS SHOW NO EVIDENCE OF THAT.
♪♪
THE FOOTAGE COMES TO THE ATTENTION OF
NEUROSCIENTIST, JAYDE LOVELL.
SHE SUSPECTS THAT THE DOGS MAY BE
DELIBERATELY TARGETING THE CAR.
ALARMINGLY, SHE THINKS
THE VICIOUS ONSLAUGHT
IS A REVENGE ATTACK.
YOU NEVER REALLY HEAR OF CASES OF DOGS
DESTROYING PROPERTY LIKE THIS.
SO I WAS WONDERING, MAYBE
THIS IS RELATED TO THE CASE
WHERE A GUY GOT OUT OF
HIS CAR AND HE KICKED A DOG
THEN HE WENT INSIDE.
AND A COUPLE OF HOURS
LATER THE DOG AND A BUNCH
OF ITS FRIENDS CAME BACK
AND JUST DESTROYED THAT CAR.
♪♪
ANYONE WHO HAS A DOG KNOWS THAT THEY HAVE
PRETTY DECENT MEMORIES,
SO IT'S NO STRETCH TO THINK
THAT THIS PACK OF DOGS, IF
THEY HAD A RUN IN WITH A CAR
WHERE IT HIT AND KILLED
ONE OF THEIR PACKMATES
THAT THEY WOULD REMEMBER THAT EXACT CAR
AND THEY'RE HAVING THEIR REVENGE.
Narrator: EXPERTS AGREE, A
REVENGE ATTACK ON THE CAR
IS THE MOST LIKELY EXPLANATION
FOR THE ANIMAL'S BEHAVIOR.
CEM ACAR CAN'T REMEMBER HARMING A DOG
WHILE DRIVING HIMSELF,
BUT THE CANINE CARNAGE HE WITNESSED ON TAPE
HAS FOREVER CHANGED THE WAY HE FEELS
ABOUT MAN'S BEST FRIEND.
NOW, SOMETHING SINISTER
OVER THE SUNSHINE STATE.
THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF ENERGY FIELD.
LIKE, THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF PRESENCE.
IT SERIOUSLY LOOKS LIKE
THE ALIEN MOTHERSHIP
IS ABOUT TO DESCEND THROUGH THE CLOUDS.
Narrator: OR IS THIS A SECRET ALL POWERFUL
DEATH RAY IN ACTION?
IF SOMETHING IS EATING A
GIANT CHUNK OUT OF THIS CLOUD
COULD THAT EAT A CITY?
♪♪
Narrator: DOWNEY, CALIFORNIA.
IT'S FROM HERE THAT HUMANS
PLAN TO CONQUER SPACE.
FOR THREE DECADES TENS
OF THOUSANDS OF ENGINEERS
AND TECHNICIANS WORKED HERE TO BUILD
THE APOLLO ROCKET STAGES.
AS WELL AS DESIGNING
AND ASSEMBLING THE SPACE SHUTTLE.
RESIDENTS ARE USED TO
SEEING EARTH-BUILT SPACECRAFT
PASSING BY, BUT NONE ARE READY FOR THIS.
JANUARY 2017, LOCAL RESIDENT, OZZY MERCARDO
STEPS OUTSIDE HIS HOME AND WHAT HE SEES
FREEZES HIM IN HIS TRACKS.
THERE WAS A GIANT HOLE IN THE SKY.
Narrator: FEARFUL OF WHAT MY HAPPEN NEXT
MERCARDO PULLS OUT HIS
CELLPHONE AND RECORDS
THE UNBELIEVABLE SIGHT.
I WAS AMAZED AT WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT.
IT WAS A PERFECT HOLE.
PROBABLY QUARTER MILE TO HALF A MILE WIDE.
I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT BEFORE.
Narrator: THE GIANT GAPING
HOLE HOVERS OMINOUSLY,
DIRECTLY OVER THE CITY
DRAWING A NERVOUS CROWD
AND THEN THE STRANGE SENSATION BEGINS.
WE ALL FELT LIKE THERE
WAS SOME TYPE OF ENERGY.
IT WAS THERE, YOU COULD
FEEL IT, YOU COULD SENSE IT.
WE WERE SPECULATING WHAT IT
WAS AND OBVIOUSLY ONE OF 'EM IS UFO.
♪♪
Narrator: RESIDENTS OF THE GOLDEN STATE
REPORT MORE UFO SIGHTINGS THAN ANY OTHER.
OVER 16,000 SINCE 2001
AND CALIFORNIA'S HOME TO ONE OF THE MOST
DEADLY SIGHTINGS OF ALL TIME.
IN 1997, THE SAN DIEGO BASED
RELIGIOUS CULT, HEAVEN'S GATE,
BELIEVED AN EXTRA TERRESTRIAL
SPACECRAFT APPEARED
FOLLOWING THE FLYBY OF COMET HALE-BOPP.
39 MEMBERS OF THE CULT
COMMITTED MASS SUICIDE
BELIEVING THEY WERE LEAVING THIS WORLD
AND REACHING A HIGHER EVOLUTIONARY LEVEL
BY JOINING THE CREW OF THE SPACECRAFT.
SCIENCE JOURNALIST, JEFF WISE CONSIDERS
IF THE HOLE COULD HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH
NEARBY CLASSIFIED GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS.
ONE OF THE REASONS PEOPLE SEE SO MANY UFOs
IN CALIFORNIA IS THAT THERE'S
SO MANY MILITARY BASES
THEY REALLY ARE WEIRD
THINGS HAPPENING IN THE SKY
THAT PEOPLE CAN'T UNDERSTAND,
'CAUSE IT'S UNEXPLAINED,
'CAUSE IT'S SECRET.
Narrator: CALIFORNIA IS HOME
TO 32 KNOWN MILITARY BASES.
[ JET ENGINE ROARING ]
EYEWITNESS OZZY MERCADO BELIEVES THAT
SECRET MILITARY EXPERIMENTS
COULD BE RESPONSIBLE
FOR CREATING THE MYSTERIOUS SKY HOLE.
I WOULD SAY MANIPULATION OF THE ATMOSPHERE.
IT FELT MORE LIKE, IT'S NOT
A NATURAL OCCURRENCE.
Narrator: IT'S MADE BY
SOMETHING OR SOMEONE.
♪♪
Narrator: COMING UP, BURNING FIRE JETS
ERUPT OVER THE ALPINE SKIES.
THE IMAGES REALLY HAVE
A LOT OF THE SIGNATURES
OF A MISSILE LAUNCH.
Narrator: AN UNEARTHLY
SOUND TERRIFIES RESIDENTS
OF A SMALL TOWN.
IF I HEARD THAT NOISE I MIGHT
RUN IN THE OTHER DIRECTION.
Narrator: AND IN CALIFORNIA,
EYEWITNESSES FEAR A GOVERNMENT BLACK OP
COULD BE GOING DANGEROUSLY
WRONG RIGHT ABOVE THEIR HEADS.
TO SEE A GIANT HOLE OPEN UP IN THE CLOUD,
THAT'S REALLY WEIRD.
♪♪
Narrator: IN DOWNEY,
CALIFORNIA, RESIDENTS FEAR
A SINISTER GOVERNMENT
BLACK OP IS OPENING UP
A HOLE IN THE SKIES.
EYEWITNESS OZZY MERCADO'S FOOTAGE
IS BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF
PLANETARY SCIENTIST, SIAN PROCTOR.
DESPITE 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE
OBSERVING THE EARTH'S
WEIRDEST ATMOSPHERIC EVENTS
THIS FOOTAGE ASTOUNDS HER.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE
AND I LIKE WEATHER AND
SO TO SEE A GIANT HOLE
OPEN UP IN THE CLOUD, THAT'S STRANGE,
THAT'S REALLY WEIRD.
Narrator: PROCTOR EXPLORES
MERCADO'S SUSPICION
THAT THE HOLE IN THE
SKY MIGHT BE THE RESULT
OF HUMAN ACTIVITY.
SHE DISCOVERS REPORTS
THAT WE'VE BEEN MANIPULATING
THE ATMOSPHERE AND THE WEATHER FOR 50 YEARS
USING A METHOD KNOWN AS CLOUD SEEDING.
THE GOAL IS SIMPLY TO GET THE WATER VAPOR
IN THE ATMOSPHERE TO FORM WATER DROPLETS
IN ORDER TO PRODUCE RAIN.
Narrator: FROM THE VERY EARLIEST TESTS
CLOUD SEEDING CAUSED CONTROVERSY.
IT'S SAID THAT IN 1947 OFF THE U.S. COAST
MILITARY AIRCRAFT FLEW ALONG THE RAIN BANDS
OF A HURRICANE, DROPPING
180 POUNDS OF DRY ICE.
THEIR GOAL TO REDUCE
THE HURRICANE'S INTENSITY.
BUT DECLASSIFIED REPORTS
REVEAL IT ENDED IN DISASTER.
THAT HURRICANE ENDED UP TURNING INTO LAND.
Man: THE DAMAGE TO PROPERTY WAS ENORMOUS,
IT'S ESTIMATED AT ABOUT 50 MILLION DOLLARS.
AND EVER SINCE THEN THE IDEA OF
MONKEYING AROUND WITH THE ATMOSPHERE
DOESN'T GO OVER WELL WITH
THE GENERAL POPULATION.
Narrator: DESPITE THE RISKS
CLOUD SEEDING PROJECTS
CONTINUE TO THIS DAY.
RECORDS SHOW THAT IN
2016, JUST MONTHS BEFORE
THE HOLE IN THE SKY OPENS UP OVER DOWNEY
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA UNDERTAKES IT'S OWN
CLOUD SEEDING PROJECT
IN A DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO
END A LONG RUNNING DROUGHT.
♪♪
INVESTIGATORS NOW WONDER IF THIS SOMEHOW
PUNCHED A HOLE IN THE CALIFORNIA SKY.
MOTHER NATURE IS A VERY POWERFUL FORCE
AND IF SOMEBODY'S MESSING
WITH MOTHER NATURE
AND PUTTING HOLES IN CLOUDS
THIS COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS TERRAIN.
Narrator: METEOROLOGIST, KAREN KOSIBA
ANALYSES THE CELLPHONE FOOTAGE.
SHE BELIEVES THE SIZE OF THE HOLE
RULES OUT CLOUD SEEDING.
CLOUD SEEDING IS COMMONLY FOR A BIG AREA
IN ORDER FOR CLOUD DROPLETS TO GROW
TO PRECIPITATION SIZE.
WHATEVER DISTURBING IS ONLY
HAPPENING OVER A VERY SMALL AREA.
Narrator: WHEN JEFF WISE
DISCOVERS THAT THE FOOTAGE
WAS SHOT LESS THAN 20 MILES
FROM LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
HE MAKES A VITAL CONNECTION.
THERE IS A PHENOMENON WHERE
PLANES PASSING THROUGH CLOUDS
CAN MAKE A HOLE IN THAT CLOUD.
♪♪
Narrator: SIAN PROCTOR
SPECULATES THAT A PLANE
MIGHT HAVE INTERACTED WITH A SPECIAL TYPE
OF WATER IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE.
SUPER COOLED WATER BELOW
FREEZING, YET STILL LIQUID.
THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE IS COLD
AND YOU WOULD EXPECT
WATER VAPOR TO ACTUALLY
FORM INTO DROPLETS OF ICE.
HOWEVER, WATER NEEDS SOMETHING TO TRIGGER
THE CRYSTALLIZATION PROCESS.
Narrator: PROCTOR BELIEVES
THAT AS IT FLEW THROUGH THE CLOUD
A PLANE'S EXHAUST FUMES ACTED AS A CATALYST
CRYSTALLIZING SUPER COOL WATER INTO ICE.
THOSE WATER DROPLETS FREEZE
AND BECOME ICE CRYSTALS
THAT FALL OUT OF THE SKY
LEAVING THIS HOLE.
♪♪
Narrator: BUT FOR EYEWITNESS, OZZY MERCARDO
THIS DOESN'T EXPLAIN THE STRANGE ENERGY
HE AND OTHERS FELT AS THE
HOLE APPEARED IN THE SKY.
I'VE SHOWED IT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE
AND NOBODY CAN EXPLAIN WHAT THE VIDEO IS.
I WOULD THINK IT'S MORE GOVERNMENT-BASED.
WE NEED MORE EXPLANATION,
BUT OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT GETTING IT.
♪♪
Narrator: NOW... [ INDISTINCT SOUND ]
A HOWLING NOISE TERRIFIES A SMALL TOWN
IN BRITISH COLUMBIA.
THIS IS NOT FROM THIS WORLD.
IF I HEARD THAT NOISE I MIGHT RUN
IN THE OTHER DIRECTION.
Narrator: SOME FEAR AN ENEMY STATE
HAS UNLEASHED A NEW WEAPON.
THE USE OF WEAPONIZED
NOISE WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE
A SORT OF PERFECT WEAPON.
♪♪
Narrator: AUGUST 29, 2013.
TERRACE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA.
A FEW HUNDRED MILES FROM THE U.S. BORDER.
A QUIET MORNING IN THIS RURAL AREA.
BUT THEN A MONSTROUS NOISE BRINGS THE TOWN
TO A STANDSTILL.
[ INDISTINCT SOUND ]
IT SOUNDS KIND OF CREEPY.
THIS KIND OF NOISE ISN'T THE KIND OF SOUND
THAT YOU'RE USED TO HEARING.
Narrator: THE SOUND IS DEAFENING
AND SCIENTISTS HAVE NO
CLUE AS TO WHO OR WHAT
IS MAKING IT.
WHEN YOU HEAR THESE SOUNDS YOUR REACTION IS
THIS IS SOMETHING SUPERNATURAL.
Narrator: WHEN THE TAPE IS POSTED ONLINE
REPORTS COME IN FROM AROUND THE WORLD
OF THE SAME MENACING SOUND.
DALLAS, TEXAS.
SALZBURG, AUSTRIA.
AND KIEV IN THE UKRAINE.
MILITARY CORESPONDENT, CAROLO MUÑOZ
EXAMINES THE FOOTAGE.
HE CONSIDERS IF THE SOUND COULD POSSIBLY BE
SOME FORM OF SONIC ATTACK.
THE USE OF WEAPONIZED
NOSE WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE
A SORT OF PERFECT WEAPON.
IT LEAVES NO FINGERPRINTS.
YOU CAN'T TELL WHERE IT'S COMING FROM
AND YOU CAN'T REALLY DEFEND AGAINST IT.
Narrator: THE IDEA OF
SONIC WARFARE GOES BACK
TO THE ANCIENT WORLD.
ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE, 3,500 YEARS AGO,
THE ISRAELITE ARMY
SURROUNDED THE HEAVILY FORTIFIED
CANAANITE CITY OF JERICHO
FOR SIX DAYS, SOLDIERS BLEW TRUMPETS
UNTIL ON THE SEVENTH DAY
THE WALLS CAME TUMBLING DOWN.
THE ISRAELITES POURED INTO THE CITY,
MASSACRING EVERY MAN, WOMAN, AND CHILD.
AND A RECENT APPARENT SONIC
ATTACK ON THE U.S. EMBASSY STAFF
IN CUBA HAS ALARMING IMPLICATIONS.
IT'S ENTIRELY POSSIBLE THAT U.S. EMPLOYEES
AT THE EMBASSY WERE THE VICTIM OF SOME SORT
OF WEAPONIZED NOISE.
Narrator: CUBA, A LONG-TERM
ALLY OF THE SOVIET UNION,
AND NOW PUTIN'S RUSSIA, SITS
JUST OVER A HUNDRED MILES
FROM THE FLORIDA COAST.
ANY WEAPONS TESTING THIS CLOSE TO THE U.S.,
COULD TRIGGER A NEW COLD WAR.
♪♪
COMING UP, SOMEONE OR
SOMETHING IS SUMMONING
THE POWER OF THE GODS.
SEEING THESE STRANGE
LIGHTS IN A REMOTE REGION
MAKES YOU WONDER, WHO'S OUT THERE,
AND WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON?
Narrator: AND IS THIS WEIRD SOUND
A DOOMSDAY WEAPONS TEST?
THE QUESTION IS, WHERE IS THIS COMING FROM
AND WHO'S CARRYING IT OUT?
♪♪
Narrator: A SERIES OF
INEXPLICABLE HOWLING SOUNDS
IS HEARD ACROSS THE PLANET.
SOME FEAR THE BEGINNING OF A NEW ARMS RACE
IN SONIC WARFARE.
THE QUESTION IS, WHERE IS THIS COMING FROM
AND WHO'S CARRYING IT OUT?
Narrator: TENSION BETWEEN
THE U.S. AND CUBA,
RATCHETED UP IN 2017 WHEN U.S. OFFICIALS
CLAIMED THEIR DIPLOMATS
WERE DELIBERATELY EXPOSED
TO DANGEROUS HIGH FREQUENCY SOUNDS.
♪♪
THE SONIC ATTACKS CAUSED DEAFNESS, NAUSEA,
AND MEMORY LOSS.
THE WORST AFFECTED WERE
FLOWN BACK TO THE STATES
WHERE ONE CONSULAR WORKER IS DIAGNOSED
WITH A TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY.
THIS ISN'T THE FIRST
TIME THIS IS HAPPENING,
OFFICIALS FROM THE UNITED
STATES AND OTHER COUNTRIES
HAVE ALL REPORTED SIMILAR SYMPTOMS.
Narrator: BUT WHEN SCIENCE
JOURNALIST JEFF WISE
LISTENS TO THE CANADIAN FOOTAGE,
HE DISCOVERS A PROBLEM.
THE SOUNDS THAT WERE DETECTED IN CUBA
WERE HIGH-PITCHED.
[ HIGH-PITCHED TONES ]
BUT THE SOUND THAT WE'RE HEARING IN CANADA
IT'S DIFFERENT, IT'S LOW PITCH.
♪♪
Narrator: ACOUSTIC ENGINEER TREVOR COX
FROM SULFORD UNIVERSITY
ENGLAND STUDIES THE NOISE
FORENSICALLY ANALYZING THE AUDIO FILE,
COX NOTICES THE SOUNDS
FREQUENCY IS CONSTANTLY CHANGING.
HE SUSPECTS THE NOISE MAY BE MECHANICAL.
YOU CAN HEAR THE
FREQUENCIES COMING AND GOING,
WHICH IMPLIES SOMETHING LIKE GRINDING METAL
AND WHAT MY EARS TELL ME
AND MY EARS ARE PRETTY GOOD
AT WORKING OUT WHAT'S
GOING ON, TELL ME THIS
IS PROBABLY AN INDUSTRIAL PROCESS.
Narrator: THE REGIONAL
GOVERNMENT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
TRIES TO CALM THE PANIC
BY ISSUING A STATEMENT.
THE NOISE, IT SAYS, IS
BELIEVED TO BE COMING
FROM AN INDUSTRIAL
SOURCE, AUTHORITIES POINT
TO CONSTRUCTION WORK ON A NEARBY ROAD
FOR THE DEAFENING SOUND.
A GRATING MACHINE DRAGS ALONG
THE ROAD AND SMOOTHS IS OUT,
THEY CLAIM THAT THEY
WERE SHARPENING THIS BLADE,
THIS HUGE PIECE OF METAL.
Narrator: BUT LOCALS SAY
THIS CANNOT ACCOUNT
FOR THE WEIRD NOISE.
THE TOWNSPEOPLE SAID,
WELL, THAT EXPLAINS THURSDAY,
BUT WE ALSO HEARD IT ON
WEDNESDAY AND TUESDAY,
SO THEY STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.
Narrator: AND IT DOESN'T EXPLAIN
THE NUMEROUS EYEWITNESS
ACCOUNTS OF THE SAME NOISE
IN DIFFERENT CITIES WORLDWIDE.
WHAT OR WHO IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR THIS UNEARTHLY SOUND
REMAINS A MYSTERY.
[ INDISTINCT SOUND ]
♪♪
NOW BURNING FLAMES
ERUPT OVER THE SWISS ALPS.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE THE SKY'S ON FIRE ITSELF.
SOME FEAR THIS MEANS WAR.
WORST CASE SCENARIO,
SWITZERLAND IS BEING INVADED.
♪♪
Narrator: SWITZERLAND,
THE ALPS MOUNTAIN RANGE,
THOUSANDS OF FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL
THE PERFECT SPOT FOR
OBSERVING THE NIGHT SKY.
OCTOBER 14, 2016,
AMATEUR ASTRONOMER ROGER
SPINNER SETS UP HIS CAMERAS,
HE HOPES TO CAPTURE A
SPECTACULAR METEOR SHOWER.
BUT AS HIS CAMERAS SCOUR THE SKIES
THEY CAPTURE SOMETHING
SPINNER HAS NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
♪♪
THE LIGHT IS VERY DARK RED.
IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE
COMING OUT FROM THE HILL.
I DIDN'T BELIEVE IT.
Narrator: BURNING SHAFTS OF
RED LIGHT SHOOT HUNDREDS
OF FEET INTO THE SKY.
♪♪
MILITARY CORRESPONDENT
CARLO MUÑOZ STUDIES THE IMAGERY.
THE RED COLOR OF THE
SPECTERS MAKES HIM BELIEVE
IT COULD BE SOME TYPE
OF EXPLOSIVE ACTIVITY.
THE IMAGES REALLY HAVE
A LOT OF THE SIGNATURES
OF A MISSILE LAUNCH.
♪♪
Narrator: SWITZERLAND IS FAMOUSLY NEUTRAL.
THE COUNTRY HAS NOT GONE
TO WAR FOR OVER 200 YEARS.
BUT A SEARCH OF MILITARY RECORDS REVEALS
THE SWISS ARE ALWAYS READY FOR A FIGHT.
EVERY FIT MAN IN THE
COUNTRY HAS MILITARY TRAINING.
AND EMBEDDED IN THE ROCKS OF THE MOUNTAINS
IS AN IMPREGNABLE FORTRESS.
SWISS HAVE A PLAN IF THEY
WERE EVER TO BE INVADED,
THAT'S RETREAT TO THE ALPS
AND FIGHT A GUERRILLA WAR.
ALL THE CAVES IN THE SWISS
ALPS BASICALLY DOUBLE
AS MILITARY BUNKERS.
Narrator: THE CAVES HOUSE
ARTILLERY AND MISSILE BASES
AND PROVIDE VAST SHELTERS
FOR THE COUNTRY'S EIGHT MILLION CIVILIANS.
ENOUGH ROOM TO HOUSE THE ENTIRE POPULATION
OF LOS ANGELES, TWICE.
AND THE CAVES ARE BOOBY
TRAPPED WITH HUNDREDS OF POUNDS
OF EXPLOSIVES SO ANY
ADVANCING ARMY TRYING TO ENTER
THE CAVE COMPLEX WOULD
AUTOMATICALLY BE DESTROYED.
[ EXPLOSIONS ]
Narrator: WITNESSING THE RED
LIGHTS ABOVE THE MOUNTAINS,
MUÑOZ SUSPECTS SWITZERLANDS
WORST FEARS ARE COMING TRUE.
AND THE SHOOTING RED
LIGHT IS ANTI-AIRCRAFT MISSILES
AND ARTILLERY SHELLS
GIVING COVER TO THE SWISS
AS THEY RETREAT INTO THEIR CAVES.
WORST CASE SCENARIO,
SWITZERLAND'S BEING INVADED.
AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE IS A MASSIVE
GROUND BASE DEFENSE AGAINST THEM.
♪♪
Narrator: DO BURNING JETS
OF FIRE IN THE NIGHT SKY
ABOVE SWITZERLAND SIGNIFY
A MASSIVE MILITARY ASSAULT?
♪♪
WHEN EX-NYPD VIDEO ANALYST CONOR McCOURT
EXAMINES THE VIDEOS DATA STREAM
HE DISCOVERS THAT THE FOOTAGE DOES NOT GIVE
AN ACCURATE PORTRAYAL OF HOW THESE LIGHTS
ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN THE SKY.
THE TIMESTAMP ON THE BOTTOM
SHOWS US WE'RE SHOOTING
AT 30 IMAGES PER SECOND.
THESE FLASHES AT THEIR
BEGINNING TO THEIR END
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR IMAGES
WHICH INDICATES 4/30ths OF A SECOND,
VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.
Narrator: IN REAL TIME,
THE RED SPECTERS APPEAR
AND DISAPPEAR EXTREMELY QUICKLY.
MCCOURT BELIEVES THIS
SHORT LIFESPAN IS TOO FAST
FOR IT TO BE ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE.
IT'S A BURST OF LIGHT, AND THEN IT'S OVER.
♪♪
Narrator: DAVID WALLACE AT
THE HIGH VOLTAGE LABORATORY
IN MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY
ANALYZES THE FOOTAGE,
HE CONSIDERS HOW THE FLASHES LAST
FOR LESS THAN A BLINK OF AN EYE.
IT MAKES HIM SUSPECT THIS
COULD BE SOME STRANGE SPARK
OF ELECTRICITY.
IT'S A VERY FAST MILLISECOND TYPE IMAGE,
THEY'RE VERY BRIGHT, VERY JAGGED
AND THIS SORT OF TENDS TO LEAD ME TO THINK
OF SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S
LIKE THIS, A LIGHTNING BOLT.
[ THUNDER CRASHES ]
Narrator: BUT IF IT IS LIGHTNING,
WALLACE IS PUZZLED BY IT'S COLOR.
WHY IS IT RED, THIS IS NOT
TYPICALLY WHAT YOU'D SEE
IN A LIGHTNING STRIKE.
Narrator: CONSIDERING WHAT COULD TURN
A LIGHTNING BOLT RED,
WALLACE EXAMINES ANOTHER
SKY-BASED PHENOMENON FOR CLUES.
HE KNOWS THE AURORA
BOREALIS GETS IT'S VARIED COLORS
BECAUSE OF DIFFERENT
GASES IN THE ATMOSPHERE.
DIFFERENT GASES, BASED ON ELECTRICAL CHARGE
WILL GLOW IN A DIFFERENT COLOR,
SO DEPENDENT ON WHAT THE COMPOSITION OF
THE ATMOSPHERE IS AT THAT POINT
YOU'LL GET THE DIFFERENT COLOR CHARGES,
LIKE YOU SEE IN THIS VIDEO.
Narrator: WALLACE WANTS TO
DISCOVER IF LIGHTNING BOLTS
CAN CHANGE COLOR IF THEY COME INTO CONTACT
WITH DIFFERENT GASES IN THE ATMOSPHERE.
HE FIRST FILLS A CHAMBER WITH NORMAL AIR,
THEN FIRES 60,000 VOLTS INTO IT.
[ ELECTRICITY CRACKLES ]
SO MUCH ENERGY, IT RIPS
APART THE ATOMS OF AIR
CREATING A PLASMA CHANNEL,
LIGHTNING IN A JAR.
THIS IS A TYPICAL LIGHTNING
STRIKE WHICH YOU WOULD EXPECT
TO SEE IN NATURE, IT'S A
BRIGHT, WHITE OF CENTER
WITH A NICE PURPLISH HUE OVERALL
ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE STRIPE.
Narrator: NOW HE WANTS
TO KNOW IF THE GAS HELIUM
WILL AFFECT THE COLOR OF THE BOLT.
HE CHARGES THE LIGHTNING GENERATOR.
♪♪
RED 18, WE'RE GETTING
READY TO GO HOT, HERE WE GO.
[ ELECTRICITY CRACKLES ]
WOW, I MEAN, THIS IS
A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
WITH THE HELIUM INTRODUCED
INTO MY DISCHARGE CHAMBER,
INSTEAD OF HAVING THAT BLUISH WHITE,
NOW WE HAVE A MORE VIOLET COLOR.
Narrator: WALLACE'S EXPERIMENT
MAY NOT HAVE CREATED
RED LIGHTNING BUT THE
CHANGE IN THE BOLT COLOR
CONVINCES HIM THAT HE'S ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
[ ELECTRICITY CRACKLES ]
CONOR McCOURT SEARCHES ONLINE RECORDS
FOR ANY EVIDENCE OF RED LIGHTNING.
AND DISCOVERS A NEW LEAD.
ASTRONAUTS ON BOARD THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
HAVE CAPTURED IMAGES
OF MYSTERIOUS RED LIGHTS
OR SPRITES.
IT CORRESPONDS TO WHAT I'M SEEING HERE.
THESE ARE RED LIGHT
SPRITES COMING FROM A STORM.
Narrator: RED SPRITES ARE
AN EXTREMELY RARE FORM
OF EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIGHTNING.
IT HAS BEEN SEEN 50 MILES ABOVE THE PLANET.
A SINGLE BOLT PACKS OVER ONE
BILLION VOLTS OF ELECTRICITY.
AT THESE ALTITUDES THE HIGH
LEVELS OF THE GAS NITROGEN
TURNS THE BOLT RED.
THE IMAGE LOOKS LIKE THE SWISS FOOTAGE
BUT DAVID WALLACE SPOTS
ONE MAJOR DIFFERENCE.
HOW CAN YOU HAVE A SPRITE
THAT IS TYPICALLY MILES UP
IN THE ATMOSPHERE APPEAR TO
BE THIS CLOSE TO THE GROUND?
Narrator: McCOURT RETURNS TO
THE ORIGINAL SWISS FOOTAGE.
FORENSICALLY ANALYZING THE LANDSCAPE,
HE SPOTS AN IMPORTANT DETAIL...
CLOUDS IN THE FOREGROUND.
McCourt: THAT WOULD
INDICATE THAT THIS LIGHT
IS BEHIND THE CLOUDS SO THAT THIS LIGHT
IS VERY MUCH IN THE DISTANCE.
Narrator: McCOURT SUSPECTS
IF THE STORM CREATING
THE RED SPRITES IS FAR ENOUGH AWAY,
THE CURVATURE OF THE EARTH WILL MAKE
THE HIGH ALTITUDE FLASHES
APPEAR MUCH CLOSER
TO THE GROUND THAN THEY REALLY ARE.
AND A CHECK OF WEATHER RECORDS REVEALS
SUPPORTING EVIDENCE.
WHILE THERE IS NO THUNDER
STORM TO CREATE THE SPRITES
IN SWITZERLAND THAT DAY,
THERE IS A STORM 300 MILES
TO THE SOUTH IN FRANCE.
IT'S ALL A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE.
YOU HAVE A CAMERA THAT'S LOOKING OUT
OVER A MOUNTAIN RANGE
GIVING THE APPEARANCE THAT
THE SPRITES ARE ACTUALLY COMING
FROM THE GROUND.
IN REALITY, THEY'RE MILES
UP IN THE ATMOSPHERE.
[ THUNDER CRASHES ]
Narrator: AMATEUR ASTRONOMER ROGER SPINNER
IS LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE CAUGHT ON CAMERA
ONE OF THE RAREST TYPES OF
LIGHTNING KNOWN TO SCIENCE.
IT'S A MOMENT THAT WILL
LIVE WITH HIM FOREVER.
ASTRONOMY IS MY PASSION
SINCE I'M A LITTLE BOY.
LUCK PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE,
IT'S THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME.
[ THUNDER RUMBLING ]
CAMERAS ARE WATCHING US.
ON OUR STREETS, AT WORK, AND IN OUR HOMES.
THEY CAPTURE THINGS THAT SEEM IMPOSSIBLE.
IT DEFIES THE LAWS OF PHYSICS.
Man: AH, THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE, MAN.
Narrator: EXPERTS CARRY
OUT FORENSIC ANALYSIS
OF THESE UNUSUAL EVENTS.
THERE'S GOT TO BE SOME
EXPLANATION FOR WHAT'S GOING ON.
Woman: [ SCREAMS ]
Narrator: COMING UP, HORROR IN THE STREETS
AS A CITY DROWNS IN BLOOD.
THIS COULD BE THE END OF DAYS.
Narrator: CAR MUNCHING CANINES HAVE STARTED
EATING AUTOMOBILES.
THESE DOGS SEEM POSSESSED.
THEY'RE JUST TEARING THAT CAR APART.
Narrator: AND THE WEIRD SOUND THAT IS
FREAKING OUT THE WORLD.
WHEN YOU HEAR THESE SOUNDS YOUR REACTION IS
THIS IS SOMETHING SUPERNATURAL.
Narrator: BIZARRE PHENOMENON,
MYSTERIES CAUGHT ON SURVEILLANCE,
WHAT'S THE TRUTH BEHIND THIS
STRANGE EVIDENCE?
Narrator: NOW, A GORY TIDE OF DEATH.
IT'S HORRIFYING, IT LOOKS
LIKE A RIVER OF BLOOD.
Narrator: AS RESIDENTS
RUN FOR THEIR LIVES...
SEEMS LIKE THE APOCALYPSE.
Narrator: ...EXPERTS FEAR IT
COULD ALREADY BE TOO LATE.
IT'S LIKE A BIOHAZARD ON A MEGA SCALE.
♪♪
Narrator: DHAKA, CAPITAL OF BANGLADESH.
A CITY WITH OVER 18
MILLION IN ONE OF THE MOST
DENSELY POPULATED AREAS OF THE WORLD.
[ TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS ]
RATES OF VIOLENT CRIME,
MURDER, AND TERRORISM
MAKE DHAKA ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS CITIES
IN THE WORLD.
[ GUNSHOTS ]
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016,
STUDENT, AMIR HOSSAIN
HEADS HOME FROM COLLEGE
BUT AS HE NEARS HIS HOUSE
HE'S FROZEN TO THE SPOT
BY A TERRIFYING SIGHT.
FOR HOSSAIN, THE SHOCKING
SCENE POINTS TO A TERRIFYING
MESSAGE FROM THE HEAVENS.
FOR MANY, IT'S AN ALL TOO REAL
VERSION OF SCENES DEPICTING
RELIGIOUS ARMAGEDDON.
IN THE BIBLE, THE RIVER NILE
IN EGYPT TURNS TO BLOOD,
ONE OF THE 10 PLAGUES SENT FROM GOD.
AND IN ISLAM, THE MOST AWFUL
TORMENT OF HELL IS TO SWIM
IN A RIVER OF BLOOD FOR ETERNITY.
THEY MIGHT BE THINKING, THIS
COULD BE THE END OF DAYS.
IT SEEMS LIKE THE APOCALYPSE.
Narrator: THE SINISTER FOOTAGE SHOCKS
AND MYSTIFIES SCIENTISTS.
IT'S LIKE SOMEONE SEVERED
AN ARTERY IN DHAKA.
Narrator: RECORDS SHOW
THAT THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME
THAT BLOOD HAS APPEARED ON A CITY STREET.
IN KERALA, INDIA IN 2001 FREAK STORMS
PRODUCED DOWNPOURS OF BLOOD RED RAIN.
THE BIZARRE RAINS FELL ACROSS
THE STATE FOR TWO MONTHS.
STRANGER STILL, IN 2008 IN LA SIERRA, CHOCO
A TINY VILLAGE DEEP IN
THE COLUMBIAN JUNGLE,
LOCALS REPORTED A RED RAINFALL THAT LASTED
FOR 30 MINUTES.
WHEN SCIENTISTS TOOK
SAMPLES THE SHOCKING RESULTS
REVEALED THAT IT WAS NOT RAIN, BUT BLOOD.
IT REMAINS A MYSTERY THAT
200 RESIDENTS OF THE VILLAGE
ARE CONVINCED THEY
WITNESSED A GENUINE MIRACLE.
♪♪
CHEMIST, KISHORE HARI
ANALYZES THE DHAKA FOOTAGE.
HE FINDS IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO BELIEVE
THAT IT'S REALLY BLOOD
POURING THROUGH THE CITY.
HE SUSPECTS THE INTENSE
COLOR OF THE RED LIQUID
MAY POINT TO A CATASTROPHIC
INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT.
WE NEVER SEE THIS MUCH COLOR IN WATER,
PARTICULARLY THIS REDDISH COLOR.
THE ONLY TIME I'VE EVER SEEN THIS BEFORE
IS WHEN THERE'S BEEN
A CHEMICAL PLANT SPILL.
Narrator: KOLONTAR, HUNGARY, OCTOBER 2010.
AN ALUMINUM PLANT'S TOXIC WASTE DAM FAILS
RELEASING A RED TIDAL WAVE.
THE HIGH IRON OXIDE
CONTENT GIVES THE POLLUTION
A BLOOD RED COLOR.
AND SODIUM OXIDE CAUSES CHEMICAL BURNS.
HUNDREDS FLEE AS THE
FLOOD ENGULFS THREE TOWNS
LEAVING EIGHT DEAD AND
OVER 120 INJURED IN ITS WAKE.
UNFORTUNATELY, IN HUMAN HISTORY
WE'VE HAD NUMEROUS CHEMICAL LEAKS
CAUSING DEVASTATION FOR GENERATIONS
AND THIS MAY BE NO DIFFERENT.
Narrator: A CHECK OF RECORDS REVEALS
ONE INDUSTRY IN THE CITY
WITH A HISTORY OF CREATING
HUGE AMOUNTS OF TOXIC WASTE.
IT TURNS OUT THAT DHAKA
DOES HAVE A LEATHER TANNING INDUSTRY.
SO YOU'VE GOT THE HIDES OF
ANIMALS THAT ARE PROCESSED
AND TURNED INTO LEATHER.
IT'S A TREMENDOUSLY POLLUTING INDUSTRY.
Narrator: THE CITY'S TANNING
INDUSTRY CREATES AROUND
THREE QUARTERS OF A MILLION CUBIC FEET
OF TOXIC WASTE EVERY DAY.
THAT'S ENOUGH TO FILL EIGHT
OLYMPIC SWIMMING POOLS
AND WITHIN ALL THIS TOXIC
WASTE IS A KILLER CHEMICAL AGENT.
ARSENIC, DEADLY ARSENIC.
Narrator: ARSENIC ATTACKS THE BODY'S CELLS
LEADING TO MULTIPLE ORGAN
FAILURE, HEMORRHAGING,
AND AGONIZING DEATH.
DIFFICULT TO DETECT, IT
BECAME THE POISON OF CHOICE
FOR MURDERERS IN VICTORIAN BRITAIN,
WITH A THIRD OF ALL POISONING CASES
INVOLVING ARSENIC,
AND THAT'S JUST THE
MURDERS THAT CAME TO TRIAL.
IN DHAKA, IF THIS FLOOD
CONTAINS HIGH LEVELS OF ARSENIC
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE COULD BE AT RISK.
WE ARE LOOKING AT POISONS BEING RELEASED
RIGHT INTO THE HEART OF AN URBAN CENTER.
Narrator: IT'S NOT JUST ARSENIC RELEASED
FROM TANNING FACTORIES THAT'S A PROBLEM.
THE CHEMICAL EXISTS IN
THE GROUNDWATER IN DHAKA
AND IN MANY COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE,
INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES.
ACCORDING TO THE U.S.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
DRINKING WATER FROM
PRIVATE, UNLICENSED WELLS
MAY BE ENDANGERING 13 MILLION AMERICANS
EVEN AT LOW DOSES.
OVER TIME, ARSENIC IS
LINKED TO HEART DISEASE
AND CANCERS OF THE SKIN AND LUNGS.
BUT WHEN KISHORE HARI DISCOVERS IMAGES
OF THE BLOOD RED WATERS TAKEN TWO DAYS
AFTER THE ORIGINAL FOOTAGE
HE SPOTS A VITAL NEW CLUE.
IT SEEMS LIKE THE COLOR IS CHANGING.
SLOWLY TRANSITIONING FROM A BRIGHT RED
INTO KIND OF A DULLER,
ALMOST RUSTY RED COLOR.
Narrator: IT'S A SHOCKING DISCOVERY.
ONE THAT MEANS HARI MUST
CONCEDE THAT EVERYONE'S
WORST FEARS HAVE BEEN REALIZED.
THIS IS REAL BLOOD IN THE WATER.
♪♪
Narrator: COMING UP, WHY ARE THESE DOGS
TEARING A CAR TO PIECES?
MAN'S BEST FRIEND, THEY CAN
ALSO BE TIME BOMBS ON LEGS.
♪♪
Narrator: CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS ARE HIT BY
A WEIRD WAVE OF ENERGY
AS A MYSTERIOUS HOLE APPEARS IN THE SKY.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE ALIEN MOTHERSHIP IS
ABOUT TO DESCEND THROUGH THE CLOUDS.
Narrator: AND EXPERTS RACE TO FIGURE OUT
WHY THIS STREETS OF DHAKA
ARE RUNNING RED WITH BLOOD.
IS IT HUMAN BLOOD?
♪♪
Narrator: A CRIMSON TIDE IS DROWNING DHAKA,
ONE OF THE WORLDS MOST DANGEROUS CITIES.
NEW IMAGES OF THE FLOOD SHOWING THE LIQUID
CHANGING FROM RED TO BROWN
CONVINCES CHEMIST, KISHORE
HARI OF A HORRIFYING TRUTH.
THIS IS REAL BLOOD IN THE WATER,
BECAUSE OVER TIME IT OXIDIZES,
CHANGING FROM THAT BRIGHT RED
WHEN YOU FIRST GET THAT
CUT AND SEE THE BLOOD,
TO MORE OF A RUSTY COLOR.
Narrator: SCIENCE JOURNALIST, JEFF WISE
INVESTIGATES WHERE THIS RIVER OF BLOOD
MIGHT'VE COME FROM.
HE EXAMINES THE DATE OF THE VIDEO.
COULD THERE BY ANY LINK WITH ISLAM?
IN PARTICULAR A MUSLIM RITUALISTIC FESTIVAL
CALLED, EID AL-ADHA, ALSO KNOWN
AS THE FEAST OF THE SACRIFICE.
THE FEAST OF THE SACRIFICE
COMMEMORATES HOW ABRAHAM
WAS ASKED BY GOD TO SACRIFICE HIS SON
AND SO EVERY YEAR IN CELEBRATION OF THIS
THE WORSHIPERS WILL SACRIFICE AN ANIMAL.
IN THE COURSE OF DOING THIS
A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF BLOOD IS GENERATED.
Narrator: BUT IT WOULD TAKE NOT ONE,
BUT COUNTLESS SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS
TO DROWN A CITY IN BLOOD.
IT'S HORRIFYING, THIS IS
A LITERAL RIVER OF BLOOD.
♪♪
Narrator: ANIMAL SACRIFICES ON A HUGE SCALE
ARE REPORTED IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.
IN NEPAL, THE WORLD'S
LARGEST MASS SLAUGHTER
TAKES PLACE EVERY FIVE YEARS IN GRATITUDE
TO THE HINDU GODDESS, GADHIMAI.
IN 2009, OVER HALF A
MILLION BUFFALO, GOATS,
AND CHICKENS WERE DECAPITATED.
FIVE MILLION PEOPLE TRAVELED TO WITNESS
THE TWO-DAY BLOODY RITUAL.
THE PRACTICE OF ANIMAL SACRIFICE
EVEN REACHES SUBURBAN AMERICA.
IN SAN ANTONIO TEXAS IN MARCH 2018,
12 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED
AFTER NEIGHBORS WITNESSED
THE GROUP DISMEMBERING ANIMALS WITH KNIVES.
IN DHAKA, IT TRANSPIRES THAT NO FEWER THAN
100,000 COWS, GOATS AND
SHEEP HAVE THEIR THROATS SLIT
AND ARE DISMEMBERED.
COUNTLESS GALLONS OF BLOOD ARE SPILLED.
UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WAS A SEWER BACK UP
SO THAT BLOOD FLOWED OUT INTO THE STREETS
AND GAVE US THIS BRILLIANT RED COLOR
FLOWING THROUGH THE STREETS.
Narrator: BUT AMIR
HOSSAIN, WHO IS WITNESSED
MANY OTHER MUSLIM SACRIFICES
BELIEVES THE BLOOD ON
THE STREET IS AN ILL OMEN.
Narrator: NOW, PACKS OF CAR
EATING DOGS TERRORIZE LOCALS.
THESE DOGS SEEM POSSESSED.
THEY'RE JUST TEARING THAT CAR APART.
Narrator: SOME FEAR THIS
FEROCIOUS ATTACK IS PERSONAL.
MAYBE THESE DOGS ARE EXACTING REVENGE
ON SOMEONE THAT THEY REALLY DON'T LIKE.
♪♪
Narrator: OCTOBER 2016,
SAKARYA, TURKEY, 8 A.M.
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY MECHANIC CEM ACAR
ARRIVES AT WORK.
HE CHECKS SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE
SHOWING THE PREVIOUS NIGHT'S ACTIVITY.
AT FIRST EVERYTHING IS QUIET, BUT THEN,
ACAR CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT HE SEES.
[ DOGS BARKING ]
THE CRAZED ANIMALS CAUSE
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN DAMAGE
TO ACAR'S CAR.
EXPERTS ARE SHOCKED
BY THIS OUT OF CHARACTER CANINE BEHAVIOR.
SEEING THEM AS PETS YOU
THINK THEY'RE VERY DOCILE
AND YOU DON'T REALLY EXPECT
THEM TO HAVE THIS STRENGTH.
Narrator: BUT BIOLOGIST LESLIE SAMUEL
WONDERS WHETHER THE FOOTAGE
IS SHOWING AN AGGRESSIVE INSTINCT
REEMERGING IN DOGS 15,000 YEARS AFTER
THEY WERE FIRST TAMED BY MAN.
DOGS FOR MOST PEOPLE
ARE FAITHFUL COMPANIONS.
THEY'RE MAN'S BEST FRIEND,
BUT THEY ARE ALSO DANGEROUS ANIMALS.
Narrator: IN AMERICA,
AROUND 40 PEOPLE ARE KILLED
EVERY YEAR BY DOGS.
THESE ALARMING STATS MAKE THE DOG
ONE OF THE DEADLIEST ANIMALS IN THE U.S.
MORE LIKELY TO KILL YOU
THAN SHARKS, ALLIGATORS,
AND BEARS COMBINED.
MAN'S BEST FRIEND, THEY CAN
ALSO BE TIME BOMBS ON LEGS.
♪♪
Narrator: THE STRENGTH AND
AGGRESSION OF SOME DOGS
HAS EVEN BEEN HARNESSED AS A WEAPON.
THE ROMANS FIELD UNITS JUST OF DOGS
AND THEY WOULD MARCH IN SIDE BY SIDE
NEXT TO THEIR FOOT
SOLDIERS DURING CONFLICTS.
NOW THESE WAR DOG UNITS WERE
USED ALL OVER THE ROMAN EMPIRE
INCLUDING WHAT IS NOW
KNOWN AS MODERN DAY TURKEY.
Narrator: THE MOLOSSUS, THE
ANCESTOR OF TODAY'S MASTIFF
WAS A LARGE AGGRESSIVE DOG
BRED FOR ONE PURPOSE, TO KILL.
[ GROWLING ]
STARVED BEFORE COMBAT
BY THEIR ROMAN MASTERS
THESE VICIOUS ANIMALS COULD
TEAR THROUGH ENEMY LINES,
SAVAGELY RIPPING SOLDIERS LIMB FROM LIMB.
OTHER UNITS WERE ACTUALLY DESIGNED TO
RUN UNDERNEATH HORSES AND DISEMBOWEL.
Narrator: TODAY, BREEDERS IN THE U.S.
HAVE INTERBRED NEAPOLITAN MASTIFFS,
A DIRECT DESCENDANT
OF THE ANCIENT MOLOSSUS,
CREATING A NEW SUPERSIZED BEAST.
THE AMERICA MOLOSSUS.
IF BREEDERS ARE TYING
TO BRING THIS BLOODLINE
OF WAR DOG BACK IN THE UNITED STATES,
WHO'S TO SAY BREEDERS IN TURKEY AREN'T
DOING THE SAME THING?
Narrator: BUT A CHECK
OF THE SIZE OF THE DOGS
IN THE FOOTAGE REVEALS THAT NONE OF THEM
ARE LARGE ENOUGH TO BE A MOLOSSUS.
ZOOLOGIST, ROLAND KAYS
EXAMINES THE SURVEILLANCE TAPE.
HE NOTICES THAT THESE
CITY DOGS APPEAR TO BE
DISPLAYING BEHAVIOR SIMILAR TO THAT
OF THEIR WILD AFRICAN COUSINS.
THIS FOOTAGE IS ALMOST
LIKE AN URBAN SERENGETI.
YOU WOULD THINK OF A PACK OF WILD DOGS
ATTACKING A WILDEBEEST.
[ DOGS BARKING ]
THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE
WITH A PACK OF WILD DOGS
IN THE CITY ATTACKING A CAR.
Narrator: LOCAL RECORDS INDICATE
THAT THIS AREA IS A KNOWN
HUNTING GROUND FOR FERAL DOGS.
HUNDREDS ROAM, ABANDONED
BY THEIR HUMAN MASTERS
AND A CHECK OF CITY DOCUMENTS
REVEALS SAVAGE PACK ATTACKS
ON RESIDENTS, INCLUDING YOUNG CHILDREN.
DOGS ARE DESCENDED FROM WOLVES
AND WOLVES ARE PACK ANIMALS.
THEY WORK TOGETHER TO HUNT.
[ HOWLING ]
FERAL DOGS MAY BE MORE
PRONE TO WOLF-LIKE BEHAVIOR
BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT
BEING CONDITIONED TO LIVE
IN A HOUSE AND INTERACT WITH A HUMAN
AS THEIR PRIMARY MASTER
AND SO IT IS QUITE POSSIBLE
THAT THESE DOGS HAVE BEEN
HUNTING TOGETHER IN A PACK.
Narrator: BUT FOR SOME, HUNTING DOWN A CAR
DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
THEY DON'T EAT BUMPERS,
THEY DON'T EAT TIRES.
YOU HAVE TO ASK, WHY ARE THEY DOING THIS?
♪♪
Narrator: COMING UP, A
CHILLING MYSTERY SOUND
HEARD AT SEVERAL
LOCATIONS ACROSS THE WORLD.
THIS ISN'T THE FIRST
TIME THIS IS HAPPENING.
Narrator: RED LIGHTS FROM SPACE,
BUT WHAT ARE THEY DOING ON EARTH?
WHAT STRANGE BEAST MAY HAVE
AWAKENED IN THE MOUNTAINS?
Narrator: AND CAR CRUNCHING CRAZED CANINES.
THERE IS ONE DISEASE THAT
MAKES DOGS ACT VICIOUSLY
AND THAT'S RABIES.
♪♪
Narrator: EXPERTS ARE BAFFLED
AS DOGS IN TURKEY RIP
A FAMILY CAR TO PIECES
FOR NO APPARENT REASON.
INVESTIGATORS WONDER
IF THEIR CONDUCT IS CAUSED
BY A DEADLY DISEASE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FEVERED BEHAVIOR
OF THESE DOGS YOU HAVE TO WONDER,
IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THEM?
SOMETHING LIKE RABIES?
Narrator: RABIES IS A KILLER VIRUS
THAT ATTACKS THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD.
IT'S SPREAD BY ONE INFECTED
ANIMAL BITING ANOTHER.
A RABID DOG WILL ROAM
RESTLESSLY, TURN VICIOUS,
AND EVEN BITE AND ATTACK RANDOM OBJECTS.
[ GROWLING ]
ONCE AN ANIMAL DISPLAYS SYMPTOMS OF RABIES
DEATH IS NEAR CERTAIN.
THE SAME FATE AWAITS ANY
HUMAN BITTEN BY A RABID ANIMAL
AND NOT TREATED.
[ BARKING ]
GLOBALLY, ONE PERSON DIES
OF RABIES EVERY 10 MINUTES.
THE SYMPTOMS RANGE FROM PARALYSIS TO TERROR
AND HALLUCINATIONS, LEADING
TO DELIRIUM, COMA, AND DEATH.
BUT WHEN EXPERTS TAKE A
CLOSER LOOK AT THE FOOTAGE
THEY SPOT A PROBLEM WITH THE RABIES THEORY.
ONE OF THE TELLTALE SIGNS OF THE DISEASE
IS FROTHING AT THE MOUTH.
THESE DOGS SHOW NO EVIDENCE OF THAT.
♪♪
THE FOOTAGE COMES TO THE ATTENTION OF
NEUROSCIENTIST, JAYDE LOVELL.
SHE SUSPECTS THAT THE DOGS MAY BE
DELIBERATELY TARGETING THE CAR.
ALARMINGLY, SHE THINKS
THE VICIOUS ONSLAUGHT
IS A REVENGE ATTACK.
YOU NEVER REALLY HEAR OF CASES OF DOGS
DESTROYING PROPERTY LIKE THIS.
SO I WAS WONDERING, MAYBE
THIS IS RELATED TO THE CASE
WHERE A GUY GOT OUT OF
HIS CAR AND HE KICKED A DOG
THEN HE WENT INSIDE.
AND A COUPLE OF HOURS
LATER THE DOG AND A BUNCH
OF ITS FRIENDS CAME BACK
AND JUST DESTROYED THAT CAR.
♪♪
ANYONE WHO HAS A DOG KNOWS THAT THEY HAVE
PRETTY DECENT MEMORIES,
SO IT'S NO STRETCH TO THINK
THAT THIS PACK OF DOGS, IF
THEY HAD A RUN IN WITH A CAR
WHERE IT HIT AND KILLED
ONE OF THEIR PACKMATES
THAT THEY WOULD REMEMBER THAT EXACT CAR
AND THEY'RE HAVING THEIR REVENGE.
Narrator: EXPERTS AGREE, A
REVENGE ATTACK ON THE CAR
IS THE MOST LIKELY EXPLANATION
FOR THE ANIMAL'S BEHAVIOR.
CEM ACAR CAN'T REMEMBER HARMING A DOG
WHILE DRIVING HIMSELF,
BUT THE CANINE CARNAGE HE WITNESSED ON TAPE
HAS FOREVER CHANGED THE WAY HE FEELS
ABOUT MAN'S BEST FRIEND.
NOW, SOMETHING SINISTER
OVER THE SUNSHINE STATE.
THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF ENERGY FIELD.
LIKE, THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF PRESENCE.
IT SERIOUSLY LOOKS LIKE
THE ALIEN MOTHERSHIP
IS ABOUT TO DESCEND THROUGH THE CLOUDS.
Narrator: OR IS THIS A SECRET ALL POWERFUL
DEATH RAY IN ACTION?
IF SOMETHING IS EATING A
GIANT CHUNK OUT OF THIS CLOUD
COULD THAT EAT A CITY?
♪♪
Narrator: DOWNEY, CALIFORNIA.
IT'S FROM HERE THAT HUMANS
PLAN TO CONQUER SPACE.
FOR THREE DECADES TENS
OF THOUSANDS OF ENGINEERS
AND TECHNICIANS WORKED HERE TO BUILD
THE APOLLO ROCKET STAGES.
AS WELL AS DESIGNING
AND ASSEMBLING THE SPACE SHUTTLE.
RESIDENTS ARE USED TO
SEEING EARTH-BUILT SPACECRAFT
PASSING BY, BUT NONE ARE READY FOR THIS.
JANUARY 2017, LOCAL RESIDENT, OZZY MERCARDO
STEPS OUTSIDE HIS HOME AND WHAT HE SEES
FREEZES HIM IN HIS TRACKS.
THERE WAS A GIANT HOLE IN THE SKY.
Narrator: FEARFUL OF WHAT MY HAPPEN NEXT
MERCARDO PULLS OUT HIS
CELLPHONE AND RECORDS
THE UNBELIEVABLE SIGHT.
I WAS AMAZED AT WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT.
IT WAS A PERFECT HOLE.
PROBABLY QUARTER MILE TO HALF A MILE WIDE.
I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT BEFORE.
Narrator: THE GIANT GAPING
HOLE HOVERS OMINOUSLY,
DIRECTLY OVER THE CITY
DRAWING A NERVOUS CROWD
AND THEN THE STRANGE SENSATION BEGINS.
WE ALL FELT LIKE THERE
WAS SOME TYPE OF ENERGY.
IT WAS THERE, YOU COULD
FEEL IT, YOU COULD SENSE IT.
WE WERE SPECULATING WHAT IT
WAS AND OBVIOUSLY ONE OF 'EM IS UFO.
♪♪
Narrator: RESIDENTS OF THE GOLDEN STATE
REPORT MORE UFO SIGHTINGS THAN ANY OTHER.
OVER 16,000 SINCE 2001
AND CALIFORNIA'S HOME TO ONE OF THE MOST
DEADLY SIGHTINGS OF ALL TIME.
IN 1997, THE SAN DIEGO BASED
RELIGIOUS CULT, HEAVEN'S GATE,
BELIEVED AN EXTRA TERRESTRIAL
SPACECRAFT APPEARED
FOLLOWING THE FLYBY OF COMET HALE-BOPP.
39 MEMBERS OF THE CULT
COMMITTED MASS SUICIDE
BELIEVING THEY WERE LEAVING THIS WORLD
AND REACHING A HIGHER EVOLUTIONARY LEVEL
BY JOINING THE CREW OF THE SPACECRAFT.
SCIENCE JOURNALIST, JEFF WISE CONSIDERS
IF THE HOLE COULD HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH
NEARBY CLASSIFIED GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS.
ONE OF THE REASONS PEOPLE SEE SO MANY UFOs
IN CALIFORNIA IS THAT THERE'S
SO MANY MILITARY BASES
THEY REALLY ARE WEIRD
THINGS HAPPENING IN THE SKY
THAT PEOPLE CAN'T UNDERSTAND,
'CAUSE IT'S UNEXPLAINED,
'CAUSE IT'S SECRET.
Narrator: CALIFORNIA IS HOME
TO 32 KNOWN MILITARY BASES.
[ JET ENGINE ROARING ]
EYEWITNESS OZZY MERCADO BELIEVES THAT
SECRET MILITARY EXPERIMENTS
COULD BE RESPONSIBLE
FOR CREATING THE MYSTERIOUS SKY HOLE.
I WOULD SAY MANIPULATION OF THE ATMOSPHERE.
IT FELT MORE LIKE, IT'S NOT
A NATURAL OCCURRENCE.
Narrator: IT'S MADE BY
SOMETHING OR SOMEONE.
♪♪
Narrator: COMING UP, BURNING FIRE JETS
ERUPT OVER THE ALPINE SKIES.
THE IMAGES REALLY HAVE
A LOT OF THE SIGNATURES
OF A MISSILE LAUNCH.
Narrator: AN UNEARTHLY
SOUND TERRIFIES RESIDENTS
OF A SMALL TOWN.
IF I HEARD THAT NOISE I MIGHT
RUN IN THE OTHER DIRECTION.
Narrator: AND IN CALIFORNIA,
EYEWITNESSES FEAR A GOVERNMENT BLACK OP
COULD BE GOING DANGEROUSLY
WRONG RIGHT ABOVE THEIR HEADS.
TO SEE A GIANT HOLE OPEN UP IN THE CLOUD,
THAT'S REALLY WEIRD.
♪♪
Narrator: IN DOWNEY,
CALIFORNIA, RESIDENTS FEAR
A SINISTER GOVERNMENT
BLACK OP IS OPENING UP
A HOLE IN THE SKIES.
EYEWITNESS OZZY MERCADO'S FOOTAGE
IS BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF
PLANETARY SCIENTIST, SIAN PROCTOR.
DESPITE 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE
OBSERVING THE EARTH'S
WEIRDEST ATMOSPHERIC EVENTS
THIS FOOTAGE ASTOUNDS HER.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE
AND I LIKE WEATHER AND
SO TO SEE A GIANT HOLE
OPEN UP IN THE CLOUD, THAT'S STRANGE,
THAT'S REALLY WEIRD.
Narrator: PROCTOR EXPLORES
MERCADO'S SUSPICION
THAT THE HOLE IN THE
SKY MIGHT BE THE RESULT
OF HUMAN ACTIVITY.
SHE DISCOVERS REPORTS
THAT WE'VE BEEN MANIPULATING
THE ATMOSPHERE AND THE WEATHER FOR 50 YEARS
USING A METHOD KNOWN AS CLOUD SEEDING.
THE GOAL IS SIMPLY TO GET THE WATER VAPOR
IN THE ATMOSPHERE TO FORM WATER DROPLETS
IN ORDER TO PRODUCE RAIN.
Narrator: FROM THE VERY EARLIEST TESTS
CLOUD SEEDING CAUSED CONTROVERSY.
IT'S SAID THAT IN 1947 OFF THE U.S. COAST
MILITARY AIRCRAFT FLEW ALONG THE RAIN BANDS
OF A HURRICANE, DROPPING
180 POUNDS OF DRY ICE.
THEIR GOAL TO REDUCE
THE HURRICANE'S INTENSITY.
BUT DECLASSIFIED REPORTS
REVEAL IT ENDED IN DISASTER.
THAT HURRICANE ENDED UP TURNING INTO LAND.
Man: THE DAMAGE TO PROPERTY WAS ENORMOUS,
IT'S ESTIMATED AT ABOUT 50 MILLION DOLLARS.
AND EVER SINCE THEN THE IDEA OF
MONKEYING AROUND WITH THE ATMOSPHERE
DOESN'T GO OVER WELL WITH
THE GENERAL POPULATION.
Narrator: DESPITE THE RISKS
CLOUD SEEDING PROJECTS
CONTINUE TO THIS DAY.
RECORDS SHOW THAT IN
2016, JUST MONTHS BEFORE
THE HOLE IN THE SKY OPENS UP OVER DOWNEY
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA UNDERTAKES IT'S OWN
CLOUD SEEDING PROJECT
IN A DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO
END A LONG RUNNING DROUGHT.
♪♪
INVESTIGATORS NOW WONDER IF THIS SOMEHOW
PUNCHED A HOLE IN THE CALIFORNIA SKY.
MOTHER NATURE IS A VERY POWERFUL FORCE
AND IF SOMEBODY'S MESSING
WITH MOTHER NATURE
AND PUTTING HOLES IN CLOUDS
THIS COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS TERRAIN.
Narrator: METEOROLOGIST, KAREN KOSIBA
ANALYSES THE CELLPHONE FOOTAGE.
SHE BELIEVES THE SIZE OF THE HOLE
RULES OUT CLOUD SEEDING.
CLOUD SEEDING IS COMMONLY FOR A BIG AREA
IN ORDER FOR CLOUD DROPLETS TO GROW
TO PRECIPITATION SIZE.
WHATEVER DISTURBING IS ONLY
HAPPENING OVER A VERY SMALL AREA.
Narrator: WHEN JEFF WISE
DISCOVERS THAT THE FOOTAGE
WAS SHOT LESS THAN 20 MILES
FROM LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
HE MAKES A VITAL CONNECTION.
THERE IS A PHENOMENON WHERE
PLANES PASSING THROUGH CLOUDS
CAN MAKE A HOLE IN THAT CLOUD.
♪♪
Narrator: SIAN PROCTOR
SPECULATES THAT A PLANE
MIGHT HAVE INTERACTED WITH A SPECIAL TYPE
OF WATER IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE.
SUPER COOLED WATER BELOW
FREEZING, YET STILL LIQUID.
THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE IS COLD
AND YOU WOULD EXPECT
WATER VAPOR TO ACTUALLY
FORM INTO DROPLETS OF ICE.
HOWEVER, WATER NEEDS SOMETHING TO TRIGGER
THE CRYSTALLIZATION PROCESS.
Narrator: PROCTOR BELIEVES
THAT AS IT FLEW THROUGH THE CLOUD
A PLANE'S EXHAUST FUMES ACTED AS A CATALYST
CRYSTALLIZING SUPER COOL WATER INTO ICE.
THOSE WATER DROPLETS FREEZE
AND BECOME ICE CRYSTALS
THAT FALL OUT OF THE SKY
LEAVING THIS HOLE.
♪♪
Narrator: BUT FOR EYEWITNESS, OZZY MERCARDO
THIS DOESN'T EXPLAIN THE STRANGE ENERGY
HE AND OTHERS FELT AS THE
HOLE APPEARED IN THE SKY.
I'VE SHOWED IT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE
AND NOBODY CAN EXPLAIN WHAT THE VIDEO IS.
I WOULD THINK IT'S MORE GOVERNMENT-BASED.
WE NEED MORE EXPLANATION,
BUT OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT GETTING IT.
♪♪
Narrator: NOW... [ INDISTINCT SOUND ]
A HOWLING NOISE TERRIFIES A SMALL TOWN
IN BRITISH COLUMBIA.
THIS IS NOT FROM THIS WORLD.
IF I HEARD THAT NOISE I MIGHT RUN
IN THE OTHER DIRECTION.
Narrator: SOME FEAR AN ENEMY STATE
HAS UNLEASHED A NEW WEAPON.
THE USE OF WEAPONIZED
NOISE WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE
A SORT OF PERFECT WEAPON.
♪♪
Narrator: AUGUST 29, 2013.
TERRACE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA.
A FEW HUNDRED MILES FROM THE U.S. BORDER.
A QUIET MORNING IN THIS RURAL AREA.
BUT THEN A MONSTROUS NOISE BRINGS THE TOWN
TO A STANDSTILL.
[ INDISTINCT SOUND ]
IT SOUNDS KIND OF CREEPY.
THIS KIND OF NOISE ISN'T THE KIND OF SOUND
THAT YOU'RE USED TO HEARING.
Narrator: THE SOUND IS DEAFENING
AND SCIENTISTS HAVE NO
CLUE AS TO WHO OR WHAT
IS MAKING IT.
WHEN YOU HEAR THESE SOUNDS YOUR REACTION IS
THIS IS SOMETHING SUPERNATURAL.
Narrator: WHEN THE TAPE IS POSTED ONLINE
REPORTS COME IN FROM AROUND THE WORLD
OF THE SAME MENACING SOUND.
DALLAS, TEXAS.
SALZBURG, AUSTRIA.
AND KIEV IN THE UKRAINE.
MILITARY CORESPONDENT, CAROLO MUÑOZ
EXAMINES THE FOOTAGE.
HE CONSIDERS IF THE SOUND COULD POSSIBLY BE
SOME FORM OF SONIC ATTACK.
THE USE OF WEAPONIZED
NOSE WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE
A SORT OF PERFECT WEAPON.
IT LEAVES NO FINGERPRINTS.
YOU CAN'T TELL WHERE IT'S COMING FROM
AND YOU CAN'T REALLY DEFEND AGAINST IT.
Narrator: THE IDEA OF
SONIC WARFARE GOES BACK
TO THE ANCIENT WORLD.
ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE, 3,500 YEARS AGO,
THE ISRAELITE ARMY
SURROUNDED THE HEAVILY FORTIFIED
CANAANITE CITY OF JERICHO
FOR SIX DAYS, SOLDIERS BLEW TRUMPETS
UNTIL ON THE SEVENTH DAY
THE WALLS CAME TUMBLING DOWN.
THE ISRAELITES POURED INTO THE CITY,
MASSACRING EVERY MAN, WOMAN, AND CHILD.
AND A RECENT APPARENT SONIC
ATTACK ON THE U.S. EMBASSY STAFF
IN CUBA HAS ALARMING IMPLICATIONS.
IT'S ENTIRELY POSSIBLE THAT U.S. EMPLOYEES
AT THE EMBASSY WERE THE VICTIM OF SOME SORT
OF WEAPONIZED NOISE.
Narrator: CUBA, A LONG-TERM
ALLY OF THE SOVIET UNION,
AND NOW PUTIN'S RUSSIA, SITS
JUST OVER A HUNDRED MILES
FROM THE FLORIDA COAST.
ANY WEAPONS TESTING THIS CLOSE TO THE U.S.,
COULD TRIGGER A NEW COLD WAR.
♪♪
COMING UP, SOMEONE OR
SOMETHING IS SUMMONING
THE POWER OF THE GODS.
SEEING THESE STRANGE
LIGHTS IN A REMOTE REGION
MAKES YOU WONDER, WHO'S OUT THERE,
AND WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON?
Narrator: AND IS THIS WEIRD SOUND
A DOOMSDAY WEAPONS TEST?
THE QUESTION IS, WHERE IS THIS COMING FROM
AND WHO'S CARRYING IT OUT?
♪♪
Narrator: A SERIES OF
INEXPLICABLE HOWLING SOUNDS
IS HEARD ACROSS THE PLANET.
SOME FEAR THE BEGINNING OF A NEW ARMS RACE
IN SONIC WARFARE.
THE QUESTION IS, WHERE IS THIS COMING FROM
AND WHO'S CARRYING IT OUT?
Narrator: TENSION BETWEEN
THE U.S. AND CUBA,
RATCHETED UP IN 2017 WHEN U.S. OFFICIALS
CLAIMED THEIR DIPLOMATS
WERE DELIBERATELY EXPOSED
TO DANGEROUS HIGH FREQUENCY SOUNDS.
♪♪
THE SONIC ATTACKS CAUSED DEAFNESS, NAUSEA,
AND MEMORY LOSS.
THE WORST AFFECTED WERE
FLOWN BACK TO THE STATES
WHERE ONE CONSULAR WORKER IS DIAGNOSED
WITH A TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY.
THIS ISN'T THE FIRST
TIME THIS IS HAPPENING,
OFFICIALS FROM THE UNITED
STATES AND OTHER COUNTRIES
HAVE ALL REPORTED SIMILAR SYMPTOMS.
Narrator: BUT WHEN SCIENCE
JOURNALIST JEFF WISE
LISTENS TO THE CANADIAN FOOTAGE,
HE DISCOVERS A PROBLEM.
THE SOUNDS THAT WERE DETECTED IN CUBA
WERE HIGH-PITCHED.
[ HIGH-PITCHED TONES ]
BUT THE SOUND THAT WE'RE HEARING IN CANADA
IT'S DIFFERENT, IT'S LOW PITCH.
♪♪
Narrator: ACOUSTIC ENGINEER TREVOR COX
FROM SULFORD UNIVERSITY
ENGLAND STUDIES THE NOISE
FORENSICALLY ANALYZING THE AUDIO FILE,
COX NOTICES THE SOUNDS
FREQUENCY IS CONSTANTLY CHANGING.
HE SUSPECTS THE NOISE MAY BE MECHANICAL.
YOU CAN HEAR THE
FREQUENCIES COMING AND GOING,
WHICH IMPLIES SOMETHING LIKE GRINDING METAL
AND WHAT MY EARS TELL ME
AND MY EARS ARE PRETTY GOOD
AT WORKING OUT WHAT'S
GOING ON, TELL ME THIS
IS PROBABLY AN INDUSTRIAL PROCESS.
Narrator: THE REGIONAL
GOVERNMENT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
TRIES TO CALM THE PANIC
BY ISSUING A STATEMENT.
THE NOISE, IT SAYS, IS
BELIEVED TO BE COMING
FROM AN INDUSTRIAL
SOURCE, AUTHORITIES POINT
TO CONSTRUCTION WORK ON A NEARBY ROAD
FOR THE DEAFENING SOUND.
A GRATING MACHINE DRAGS ALONG
THE ROAD AND SMOOTHS IS OUT,
THEY CLAIM THAT THEY
WERE SHARPENING THIS BLADE,
THIS HUGE PIECE OF METAL.
Narrator: BUT LOCALS SAY
THIS CANNOT ACCOUNT
FOR THE WEIRD NOISE.
THE TOWNSPEOPLE SAID,
WELL, THAT EXPLAINS THURSDAY,
BUT WE ALSO HEARD IT ON
WEDNESDAY AND TUESDAY,
SO THEY STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.
Narrator: AND IT DOESN'T EXPLAIN
THE NUMEROUS EYEWITNESS
ACCOUNTS OF THE SAME NOISE
IN DIFFERENT CITIES WORLDWIDE.
WHAT OR WHO IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR THIS UNEARTHLY SOUND
REMAINS A MYSTERY.
[ INDISTINCT SOUND ]
♪♪
NOW BURNING FLAMES
ERUPT OVER THE SWISS ALPS.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE THE SKY'S ON FIRE ITSELF.
SOME FEAR THIS MEANS WAR.
WORST CASE SCENARIO,
SWITZERLAND IS BEING INVADED.
♪♪
Narrator: SWITZERLAND,
THE ALPS MOUNTAIN RANGE,
THOUSANDS OF FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL
THE PERFECT SPOT FOR
OBSERVING THE NIGHT SKY.
OCTOBER 14, 2016,
AMATEUR ASTRONOMER ROGER
SPINNER SETS UP HIS CAMERAS,
HE HOPES TO CAPTURE A
SPECTACULAR METEOR SHOWER.
BUT AS HIS CAMERAS SCOUR THE SKIES
THEY CAPTURE SOMETHING
SPINNER HAS NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
♪♪
THE LIGHT IS VERY DARK RED.
IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE
COMING OUT FROM THE HILL.
I DIDN'T BELIEVE IT.
Narrator: BURNING SHAFTS OF
RED LIGHT SHOOT HUNDREDS
OF FEET INTO THE SKY.
♪♪
MILITARY CORRESPONDENT
CARLO MUÑOZ STUDIES THE IMAGERY.
THE RED COLOR OF THE
SPECTERS MAKES HIM BELIEVE
IT COULD BE SOME TYPE
OF EXPLOSIVE ACTIVITY.
THE IMAGES REALLY HAVE
A LOT OF THE SIGNATURES
OF A MISSILE LAUNCH.
♪♪
Narrator: SWITZERLAND IS FAMOUSLY NEUTRAL.
THE COUNTRY HAS NOT GONE
TO WAR FOR OVER 200 YEARS.
BUT A SEARCH OF MILITARY RECORDS REVEALS
THE SWISS ARE ALWAYS READY FOR A FIGHT.
EVERY FIT MAN IN THE
COUNTRY HAS MILITARY TRAINING.
AND EMBEDDED IN THE ROCKS OF THE MOUNTAINS
IS AN IMPREGNABLE FORTRESS.
SWISS HAVE A PLAN IF THEY
WERE EVER TO BE INVADED,
THAT'S RETREAT TO THE ALPS
AND FIGHT A GUERRILLA WAR.
ALL THE CAVES IN THE SWISS
ALPS BASICALLY DOUBLE
AS MILITARY BUNKERS.
Narrator: THE CAVES HOUSE
ARTILLERY AND MISSILE BASES
AND PROVIDE VAST SHELTERS
FOR THE COUNTRY'S EIGHT MILLION CIVILIANS.
ENOUGH ROOM TO HOUSE THE ENTIRE POPULATION
OF LOS ANGELES, TWICE.
AND THE CAVES ARE BOOBY
TRAPPED WITH HUNDREDS OF POUNDS
OF EXPLOSIVES SO ANY
ADVANCING ARMY TRYING TO ENTER
THE CAVE COMPLEX WOULD
AUTOMATICALLY BE DESTROYED.
[ EXPLOSIONS ]
Narrator: WITNESSING THE RED
LIGHTS ABOVE THE MOUNTAINS,
MUÑOZ SUSPECTS SWITZERLANDS
WORST FEARS ARE COMING TRUE.
AND THE SHOOTING RED
LIGHT IS ANTI-AIRCRAFT MISSILES
AND ARTILLERY SHELLS
GIVING COVER TO THE SWISS
AS THEY RETREAT INTO THEIR CAVES.
WORST CASE SCENARIO,
SWITZERLAND'S BEING INVADED.
AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE IS A MASSIVE
GROUND BASE DEFENSE AGAINST THEM.
♪♪
Narrator: DO BURNING JETS
OF FIRE IN THE NIGHT SKY
ABOVE SWITZERLAND SIGNIFY
A MASSIVE MILITARY ASSAULT?
♪♪
WHEN EX-NYPD VIDEO ANALYST CONOR McCOURT
EXAMINES THE VIDEOS DATA STREAM
HE DISCOVERS THAT THE FOOTAGE DOES NOT GIVE
AN ACCURATE PORTRAYAL OF HOW THESE LIGHTS
ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN THE SKY.
THE TIMESTAMP ON THE BOTTOM
SHOWS US WE'RE SHOOTING
AT 30 IMAGES PER SECOND.
THESE FLASHES AT THEIR
BEGINNING TO THEIR END
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR IMAGES
WHICH INDICATES 4/30ths OF A SECOND,
VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.
Narrator: IN REAL TIME,
THE RED SPECTERS APPEAR
AND DISAPPEAR EXTREMELY QUICKLY.
MCCOURT BELIEVES THIS
SHORT LIFESPAN IS TOO FAST
FOR IT TO BE ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE.
IT'S A BURST OF LIGHT, AND THEN IT'S OVER.
♪♪
Narrator: DAVID WALLACE AT
THE HIGH VOLTAGE LABORATORY
IN MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY
ANALYZES THE FOOTAGE,
HE CONSIDERS HOW THE FLASHES LAST
FOR LESS THAN A BLINK OF AN EYE.
IT MAKES HIM SUSPECT THIS
COULD BE SOME STRANGE SPARK
OF ELECTRICITY.
IT'S A VERY FAST MILLISECOND TYPE IMAGE,
THEY'RE VERY BRIGHT, VERY JAGGED
AND THIS SORT OF TENDS TO LEAD ME TO THINK
OF SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S
LIKE THIS, A LIGHTNING BOLT.
[ THUNDER CRASHES ]
Narrator: BUT IF IT IS LIGHTNING,
WALLACE IS PUZZLED BY IT'S COLOR.
WHY IS IT RED, THIS IS NOT
TYPICALLY WHAT YOU'D SEE
IN A LIGHTNING STRIKE.
Narrator: CONSIDERING WHAT COULD TURN
A LIGHTNING BOLT RED,
WALLACE EXAMINES ANOTHER
SKY-BASED PHENOMENON FOR CLUES.
HE KNOWS THE AURORA
BOREALIS GETS IT'S VARIED COLORS
BECAUSE OF DIFFERENT
GASES IN THE ATMOSPHERE.
DIFFERENT GASES, BASED ON ELECTRICAL CHARGE
WILL GLOW IN A DIFFERENT COLOR,
SO DEPENDENT ON WHAT THE COMPOSITION OF
THE ATMOSPHERE IS AT THAT POINT
YOU'LL GET THE DIFFERENT COLOR CHARGES,
LIKE YOU SEE IN THIS VIDEO.
Narrator: WALLACE WANTS TO
DISCOVER IF LIGHTNING BOLTS
CAN CHANGE COLOR IF THEY COME INTO CONTACT
WITH DIFFERENT GASES IN THE ATMOSPHERE.
HE FIRST FILLS A CHAMBER WITH NORMAL AIR,
THEN FIRES 60,000 VOLTS INTO IT.
[ ELECTRICITY CRACKLES ]
SO MUCH ENERGY, IT RIPS
APART THE ATOMS OF AIR
CREATING A PLASMA CHANNEL,
LIGHTNING IN A JAR.
THIS IS A TYPICAL LIGHTNING
STRIKE WHICH YOU WOULD EXPECT
TO SEE IN NATURE, IT'S A
BRIGHT, WHITE OF CENTER
WITH A NICE PURPLISH HUE OVERALL
ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE STRIPE.
Narrator: NOW HE WANTS
TO KNOW IF THE GAS HELIUM
WILL AFFECT THE COLOR OF THE BOLT.
HE CHARGES THE LIGHTNING GENERATOR.
♪♪
RED 18, WE'RE GETTING
READY TO GO HOT, HERE WE GO.
[ ELECTRICITY CRACKLES ]
WOW, I MEAN, THIS IS
A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
WITH THE HELIUM INTRODUCED
INTO MY DISCHARGE CHAMBER,
INSTEAD OF HAVING THAT BLUISH WHITE,
NOW WE HAVE A MORE VIOLET COLOR.
Narrator: WALLACE'S EXPERIMENT
MAY NOT HAVE CREATED
RED LIGHTNING BUT THE
CHANGE IN THE BOLT COLOR
CONVINCES HIM THAT HE'S ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
[ ELECTRICITY CRACKLES ]
CONOR McCOURT SEARCHES ONLINE RECORDS
FOR ANY EVIDENCE OF RED LIGHTNING.
AND DISCOVERS A NEW LEAD.
ASTRONAUTS ON BOARD THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
HAVE CAPTURED IMAGES
OF MYSTERIOUS RED LIGHTS
OR SPRITES.
IT CORRESPONDS TO WHAT I'M SEEING HERE.
THESE ARE RED LIGHT
SPRITES COMING FROM A STORM.
Narrator: RED SPRITES ARE
AN EXTREMELY RARE FORM
OF EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIGHTNING.
IT HAS BEEN SEEN 50 MILES ABOVE THE PLANET.
A SINGLE BOLT PACKS OVER ONE
BILLION VOLTS OF ELECTRICITY.
AT THESE ALTITUDES THE HIGH
LEVELS OF THE GAS NITROGEN
TURNS THE BOLT RED.
THE IMAGE LOOKS LIKE THE SWISS FOOTAGE
BUT DAVID WALLACE SPOTS
ONE MAJOR DIFFERENCE.
HOW CAN YOU HAVE A SPRITE
THAT IS TYPICALLY MILES UP
IN THE ATMOSPHERE APPEAR TO
BE THIS CLOSE TO THE GROUND?
Narrator: McCOURT RETURNS TO
THE ORIGINAL SWISS FOOTAGE.
FORENSICALLY ANALYZING THE LANDSCAPE,
HE SPOTS AN IMPORTANT DETAIL...
CLOUDS IN THE FOREGROUND.
McCourt: THAT WOULD
INDICATE THAT THIS LIGHT
IS BEHIND THE CLOUDS SO THAT THIS LIGHT
IS VERY MUCH IN THE DISTANCE.
Narrator: McCOURT SUSPECTS
IF THE STORM CREATING
THE RED SPRITES IS FAR ENOUGH AWAY,
THE CURVATURE OF THE EARTH WILL MAKE
THE HIGH ALTITUDE FLASHES
APPEAR MUCH CLOSER
TO THE GROUND THAN THEY REALLY ARE.
AND A CHECK OF WEATHER RECORDS REVEALS
SUPPORTING EVIDENCE.
WHILE THERE IS NO THUNDER
STORM TO CREATE THE SPRITES
IN SWITZERLAND THAT DAY,
THERE IS A STORM 300 MILES
TO THE SOUTH IN FRANCE.
IT'S ALL A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE.
YOU HAVE A CAMERA THAT'S LOOKING OUT
OVER A MOUNTAIN RANGE
GIVING THE APPEARANCE THAT
THE SPRITES ARE ACTUALLY COMING
FROM THE GROUND.
IN REALITY, THEY'RE MILES
UP IN THE ATMOSPHERE.
[ THUNDER CRASHES ]
Narrator: AMATEUR ASTRONOMER ROGER SPINNER
IS LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE CAUGHT ON CAMERA
ONE OF THE RAREST TYPES OF
LIGHTNING KNOWN TO SCIENCE.
IT'S A MOMENT THAT WILL
LIVE WITH HIM FOREVER.
ASTRONOMY IS MY PASSION
SINCE I'M A LITTLE BOY.
LUCK PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE,
IT'S THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME.
[ THUNDER RUMBLING ]