Unsealed: Alien Files (2012–…): Season 2, Episode 5 - Soviet UFOs - full transcript
THE SOVIET UNION,
THE 20th CENTURY'S OTHER
SUPERPOWER.
IT WAS THE BIGGEST NATION THE
WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN, AND ITS
VAST SKIES CONTINUE TO BEAR
WITNESS TO THOUSANDS OF UFO
SIGHTINGS. BUT THE SOVIET REGIME
WAS NOTORIOUS FOR ITS SECRECY.
>> THE SOVIET UNION AND
COMMUNIST CHINA HAD THEIR OWN
REASONS WHY THEY DIDN'T WANT TO
BE TELLING THEIR PEOPLE ABOUT
EXTRATERRESTRIALS.
>> MANY OF THESE ALIEN
ENCOUNTERS HAD POTENTIALLY
DEADLY CONSEQUENCES FOR THE
ENTIRE WORLD.
TONIGHT, WE GO BEHIND THE IRON
CURTAIN TO INVESTIGATE 50 YEARS
OF SOVIET UFO ENCOUNTERS,
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 SECRETS
ON PLANET EARTH.
DALNEGORSK.
JANUARY 29, 1986.
THOUSANDS OF MILES EAST OF
MOSCOW, THIS TINY MINING TOWN IS
ABOUT TO WITNESS AN EVENT
THAT WILL SEND SHOCKWAVES
THROUGH THE UFO COMMUNITY.
HUNDREDS WATCH IN DISBELIEF
AS A FIREBALL STREAKS ACROSS THE
SKY AND CRASHES INTO A NEARBY
MOUNTAIN. NEWS OF THIS MASS
SIGHTING WILL QUICKLY SPREAD
BEYOND THE NATION'S BORDERS,
OPENING THE WORLD'S EYES TO
DECADES OF PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN
UFO ENCOUNTERS.
UNSEALED CASE FILE:
THE RUSSIAN ROSWELL.
CROWDS QUICKLY GATHER AT THE
CRASH SITE, WHERE THEY DISCOVER
A SCORCHED CRATER 3 METERS IN
DIAMETER, SURROUNDED BY A DEBRIS
FIELD OF SMALL METALLIC BEADS.
GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES ARRIVE ON
THE SCENE AND COLLECT SAMPLES OF
THE STRANGE MATERIAL, WHICH IS
IMMEDIATELY SENT TO THE SOVIET
UNION'S TOP SCIENTIFIC MINDS
FOR TESTING.
THEY ARE DUMBFOUNDED BY THEIR
FINDINGS. THE BEADS ARE UNLIKE
ANYTHING EVER OBSERVED BEFORE IN
THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE.
>> 3 SOVIET ACADEMIC CENTERS
AND 11 RESEARCH INSTITUTES
ANALYZED THE OBJECTS FROM THIS
UFO CRASH. THE DISTANCE BETWEEN
ATOMS IS DIFFERENT FROM ORDINARY
IRON IN THIS MATERIAL. RADAR
CANNOT BE REFLECTED FROM THE
MATERIAL. ELEMENTS IN THE
MATERIAL MAY DISAPPEAR AND NEW
ONES APPEAR AFTER HEATING.
ONE PIECE APPARENTLY DISAPPEARED
COMPLETELY IN FRONT OF 4
WITNESSES.
>> BUT ONE CHARACTERISTIC ABOVE
ALL LEAVES THE SOVIETS IN
DISBELIEF. THE BEADS EXHIBIT
ANTI-GRAVITATIONAL PROPERTIES.
THEY ARE LEFT WITH ONLY ONE
POSSIBLE ANSWER.
A DECLASSIFIED 1989 CIA REPORT
ON SOVIET UFOs STATES THAT
"SCIENTISTS HAVE CONCLUDED THAT
THE OBJECT THAT CRASHED...WAS AN
EXTRATERRESTRIAL SPACE VEHICLE
CONSTRUCTED BY HIGHLY
INTELLIGENT BEINGS."
AN AMERICAN JOURNALIST CLAIMS TO
HAVE SMUGGLED SAMPLES OF THE
MATERIAL BACK TO THE UNITED
STATES.
>> AMERICAN JOURNALIST GEORGE
KNAPP, HE WAS THE ONLY BROADCAST
JOURNALIST TO GO TO RUSSIA,
GET SOME OF THE MATERIALS OF THE
DALNEGORSK CRASH, NOW WHAT SOME
PEOPLE ARE REFERRING TO AFTER
ALL THESE YEARS AS THE RUSSIAN
ROSWELL.
>> IT'S A NOD TO THE INFAMOUS
STORY OF A UFO CRASH NEAR
ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO, IN 1947,
THAT WAS AT FIRST CONFIRMED BY
THE AMERICAN MILITARY, ONLY TO
BE LATER DENIED IN A STUNNING
ABOUT FACE. IT'S THE EVENT THAT
BROUGHT UFOs AND GOVERNMENT
CONSPIRACIES INTO THE PUBLIC
CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE WEST.
IN THE EAST, THE SOVIETS WOULD
ATTEMPT A MORE OPEN POLICY ON
UFOs. IN 1967, THE FIRST UFO
STUDY GROUP WAS FORMED.
ITS LEADERS WENT ON STATE
TELEVISION TO APPEAL TO THE
PUBLIC TO SUBMIT THEIR STORIES
OF UFO SIGHTINGS AND ALIEN
ENCOUNTERS. THE RESPONSE WAS
OVERWHELMING.
BUT LIKE THE UNITED STATES,
THE SOVIET UNION WOULD PERFORM
AN ABRUPT ABOUT FACE ON THE
ISSUE, DISSOLVING THE STUDY
GROUP AFTER LESS THAN A YEAR,
WITH NO EXPLANATION.
IN THE YEARS THAT FOLLOWED,
THE SOVIETS WOULD MAINTAIN
A STRICT CODE OF SILENCE ON THE
SUBJECT OF UFOs. WHAT DID THE
SOVIET STUDY GROUP DISCOVER THAT
FORCED THE KREMLIN TO BRING
A SWIFT END TO THE PROJECT?
WHAT WERE THEY HIDING?
LIKE THE AMERICAN COVER-UP AFTER
ROSWELL, SOVIET OFFICIALS
ARE QUICK TO DOWNPLAY
THE DALNEGORSK EVENT.
BUT IN THE LATE 1980s,
THE SOVIET UNION ISN'T THE SAME
HARDLINE STATE OF DECADES PAST.
NEW COMMUNIST PARTY SECRETARY
MIKHAIL GORBACHEV HAS USHERED IN
AN ERA OF GLASNOST, OR OPENNESS.
PEOPLE ARE NO LONGER AS AFRAID
TO SPEAK OUT ON TABOO SUBJECTS,
LIKE UFOs. IN THE WAKE OF THE
DALNEGORSK INCIDENT,
WORD OF DECADES OF SOVIET UFO
REPORTS BEGINS TO SPREAD.
AND MANY OF THESE HAD DEADLY
CONSEQUENCES.
THE SOVIET UNION PAID WITNESS TO
THOUSANDS OF UFO SIGHTINGS
DURING ITS EXISTENCE.
BUT VIRTUALLY ALL OF THESE
REPORTS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED
OR LOST TO HISTORY.
ONE OF THE FEW THAT DID SURVIVE
CONTINUES TO HAUNT THE REGION
TODAY.
UNSEALED CASE FILE:
THE DYATLOV PASS INCIDENT.
THE URAL MOUNTAINS, 1959.
9 FRIENDS EMBARK ON A
CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING TRIP
THROUGH A VALLEY KNOWN TODAY AS
THE DYATLOV PASS.
ALL ARE EXPERIENCED IN SURVIVING
EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS.
NOT LONG INTO THEIR JOURNEY,
THE URALS ARE HIT BY A POWERFUL
SNOWSTORM.
WHEN THE SKIERS FAIL TO ARRIVE
AT THEIR DESTINATION, A SEARCH
PARTY SETS OUT TO LOCATE THEM.
WHAT THEY FIND IS THE STUFF OF
NIGHTMARES. THE RESCUERS
DISCOVER A BADLY DAMAGED TENT,
BUT NO ONE IS WITHIN.
THE GROUP'S BELONGINGS, HOWEVER,
ARE THERE, INCLUDING THE GROUP'S
CAMERAS AND DIARIES.
FURTHER EXAMINATION REVEALS THE
TENT HAD BEEN CUT OPEN,
FROM THE INSIDE. THE RESCUERS
FOLLOW A TRAIL OF FOOTPRINTS TO
THE EDGE OF A NEARBY FOREST,
WHERE THEY MAKE A GRISLY
DISCOVERY. 5 BODIES CLAD IN ONLY
THEIR UNDERWEAR, FROZEN IN THE
SNOW. EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THEY
WERE TRYING TO RETURN TO THE
TENT. FORENSIC EXAMINATION
SUGGESTS THAT ALL EXPIRED FROM
HYPOTHERMIA. IT SEEMS THE PARTY
EMBARKED ON A BIZARRE
MISADVENTURE, DISORIENTED BY THE
INTENSE COLD.
THAT IS, UNTIL THE REMAINING
4 BODIES ARE DISCOVERED MONTHS
LATER. THEIR CAUSES OF DEATH
WILL CAST A SINISTER NEW LIGHT
ON THE CASE. TWO OF THE NEWLY
DISCOVERED BODIES HAVE MAJOR
SKULL FRACTURES, AND THE OTHERS
CHEST FRACTURES.
ONE FEMALE HAS HAD HER TONGUE
CUT OUT. THE FINAL REPORT ON THE
DYATLOV PASS INCIDENT IS SENT TO
A SECRET ARCHIVE, WHERE IT WILL
REMAIN UNTIL THE 1990s.
WHEN THE FILE IS FINALLY
RELEASED, CRUCIAL DOCUMENTS ARE
MISSING. THOSE THAT SURVIVE
STATE THAT "THE FATAL INJURIES
COULD NOT HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY
ANOTHER HUMAN BEING."
AND THAT "HIGH DOSES OF
RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION" WERE
PRESENT IN SOME ARTICLES OF
CLOTHING."
WHAT COMPELLED 9 SKIERS TO BURST
FROM THEIR TENT AND RUN NAKED
INTO A RAGING SNOWSTORM?
WHAT CAUSED THE RADIOACTIVITY IN
THEIR CLOTHING? AND WHAT
INFLICTED THE GRUESOME INJURIES,
INCLUDING THE SEVERED TONGUE?
MANY THEORIES ARE CONSIDERED--
FROM MADNESS BROUGHT ON BY THE
ONSET OF HYPOTHERMIA, TO AN
ATTACK BY THE INDIGENOUS MANSI
PEOPLE. DURING THE INVESTIGATION
ANOTHER GROUP OF SKIERS COMES
FORWARD CLAIMING TO HAVE SEEN
STRANGE GLOWING SPHERES IN THE
SKY DURING THE TIME OF THE
INCIDENT. NONETHELESS, SOVIET
AUTHORITIES DISMISS THE INCIDENT
AS DEATH BY MISADVENTURE, CITING
THE "ABSENCE OF ANY GUILTY
PARTY." BUT MANY UFO EXPERTS NOW
POINT TO A GLARING GOVERNMENT
COVER-UP OF A DEADLY ALIEN
ABDUCTION.
>> FROM THAT POINT FORWARD, THE
TRUTH EMBARGO STARTS TO DEVELOP.
THE SOVIET UNION HAD THEIR OWN
REASONS WHY THEY DIDN'T WANT TO
BE TELLING THEIR PEOPLE ABOUT
EXTRATERRESTRIALS.
>> WHY WOULD THE SOVIETS CENSOR
THE DYATLOV PASS REPORTS?
WHY DID THE GOVERNMENT NOT WARN
THE NATION OF A POTENTIALLY
DEADLY UFO THREAT? WHAT DID THE
KREMLIN HAVE TO HIDE?
THE DYATLOV PASS INCIDENT OCCURS
AT A MOMENT WHEN SECRECY MIGHT
DECIDE THE FATE OF THE WORLD.
IN THE LATE 1940s, THE COLD WAR
BEGINS BETWEEN THE SOVIET UNION
AND ITS RIVAL SUPERPOWER,
THE UNITED STATES.
THE TWO NATIONS BEGIN A
DANGEROUS NUCLEAR ARMS RACE.
IN THE EARLY 1950s, AMERICAN B52
BOMBER SQUADRONS ARMED WITH
ATOMIC WEAPONS BEGIN FLYING
CONTINUOUS SORTIES TOWARD THE
SOVIET HOMELAND, ONLY TO BE
CALLED BACK AT THE LAST SECOND.
TO COUNTER THIS THREAT, THE
SOVIETS EXPAND THEIR NETWORK OF
RADAR STATIONS TO DETECT ANY
INCURSION INTO ITS MASSIVE
AIRSPACE. BUT IT ISN'T LONG
BEFORE THESE STATIONS BEGIN
PICKING UP MORE THAN JUST
AMERICAN BOMBERS. UFOs BEGIN
APPEARING WITH INCREASING
REGULARITY NEAR THE NATION'S
MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.
IT'S AN ALARMING TREND THAT WILL
REACH A PEAK AT THE END OF THE
DECADE.
UNSEALED CASE FILE:
THE SVERDLOVSK INCIDENT.
SVERDLOVSK, UKRAINE.
JUNE 1959.
SOVIET RADAR DETECTS A UFO
APPROACHING A NEARBY NUCLEAR
TEST FACILITY. MILITARY
PERSONNEL MAKE VISUAL CONTACT
WITH THE SAUCER-SHAPED UFO THAT
BEGINS HOVERING OVER THE BASE.
A FIGHTER JET SCRAMBLES TO MEET
THE MYSTERIOUS THREAT. BUT AS IT
APPROACHES, THE SAUCER TAKES
EVASIVE ACTION, ZIG-ZAGGING OUT
OF HARM'S WAY WITH LIGHTNING
SPEED, AND THEN RETURNING TO
LOOM OVERHEAD.
THE STANDOFF CONTINUES FOR 24
TENSE HOURS BEFORE THE UFO FLIES
OFF WITHOUT WARNING OR
EXPLANATION. THE SVERDLOVSK
INCIDENT UNDERSCORES THE DANGER
POSED BY UFOs AT A CRITICAL TIME
IN HISTORY. RIVAL SUPERPOWERS
ARE MAKING THEIR FIRST STEPS
INTO A VAST NEW REALM.
BUT BEHIND THE SCENES, THE
ENDEAVOUR WILL LEAVE BOTH FACED
WITH A TROUBLING NEW QUESTION.
IS SOMEONE ALREADY OUT THERE?
LIKE THE UNITED STATES, THE
SOVIET UNION SUPPRESSED DECADES
OF UFO REPORTS. MANY OF THESE
FILES CONTAINED DEADLY SECRETS.
BUT ACCORDING TO SOME EXPERTS,
IN THE 1960s, THE WORLD'S TWO
MOST PROMINENT MEN MADE AN
UNPRECEDENTED ATTEMPT TO LIFT
THE VEIL OF SECRECY SURROUNDING
UFOs. IN THE END, IT MAY HAVE
BEEN THEIR UNDOING.
>> WE CHOOSE TO GO TO THE
MOON...
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
WE CHOOSE TO GO TO THE MOON IN
THIS DECADE AND DO THE OTHER
THINGS, NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE
EASY, BUT BECAUSE THEY ARE HARD.
BECAUSE THAT GOAL WILL SERVE TO
ORGANIZE AND MEASURE THE BEST OF
OUR ENERGIES AND SKILLS.
>> 1961.
PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY
ANNOUNCES AMERICA'S INTENTION TO
LAND A MAN ON THE MOON.
POLITICALLY, IT IS AN ATTEMPT
TO KEEP PACE WITH THE SOVIET
UNION IN THE SPACE RACE.
BUT MANY EXPERTS BELIEVE THAT
BEHIND THE SCENES, THE MOON
MISSION WAS ABOUT MUCH MORE THAN
NATIONAL PRIDE.
>> THE REAL REASON WHY PRESIDENT
KENNEDY WANTED TO GET MEN TO THE
MOON WAS THAT HE WAS AWARE THAT
THIS WAS A WAY IN WHICH THE
NATIONAL SECURITY APPARATUS IN
THE UNITED STATES COULD SHARE
INFORMATION ABOUT UFOs. FROM THE
EARLY 1950s, NATIONAL SECURITY
PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES WERE
AWARE THAT THERE WOULD BE ALIEN
BASES ON THE MOON.
>> THE PRESIDENT BELIEVES THE
SOVIETS HAVE THEIR OWN SECRET
ALIEN FILES AND SUSPECTS THEY
ARE WORKING WITH RECOVERED UFO
TECHNOLOGY IN THEIR TOP-SECRET
BASE AT KAPUSTIN YAR.
BUT THE CIA KEEPS THE MOST
SENSITIVE UFO INTELLIGENCE
HIDDEN FROM THE PRESIDENT.
KENNEDY REALIZES THAT THE FUTURE
OF THE HUMAN RACE HANGS IN THE
BALANCE. IMMEDIATE ACTION IS
NEEDED TO PREVENT THE MOON FROM
FALLING INTO ENEMY HANDS--
HUMAN OR OTHERWISE.
HE DECIDES TO USE THE MOON
MISSION AS MEANS TO FORCE THE
CIA TO BEGIN SHARING VITAL UFO
INFORMATION.
UNKNOWN TO KENNEDY, KHRUSHCHEV,
TOO, IS CONCERNED ABOUT ALIEN
ACTIVITY, LEADING TO AN
UNPRECEDENTED SHOW OF TRUST
BETWEEN THE TWO GLOBAL RIVALS.
NOVEMBER 12, 1963, SOVIET
PREMIER NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV HAD
AGREED WITH PRESIDENT KENNEDY
THAT THE SOVIET UNION AND THE
UNITED STATES WOULD JOINTLY
LAUNCH MISSIONS TO THE MOON,
AND THAT PART OF THIS
AGREEMENT REQUIRED
THE INTELLIGENCE DIVISIONS OF
BOTH THE SOVIET UNION AND THE
UNITED STATES TO SHARE ALL
INFORMATION CONCERNING UFOs.
>> BUT JUST 10 DAYS AFTER THE
TWO LEADERS COME TO TERMS, THE
UNTHINKABLE HAPPENS.
KENNEDY IS ASSASSINATED IN
DALLAS. AND LESS THAN A YEAR
LATER, KHRUSHCHEV IS REMOVED
FROM OFFICE.
WAS THIS A COINCIDENCE?
OR WAS THIS SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
SOMEHOW TIED TO THE TWO LEADER''
SECRET AGREEMENT TO SHARE UFO
INTELLIGENCE?
DID SOMEONE OF SOMETHING
ORCHESTRATE THEIR FALL FROM
POWER?
IN THE YEARS THAT FOLLOW,
THE TWO COMPETING SUPERPOWERS
WILL FIND THEMSELVES THE TARGETS
OF DANGEROUS ALIEN INTERFERENCE.
BUT NOT IN SPACE.
IN MARCH 1967,
A UFO APPEARS OVER THE AMERICAN
NUCLEAR WEAPONS FACILITY AT
MALMSTROM AIR FORCE BASE IN
MONTANA, RENDERING ITS WARHEADS
INOPERABLE. IT'S THE FIRST IN A
STRING OF INCIDENTS THAT SEE
UFOs TARGETING NUCLEAR WEAPONS
FACILITIES. ONE EVENT WILL PUSH
THE WORLD TO THE BRINK OF
ALL-OUT NUCLEAR WAR.
UNSEALED CASE FILE:
THE USOVO INCIDENT.
USOVO, OCTOBER 4, 1982.
WITNESSES REPORT STRANGE LIGHTS
IN THE SKY OVER THE NEARBY
NUCLEAR MISSILE BASE.
THEY DART BACK AND FORTH IN A
SERIES OF DAZZLING MOVES.
SUDDENLY, THE BASE CONTROL PANEL
SPRINGS TO LIFE. IN A LATER
DEPOSITION, MAJOR M. DAVIDOVICH
KATAMAN WILL LATER STATE THAT HE
"OBSERVED SPONTANEOUS
ILLUMINATION OF ALL DISPLAYS."
COMPLEX LAUNCH CODES ARE BEING
ENTERED BY UNSEEN HANDS.
THE MISSILES ARE PREPARING TO
FIRE. FOR 15 HEART-STOPPING
SECONDS, BASE PERSONNEL WATCH
HELPLESSLY AS THE WORLD TEETERS
ON THE BRINK OF ARMAGEDDON.
BUT THEN, JUST AS SUDDENLY AS
THE LAUNCH SEQUENCE BEGAN,
THE SYSTEM SHUTS DOWN, AND THE
LIGHTS OUTSIDE DISAPPEAR.
THE INCIDENT RAISES PERHAPS THE
MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION OF OUR
TIME--WHY WOULD ALIEN BEINGS TOY
WITH THE ULTIMATE WEAPON?
ACCORDING TO REPORTS, IN 1982,
UFOs TAMPERED WITH A SOVIET
NUCLEAR FACILITY, PUSHING THE
WORLD TO THE BRINK OF
ARMAGEDDON. BUT THIS WASN'T THE
FIRST INCIDENT OF ITS KIND.
IN 1967, A UFO REPORTEDLY
DISARMED AN ENTIRE MISSILE SILO
AT MALMSTROM AIR FORCE BASE IN
MONTANA. THE QUESTION IS,
WHY WERE ALIENS TAMPERING WITH
THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL
NUCLEAR ARSENALS DURING THE COLD
WAR? UFOLOGIST JOHN GREENWALD
BELIEVES THERE ARE NO EASY
ANSWERS.
>> LET'S SAY EXTRATERRESTRIALS
TRULY ARE APPEARING OVER OUR
MILITARY INSTALLATIONS. WE HAVE
TO ASK OURSELVES WHY. IS THERE
A MESSAGE TO THAT? BUT I THINK
WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO THEM
TRYING TO DISARM OUR NUCLEAR
WEAPONS OR TO INSTILL FEAR THAT
OUR MILITARY TECHNOLOGY WILL
PALE COMPARED TO WHAT THEY HAVE,
I DON'T THINK THEY NEED TO DO
THAT.
GREENWALD BELIEVES THAT IF
ALIENS ARE HERE, THEY AREN'T
HERE TO TEACH US A LESSON OR
OFFER EASY ANSWERS, BUT THAT
THEIR PRESENCE ALONE MIGHT FORCE
US TO START QUESTIONING OUR
PETTY DIFFERENCES. AND IF ALIENS
ARE MONITORING OUR PROGRESS,
IT COULD MEAN THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN PEACEFUL CONTACT WITH
HUMANITY AND THE OBLITERATION...
OF PLANET EARTH.
THIS IS "UNSEALED: ALIEN FILES."
EXPOSING THE BIGGEST SECRET
ON PLANET EARTH.
Corrected & sync CORNELDVD
THE 20th CENTURY'S OTHER
SUPERPOWER.
IT WAS THE BIGGEST NATION THE
WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN, AND ITS
VAST SKIES CONTINUE TO BEAR
WITNESS TO THOUSANDS OF UFO
SIGHTINGS. BUT THE SOVIET REGIME
WAS NOTORIOUS FOR ITS SECRECY.
>> THE SOVIET UNION AND
COMMUNIST CHINA HAD THEIR OWN
REASONS WHY THEY DIDN'T WANT TO
BE TELLING THEIR PEOPLE ABOUT
EXTRATERRESTRIALS.
>> MANY OF THESE ALIEN
ENCOUNTERS HAD POTENTIALLY
DEADLY CONSEQUENCES FOR THE
ENTIRE WORLD.
TONIGHT, WE GO BEHIND THE IRON
CURTAIN TO INVESTIGATE 50 YEARS
OF SOVIET UFO ENCOUNTERS,
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 SECRETS
ON PLANET EARTH.
DALNEGORSK.
JANUARY 29, 1986.
THOUSANDS OF MILES EAST OF
MOSCOW, THIS TINY MINING TOWN IS
ABOUT TO WITNESS AN EVENT
THAT WILL SEND SHOCKWAVES
THROUGH THE UFO COMMUNITY.
HUNDREDS WATCH IN DISBELIEF
AS A FIREBALL STREAKS ACROSS THE
SKY AND CRASHES INTO A NEARBY
MOUNTAIN. NEWS OF THIS MASS
SIGHTING WILL QUICKLY SPREAD
BEYOND THE NATION'S BORDERS,
OPENING THE WORLD'S EYES TO
DECADES OF PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN
UFO ENCOUNTERS.
UNSEALED CASE FILE:
THE RUSSIAN ROSWELL.
CROWDS QUICKLY GATHER AT THE
CRASH SITE, WHERE THEY DISCOVER
A SCORCHED CRATER 3 METERS IN
DIAMETER, SURROUNDED BY A DEBRIS
FIELD OF SMALL METALLIC BEADS.
GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES ARRIVE ON
THE SCENE AND COLLECT SAMPLES OF
THE STRANGE MATERIAL, WHICH IS
IMMEDIATELY SENT TO THE SOVIET
UNION'S TOP SCIENTIFIC MINDS
FOR TESTING.
THEY ARE DUMBFOUNDED BY THEIR
FINDINGS. THE BEADS ARE UNLIKE
ANYTHING EVER OBSERVED BEFORE IN
THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE.
>> 3 SOVIET ACADEMIC CENTERS
AND 11 RESEARCH INSTITUTES
ANALYZED THE OBJECTS FROM THIS
UFO CRASH. THE DISTANCE BETWEEN
ATOMS IS DIFFERENT FROM ORDINARY
IRON IN THIS MATERIAL. RADAR
CANNOT BE REFLECTED FROM THE
MATERIAL. ELEMENTS IN THE
MATERIAL MAY DISAPPEAR AND NEW
ONES APPEAR AFTER HEATING.
ONE PIECE APPARENTLY DISAPPEARED
COMPLETELY IN FRONT OF 4
WITNESSES.
>> BUT ONE CHARACTERISTIC ABOVE
ALL LEAVES THE SOVIETS IN
DISBELIEF. THE BEADS EXHIBIT
ANTI-GRAVITATIONAL PROPERTIES.
THEY ARE LEFT WITH ONLY ONE
POSSIBLE ANSWER.
A DECLASSIFIED 1989 CIA REPORT
ON SOVIET UFOs STATES THAT
"SCIENTISTS HAVE CONCLUDED THAT
THE OBJECT THAT CRASHED...WAS AN
EXTRATERRESTRIAL SPACE VEHICLE
CONSTRUCTED BY HIGHLY
INTELLIGENT BEINGS."
AN AMERICAN JOURNALIST CLAIMS TO
HAVE SMUGGLED SAMPLES OF THE
MATERIAL BACK TO THE UNITED
STATES.
>> AMERICAN JOURNALIST GEORGE
KNAPP, HE WAS THE ONLY BROADCAST
JOURNALIST TO GO TO RUSSIA,
GET SOME OF THE MATERIALS OF THE
DALNEGORSK CRASH, NOW WHAT SOME
PEOPLE ARE REFERRING TO AFTER
ALL THESE YEARS AS THE RUSSIAN
ROSWELL.
>> IT'S A NOD TO THE INFAMOUS
STORY OF A UFO CRASH NEAR
ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO, IN 1947,
THAT WAS AT FIRST CONFIRMED BY
THE AMERICAN MILITARY, ONLY TO
BE LATER DENIED IN A STUNNING
ABOUT FACE. IT'S THE EVENT THAT
BROUGHT UFOs AND GOVERNMENT
CONSPIRACIES INTO THE PUBLIC
CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE WEST.
IN THE EAST, THE SOVIETS WOULD
ATTEMPT A MORE OPEN POLICY ON
UFOs. IN 1967, THE FIRST UFO
STUDY GROUP WAS FORMED.
ITS LEADERS WENT ON STATE
TELEVISION TO APPEAL TO THE
PUBLIC TO SUBMIT THEIR STORIES
OF UFO SIGHTINGS AND ALIEN
ENCOUNTERS. THE RESPONSE WAS
OVERWHELMING.
BUT LIKE THE UNITED STATES,
THE SOVIET UNION WOULD PERFORM
AN ABRUPT ABOUT FACE ON THE
ISSUE, DISSOLVING THE STUDY
GROUP AFTER LESS THAN A YEAR,
WITH NO EXPLANATION.
IN THE YEARS THAT FOLLOWED,
THE SOVIETS WOULD MAINTAIN
A STRICT CODE OF SILENCE ON THE
SUBJECT OF UFOs. WHAT DID THE
SOVIET STUDY GROUP DISCOVER THAT
FORCED THE KREMLIN TO BRING
A SWIFT END TO THE PROJECT?
WHAT WERE THEY HIDING?
LIKE THE AMERICAN COVER-UP AFTER
ROSWELL, SOVIET OFFICIALS
ARE QUICK TO DOWNPLAY
THE DALNEGORSK EVENT.
BUT IN THE LATE 1980s,
THE SOVIET UNION ISN'T THE SAME
HARDLINE STATE OF DECADES PAST.
NEW COMMUNIST PARTY SECRETARY
MIKHAIL GORBACHEV HAS USHERED IN
AN ERA OF GLASNOST, OR OPENNESS.
PEOPLE ARE NO LONGER AS AFRAID
TO SPEAK OUT ON TABOO SUBJECTS,
LIKE UFOs. IN THE WAKE OF THE
DALNEGORSK INCIDENT,
WORD OF DECADES OF SOVIET UFO
REPORTS BEGINS TO SPREAD.
AND MANY OF THESE HAD DEADLY
CONSEQUENCES.
THE SOVIET UNION PAID WITNESS TO
THOUSANDS OF UFO SIGHTINGS
DURING ITS EXISTENCE.
BUT VIRTUALLY ALL OF THESE
REPORTS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED
OR LOST TO HISTORY.
ONE OF THE FEW THAT DID SURVIVE
CONTINUES TO HAUNT THE REGION
TODAY.
UNSEALED CASE FILE:
THE DYATLOV PASS INCIDENT.
THE URAL MOUNTAINS, 1959.
9 FRIENDS EMBARK ON A
CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING TRIP
THROUGH A VALLEY KNOWN TODAY AS
THE DYATLOV PASS.
ALL ARE EXPERIENCED IN SURVIVING
EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS.
NOT LONG INTO THEIR JOURNEY,
THE URALS ARE HIT BY A POWERFUL
SNOWSTORM.
WHEN THE SKIERS FAIL TO ARRIVE
AT THEIR DESTINATION, A SEARCH
PARTY SETS OUT TO LOCATE THEM.
WHAT THEY FIND IS THE STUFF OF
NIGHTMARES. THE RESCUERS
DISCOVER A BADLY DAMAGED TENT,
BUT NO ONE IS WITHIN.
THE GROUP'S BELONGINGS, HOWEVER,
ARE THERE, INCLUDING THE GROUP'S
CAMERAS AND DIARIES.
FURTHER EXAMINATION REVEALS THE
TENT HAD BEEN CUT OPEN,
FROM THE INSIDE. THE RESCUERS
FOLLOW A TRAIL OF FOOTPRINTS TO
THE EDGE OF A NEARBY FOREST,
WHERE THEY MAKE A GRISLY
DISCOVERY. 5 BODIES CLAD IN ONLY
THEIR UNDERWEAR, FROZEN IN THE
SNOW. EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THEY
WERE TRYING TO RETURN TO THE
TENT. FORENSIC EXAMINATION
SUGGESTS THAT ALL EXPIRED FROM
HYPOTHERMIA. IT SEEMS THE PARTY
EMBARKED ON A BIZARRE
MISADVENTURE, DISORIENTED BY THE
INTENSE COLD.
THAT IS, UNTIL THE REMAINING
4 BODIES ARE DISCOVERED MONTHS
LATER. THEIR CAUSES OF DEATH
WILL CAST A SINISTER NEW LIGHT
ON THE CASE. TWO OF THE NEWLY
DISCOVERED BODIES HAVE MAJOR
SKULL FRACTURES, AND THE OTHERS
CHEST FRACTURES.
ONE FEMALE HAS HAD HER TONGUE
CUT OUT. THE FINAL REPORT ON THE
DYATLOV PASS INCIDENT IS SENT TO
A SECRET ARCHIVE, WHERE IT WILL
REMAIN UNTIL THE 1990s.
WHEN THE FILE IS FINALLY
RELEASED, CRUCIAL DOCUMENTS ARE
MISSING. THOSE THAT SURVIVE
STATE THAT "THE FATAL INJURIES
COULD NOT HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY
ANOTHER HUMAN BEING."
AND THAT "HIGH DOSES OF
RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION" WERE
PRESENT IN SOME ARTICLES OF
CLOTHING."
WHAT COMPELLED 9 SKIERS TO BURST
FROM THEIR TENT AND RUN NAKED
INTO A RAGING SNOWSTORM?
WHAT CAUSED THE RADIOACTIVITY IN
THEIR CLOTHING? AND WHAT
INFLICTED THE GRUESOME INJURIES,
INCLUDING THE SEVERED TONGUE?
MANY THEORIES ARE CONSIDERED--
FROM MADNESS BROUGHT ON BY THE
ONSET OF HYPOTHERMIA, TO AN
ATTACK BY THE INDIGENOUS MANSI
PEOPLE. DURING THE INVESTIGATION
ANOTHER GROUP OF SKIERS COMES
FORWARD CLAIMING TO HAVE SEEN
STRANGE GLOWING SPHERES IN THE
SKY DURING THE TIME OF THE
INCIDENT. NONETHELESS, SOVIET
AUTHORITIES DISMISS THE INCIDENT
AS DEATH BY MISADVENTURE, CITING
THE "ABSENCE OF ANY GUILTY
PARTY." BUT MANY UFO EXPERTS NOW
POINT TO A GLARING GOVERNMENT
COVER-UP OF A DEADLY ALIEN
ABDUCTION.
>> FROM THAT POINT FORWARD, THE
TRUTH EMBARGO STARTS TO DEVELOP.
THE SOVIET UNION HAD THEIR OWN
REASONS WHY THEY DIDN'T WANT TO
BE TELLING THEIR PEOPLE ABOUT
EXTRATERRESTRIALS.
>> WHY WOULD THE SOVIETS CENSOR
THE DYATLOV PASS REPORTS?
WHY DID THE GOVERNMENT NOT WARN
THE NATION OF A POTENTIALLY
DEADLY UFO THREAT? WHAT DID THE
KREMLIN HAVE TO HIDE?
THE DYATLOV PASS INCIDENT OCCURS
AT A MOMENT WHEN SECRECY MIGHT
DECIDE THE FATE OF THE WORLD.
IN THE LATE 1940s, THE COLD WAR
BEGINS BETWEEN THE SOVIET UNION
AND ITS RIVAL SUPERPOWER,
THE UNITED STATES.
THE TWO NATIONS BEGIN A
DANGEROUS NUCLEAR ARMS RACE.
IN THE EARLY 1950s, AMERICAN B52
BOMBER SQUADRONS ARMED WITH
ATOMIC WEAPONS BEGIN FLYING
CONTINUOUS SORTIES TOWARD THE
SOVIET HOMELAND, ONLY TO BE
CALLED BACK AT THE LAST SECOND.
TO COUNTER THIS THREAT, THE
SOVIETS EXPAND THEIR NETWORK OF
RADAR STATIONS TO DETECT ANY
INCURSION INTO ITS MASSIVE
AIRSPACE. BUT IT ISN'T LONG
BEFORE THESE STATIONS BEGIN
PICKING UP MORE THAN JUST
AMERICAN BOMBERS. UFOs BEGIN
APPEARING WITH INCREASING
REGULARITY NEAR THE NATION'S
MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.
IT'S AN ALARMING TREND THAT WILL
REACH A PEAK AT THE END OF THE
DECADE.
UNSEALED CASE FILE:
THE SVERDLOVSK INCIDENT.
SVERDLOVSK, UKRAINE.
JUNE 1959.
SOVIET RADAR DETECTS A UFO
APPROACHING A NEARBY NUCLEAR
TEST FACILITY. MILITARY
PERSONNEL MAKE VISUAL CONTACT
WITH THE SAUCER-SHAPED UFO THAT
BEGINS HOVERING OVER THE BASE.
A FIGHTER JET SCRAMBLES TO MEET
THE MYSTERIOUS THREAT. BUT AS IT
APPROACHES, THE SAUCER TAKES
EVASIVE ACTION, ZIG-ZAGGING OUT
OF HARM'S WAY WITH LIGHTNING
SPEED, AND THEN RETURNING TO
LOOM OVERHEAD.
THE STANDOFF CONTINUES FOR 24
TENSE HOURS BEFORE THE UFO FLIES
OFF WITHOUT WARNING OR
EXPLANATION. THE SVERDLOVSK
INCIDENT UNDERSCORES THE DANGER
POSED BY UFOs AT A CRITICAL TIME
IN HISTORY. RIVAL SUPERPOWERS
ARE MAKING THEIR FIRST STEPS
INTO A VAST NEW REALM.
BUT BEHIND THE SCENES, THE
ENDEAVOUR WILL LEAVE BOTH FACED
WITH A TROUBLING NEW QUESTION.
IS SOMEONE ALREADY OUT THERE?
LIKE THE UNITED STATES, THE
SOVIET UNION SUPPRESSED DECADES
OF UFO REPORTS. MANY OF THESE
FILES CONTAINED DEADLY SECRETS.
BUT ACCORDING TO SOME EXPERTS,
IN THE 1960s, THE WORLD'S TWO
MOST PROMINENT MEN MADE AN
UNPRECEDENTED ATTEMPT TO LIFT
THE VEIL OF SECRECY SURROUNDING
UFOs. IN THE END, IT MAY HAVE
BEEN THEIR UNDOING.
>> WE CHOOSE TO GO TO THE
MOON...
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
WE CHOOSE TO GO TO THE MOON IN
THIS DECADE AND DO THE OTHER
THINGS, NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE
EASY, BUT BECAUSE THEY ARE HARD.
BECAUSE THAT GOAL WILL SERVE TO
ORGANIZE AND MEASURE THE BEST OF
OUR ENERGIES AND SKILLS.
>> 1961.
PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY
ANNOUNCES AMERICA'S INTENTION TO
LAND A MAN ON THE MOON.
POLITICALLY, IT IS AN ATTEMPT
TO KEEP PACE WITH THE SOVIET
UNION IN THE SPACE RACE.
BUT MANY EXPERTS BELIEVE THAT
BEHIND THE SCENES, THE MOON
MISSION WAS ABOUT MUCH MORE THAN
NATIONAL PRIDE.
>> THE REAL REASON WHY PRESIDENT
KENNEDY WANTED TO GET MEN TO THE
MOON WAS THAT HE WAS AWARE THAT
THIS WAS A WAY IN WHICH THE
NATIONAL SECURITY APPARATUS IN
THE UNITED STATES COULD SHARE
INFORMATION ABOUT UFOs. FROM THE
EARLY 1950s, NATIONAL SECURITY
PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES WERE
AWARE THAT THERE WOULD BE ALIEN
BASES ON THE MOON.
>> THE PRESIDENT BELIEVES THE
SOVIETS HAVE THEIR OWN SECRET
ALIEN FILES AND SUSPECTS THEY
ARE WORKING WITH RECOVERED UFO
TECHNOLOGY IN THEIR TOP-SECRET
BASE AT KAPUSTIN YAR.
BUT THE CIA KEEPS THE MOST
SENSITIVE UFO INTELLIGENCE
HIDDEN FROM THE PRESIDENT.
KENNEDY REALIZES THAT THE FUTURE
OF THE HUMAN RACE HANGS IN THE
BALANCE. IMMEDIATE ACTION IS
NEEDED TO PREVENT THE MOON FROM
FALLING INTO ENEMY HANDS--
HUMAN OR OTHERWISE.
HE DECIDES TO USE THE MOON
MISSION AS MEANS TO FORCE THE
CIA TO BEGIN SHARING VITAL UFO
INFORMATION.
UNKNOWN TO KENNEDY, KHRUSHCHEV,
TOO, IS CONCERNED ABOUT ALIEN
ACTIVITY, LEADING TO AN
UNPRECEDENTED SHOW OF TRUST
BETWEEN THE TWO GLOBAL RIVALS.
NOVEMBER 12, 1963, SOVIET
PREMIER NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV HAD
AGREED WITH PRESIDENT KENNEDY
THAT THE SOVIET UNION AND THE
UNITED STATES WOULD JOINTLY
LAUNCH MISSIONS TO THE MOON,
AND THAT PART OF THIS
AGREEMENT REQUIRED
THE INTELLIGENCE DIVISIONS OF
BOTH THE SOVIET UNION AND THE
UNITED STATES TO SHARE ALL
INFORMATION CONCERNING UFOs.
>> BUT JUST 10 DAYS AFTER THE
TWO LEADERS COME TO TERMS, THE
UNTHINKABLE HAPPENS.
KENNEDY IS ASSASSINATED IN
DALLAS. AND LESS THAN A YEAR
LATER, KHRUSHCHEV IS REMOVED
FROM OFFICE.
WAS THIS A COINCIDENCE?
OR WAS THIS SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
SOMEHOW TIED TO THE TWO LEADER''
SECRET AGREEMENT TO SHARE UFO
INTELLIGENCE?
DID SOMEONE OF SOMETHING
ORCHESTRATE THEIR FALL FROM
POWER?
IN THE YEARS THAT FOLLOW,
THE TWO COMPETING SUPERPOWERS
WILL FIND THEMSELVES THE TARGETS
OF DANGEROUS ALIEN INTERFERENCE.
BUT NOT IN SPACE.
IN MARCH 1967,
A UFO APPEARS OVER THE AMERICAN
NUCLEAR WEAPONS FACILITY AT
MALMSTROM AIR FORCE BASE IN
MONTANA, RENDERING ITS WARHEADS
INOPERABLE. IT'S THE FIRST IN A
STRING OF INCIDENTS THAT SEE
UFOs TARGETING NUCLEAR WEAPONS
FACILITIES. ONE EVENT WILL PUSH
THE WORLD TO THE BRINK OF
ALL-OUT NUCLEAR WAR.
UNSEALED CASE FILE:
THE USOVO INCIDENT.
USOVO, OCTOBER 4, 1982.
WITNESSES REPORT STRANGE LIGHTS
IN THE SKY OVER THE NEARBY
NUCLEAR MISSILE BASE.
THEY DART BACK AND FORTH IN A
SERIES OF DAZZLING MOVES.
SUDDENLY, THE BASE CONTROL PANEL
SPRINGS TO LIFE. IN A LATER
DEPOSITION, MAJOR M. DAVIDOVICH
KATAMAN WILL LATER STATE THAT HE
"OBSERVED SPONTANEOUS
ILLUMINATION OF ALL DISPLAYS."
COMPLEX LAUNCH CODES ARE BEING
ENTERED BY UNSEEN HANDS.
THE MISSILES ARE PREPARING TO
FIRE. FOR 15 HEART-STOPPING
SECONDS, BASE PERSONNEL WATCH
HELPLESSLY AS THE WORLD TEETERS
ON THE BRINK OF ARMAGEDDON.
BUT THEN, JUST AS SUDDENLY AS
THE LAUNCH SEQUENCE BEGAN,
THE SYSTEM SHUTS DOWN, AND THE
LIGHTS OUTSIDE DISAPPEAR.
THE INCIDENT RAISES PERHAPS THE
MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION OF OUR
TIME--WHY WOULD ALIEN BEINGS TOY
WITH THE ULTIMATE WEAPON?
ACCORDING TO REPORTS, IN 1982,
UFOs TAMPERED WITH A SOVIET
NUCLEAR FACILITY, PUSHING THE
WORLD TO THE BRINK OF
ARMAGEDDON. BUT THIS WASN'T THE
FIRST INCIDENT OF ITS KIND.
IN 1967, A UFO REPORTEDLY
DISARMED AN ENTIRE MISSILE SILO
AT MALMSTROM AIR FORCE BASE IN
MONTANA. THE QUESTION IS,
WHY WERE ALIENS TAMPERING WITH
THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL
NUCLEAR ARSENALS DURING THE COLD
WAR? UFOLOGIST JOHN GREENWALD
BELIEVES THERE ARE NO EASY
ANSWERS.
>> LET'S SAY EXTRATERRESTRIALS
TRULY ARE APPEARING OVER OUR
MILITARY INSTALLATIONS. WE HAVE
TO ASK OURSELVES WHY. IS THERE
A MESSAGE TO THAT? BUT I THINK
WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO THEM
TRYING TO DISARM OUR NUCLEAR
WEAPONS OR TO INSTILL FEAR THAT
OUR MILITARY TECHNOLOGY WILL
PALE COMPARED TO WHAT THEY HAVE,
I DON'T THINK THEY NEED TO DO
THAT.
GREENWALD BELIEVES THAT IF
ALIENS ARE HERE, THEY AREN'T
HERE TO TEACH US A LESSON OR
OFFER EASY ANSWERS, BUT THAT
THEIR PRESENCE ALONE MIGHT FORCE
US TO START QUESTIONING OUR
PETTY DIFFERENCES. AND IF ALIENS
ARE MONITORING OUR PROGRESS,
IT COULD MEAN THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN PEACEFUL CONTACT WITH
HUMANITY AND THE OBLITERATION...
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