1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,957 MEMORY OF THE SPIRIT 2 00:00:23,907 --> 00:00:26,288 June 15, 1968. 3 00:00:26,288 --> 00:00:31,291 the demilitarized zone between North and South Vietnam. 4 00:00:31,291 --> 00:00:34,293 This incident happened at the height of the Vietnam War. 5 00:00:34,293 --> 00:00:37,294 On this night, Lieutenant Pete Snyder and the American crew 6 00:00:37,294 --> 00:00:44,298 of the patrol boat PCF-12 are starting their routine patrol near Qua Viet. 7 00:00:44,298 --> 00:00:47,300 At approximately 12.30 a.m., Snyder gets a frantic message 8 00:00:47,300 --> 00:00:50,301 from another patrol boat in the vicinity, PCF-19, 9 00:00:50,301 --> 00:00:53,303 which is commanded by Lieutenant Davis. 10 00:00:53,303 --> 00:00:57,305 Lieutenant Davis reports that they are under attack by unidentified objects, 11 00:00:57,305 --> 00:01:01,307 possibly enemy helicopters. 12 00:01:01,307 --> 00:01:05,310 At the time, the Vietnamese did not have helicopters. 13 00:01:05,310 --> 00:01:11,313 The term enemy helicopters is the military's code for UFOs. 14 00:01:11,313 --> 00:01:18,317 Lieutenant Snyder's boat proceeds at max speed towards Lieutenant Davis' location. 15 00:01:18,317 --> 00:01:24,320 And as they get closer, Snyder and his crew see two UFOs covered in a strange glow 16 00:01:24,320 --> 00:01:31,324 hovering above Davis' patrol boat. 17 00:01:31,324 --> 00:01:35,326 All of a sudden, there is a flash of light and an explosion, 18 00:01:35,326 --> 00:01:44,331 and the boat is completely destroyed, blown to bits. 19 00:01:44,331 --> 00:01:48,333 In an instant, the UFOs zip out to sea and disappear. 20 00:01:48,333 --> 00:01:52,335 Can you imagine? You're in the middle of a war zone, worried about enemy fire, 21 00:01:52,335 --> 00:02:01,340 and then something as unbelievable as a UFO comes in and destroys one of your patrol boats. 22 00:02:01,340 --> 00:02:07,343 Is there any proof that UFOs were responsible for this attack on our military? 23 00:02:07,343 --> 00:02:12,346 The Pentagon has records of an October 16, 1973 press conference, 24 00:02:12,346 --> 00:02:21,351 where a high-ranking commander revealed that the military was well aware of the presence of UFOs during the Vietnam War. 25 00:02:21,351 --> 00:02:25,353 In 1973, General Brown was addressing the media, and he said, 26 00:02:25,353 --> 00:02:31,356 I don't know if this story has ever been told before, but during the Vietnam War, we were plagued by UFOs. 27 00:02:31,356 --> 00:02:36,359 We didn't call them UFOs, we called them enemy helicopters. 28 00:02:36,359 --> 00:02:43,363 Was this an isolated incident, or have UFOs been appearing over battlefields throughout history? 29 00:02:43,363 --> 00:02:46,365 And if so, why? 30 00:02:46,365 --> 00:02:55,369 Hangar One files reveal the sometimes deadly clashes between the U.S. military and UFOs at war, right now. 31 00:02:55,369 --> 00:03:04,374 The Mutual UFO Network, known as MUFON, is an independent organization not bound to any government. 32 00:03:04,374 --> 00:03:09,377 They investigate reports of UFO sightings from around the world. 33 00:03:09,377 --> 00:03:14,380 Over the past five decades, they have collected more than 70,000 files, 34 00:03:14,380 --> 00:03:19,383 stored at a secure location known as Hangar One. 35 00:03:19,383 --> 00:03:25,386 Now, MUFON is granting access to their fast archive. 36 00:03:25,386 --> 00:03:29,388 These are the files of Hangar One. 37 00:03:35,391 --> 00:03:44,396 Inside Hangar One, MUFON has case files of UFO encounters during wartime. 38 00:03:44,396 --> 00:03:52,400 Some even claim that these incidents resulted in the deaths of American soldiers and alleged government cover-ups. 39 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:57,403 But why are UFOs appearing during our wars? 40 00:03:57,403 --> 00:04:07,409 In Vietnam, what Lieutenant Snyder and his crew witnessed in the June 1968 attack might provide some important clues. 41 00:04:07,409 --> 00:04:14,412 Snyder's crew can only find two men who survived the UFO attack. 42 00:04:14,412 --> 00:04:20,416 The survivors tell Snyder that the UFOs had been following them for miles up the river. 43 00:04:20,416 --> 00:04:28,420 Now everyone on Snyder's boat is on high alert, aware the UFOs could return at any minute. 44 00:04:28,420 --> 00:04:35,424 The Navy instructs them to continue their patrol upriver, heading deeper into the DMZ. 45 00:04:35,424 --> 00:04:38,426 It is completely dark except for a partial moon. 46 00:04:38,426 --> 00:04:41,427 The patrol boat is observing radio silence. 47 00:04:41,427 --> 00:04:51,433 Suddenly, Jeff Steffas, the second engine man, sees two aircraft hovering off both the port and starboard sides of their boat. 48 00:04:51,433 --> 00:05:00,438 Lieutenant Snyder realizes these are the same UFOs that he spotted hovering over Davis' boat before the fateful attack. 49 00:05:00,438 --> 00:05:05,440 With the UFOs now closing in, Snyder is determined to protect his patrol boat and crew, 50 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:12,444 so he orders all hands on deck to engage with the UFOs. 51 00:05:12,444 --> 00:05:19,448 The crew fires at the UFOs, but the objects aren't slowing down and they keep coming closer. 52 00:05:19,448 --> 00:05:24,451 Snyder's boat is sprayed with ammunition from the UFOs. 53 00:05:24,451 --> 00:05:33,455 Lieutenant Snyder accelerates and whips the boat back and forth in an attempt to dodge the return fire from the spacecraft. 54 00:05:33,455 --> 00:05:42,460 The crew continues to shoot at the UFOs while their patrol boat is now trying to escape at full speed. 55 00:05:42,460 --> 00:05:46,463 Steffas, the second engine man, now gets a good look at the UFOs in the moonlight. 56 00:05:46,463 --> 00:05:53,466 He describes them as having a rounded front like an observation halo, with what looks like two crewmen sitting side by side. 57 00:05:53,466 --> 00:05:58,469 But oddly, he can't see any weapons on the craft. 58 00:05:58,469 --> 00:06:11,476 Lieutenant Snyder, fearing what might happen next, turns his patrol boat back towards the China Sea, where the U.S. naval fleet is stationed. 59 00:06:11,476 --> 00:06:18,480 The UFOs are still in pursuit and Snyder's boat is now running low on ammo and fuel. 60 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:24,483 The radio is crackling with a flood of activity reporting engagements with unidentified objects. 61 00:06:24,483 --> 00:06:33,488 Could these strange aircraft be a new secret weapon provided by the Chinese or Soviet Union to aid the North Vietnamese? 62 00:06:33,488 --> 00:06:39,491 The military was interested in them because they had capabilities far above anything that we have. 63 00:06:39,491 --> 00:06:44,494 And they wanted to find out what the technology was and frankly who they belonged to. 64 00:06:44,494 --> 00:06:50,497 Unclear about what they are facing, the U.S. military takes action. 65 00:06:50,497 --> 00:06:58,502 At about 3.20 a.m. Phantom F-4 fighter jets are deployed from Da Nang to provide air support to Snyder's patrol boat. 66 00:06:58,502 --> 00:07:04,505 Soon, the Phantom F-4s are in hot pursuit of the UFOs. 67 00:07:04,505 --> 00:07:12,509 The two UFOs attacking Snyder's boat veer away at an amazing speed and head down river toward the China Sea. 68 00:07:12,509 --> 00:07:20,514 Meanwhile, an allied ship of the Royal Australian Navy, HMAS Hobart, was also in the China Sea. 69 00:07:20,514 --> 00:07:26,517 And it too reported seeing 30 strange lights hovering close to their ship. 70 00:07:26,517 --> 00:07:31,520 The Hobart's commander radios in that two UFOs are rapidly approaching their boat. 71 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:35,522 These may have been the same UFOs that have been attacking Snyder's boat. 72 00:07:35,522 --> 00:07:41,525 The U.S. Navy jets from Da Nang are still in hot pursuit of the two UFOs. 73 00:07:41,525 --> 00:07:49,530 The Phantom F-4s fire several missiles directly at the UFOs hovering over the Hobart. 74 00:07:49,530 --> 00:07:57,534 As soon as the jets fire the missiles, the objects just simply vanish into thin air. 75 00:07:57,534 --> 00:08:01,536 Just like that, they're gone. 76 00:08:01,536 --> 00:08:05,538 The threat to Hobart and the U.S. fleet seems to be over. 77 00:08:05,538 --> 00:08:11,541 The jets return to Da Nang and the DMZ is quiet. 78 00:08:11,541 --> 00:08:15,544 With the UFOs gone, the Navy assesses the damage. 79 00:08:15,544 --> 00:08:17,545 This wasn't a normal battle. 80 00:08:17,545 --> 00:08:24,549 In fact, the artillery rounds at the UFO shot at Snyder's boat turned out to be the exact same rounds that Snyder was shooting at the UFOs. 81 00:08:28,551 --> 00:08:29,551 It's mind boggling. 82 00:08:29,551 --> 00:08:35,555 This patrol boat discovers that it's being hit by the very same artillery that they're firing. 83 00:08:35,555 --> 00:08:37,556 This makes no sense. 84 00:08:38,556 --> 00:08:45,560 Could this simply be a case of friendly fire brought on by faulty radar or battle fatigue? 85 00:08:45,560 --> 00:08:53,564 Or is this incident an example of UFOs turning our own weapons against us? 86 00:08:54,565 --> 00:08:59,568 I was in the Air Force from 1958 to 1978. 87 00:08:59,568 --> 00:09:04,570 When I was in Vietnam, I used to brief General George S. Brown every morning. 88 00:09:04,570 --> 00:09:07,572 We would get reports of unidentified aircraft. 89 00:09:07,572 --> 00:09:16,577 I've heard many reports concerning some kind of a force field around the UFOs that they have the capability of returning fire. 90 00:09:16,577 --> 00:09:21,580 If this is true, how do we defend against these UFOs? 91 00:09:21,580 --> 00:09:29,584 The shocking conclusion to this battle in Vietnam shows us the frightening power of these unidentified flying objects. 92 00:09:29,584 --> 00:09:34,587 Just before daybreak, a missile comes in from out of nowhere, no warning at all. 93 00:09:34,587 --> 00:09:40,590 The UFO battle in the DMZ continues when we return. 94 00:09:41,590 --> 00:09:56,599 Hanger 1 contains evidence that UFOs have directly battled American and foreign soldiers. 95 00:09:56,599 --> 00:10:07,605 One such incident occurred in Vietnam in 1968 when two U.S. patrol boats were attacked while on a mission in the DMZ. 96 00:10:08,605 --> 00:10:14,608 According to the files, the same UFOs returned the following day. 97 00:10:14,608 --> 00:10:21,612 This time, their target was not the American patrol boats, but the Australian warship, Hobart. 98 00:10:29,617 --> 00:10:32,618 The China Sea, Vietnam. 99 00:10:32,618 --> 00:10:36,620 Hobart continues its patrol near Tiger Island. 100 00:10:36,620 --> 00:10:39,622 The sky and water are eerily quiet. 101 00:10:39,622 --> 00:10:44,625 There were no signs of any UFOs or any enemy aircraft for that matter. 102 00:10:55,631 --> 00:11:03,635 Just before daybreak, a missile comes in from out of nowhere, no warning at all, and hits the Hobart starboard side. 103 00:11:03,635 --> 00:11:08,638 Killing Australian semen RJ Buttersworth and wounding two additional semen. 104 00:11:08,638 --> 00:11:20,644 The Hobart crew runs up to their battle stations and now they see two UFOs off their starboard side, but before they can respond, two more missiles are fired at their ship, killing their chief electrician. 105 00:11:20,644 --> 00:11:26,648 The missiles penetrate the ship's superstructure, causing extensive damage. 106 00:11:27,648 --> 00:11:38,654 The surviving crew from the Hobart gets a quick glance at the UFOs before they disappear, and they match the same description of the UFOs that attacked Lieutenant Snyder's boat earlier that evening. 107 00:11:38,654 --> 00:11:47,659 This is just insanity. In the middle of the Vietnam War, two boats are destroyed by UFOs, and another patrol boat barely escapes disaster. 108 00:11:47,659 --> 00:11:52,662 For whatever reason, these UFOs appear to be on an unrelenting mission. 109 00:11:52,662 --> 00:11:55,663 And these UFO incidents continue. 110 00:11:55,663 --> 00:12:06,669 About a week after the Hobart incident, an Australian newspaper reported that radar men five miles south of the DMZ were continuing to report UFOs. 111 00:12:06,669 --> 00:12:10,672 In fact, this was the sixth one since the Hobart attack that they had reported. 112 00:12:10,672 --> 00:12:16,675 Patrol boats continue to monitor UFOs well into September of that year. 113 00:12:16,675 --> 00:12:23,679 The US Navy and the Royal Australian Navy launch a formal investigation. 114 00:12:23,679 --> 00:12:32,684 An investigation on the Hobart incident revealed that a fragment of one of the missiles fired on the patrol boat had a serial number that they were able to trace. 115 00:12:32,684 --> 00:12:42,689 And that number was traced back to missiles fired at the UFOs by the US Phantom F-4, the same jet that was deployed from Da Nang Air Base the night before. 116 00:12:42,689 --> 00:12:51,694 The official report of proceedings filed on the Hobart incident concludes that it is a case of friendly fire. 117 00:12:51,694 --> 00:12:56,697 So you're thinking, OK, case closed, and if Phantom F-4 accidentally hit the wrong target. 118 00:12:56,697 --> 00:12:59,698 Except the facts aren't so cut and dry. 119 00:12:59,698 --> 00:13:07,703 The Phantom F-4s had returned to their air base in Da Nang immediately after they were encountered with the UFOs well before a missile had hit the Hobart. 120 00:13:07,703 --> 00:13:13,706 Years later, a military general comes forward with a surprising statement. 121 00:13:13,706 --> 00:13:20,710 General Brown said, the UFOs were seen up around the DMZ in 1968 and this resulted in quite a battle. 122 00:13:20,710 --> 00:13:25,712 An Australian boat took a hit and there was no enemy in sight. 123 00:13:25,712 --> 00:13:36,718 I think consistent with General Brown's statement, this 1968 encounter in the DMZ was probably the most significant UFO encounter of the Vietnam War. 124 00:13:37,719 --> 00:13:44,723 In two separate incidents in this encounter in Vietnam, we see UFOs that seem to have the capability to turn our own weapons against us. 125 00:13:44,723 --> 00:13:49,726 Those patrol boats were hit with our own weapons. How do you defend against that? 126 00:13:49,726 --> 00:13:54,728 It's a chilling thought that they are studying our warfare. 127 00:13:54,728 --> 00:14:02,733 Much like we might study the Egyptian charioteers, it doesn't surprise me one bit that they would be interested in such things. 128 00:14:07,735 --> 00:14:16,740 The UFO incident in Vietnam forces the US military to reassess their policy of engaging with UFOs. 129 00:14:16,740 --> 00:14:27,746 So here's what's interesting about this encounter. After it occurred, US command ordered their fighter pilots and naval ships not to fire on UFOs. 130 00:14:27,746 --> 00:14:30,748 They did not want a repeat of that deadly incident. 131 00:14:30,748 --> 00:14:37,752 The situation now is that we do not engage UFOs and try to bring them down. 132 00:14:37,752 --> 00:14:47,757 As a matter of fact, I've talked to a number of aircraft controllers who told me that they're told that whenever one of our aircraft sees the UFOs to divert it away, 133 00:14:47,757 --> 00:14:54,761 in other words to avoid any kind of a confrontation, that they feel that it's important to stay away from them as much as possible. 134 00:14:55,761 --> 00:15:01,765 I think this was a time in our history where we learned an important lesson when dealing with UFOs. 135 00:15:01,765 --> 00:15:13,771 The fact that we installed a new protocol to not engage with any unidentified flying objects seems to indicate that our military brass may have realized that we could not defeat them. 136 00:15:13,771 --> 00:15:20,775 When you consider that the most powerful military power in the world has been humbled by these events, 137 00:15:20,775 --> 00:15:25,778 it really makes you wonder what's going on behind the scenes and how they're viewing them. 138 00:15:28,779 --> 00:15:37,784 Unfortunately, this lesson to not engage came too late for some Americans who battled with UFOs during the Korean War. 139 00:15:37,784 --> 00:15:39,785 Up next... 140 00:15:39,785 --> 00:15:45,789 He's firing armor-piercing bullets into the glowing light and the UFO responds. 141 00:15:45,789 --> 00:15:51,792 American soldiers suffer the consequences of attacking UFOs when we return. 142 00:16:01,797 --> 00:16:09,802 MUFON files reveal a secret history of military engagements with UFOs during times of war. 143 00:16:10,802 --> 00:16:19,807 In Vietnam, military commanders seem to finally acknowledge that we cannot compete with a UFO's superior technology. 144 00:16:19,807 --> 00:16:28,812 However, our military learned this lesson the hard way through costly incidents that occurred during a previous confrontation. 145 00:16:40,819 --> 00:16:44,821 Spring 1951, Korea 146 00:16:44,821 --> 00:16:54,826 An area known as the Iron Triangle is the site of repeated battles between American soldiers and the Chinese People's Army. 147 00:16:54,826 --> 00:17:06,833 In the spring of 1951, the second battalion easy company of the Army's 25th Division was deployed to advance into North Korea to conquer and destroy Chinese forces. 148 00:17:07,833 --> 00:17:15,838 Francis Wall was a private first class with Easy Company and his unit was stationed on a mountain slope in a very remote area near Chee-won, Korea. 149 00:17:15,838 --> 00:17:21,841 Below them was a village and on this night, their mission was to bombard the village with artillery. 150 00:17:25,843 --> 00:17:33,847 As Easy Company begins firing on the village below, they notice something strange overhead coming straight towards them. 151 00:17:34,848 --> 00:17:41,852 Wall and his unit suddenly see a glowing saucer-shaped light walking down across the mountain to the right. 152 00:17:41,852 --> 00:17:48,856 The object is so quick that it maneuvers directly into the path of their artillery firing yet it remains untouched. 153 00:17:49,856 --> 00:17:55,859 As Private Wall reports, the glowing saucer comes right towards the unit until it is literally on top of them. 154 00:17:55,859 --> 00:18:01,863 It was hard for them to determine the size because what they remembered mostly was that brilliant light. 155 00:18:02,863 --> 00:18:07,866 Private Wall gets the order from his commander to start firing at the UFO. 156 00:18:15,870 --> 00:18:17,871 And the UFO responds. 157 00:18:21,874 --> 00:18:25,876 The UFO begins moving erratically when they hear something that they've never heard before. 158 00:18:26,876 --> 00:18:31,879 Like the revving of some kind of high-tech engine. 159 00:18:37,882 --> 00:18:40,884 The laser beam of light strikes each man's impulses. 160 00:18:43,886 --> 00:18:49,889 Wall reported that he and the other soldiers immediately felt a burning, tingling sensation all over their bodies. 161 00:18:49,889 --> 00:18:57,893 When Wall saw the light on his body, it was like an x-ray machine. He could see the bones in his hands and arms. 162 00:19:02,896 --> 00:19:09,900 Here you have some of the bravest men in your army with some of the most advanced weapons at the time, and they're completely helping us against this unknown force. 163 00:19:09,900 --> 00:19:28,910 The company commander orders everyone to run to the bunkers for protection. They do, but the UFO follows them and hovers over them, essentially pinning them down between the enemy below and the UFO above. 164 00:19:30,911 --> 00:19:37,915 Once in the bunker, the men of Easy Company begin to suffer from the effects of the UFO's attack. 165 00:19:38,916 --> 00:19:42,918 Not only were the men terrified, but they soon became extremely ill. 166 00:19:45,919 --> 00:19:50,922 These men were physically sick. They were weak and vomiting and completely overcome. 167 00:19:52,923 --> 00:19:57,926 As they lay there, the craft stayed above their bunker, almost like it was tormenting them. 168 00:19:57,926 --> 00:20:02,929 Suddenly, it shot up in the air at a 45-degree angle and disappeared. 169 00:20:03,929 --> 00:20:09,932 The men were still too sick to move. It was like they were paralyzed. 170 00:20:10,933 --> 00:20:18,937 They couldn't eat or drink anything without getting sick, and they were stuck there for days until reinforcements could be sent. 171 00:20:20,938 --> 00:20:27,942 Three days later, the Army Rescue Team finally arrived to evacuate the entire company, who were all still too weak to even walk. 172 00:20:28,943 --> 00:20:34,946 When they finally did get medical attention, the doctors couldn't explain the extreme high white blood cell count. 173 00:20:36,947 --> 00:20:44,951 Was this a case of the enemy using lethal gas as a weapon, or was it from the contact with the UFO? 174 00:20:45,952 --> 00:20:51,955 You have to wonder if they suffered from some kind of radiation sickness or exposure to some other kind of dangerous element. 175 00:20:51,955 --> 00:20:58,959 In fact, years later in 1987, Wall told a journalist that he continues to suffer from headaches, fatigue and disorientation, 176 00:20:58,959 --> 00:21:01,961 and to this day, his body is still not functioning normally. 177 00:21:03,962 --> 00:21:07,964 The fact that Private Wall was physically affected is one thing. 178 00:21:08,965 --> 00:21:14,968 He was psychologically affected because you absolutely do not understand what it is you have just gone through. 179 00:21:14,968 --> 00:21:18,970 These things are absolutely confusing. They don't fit in normal reality. 180 00:21:18,970 --> 00:21:22,972 If you just think of the imagery of it all, it looks like a horror movie. 181 00:21:24,973 --> 00:21:28,975 Why did a UFO attack and disrupt Easy Company's mission that day? 182 00:21:31,977 --> 00:21:34,979 I find this particular report of the iron triangle to be very interesting. 183 00:21:34,979 --> 00:21:46,985 It's an early combat situation with a UFO, and I think it's interesting to keep in mind that this is at a time during the Korean War when General Douglas MacArthur was talking very seriously 184 00:21:46,985 --> 00:21:50,987 about wanting to use nuclear weapons in an attempt to win the war. 185 00:21:54,990 --> 00:22:01,993 You could really look at this as a situation in which this other agency, these other beings, whoever they were, are saying to the Americans, 186 00:22:01,993 --> 00:22:06,996 hey look, we've got something that's a lot more significant, a lot more powerful than what you have. 187 00:22:06,996 --> 00:22:08,997 So maybe you want to think twice. 188 00:22:09,998 --> 00:22:17,002 Was the UFO show a force, an attempt to dissuade the U.S. from deploying deadly measures? 189 00:22:21,004 --> 00:22:26,006 Aliens have always indicated strong interest in military capabilities. 190 00:22:29,008 --> 00:22:35,011 As the Korean War continues, there are more dangerous encounters and not just with troops on the ground. 191 00:22:36,012 --> 00:22:42,015 U.S. policy to shoot down UFOs threatens the lives of many American pilots. 192 00:22:47,018 --> 00:22:51,020 September 1950, Port of Incheon, North Korea. 193 00:22:52,021 --> 00:22:55,022 It's early morning, shortly after the start of the Korean War. 194 00:22:55,022 --> 00:23:01,025 A North Korean truck convoy is spotted moving through a valley about 100 miles south of the Chinese border. 195 00:23:02,026 --> 00:23:07,029 Three American attack jets are launched from an aircraft carrier to bomb the convoy. 196 00:23:08,029 --> 00:23:12,031 The sun is just coming up when the Navy jets finally make their target. 197 00:23:12,031 --> 00:23:17,034 Each aircraft carries a pilot, a radar operator gunner, and about 4,000 pounds of bombs. 198 00:23:23,037 --> 00:23:27,040 And just as the jets see their target and are about to drop their payload, 199 00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:32,042 they find themselves staring at a pair of huge UFOs approaching from the northwest. 200 00:23:35,044 --> 00:23:37,045 The pilots couldn't believe their eyes. 201 00:23:37,045 --> 00:23:44,049 These UFOs were 700 feet in diameter and coming towards them at incredible speed, they estimated at 1,200 miles an hour. 202 00:23:46,050 --> 00:23:50,052 One of the gunners goes to fire at a UFO when he realizes their weapons are jammed. 203 00:23:50,052 --> 00:23:53,054 They try to radio for help, but the radio is dead too. 204 00:23:53,054 --> 00:23:57,056 All three jets are experiencing the same problems with their equipment. 205 00:23:57,056 --> 00:24:04,060 Two jets peel off to head back to the carrier, but the UFOs continue to follow the lone jet that remains on its mission. 206 00:24:06,061 --> 00:24:11,064 These UFOs circle the jet as if they're inspecting it before they zip out of sight at high speeds. 207 00:24:14,065 --> 00:24:21,069 The remaining pilot realizes his fuel is low, so instead of engaging his target, he decides he needs to return to the carrier. 208 00:24:24,071 --> 00:24:31,074 Back on the carrier, all three Navy pilots report that they experienced the same systems failures in each of their jets. 209 00:24:31,074 --> 00:24:38,078 Those guys were completely helpless up there, and what probably kept them alive was the fact that they couldn't shoot their weapons. 210 00:24:40,079 --> 00:24:46,083 I've never heard of an incident where they have attacked us first. 211 00:24:46,083 --> 00:24:50,085 It was always in response to something that we might do. 212 00:24:51,085 --> 00:25:00,090 Is it possible the UFO simply wanted to make itself known, and for the pilot's protection, prevented them from firing their weapons? 213 00:25:01,091 --> 00:25:06,094 When they attempted to fire, the weapon system was shut down in some way, they disrupted the system. 214 00:25:07,094 --> 00:25:13,097 The information that we're getting, basically the reason they're here is to save our planet. 215 00:25:14,098 --> 00:25:23,103 Incredibly, these mid-air UFO encounters with naval and air force pilots persisted throughout the Korean War. 216 00:25:24,103 --> 00:25:32,108 In March of 1952, the Washington Post published an article saying that the Pentagon knew of more than two dozen flying saucer incidents over North Korea. 217 00:25:33,108 --> 00:25:40,112 They had documentation and radar reports from personnel involved. These were such dramatic events that the officials couldn't even cover them up. 218 00:25:41,113 --> 00:25:48,116 Around this time in the early 1950s, retired Marine Corps Major Donald Kehoe was an active UFO investigator. 219 00:25:49,117 --> 00:25:58,122 He stated that at this time, U.S. Air Force had had over 300 encounters with mysterious lights and unidentified objects. 220 00:25:59,122 --> 00:26:04,125 But I do know that orders were given to try to bring them down. 221 00:26:04,125 --> 00:26:10,128 But we learned our lesson that when we tried to shoot them down, our crews didn't come back. 222 00:26:14,131 --> 00:26:20,134 Our government is being overwhelmed with reports of unbeatable alien craft above the battlefields. 223 00:26:21,134 --> 00:26:26,137 And yet here they are, still commanding our armed forces to just blindly engage these UFOs. 224 00:26:27,138 --> 00:26:33,141 The U.S. military's decision to battle these UFOs may have cost them greatly. 225 00:26:34,141 --> 00:26:41,145 I do know that we lost a great number of aircraft during the periods from 1952 to 1958, both Navy and Air Force. 226 00:26:42,146 --> 00:26:52,151 Benjamin Chidlow, who was the head of Air Defense Command, said publicly that we take UFOs seriously, that they are in fact very dangerous. 227 00:26:53,152 --> 00:27:02,157 Mufan files indicate that during the Korean War, the military employed a shoot them down policy. 228 00:27:03,157 --> 00:27:10,161 But after a deadly UFO incident in the Vietnam War, the government may have decided to shift this protocol. 229 00:27:12,162 --> 00:27:16,164 What impact would this new directive have on future encounters? 230 00:27:17,165 --> 00:27:20,166 Even over our most secure military bases? 231 00:27:21,167 --> 00:27:29,171 During the Cold War, a U.S. sergeant comes face to face with a UFO and finds himself completely defenseless. 232 00:27:41,178 --> 00:27:46,181 Mufan traces the history of military encounters with UFOs during wartime. 233 00:27:46,181 --> 00:27:58,187 Lessons learned in Korea and Vietnam eventually led to a change in military protocol that prohibited any engagement with these unidentified craft. 234 00:28:00,188 --> 00:28:07,192 This policy seemed to be in place during one of the most significant military security breaches of all time. 235 00:28:08,193 --> 00:28:12,195 December 26, 1980. 236 00:28:13,195 --> 00:28:19,199 Strange lights are reported by a security patrol near the east gate of RAF Woodbridge. 237 00:28:20,199 --> 00:28:27,203 So in 1980, we're in the middle of a Cold War and in fact at a heightened moment of tension in the Cold War. 238 00:28:28,204 --> 00:28:31,205 In Britain, you have the twin bases of Woodbridge and Bentwater. 239 00:28:32,206 --> 00:28:38,209 With nuclear ordnance that was stored there and this was NATO's forward nuclear base. 240 00:28:39,210 --> 00:28:47,214 In the event of anything serious that would be happening in terms of escalation of the Cold War, you could see this would be a very important base in the whole grand scheme of things. 241 00:28:49,215 --> 00:28:53,217 The Rendlesham Forest incident really begins on December 26 at 3 a.m. 242 00:28:54,218 --> 00:29:00,221 Airmen outside the east gate at Woodbridge see a light that is in the middle of the Cold War. 243 00:29:01,221 --> 00:29:06,224 It looks like an aircraft about to crash. They send a security detail out there to go investigate. 244 00:29:07,225 --> 00:29:12,227 A security officer named James Peniston is one of the men on this team. 245 00:29:13,228 --> 00:29:20,232 Policy dictated that if personnel left the base to investigate an incident, they would do so unarmed. 246 00:29:21,232 --> 00:29:28,236 My name is James Peniston. I'm a retired Air Force Sergeant that was in charge of security for RAF Woodbridge, England in 1980. 247 00:29:28,236 --> 00:29:37,241 Early in the morning of December 26, I was notified by Central Security Control that we had an issue out at the east gate of a possible aircraft downing. 248 00:29:38,242 --> 00:29:42,244 And so I said to the senior law enforcement guy, hey, did you hear a crash? 249 00:29:43,244 --> 00:29:46,246 And he says, no, Jim. He says it didn't crash. He says it landed. 250 00:29:49,248 --> 00:29:52,249 On the edge of the forest, we could start seeing a brighter white light. 251 00:29:52,249 --> 00:29:57,252 And as we entered the forest, we seen what appeared to be a triangular craft. 252 00:30:00,254 --> 00:30:10,259 At that point in time, there was no longer an aircraft downing. It was a security situation which could jeopardize the war making capability and operation of the twin bases. 253 00:30:11,260 --> 00:30:12,260 I wish we were armed. 254 00:30:13,261 --> 00:30:23,266 Peniston now approaches this object and he notices what looked like markings, maybe hieroglyphic types of markings. It was a very, very strange situation. 255 00:30:24,267 --> 00:30:36,273 I can't tell exactly what the craft was, but I can tell you what it wasn't. It was apparent that the technology was far beyond whatever we could ever do at that time or even at this present day. 256 00:30:36,273 --> 00:30:46,279 Here's Peniston right next to a UFO that is clearly not from our world. He's actually touching it. But still, he has no idea what he's supposed to do at this point. 257 00:30:47,279 --> 00:30:53,282 I thought that it might not be a survival situation, but I was going to go ahead and get as much information as I could. 258 00:30:54,283 --> 00:31:00,286 What did they want him to keep looking for? Think about it. The government already knew it was a UFO situation. 259 00:31:00,286 --> 00:31:07,290 They wanted to investigate and gather information about this craft, but they're not about to get their hands dirty and engage it. 260 00:31:08,291 --> 00:31:13,293 Despite the security risk, it's like they already knew there were no match for it. 261 00:31:14,294 --> 00:31:20,297 Peniston returns to the base where he is subjected to a series of interrogations. 262 00:31:21,298 --> 00:31:28,302 So this is ongoing investigation and this we want you to keep it contained and this is how we're going to do it. 263 00:31:28,302 --> 00:31:37,306 And any breach of that would be pretty much a career ender. It was unsettling. Yes, I didn't like to be put in that position. 264 00:31:38,307 --> 00:31:40,308 Looking back in hindsight, that was the beginning of the cover. 265 00:31:41,309 --> 00:31:47,312 Though the government tried their best to keep the incident under wraps, they found this wasn't going to be so easy. 266 00:31:48,312 --> 00:31:53,315 The Rendlesham incident at RAF Woodbridge does not end there. 267 00:31:54,316 --> 00:31:57,317 So two nights later, another UFO was seen over the area. 268 00:31:58,318 --> 00:32:06,322 This time Deputy Wing Commander Lieutenant Colonel Charles Halt is notified. He goes out personally to investigate. 269 00:32:07,323 --> 00:32:16,328 They bring radios, Geiger counters and a tape recorder and to his amazement, he and his team find themselves face to face with a triangle shaped UFO. 270 00:32:17,328 --> 00:32:22,331 This I think is the most significant thing. They see an object above them. 271 00:32:23,331 --> 00:32:33,337 This thing, whatever it was, beams a light down to the ground through the layers of dirt and concrete right to where nuclear ordnance was being stored. 272 00:32:34,337 --> 00:32:44,343 And as Charles Halt once said to two investigators, whatever that thing was, the beam of light directly affected the nuclear weapons that were being stored below the ground. 273 00:32:44,343 --> 00:32:48,345 Whatever intelligence that was, somehow knew that there were nukes down under the ground. 274 00:32:51,347 --> 00:33:01,352 Is it possible the UFOs were aware of our advanced weapons and came to investigate or perhaps even prevent nuclear warfare? 275 00:33:03,353 --> 00:33:10,357 They feel that our planet is very important in this part of the universe. They may even have a desire to come here in the future. 276 00:33:11,358 --> 00:33:22,364 On the question of nuclear weapons at the twin bases, my official response on that is that we can neither confirm nor deny the existence of weapons at that base at that time. 277 00:33:23,364 --> 00:33:32,369 I think if we showed any aggression with a weapon, if we had them with us, I think that it could have been not good for us. 278 00:33:33,370 --> 00:33:42,374 Werner von Braun predicted that we would be interacting with these things at some point. Well, did we? That's my question. 279 00:33:43,375 --> 00:33:53,380 So by the time Reynolds Shim happens, perhaps there's a protocol in place not to engage them. Maybe we were already in contact as so many claim. 280 00:33:54,381 --> 00:34:02,385 Could the government's knowledge of these UFOs have changed the protocol from engage to something else? 281 00:34:03,386 --> 00:34:11,390 It seems fair to say that this point in the Cold War, the U.S. government had made a decision to change its attitude to observing UFOs. 282 00:34:12,391 --> 00:34:21,396 And this event reinforces something else about our relationship to UFOs, essentially that we're powerless against them. We really can't compete with whoever these beings are. 283 00:34:23,397 --> 00:34:31,401 Perhaps our government finally recognized that our most advanced weapons are no match for extraterrestrial technology. 284 00:34:32,402 --> 00:34:41,407 The military continues to be astounded as UFOs are still appearing in our most recent conflicts, such as Iraq and Afghanistan. 285 00:34:41,407 --> 00:34:54,414 March 19, 2003, Little Zab Valley, Iraq. 286 00:34:55,414 --> 00:35:10,422 In the final hours before Operation Iraqi Freedom, Kurdish militia, known as the Peshmerga, in the area called Little Zab Valley, see F-16s, American F-16s flying over there, releasing air to ground missiles very close to their position. 287 00:35:11,423 --> 00:35:18,427 Suddenly, Iraqi forces below began firing at the F-16s. 288 00:35:19,427 --> 00:35:27,432 A battle begins to break out between the bunker in Little Zab Valley and the American F-16s. 289 00:35:28,432 --> 00:35:33,435 The report goes on to say that shortly after the battle began to break out, the Kurds noticed some strange lights in the sky. 290 00:35:33,435 --> 00:35:43,440 The seven lights were very bright and formed a line across the sky. The Kurds said American force is retreated. 291 00:35:44,441 --> 00:35:49,444 These strange lights form in the sky and instead of engaging them, the F-16s just leave. 292 00:35:50,444 --> 00:36:02,451 Like other military encounters that involve UFOs, the incident is kept tightly under wraps and no official report is filed. 293 00:36:03,451 --> 00:36:13,457 I find it very interesting that there's no official report or acknowledgement of any UFO activity over the Little Zab Valley at that particular time. 294 00:36:13,457 --> 00:36:19,460 And in fact, if there were no eyewitness reports, there would be no knowledge of this encounter at all. 295 00:36:20,460 --> 00:36:24,463 The general public has not told everything about what our military is encountering in these war zones. 296 00:36:25,463 --> 00:36:34,468 What's interesting about this is that it gives us some insight into the fact that UFOs are still appearing over our battlefields and the military is still backing off. 297 00:36:34,468 --> 00:36:43,473 That's the stuff I want to know about. If they're not a threat, then why are they still a secret? 298 00:36:44,474 --> 00:36:53,478 It seems that the government is now well aware that they are no match for this advanced technology, which obviously would be something they'd be very uncomfortable admitting. 299 00:36:54,479 --> 00:37:03,484 Do these UFOs continue to appear to remind us of their power? Or could their presence indicate something else entirely? 300 00:37:05,485 --> 00:37:11,488 Wherever there's fighting going on, the UFOs are seen and reported on a regular basis. 301 00:37:12,489 --> 00:37:24,495 That's happening in Ukraine now and in other areas, Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan. They seem to have an affinity for areas where there's loss of life. 302 00:37:24,495 --> 00:37:39,503 It's conceivable that extraterrestrials may be observing these war zones because it is strange to them the way we behave towards each other. 303 00:37:40,504 --> 00:37:45,507 Man killing man. This might be something very, very fascinating to them. 304 00:37:45,507 --> 00:37:53,511 I believe they're telling us to stop killing each other and I think that they see a danger perhaps in their own past. 305 00:37:54,512 --> 00:37:59,514 Maybe they're here to tell us if there's anyone we need to protect ourselves from, it's ourselves. 306 00:38:02,516 --> 00:38:06,518 Throughout history, there have been reports of battles involving UFOs. 307 00:38:07,519 --> 00:38:23,527 Ancient writings in 4000 BC refer to gods fighting UFOs in the heavens and citizens from 13th century England and Nuremberg in 1561 tell of strange objects attacking one another in the skies above them. 308 00:38:24,528 --> 00:38:32,532 Perhaps our other worldly visitors were taught lessons from these ancient encounters, lessons that we are meant to learn as well. 309 00:38:33,533 --> 00:38:41,537 They may have advanced beyond warfare and I think that they see a danger perhaps in their own past. They have witnessed these kinds of things. 310 00:38:42,538 --> 00:38:45,539 They might be telling us, hey, there's a better way to be. 311 00:38:46,540 --> 00:38:53,544 Could this be the reason why so many UFOs are witnessed during our most violent wars? 312 00:38:53,544 --> 00:39:05,550 Perhaps if one day we are able to communicate with these visitors, their message will be revealed, hopefully before it's too late for us all.