Unsealed: Alien Files (2012–…): Season 2, Episode 2 - The Kecksburg Incident - full transcript
MANY UFO SIGHTINGS ARE
SOLITARY EVENTS THAT LEAVE
WITNESSES SCRAMBLING TO PROVE
THEIR STORY. BUT WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN THE SAME OBJECT IS SEEN BY
MANY PEOPLE AT THE SAME TIME?
IN 1965, HUNDREDS WATCH IN
AMAZEMENT AS A FIREBALL CRASHES
IN RURAL PENNSYLVANIA.
BUT AS EYEWITNESSES STRUGGLE TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY SEE, THE
U.S. GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHES ONE
OF THE MOST ELABORATE COVERUPS
IN UFO HISTORY. IS IT A
SPECTACULAR METEOR, A CASUALTY
OF THE SPACE RACE, OR IS IT
SOMETHING OUT OF THIS WORLD?
JOIN US AS WE EXPOSE THE HIDDEN
SECRETS OF THE KECKSBURG
INCIDENT ON "UNSEALED: ALIEN
FILES."
A GLOBAL EFFORT HAS BEGUN.
SECRET FILES, HIDDEN FROM THE
PUBLIC FOR DECADES, DETAILING
EVERY UFO ACCOUNT ARE NOW
AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
WE ARE ABOUT TO UNCOVER THE
TRUTH BEHIND THESE CLASSIFIED
DOCUMENTS, FIND OUT WHAT THE
GOVERNMENT DOESN'T WANT YOU TO
KNOW. "UNSEALED: ALIEN FILES",
EXPOSING THE BIGGEST SECRET ON
PLANET EARTH.
EARTH'S ORBIT, NOVEMBER 2007.
HIGH ABOVE THE PLANET'S SURFACE,
THE NASA ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH
SATELLITE UARS COLLIDES WITH AN
OBJECT OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN.
IS IT A METEOR...
ANOTHER SATELLITE OFF ITS
COURSE...
OR IS IT A UFO?
MARK MATNEY OF NASA'S ORBITAL
DEBRIS PROGRAM SAYS...
"IT'S VERY HARD TO DETERMINE
WHAT MIGHT HAVE HIT UARS."
THOUGH THE MAIN BODY OF THE
SATELLITE IS INTACT, PIECES FLY
OFF IN ALL DIRECTIONS.
IT TAKES A FURTHER 3 YEARS FOR
THE SATELLITE'S ORBIT TO FULLY
DECAY.
CONTROLLED DESCENT IS PART OF
NASA'S DUTIES. THEY ALERT THE
MEDIA AND THE POPULACE AS THEY
MONITOR THE SATELLITE'S
TRAJECTORY. AS WHAT REMAINS OF
UARS BREAKS THE ATMOSPHERE,
IT'S OBSERVED SPEEDING TOWARD
THE EARTH AS A GIANT BALL OF
FIRE.
IT PLUNGES HARMLESSLY INTO THE
PACIFIC. WAS THE UARS SATELLITE
CRASH AN ACCIDENT, OR WAS IT
CAUSED BY A SINISTER ALIEN
FORCE?
NASA ROUTINELY MONITORS EVENTS
LIKE THIS ALL THE TIME.
BUT YEARS EARLIER, ANOTHER
OBJECT MADE ITS WAY TO THE
SURFACE OF OUR WORLD BUT UNDER
VERY DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES.
DECEMBER 9, 1965, 4:45 P.M.
U.S. AIR FORCE RADAR COMMAND
RECEIVES MULTIPLE REPORTS OF A
FIREBALL STREAKING EAST ACROSS
THE SKIES OVER MICHIGAN.
IT'S FALLING AT A TREMENDOUS
SPEED. WITNESSES TAKE PHOTOS OF
THE OBJECT AND THE SMOKE TRAIL
IT LEAVES BEHIND.
GRASS FIRES ARE REPORTED AS
DEBRIS DROPS IN ITS WAKE.
THE OBJECT IS BELIEVED TO BE A
METEOR, BUT THIS METEOR ATTRACTS
THE ATTENTION OF MORE THAN JUST
THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY.
NASA, THE AIR FORCE SPECIAL
UFO OFFICE, AND THE PENTAGON
TAKE NOTICE.
THE FIREBALL CRASHES NEAR A
SMALL TOWN IN RURAL
PENNSYLVANIA, SPARKING ONE OF
THE BIGGEST UFO CONTROVERSIES
IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
UNSEALED CASE FILE: THE
KECKSBURG INCIDENT.
A UFO CRASHES IN THE WOODS
OUTSIDE KECKSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA,
BUT THE ALLEGED METEOR IS
BELIEVED TO HAVE EXHIBITED
STRANGE BEHAVIOR.
A WITNESS REPORTS...
"IT APPEARED TO MAINTAIN A
CERTAIN ALTITUDE, THEN ALL OF A
SUDDEN MADE A SHARP DIP
DOWNWARDS FROM ROUGHLY 500 OR
600 FEET TO 300."
THE MILITARY, ALONG WITH STATE
POLICE, SEAL OFF THE AREA AND
TURN AWAY CURIOUS ONLOOKERS AT
GUNPOINT.
>> AND WHEN THEY GATHERED, WHAT
THEY NOTICED WAS THAT ALMOST
INSTANTLY A GROUP, A UNIT OF
AMERICAN SOLDIERS WHO WORE NO
INSIGNIA AND CAME WITH A FLATBED
TRUCK, WERE THERE TO RETRIEVE
THIS OBJECT AND TAKE IT AWAY.
PEOPLE WERE WARNED, "KEEP YOUR
MOUTH SHUT. DON'T TALK ABOUT
THIS."
>> WHAT DID THE ARMY RECOVER
FROM THE KECKSBURG CRASH SITE,
AND WHY DID THE ARMY THREATEN
EYEWITNESSES? ACCORDING TO THOSE
WHO SAY THE ARMY TRANSPORTED
SOMETHING OUT OF THE KECKSBURG
WOODS THAT NIGHT, IT WASN'T A
METEOR. RESIDENTS REPORT SEEING
A LARGE BELL-SHAPED OBJECT UNDER
A TARP. ONE WITNESS DESCRIBED IT
AS... "A LARGE SOLID METALLIC
OBJECT. LARGE ENOUGH FOR A MAN
TO STAND INSIDE."
THE MEDIA REPORTS NOTHING WAS
FOUND AT THE IMPACT SITE, AND
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DENIES
ANY INVOLVEMENT.
BUT THIS DOES LITTLE TO END
PUBLIC SPECULATION, ESPECIALLY
IN THE 1960s, WHEN THE SPACE
RACE IS ON EVERYONE'S MIND.
>> THE EXPLORATION OF SPACE WILL
GO AHEAD WHETHER WE JOIN IN IT
OR NOT,
AND IT IS ONE OF THE GREAT
ADVENTURES OF ALL TIME.
AND NO NATION WHICH EXPECTS TO
BE THE LEADER OF OTHER NATIONS
CAN EXPECT TO STAY BEHIND IN
THIS RACE FOR SPACE.
>> AT THE TIME, AMERICA AND THE
SOVIET UNION ARE IN A SPACE RACE
TO BE THE FIRST NATION TO PUT A
MAN ON THE MOON, BUT NASA DOES
NOT OFFICIALLY REVEAL ANY
POSSIBLE EXPLANATION FOR THE
KECKSBURG INCIDENT.
>> NASA KEEPS ITS UFO SECRETS
VERY CLOSE.
WHEN I SPOKE WITH THE ASTRONAUTS
MYSELF ABOUT UFOs, THEY SAID
POINTEDLY THAT ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT THEY ARE NOT JUST
INSTRUCTED TO DO BUT ORDERED TO
DO IS NEVER TO DISCLOSE TO THE
PUBLIC UFO SIGHTINGS THEY'VE
HAD.
>> THE OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT
EXPLANATION IS THAT KECKSBURG
WAS THE SITE OF A METEOR IMPACT.
BUT HOW COULD A METEOR CHANGE
DIRECTION, AS WITNESSES REPORT?
AND WHAT DID THE MILITARY TAKE
FROM THE KECKSBURG SITE?
1965. A FIREBALL CRASHES TO
EARTH OUTSIDE THE SMALL TOWN OF
KECKSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.
AUTHORITIES INSIST THE OBJECT IS
A METEOR, BUT WITNESSES REPORT
POSSIBLE EVIDENCE OF A UFO.
WHAT REALLY FELL TO EARTH IN
KECKSBURG? SOME EXPERTS
BELIEVE THE ANSWER LIES IN
TRACING THE WHEREABOUTS OF THE
MOST IMPORTANT MAN IN AMERICA AT
THE TIME. IT IS ALLEGED THAT
PRESIDENT LYNDON JOHNSON'S
VACATION AT HIS PRIVATE TEXAS
RANCH IS INTERRUPTED. A GROUP OF
VIPs WAIT FOR HIM IN HIS LIVING
ROOM. THE MEETING IS REPORTEDLY
ABOUT BUDGET ISSUES CONCERNING
THE VIETNAM WAR, BUT THE LIST OF
VISITORS THAT DAY INDICATES THE
EMERGENCY MEETING MAY HAVE BEEN
ABOUT SOMETHING COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT.
ALONG WITH THE JOINT CHIEFS OF
STAFF ARE THE DIRECTOR OF NASA
AND THE GOVERNOR OF
PENNSYLVANIA. THE TOPIC OF
DISCUSSION THAT DAY REMAINS
UNKNOWN, BUT THE PRESIDENT
IMMEDIATELY RETURNS TO
WASHINGTON, WHERE HE CALLS AN
URGENT MEETING WITH THE DIRECTOR
OF THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY
PLANNING AT THE PENTAGON.
COULD THE RECENT SPIKE IN UFO
SIGHTINGS INDICATE SOMETHING
BIGGER AND MORE THREATENING TO
COME?
IT'S A DISTURBING THOUGHT. SINCE
THE ROSWELL INCIDENT IN 1947,
LESS THAN 20 YEARS EARLIER,
UFO SIGHTINGS SEEM TO BE
INCREASING IN NUMBERS THAT ARE
STAGGERING.
MANY GOVERNMENT INSIDERS BELIEVE
THAT UNLESS A TIGHT LID IS
CLAMPED DOWN ON THE UFO
PHENOMENON, PANIC COULD QUICKLY
SPREAD ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
[PEOPLE SCREAMING]
>> I THINK IT'S RATHER OBVIOUS
THAT THE UNITED STATES MILITARY
AND GOVERNMENT WOULD KEEP IT A
SECRET IF THERE WAS A CONFLICT
OR CONNECTION BETWEEN THEM AND
EXTRATERRESTRIALS. I THINK THE
REASON IS SIMPLE. FEAR.
IF WE WERE TO LET THE PUBLIC
KNOW THAT WE, MEANING AMERICA,
THE STRONGEST MILITARY IN THE
WORLD IS NO LONGER NUMBER ONE,
HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD FEAR THAT?
>> WAS KECKSBURG THE SITE OF A
UFO CRASH? DID PRESIDENT JOHNSON
FEAR ALIEN CONTACT?
BACK IN KECKSBURG, A LOCAL RADIO
REPORTER IS PREPARING AN
IN-DEPTH STORY ON THE INCIDENT,
COMPLETE WITH EYEWITNESS
INTERVIEWS. BUT SHORTLY BEFORE
AIR TIME, THE STATION IS
ALLEGEDLY PAID A VISIT BY THE
MEN IN BLACK.
>> THE MEN IN BLACK ARE AN
UNIDENTIFIED GROUP OR AN
ORGANIZATION THAT WOULD GO
AROUND TO ALLEGED SIGHTINGS OF
WHERE THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF UFO
REPORT.
>> THE KECKSBURG STORY
EVENTUALLY GOES TO AIR, BUT THE
STORY IS A HEAVILY CENSORED
VERSION OF THE ORIGINAL.
FOLLOWING THE BROADCAST, THE
REPORTER REFUSES TO DISCUSS
KECKSBURG EVER AGAIN.
SOME TIME LATER, HE IS
TRAGICALLY KILLED IN A HIT-AND-
RUN WHILE ON VACATION IN
CALIFORNIA. THE DRIVER OF THE
HIT-AND-RUN VEHICLE IS NEVER
FOUND.
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO THE
REPORTER? COULD HE HAVE BEEN THE
TARGET OF A GOVERNMENT COVERUP?
BUT GOVERNMENT ATTEMPTS TO
MAINTAIN SECRECY SURROUNDING
KECKSBURG PROVE UNSUCCESSFUL.
OVER THE NEXT FEW DECADES,
WITNESSES WILL CONTINUE TO BREAK
THEIR SILENCE AT GREAT PERSONAL
RISK TO REVEAL THE TRUTH ABOUT
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED THAT
FATEFUL NIGHT.
UNSEALED CASE FILE: THE
KECKSBURG WITNESSES.
IN DECEMBER 1990, ON THE 25th
ANNIVERSARY OF THE KECKSBURG
INCIDENT, MILITARY PERSONNEL
PRESENT THE NIGHT OF THE CRASH
COME FORWARD AND CONFIRM THEY
WERE GIVEN ORDERS TO USE DEADLY
FORCE. OTHER WITNESSES REVEAL
THAT MEN WEARING PROTECTIVE
SPACESUITS BEARING NASA LOGOS
WERE SEEN AT THE CRASH SITE
HANDLING A BELL-SHAPED OBJECT.
SOME ALSO CLAIM THAT OVERSEEING
THE OPERATION WERE MEN IN BLACK
SUITS. KECKSBURG RESIDENT BILL
BULEBUSH WAS CLOSE ENOUGH THAT
NIGHT TO EXAMINE THE CRASH SITE.
THE OBJECT HE SAW WAS 12 FEET
LONG AND AT LEAST 7 FEET IN
DIAMETER IN THE SHAPE OF AN
ACORN. THERE WERE NO VISIBLE
DOORS, WINDOWS, OR ENTRY POINTS
OF ANY KIND. THE METAL WAS
COMPLETELY SEAMLESS.
PERHAPS THE STRANGEST FEATURE
IS THE WRITING COVERING THE
OUTSIDE OF THE FALLEN OBJECT.
SEVERAL WITNESSES, BULEBUSH
AMONG THEM, CLAIM THE OUTSIDE
WAS COVERED WITH A HIEROGLYPHIC
STYLE OF PICTURES AND SYMBOLS.
ARE THE MARKINGS ON THE
KECKSBURG OBJECT AN ALIEN
LANGUAGE? IF SO, WHAT COULD THE
SYMBOLS POSSIBLY MEAN?
WITNESSES SAY THE CARGO'S FINAL
DESTINATION WAS WRIGHT-PATTERSON
AIR FORCE BASE, THE HOME OF
PROJECT BLUE BOOK, A GOVERNMENT
OPERATION MANDATED TO IDENTIFY
AND MONITOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL
ACTIVITY. THE BLUE BOOK TEAM IS
ALLEGED TO HAVE STUDIED THE
KECKSBURG OBJECT, HOPING TO
UNRAVEL ITS SECRETS.
1965. A FIERY OBJECT FALLS TO
EARTH OUTSIDE THE SMALL AMERICAN
TOWN OF KECKSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.
AUTHORITIES CLAIM IT IS A
METEOR. EYEWITNESSES, HOWEVER,
REPORT A BELL-SHAPED UFO WAS
REMOVED FROM THE SITE. BUT THIS
ISN'T THE FIRST BELL-SHAPED
FLYING OBJECT TO APPEAR IN
MODERN HISTORY. TWO DECADES
EARLIER, A SIMILAR TOP-SECRET
CRAFT WAS REPORTED BEING
DEVELOPED BY THE GREATEST EVIL
THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN.
UNSEALED CASE FILE: DIE GLOCKE,
THE BELL.
>> THE PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY
KNOWN AS DIE GLOCKE, OR THE NAZI
BELL, WAS SOMETHING THAT RIGHT
UP UNTIL THE FINAL DAYS OF THE
WAR, HITLER WANTED TO MAKE IT.
>> DIE GLOCKE IS ALLEGED TO BE
THE BRAINCHILD OF HANS KAMMLER,
A HIGH-RANKING NAZI ENGINEER
WHO OVERSAW MANY OF HITLER'S
SPECIAL CONSTRUCTION TASKS. HE'S
MOST INFAMOUS FOR BUILDING
CONCENTRATION CAMPS AND
UNDERGROUND BUNKERS FOR SECRET
WEAPONS MANUFACTURING.
HIS MOST VALUABLE RESOURCE?
SLAVE LABOR. NOT SURPRISING THAT
AT THE PEAK OF HIS CAREER, HE
WAS ALSO INVOLVED IN THE DEADLY
V-2 ROCKET PROGRAM THAT WOULD
CLAIM THOUSANDS OF LIVES.
BUT DEATH CAMPS AND WORLD
DOMINATION WERE NOT THE ONLY
INTERESTS HE SHARED WITH HITLER.
SOME EXPERTS BELIEVE KAMMLER MAY
HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH MATERIALS
OF AN EXTRATERRESTRIAL ORIGIN.
DIE GLOCKE WAS ALSO RUMORED TO
BE EXPERIMENTING IN TIME TRAVEL.
>> IMAGINE A TIME MACHINE THAT
COULD WIN A WAR BEFORE THE WAR
EVEN STARTED. THAT WAS THE
THEORY BEHIND THE WUNDERWAFFE,
DIE GLOCKE.
>> IF THIS MACHINE WAS EVEN
CAPABLE OF WHAT THE REPORT
SAID IT COULD DO, THEN I HAVE A
HARD TIME BELIEVING THAT IT WAS
RUNNING ON ANY KNOWN EARTHLY
SUBSTANCE AT THE TIME.
>> WERE THE NAZIS REALLY WORKING
ON A TIME MACHINE? AND WAS ITS
INVENTOR WORKING WITH RECOVERED
ALIEN TECHNOLOGY?
IN THE END, HITLER IS DEFEATED,
BUT THE FATE OF HIS SUPER WEAPON
REMAINS A MYSTERY.
DIE GLOCKE ALLEGEDLY DISAPPEARED
FROM THE GERMAN MOUNTAINS IN THE
SPRING OF 1945.
AFTER THE WAR, NAZI SCIENTISTS
ARE BROUGHT TO THE UNITED STATES
AS PART OF OPERATION PAPERCLIP
TO WORK ON TOP-SECRET MILITARY
AND SPACE PROJECTS. AMONG THEM
IS HANS KAMMLER, FATHER OF DIE
GLOCKE. THE REPORTED
SIMILARITIES BETWEEN DIE GLOCKE
AND THE KECKSBURG OBJECT ARE
UNCANNY.
>> THE DESIGNS FOR THE NAZI BELL
SHOW THAT IT WAS ABOUT 15 FEET
IN HEIGHT, SHAPED LIKE A BELL--
HENCE ITS NAME--CYLINDRICAL IN
SHAPE.
>> WAS THE KECKSBURG OBJECT A
DESCENDANT OF THE NAZI TIME
MACHINE? DID HANS KAMMLER TRADE
THE PLANS FOR DIE GLOCKE TO THE
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT IN RETURN
FOR HIS FREEDOM? MANY EXPERTS
BELIEVE NAZI SCIENTISTS WERE
ATTEMPTING TO CREATE TECHNOLOGY
THAT THE HUMAN RACE HAD NEVER
SEEN BEFORE. THE FATE OF THE
KECKSBURG OBJECT REMAINS
UNKNOWN, ALONG WITH THE NAZI
TECHNOLOGY BEHIND DIE GLOCKE,
BUT THE TIMING OF THE INCIDENT
IN THE 1960s PRESENTS ANOTHER
VERY PLAUSIBLE THEORY.
>> THE COLD WAR WAS A HUGE
BARRIER TO THE TRUTH BEING
BROUGHT FORWARD...
FOR OBVIOUS REASONS. IT WAS A
PRETTY DANGEROUS TIME.
SO, BETWEEN THAT AND THE
TECHNOLOGY, THE TRUTH EMBARGO
WAS STILL IN PLACE.
>> RUSSIA AND THE UNITED STATES
ARE NOT ONLY COMPETING FOR
SUPREMACY ON EARTH, THEY ARE
ALSO RACING TO THE MOON.
IS THE KECKSBURG OBJECT A SOVIET
SPACECRAFT?
DECEMBER 9, 1965. THE RUSSIAN
SPACECRAFT "COSMOS 96" IS
LAUNCHED ON AN INCREDIBLY
AMBITIOUS MISSION. IT IS
DESIGNED TO ORBIT AND EXPLORE
VENUS. BUT THE "COSMOS" MISSION
IS ABORTED IN LOW EARTH
ATMOSPHERE, AS THE CRAFT LOSES
CONTROL AND BEGINS A FREEFALL
BACK TO EARTH.
RUSSIA WOULD NEED TO INFORM THE
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT TO AVOID
THIS BEING SEEN AS AN ATTACK
THAT COULD LEAD TO NUCLEAR WAR.
IN THAT EVENT, THE SECRECY
SURROUNDING THE KECKSBURG
INCIDENT COULD BE THE RESULT OF
AMERICAN DESIRE TO RECOVER
SOVIET SPACE TECHNOLOGY.
THE RUSSIAN CYRILLIC ALPHABET
COULD ALSO EXPLAIN THE STRANGE
SYMBOLS MOST OF THE WITNESSES
REPORT ON THE OBJECT. IT'S A
COMPELLING CASE THAT WOULD
EXPLAIN A GREAT DEAL, EXCEPT FOR
ONE INCONSISTENCY.
"COSMOS 96" LANDED 13 HOURS
EARLIER NORTH OF THE CANADIAN
BORDER, A FACT THAT HAS BEEN
CONFIRMED BY U.S. SPACE COMMAND
AND NASA'S CHIEF ORBITAL DEBRIS
SCIENTIST NICHOLAS JOHNSON.
SEEKING ANSWERS FOR THE INCIDENT
AT KECKSBURG, UFOLOGISTS TURN TO
NASA, BUT ALL DISCLOSURE
REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION ARE MET
WITH RESISTANCE.
IN FACT, NASA CLAIMS "THE FILES
ON THE INCIDENT DO NOT EXIST.
THE TRUTH BEHIND THE KECKSBURG
INCIDENT HAS REMAINED A MYSTERY
FOR ALMOST 50 YEARS.
BUT IN 2007, NASA IS TAKEN TO
COURT IN AN ATTEMPT TO FORCE THE
ADMINISTRATION TO RELEASE ITS
FILES ON THE INCIDENT. BUT WHILE
UNDER QUESTIONING, NASA
SPOKESMAN DAVID STEITZ REVEALS
THAT ALL OF ITS KECKSBURG
RECORDS ARE MISSING. IN LIGHT OF
THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT, NASA
CONSIDERS THE CASE CLOSED.
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED THAT
FATEFUL NIGHT IN KECKSBURG IN
1965? ONE WITNESS SAW MORE THAN
HE SHOULD HAVE AND WAS TOLD BY A
MILITARY OFFICER TO "KEEP HIS
MOUTH SHUT." HE DID, FOR OVER 25
YEARS. A LABORER WHO MADE A
DELIVERY TO WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR
FORCE BASE SAW A BODY LYING ON A
WORKBENCH COVERED IN A WHITE
SHEET. "IT APPEARED TO BE FOUR
TO FIVE FEET TALL. EIGHTY
POUNDS." THE WITNESS DESCRIBES
A HAND STICKING OUT FROM UNDER
THE SHEET, AND THE SKIN WAS
LIZARD-LIKE.
IS THE KECKSBURG COVERUP
DISTURBING EVIDENCE OF AN ALIEN
VISITOR TO PLANET EARTH? THE
PUBLIC HAS A RIGHT TO KNOW.
THIS IS "UNSEALED: ALIEN FILES",
EXPOSING THE BIGGEST SECRET ON
PLANET EARTH.
Corrected & sync CORNELDVD
SOLITARY EVENTS THAT LEAVE
WITNESSES SCRAMBLING TO PROVE
THEIR STORY. BUT WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN THE SAME OBJECT IS SEEN BY
MANY PEOPLE AT THE SAME TIME?
IN 1965, HUNDREDS WATCH IN
AMAZEMENT AS A FIREBALL CRASHES
IN RURAL PENNSYLVANIA.
BUT AS EYEWITNESSES STRUGGLE TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY SEE, THE
U.S. GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHES ONE
OF THE MOST ELABORATE COVERUPS
IN UFO HISTORY. IS IT A
SPECTACULAR METEOR, A CASUALTY
OF THE SPACE RACE, OR IS IT
SOMETHING OUT OF THIS WORLD?
JOIN US AS WE EXPOSE THE HIDDEN
SECRETS OF THE KECKSBURG
INCIDENT ON "UNSEALED: ALIEN
FILES."
A GLOBAL EFFORT HAS BEGUN.
SECRET FILES, HIDDEN FROM THE
PUBLIC FOR DECADES, DETAILING
EVERY UFO ACCOUNT ARE NOW
AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
WE ARE ABOUT TO UNCOVER THE
TRUTH BEHIND THESE CLASSIFIED
DOCUMENTS, FIND OUT WHAT THE
GOVERNMENT DOESN'T WANT YOU TO
KNOW. "UNSEALED: ALIEN FILES",
EXPOSING THE BIGGEST SECRET ON
PLANET EARTH.
EARTH'S ORBIT, NOVEMBER 2007.
HIGH ABOVE THE PLANET'S SURFACE,
THE NASA ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH
SATELLITE UARS COLLIDES WITH AN
OBJECT OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN.
IS IT A METEOR...
ANOTHER SATELLITE OFF ITS
COURSE...
OR IS IT A UFO?
MARK MATNEY OF NASA'S ORBITAL
DEBRIS PROGRAM SAYS...
"IT'S VERY HARD TO DETERMINE
WHAT MIGHT HAVE HIT UARS."
THOUGH THE MAIN BODY OF THE
SATELLITE IS INTACT, PIECES FLY
OFF IN ALL DIRECTIONS.
IT TAKES A FURTHER 3 YEARS FOR
THE SATELLITE'S ORBIT TO FULLY
DECAY.
CONTROLLED DESCENT IS PART OF
NASA'S DUTIES. THEY ALERT THE
MEDIA AND THE POPULACE AS THEY
MONITOR THE SATELLITE'S
TRAJECTORY. AS WHAT REMAINS OF
UARS BREAKS THE ATMOSPHERE,
IT'S OBSERVED SPEEDING TOWARD
THE EARTH AS A GIANT BALL OF
FIRE.
IT PLUNGES HARMLESSLY INTO THE
PACIFIC. WAS THE UARS SATELLITE
CRASH AN ACCIDENT, OR WAS IT
CAUSED BY A SINISTER ALIEN
FORCE?
NASA ROUTINELY MONITORS EVENTS
LIKE THIS ALL THE TIME.
BUT YEARS EARLIER, ANOTHER
OBJECT MADE ITS WAY TO THE
SURFACE OF OUR WORLD BUT UNDER
VERY DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES.
DECEMBER 9, 1965, 4:45 P.M.
U.S. AIR FORCE RADAR COMMAND
RECEIVES MULTIPLE REPORTS OF A
FIREBALL STREAKING EAST ACROSS
THE SKIES OVER MICHIGAN.
IT'S FALLING AT A TREMENDOUS
SPEED. WITNESSES TAKE PHOTOS OF
THE OBJECT AND THE SMOKE TRAIL
IT LEAVES BEHIND.
GRASS FIRES ARE REPORTED AS
DEBRIS DROPS IN ITS WAKE.
THE OBJECT IS BELIEVED TO BE A
METEOR, BUT THIS METEOR ATTRACTS
THE ATTENTION OF MORE THAN JUST
THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY.
NASA, THE AIR FORCE SPECIAL
UFO OFFICE, AND THE PENTAGON
TAKE NOTICE.
THE FIREBALL CRASHES NEAR A
SMALL TOWN IN RURAL
PENNSYLVANIA, SPARKING ONE OF
THE BIGGEST UFO CONTROVERSIES
IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
UNSEALED CASE FILE: THE
KECKSBURG INCIDENT.
A UFO CRASHES IN THE WOODS
OUTSIDE KECKSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA,
BUT THE ALLEGED METEOR IS
BELIEVED TO HAVE EXHIBITED
STRANGE BEHAVIOR.
A WITNESS REPORTS...
"IT APPEARED TO MAINTAIN A
CERTAIN ALTITUDE, THEN ALL OF A
SUDDEN MADE A SHARP DIP
DOWNWARDS FROM ROUGHLY 500 OR
600 FEET TO 300."
THE MILITARY, ALONG WITH STATE
POLICE, SEAL OFF THE AREA AND
TURN AWAY CURIOUS ONLOOKERS AT
GUNPOINT.
>> AND WHEN THEY GATHERED, WHAT
THEY NOTICED WAS THAT ALMOST
INSTANTLY A GROUP, A UNIT OF
AMERICAN SOLDIERS WHO WORE NO
INSIGNIA AND CAME WITH A FLATBED
TRUCK, WERE THERE TO RETRIEVE
THIS OBJECT AND TAKE IT AWAY.
PEOPLE WERE WARNED, "KEEP YOUR
MOUTH SHUT. DON'T TALK ABOUT
THIS."
>> WHAT DID THE ARMY RECOVER
FROM THE KECKSBURG CRASH SITE,
AND WHY DID THE ARMY THREATEN
EYEWITNESSES? ACCORDING TO THOSE
WHO SAY THE ARMY TRANSPORTED
SOMETHING OUT OF THE KECKSBURG
WOODS THAT NIGHT, IT WASN'T A
METEOR. RESIDENTS REPORT SEEING
A LARGE BELL-SHAPED OBJECT UNDER
A TARP. ONE WITNESS DESCRIBED IT
AS... "A LARGE SOLID METALLIC
OBJECT. LARGE ENOUGH FOR A MAN
TO STAND INSIDE."
THE MEDIA REPORTS NOTHING WAS
FOUND AT THE IMPACT SITE, AND
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DENIES
ANY INVOLVEMENT.
BUT THIS DOES LITTLE TO END
PUBLIC SPECULATION, ESPECIALLY
IN THE 1960s, WHEN THE SPACE
RACE IS ON EVERYONE'S MIND.
>> THE EXPLORATION OF SPACE WILL
GO AHEAD WHETHER WE JOIN IN IT
OR NOT,
AND IT IS ONE OF THE GREAT
ADVENTURES OF ALL TIME.
AND NO NATION WHICH EXPECTS TO
BE THE LEADER OF OTHER NATIONS
CAN EXPECT TO STAY BEHIND IN
THIS RACE FOR SPACE.
>> AT THE TIME, AMERICA AND THE
SOVIET UNION ARE IN A SPACE RACE
TO BE THE FIRST NATION TO PUT A
MAN ON THE MOON, BUT NASA DOES
NOT OFFICIALLY REVEAL ANY
POSSIBLE EXPLANATION FOR THE
KECKSBURG INCIDENT.
>> NASA KEEPS ITS UFO SECRETS
VERY CLOSE.
WHEN I SPOKE WITH THE ASTRONAUTS
MYSELF ABOUT UFOs, THEY SAID
POINTEDLY THAT ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT THEY ARE NOT JUST
INSTRUCTED TO DO BUT ORDERED TO
DO IS NEVER TO DISCLOSE TO THE
PUBLIC UFO SIGHTINGS THEY'VE
HAD.
>> THE OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT
EXPLANATION IS THAT KECKSBURG
WAS THE SITE OF A METEOR IMPACT.
BUT HOW COULD A METEOR CHANGE
DIRECTION, AS WITNESSES REPORT?
AND WHAT DID THE MILITARY TAKE
FROM THE KECKSBURG SITE?
1965. A FIREBALL CRASHES TO
EARTH OUTSIDE THE SMALL TOWN OF
KECKSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.
AUTHORITIES INSIST THE OBJECT IS
A METEOR, BUT WITNESSES REPORT
POSSIBLE EVIDENCE OF A UFO.
WHAT REALLY FELL TO EARTH IN
KECKSBURG? SOME EXPERTS
BELIEVE THE ANSWER LIES IN
TRACING THE WHEREABOUTS OF THE
MOST IMPORTANT MAN IN AMERICA AT
THE TIME. IT IS ALLEGED THAT
PRESIDENT LYNDON JOHNSON'S
VACATION AT HIS PRIVATE TEXAS
RANCH IS INTERRUPTED. A GROUP OF
VIPs WAIT FOR HIM IN HIS LIVING
ROOM. THE MEETING IS REPORTEDLY
ABOUT BUDGET ISSUES CONCERNING
THE VIETNAM WAR, BUT THE LIST OF
VISITORS THAT DAY INDICATES THE
EMERGENCY MEETING MAY HAVE BEEN
ABOUT SOMETHING COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT.
ALONG WITH THE JOINT CHIEFS OF
STAFF ARE THE DIRECTOR OF NASA
AND THE GOVERNOR OF
PENNSYLVANIA. THE TOPIC OF
DISCUSSION THAT DAY REMAINS
UNKNOWN, BUT THE PRESIDENT
IMMEDIATELY RETURNS TO
WASHINGTON, WHERE HE CALLS AN
URGENT MEETING WITH THE DIRECTOR
OF THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY
PLANNING AT THE PENTAGON.
COULD THE RECENT SPIKE IN UFO
SIGHTINGS INDICATE SOMETHING
BIGGER AND MORE THREATENING TO
COME?
IT'S A DISTURBING THOUGHT. SINCE
THE ROSWELL INCIDENT IN 1947,
LESS THAN 20 YEARS EARLIER,
UFO SIGHTINGS SEEM TO BE
INCREASING IN NUMBERS THAT ARE
STAGGERING.
MANY GOVERNMENT INSIDERS BELIEVE
THAT UNLESS A TIGHT LID IS
CLAMPED DOWN ON THE UFO
PHENOMENON, PANIC COULD QUICKLY
SPREAD ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
[PEOPLE SCREAMING]
>> I THINK IT'S RATHER OBVIOUS
THAT THE UNITED STATES MILITARY
AND GOVERNMENT WOULD KEEP IT A
SECRET IF THERE WAS A CONFLICT
OR CONNECTION BETWEEN THEM AND
EXTRATERRESTRIALS. I THINK THE
REASON IS SIMPLE. FEAR.
IF WE WERE TO LET THE PUBLIC
KNOW THAT WE, MEANING AMERICA,
THE STRONGEST MILITARY IN THE
WORLD IS NO LONGER NUMBER ONE,
HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD FEAR THAT?
>> WAS KECKSBURG THE SITE OF A
UFO CRASH? DID PRESIDENT JOHNSON
FEAR ALIEN CONTACT?
BACK IN KECKSBURG, A LOCAL RADIO
REPORTER IS PREPARING AN
IN-DEPTH STORY ON THE INCIDENT,
COMPLETE WITH EYEWITNESS
INTERVIEWS. BUT SHORTLY BEFORE
AIR TIME, THE STATION IS
ALLEGEDLY PAID A VISIT BY THE
MEN IN BLACK.
>> THE MEN IN BLACK ARE AN
UNIDENTIFIED GROUP OR AN
ORGANIZATION THAT WOULD GO
AROUND TO ALLEGED SIGHTINGS OF
WHERE THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF UFO
REPORT.
>> THE KECKSBURG STORY
EVENTUALLY GOES TO AIR, BUT THE
STORY IS A HEAVILY CENSORED
VERSION OF THE ORIGINAL.
FOLLOWING THE BROADCAST, THE
REPORTER REFUSES TO DISCUSS
KECKSBURG EVER AGAIN.
SOME TIME LATER, HE IS
TRAGICALLY KILLED IN A HIT-AND-
RUN WHILE ON VACATION IN
CALIFORNIA. THE DRIVER OF THE
HIT-AND-RUN VEHICLE IS NEVER
FOUND.
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO THE
REPORTER? COULD HE HAVE BEEN THE
TARGET OF A GOVERNMENT COVERUP?
BUT GOVERNMENT ATTEMPTS TO
MAINTAIN SECRECY SURROUNDING
KECKSBURG PROVE UNSUCCESSFUL.
OVER THE NEXT FEW DECADES,
WITNESSES WILL CONTINUE TO BREAK
THEIR SILENCE AT GREAT PERSONAL
RISK TO REVEAL THE TRUTH ABOUT
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED THAT
FATEFUL NIGHT.
UNSEALED CASE FILE: THE
KECKSBURG WITNESSES.
IN DECEMBER 1990, ON THE 25th
ANNIVERSARY OF THE KECKSBURG
INCIDENT, MILITARY PERSONNEL
PRESENT THE NIGHT OF THE CRASH
COME FORWARD AND CONFIRM THEY
WERE GIVEN ORDERS TO USE DEADLY
FORCE. OTHER WITNESSES REVEAL
THAT MEN WEARING PROTECTIVE
SPACESUITS BEARING NASA LOGOS
WERE SEEN AT THE CRASH SITE
HANDLING A BELL-SHAPED OBJECT.
SOME ALSO CLAIM THAT OVERSEEING
THE OPERATION WERE MEN IN BLACK
SUITS. KECKSBURG RESIDENT BILL
BULEBUSH WAS CLOSE ENOUGH THAT
NIGHT TO EXAMINE THE CRASH SITE.
THE OBJECT HE SAW WAS 12 FEET
LONG AND AT LEAST 7 FEET IN
DIAMETER IN THE SHAPE OF AN
ACORN. THERE WERE NO VISIBLE
DOORS, WINDOWS, OR ENTRY POINTS
OF ANY KIND. THE METAL WAS
COMPLETELY SEAMLESS.
PERHAPS THE STRANGEST FEATURE
IS THE WRITING COVERING THE
OUTSIDE OF THE FALLEN OBJECT.
SEVERAL WITNESSES, BULEBUSH
AMONG THEM, CLAIM THE OUTSIDE
WAS COVERED WITH A HIEROGLYPHIC
STYLE OF PICTURES AND SYMBOLS.
ARE THE MARKINGS ON THE
KECKSBURG OBJECT AN ALIEN
LANGUAGE? IF SO, WHAT COULD THE
SYMBOLS POSSIBLY MEAN?
WITNESSES SAY THE CARGO'S FINAL
DESTINATION WAS WRIGHT-PATTERSON
AIR FORCE BASE, THE HOME OF
PROJECT BLUE BOOK, A GOVERNMENT
OPERATION MANDATED TO IDENTIFY
AND MONITOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL
ACTIVITY. THE BLUE BOOK TEAM IS
ALLEGED TO HAVE STUDIED THE
KECKSBURG OBJECT, HOPING TO
UNRAVEL ITS SECRETS.
1965. A FIERY OBJECT FALLS TO
EARTH OUTSIDE THE SMALL AMERICAN
TOWN OF KECKSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.
AUTHORITIES CLAIM IT IS A
METEOR. EYEWITNESSES, HOWEVER,
REPORT A BELL-SHAPED UFO WAS
REMOVED FROM THE SITE. BUT THIS
ISN'T THE FIRST BELL-SHAPED
FLYING OBJECT TO APPEAR IN
MODERN HISTORY. TWO DECADES
EARLIER, A SIMILAR TOP-SECRET
CRAFT WAS REPORTED BEING
DEVELOPED BY THE GREATEST EVIL
THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN.
UNSEALED CASE FILE: DIE GLOCKE,
THE BELL.
>> THE PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY
KNOWN AS DIE GLOCKE, OR THE NAZI
BELL, WAS SOMETHING THAT RIGHT
UP UNTIL THE FINAL DAYS OF THE
WAR, HITLER WANTED TO MAKE IT.
>> DIE GLOCKE IS ALLEGED TO BE
THE BRAINCHILD OF HANS KAMMLER,
A HIGH-RANKING NAZI ENGINEER
WHO OVERSAW MANY OF HITLER'S
SPECIAL CONSTRUCTION TASKS. HE'S
MOST INFAMOUS FOR BUILDING
CONCENTRATION CAMPS AND
UNDERGROUND BUNKERS FOR SECRET
WEAPONS MANUFACTURING.
HIS MOST VALUABLE RESOURCE?
SLAVE LABOR. NOT SURPRISING THAT
AT THE PEAK OF HIS CAREER, HE
WAS ALSO INVOLVED IN THE DEADLY
V-2 ROCKET PROGRAM THAT WOULD
CLAIM THOUSANDS OF LIVES.
BUT DEATH CAMPS AND WORLD
DOMINATION WERE NOT THE ONLY
INTERESTS HE SHARED WITH HITLER.
SOME EXPERTS BELIEVE KAMMLER MAY
HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH MATERIALS
OF AN EXTRATERRESTRIAL ORIGIN.
DIE GLOCKE WAS ALSO RUMORED TO
BE EXPERIMENTING IN TIME TRAVEL.
>> IMAGINE A TIME MACHINE THAT
COULD WIN A WAR BEFORE THE WAR
EVEN STARTED. THAT WAS THE
THEORY BEHIND THE WUNDERWAFFE,
DIE GLOCKE.
>> IF THIS MACHINE WAS EVEN
CAPABLE OF WHAT THE REPORT
SAID IT COULD DO, THEN I HAVE A
HARD TIME BELIEVING THAT IT WAS
RUNNING ON ANY KNOWN EARTHLY
SUBSTANCE AT THE TIME.
>> WERE THE NAZIS REALLY WORKING
ON A TIME MACHINE? AND WAS ITS
INVENTOR WORKING WITH RECOVERED
ALIEN TECHNOLOGY?
IN THE END, HITLER IS DEFEATED,
BUT THE FATE OF HIS SUPER WEAPON
REMAINS A MYSTERY.
DIE GLOCKE ALLEGEDLY DISAPPEARED
FROM THE GERMAN MOUNTAINS IN THE
SPRING OF 1945.
AFTER THE WAR, NAZI SCIENTISTS
ARE BROUGHT TO THE UNITED STATES
AS PART OF OPERATION PAPERCLIP
TO WORK ON TOP-SECRET MILITARY
AND SPACE PROJECTS. AMONG THEM
IS HANS KAMMLER, FATHER OF DIE
GLOCKE. THE REPORTED
SIMILARITIES BETWEEN DIE GLOCKE
AND THE KECKSBURG OBJECT ARE
UNCANNY.
>> THE DESIGNS FOR THE NAZI BELL
SHOW THAT IT WAS ABOUT 15 FEET
IN HEIGHT, SHAPED LIKE A BELL--
HENCE ITS NAME--CYLINDRICAL IN
SHAPE.
>> WAS THE KECKSBURG OBJECT A
DESCENDANT OF THE NAZI TIME
MACHINE? DID HANS KAMMLER TRADE
THE PLANS FOR DIE GLOCKE TO THE
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT IN RETURN
FOR HIS FREEDOM? MANY EXPERTS
BELIEVE NAZI SCIENTISTS WERE
ATTEMPTING TO CREATE TECHNOLOGY
THAT THE HUMAN RACE HAD NEVER
SEEN BEFORE. THE FATE OF THE
KECKSBURG OBJECT REMAINS
UNKNOWN, ALONG WITH THE NAZI
TECHNOLOGY BEHIND DIE GLOCKE,
BUT THE TIMING OF THE INCIDENT
IN THE 1960s PRESENTS ANOTHER
VERY PLAUSIBLE THEORY.
>> THE COLD WAR WAS A HUGE
BARRIER TO THE TRUTH BEING
BROUGHT FORWARD...
FOR OBVIOUS REASONS. IT WAS A
PRETTY DANGEROUS TIME.
SO, BETWEEN THAT AND THE
TECHNOLOGY, THE TRUTH EMBARGO
WAS STILL IN PLACE.
>> RUSSIA AND THE UNITED STATES
ARE NOT ONLY COMPETING FOR
SUPREMACY ON EARTH, THEY ARE
ALSO RACING TO THE MOON.
IS THE KECKSBURG OBJECT A SOVIET
SPACECRAFT?
DECEMBER 9, 1965. THE RUSSIAN
SPACECRAFT "COSMOS 96" IS
LAUNCHED ON AN INCREDIBLY
AMBITIOUS MISSION. IT IS
DESIGNED TO ORBIT AND EXPLORE
VENUS. BUT THE "COSMOS" MISSION
IS ABORTED IN LOW EARTH
ATMOSPHERE, AS THE CRAFT LOSES
CONTROL AND BEGINS A FREEFALL
BACK TO EARTH.
RUSSIA WOULD NEED TO INFORM THE
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT TO AVOID
THIS BEING SEEN AS AN ATTACK
THAT COULD LEAD TO NUCLEAR WAR.
IN THAT EVENT, THE SECRECY
SURROUNDING THE KECKSBURG
INCIDENT COULD BE THE RESULT OF
AMERICAN DESIRE TO RECOVER
SOVIET SPACE TECHNOLOGY.
THE RUSSIAN CYRILLIC ALPHABET
COULD ALSO EXPLAIN THE STRANGE
SYMBOLS MOST OF THE WITNESSES
REPORT ON THE OBJECT. IT'S A
COMPELLING CASE THAT WOULD
EXPLAIN A GREAT DEAL, EXCEPT FOR
ONE INCONSISTENCY.
"COSMOS 96" LANDED 13 HOURS
EARLIER NORTH OF THE CANADIAN
BORDER, A FACT THAT HAS BEEN
CONFIRMED BY U.S. SPACE COMMAND
AND NASA'S CHIEF ORBITAL DEBRIS
SCIENTIST NICHOLAS JOHNSON.
SEEKING ANSWERS FOR THE INCIDENT
AT KECKSBURG, UFOLOGISTS TURN TO
NASA, BUT ALL DISCLOSURE
REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION ARE MET
WITH RESISTANCE.
IN FACT, NASA CLAIMS "THE FILES
ON THE INCIDENT DO NOT EXIST.
THE TRUTH BEHIND THE KECKSBURG
INCIDENT HAS REMAINED A MYSTERY
FOR ALMOST 50 YEARS.
BUT IN 2007, NASA IS TAKEN TO
COURT IN AN ATTEMPT TO FORCE THE
ADMINISTRATION TO RELEASE ITS
FILES ON THE INCIDENT. BUT WHILE
UNDER QUESTIONING, NASA
SPOKESMAN DAVID STEITZ REVEALS
THAT ALL OF ITS KECKSBURG
RECORDS ARE MISSING. IN LIGHT OF
THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT, NASA
CONSIDERS THE CASE CLOSED.
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED THAT
FATEFUL NIGHT IN KECKSBURG IN
1965? ONE WITNESS SAW MORE THAN
HE SHOULD HAVE AND WAS TOLD BY A
MILITARY OFFICER TO "KEEP HIS
MOUTH SHUT." HE DID, FOR OVER 25
YEARS. A LABORER WHO MADE A
DELIVERY TO WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR
FORCE BASE SAW A BODY LYING ON A
WORKBENCH COVERED IN A WHITE
SHEET. "IT APPEARED TO BE FOUR
TO FIVE FEET TALL. EIGHTY
POUNDS." THE WITNESS DESCRIBES
A HAND STICKING OUT FROM UNDER
THE SHEET, AND THE SKIN WAS
LIZARD-LIKE.
IS THE KECKSBURG COVERUP
DISTURBING EVIDENCE OF AN ALIEN
VISITOR TO PLANET EARTH? THE
PUBLIC HAS A RIGHT TO KNOW.
THIS IS "UNSEALED: ALIEN FILES",
EXPOSING THE BIGGEST SECRET ON
PLANET EARTH.
Corrected & sync CORNELDVD