1 00:00:00,490 --> 00:00:20,493 Music 2 00:00:20,493 --> 00:00:25,493 August 1991, the Pacific Ocean. 3 00:00:25,493 --> 00:00:31,494 USS Nimitz is returning home to Hawaii after a long deployment in the first Gulf War. 4 00:00:31,494 --> 00:00:38,495 My name is Kevin Vi. I was a PH2 stationed on the USS Nimitz in 1991 when this happened to me. 5 00:00:39,495 --> 00:00:48,496 Kevin is an expert at identifying all forms of US and enemy jets because he's the one responsible for photographing and documenting them for the Navy. 6 00:00:48,496 --> 00:00:52,497 Music 7 00:00:52,497 --> 00:00:58,498 I finished my evening ship and as usual I had gone up to the deck to look at the ocean, hopefully watch the sunset. 8 00:00:58,498 --> 00:01:02,498 And while I was sitting there they locked the ship down. 9 00:01:03,498 --> 00:01:07,499 This protocol could mean that there is an imminent danger. 10 00:01:07,499 --> 00:01:11,500 Vi has only 30 seconds to clear the deck. 11 00:01:13,500 --> 00:01:15,500 He doesn't make it. 12 00:01:15,500 --> 00:01:19,501 Everything is locked down before he has a chance to go under. 13 00:01:19,501 --> 00:01:22,501 Kevin decides to wait it out. 14 00:01:22,501 --> 00:01:27,502 I started feeling like something was buzzing inside of me and I started looking around. 15 00:01:27,502 --> 00:01:35,503 Whatever was buzzing was everywhere. I could feel it in my body, I could hear it, I could feel it on my hands against the rail that I was holding onto. 16 00:01:36,503 --> 00:01:39,503 The next thing he sees paralyzes him in fear. 17 00:01:39,503 --> 00:01:46,504 As Vi looks over the ship's starboard side he's astounded to see something rising out of the ocean. 18 00:01:53,505 --> 00:01:59,506 In front of me was a very large object. I mean this thing was huge. It was larger than the Nimitz. 19 00:01:59,506 --> 00:02:06,507 I could see the water underneath it glowed. I'm not sure if it was lights coming down from the ship or the ocean itself. 20 00:02:07,507 --> 00:02:13,508 It had to be that this thing came from out of the water. I knew that I saw something from another world. 21 00:02:15,508 --> 00:02:19,509 The craft continues to rise until it levels off above the height of the Nimitz. 22 00:02:19,509 --> 00:02:25,509 And it sits there about 200 yards from the ship for about 15 minutes, not making any sound. 23 00:02:25,509 --> 00:02:28,510 Although he says the buzzing sensation remained the whole time. 24 00:02:28,510 --> 00:02:32,510 The craft now appeared to have no apparent color. That it almost looked like glass. 25 00:02:32,510 --> 00:02:37,511 It started to move slightly and then all of a sudden it went up and I mean up fast. 26 00:02:38,511 --> 00:02:44,512 It was literally from where it was at me in front of the ocean to a pinpoint in the sky in half a second. 27 00:02:46,512 --> 00:02:50,513 Following the incident, Kevin Vi is isolated for questioning. 28 00:02:51,513 --> 00:02:56,514 When these guys started questioning my first impression was, well I'm not going to tell them what I saw. 29 00:02:56,514 --> 00:02:59,514 Because everybody will think I'm a lunatic. 30 00:02:59,514 --> 00:03:03,514 I just wanted to go about my normal life and pretend like nothing had changed. 31 00:03:03,514 --> 00:03:05,515 Although everything had changed. 32 00:03:06,515 --> 00:03:09,515 Did Kevin Vi witness a UFO? 33 00:03:09,515 --> 00:03:14,516 Underwater UFO reports are some of the most extraordinary encounters that we have on record. 34 00:03:16,516 --> 00:03:19,517 We are surrounded by water on this planet. 35 00:03:19,517 --> 00:03:25,517 71% of the earth is underwater, most of which is totally unexplored. 36 00:03:26,518 --> 00:03:31,518 But underwater UFOs, they could be very close watching us without us ever knowing they're there. 37 00:03:32,518 --> 00:03:36,519 Are UFOs lurking beneath the waters of our planet? 38 00:03:37,519 --> 00:03:44,520 If so, how big is this mysterious network of underwater craft and where are they coming from? 39 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:50,521 MUFON investigates UFOs in the abyss right now. 40 00:03:51,521 --> 00:03:59,522 The Mutual UFO Network, known as MUFON, is an independent organization not bound to any government. 41 00:03:59,522 --> 00:04:04,523 They investigate reports of UFO sightings from around the world. 42 00:04:04,523 --> 00:04:10,523 Over the past five decades, they have collected more than 70,000 files, 43 00:04:10,523 --> 00:04:14,524 stored at a secure location known as Hangar One. 44 00:04:15,524 --> 00:04:20,525 Now MUFON is granting access to their fast archive. 45 00:04:21,525 --> 00:04:24,525 These are the files of Hangar One. 46 00:04:34,527 --> 00:04:38,527 While we often look to the skies for evidence of unidentified flying objects, 47 00:04:38,527 --> 00:04:43,528 MUFON files contain many sightings of underwater UFOs. 48 00:04:44,528 --> 00:04:51,529 Where do they come from and why are these mysterious craft hiding in our oceans? 49 00:04:52,529 --> 00:04:56,530 Think about how much space there is to hide in the ocean. 50 00:04:56,530 --> 00:05:01,530 If there are UFOs underwater, we'd have no way to know how many there are or what they're up to. 51 00:05:02,530 --> 00:05:07,531 But some of MUFON's files hint that there could be something very big going on down there. 52 00:05:15,532 --> 00:05:17,532 October 4, 1967. 53 00:05:18,533 --> 00:05:21,533 Shag Harbor, Nova Scotia. 54 00:05:22,533 --> 00:05:27,534 In the fall of 1967, a man by the name of Lori Wiccans is driving home late one evening with his friends. 55 00:05:27,534 --> 00:05:31,534 In the distance, Wiccans spots a strange, unusual flashing object. 56 00:05:35,535 --> 00:05:41,536 This object has flashing yellow lights and it looks like it's falling out of the sky right towards the harbor. 57 00:05:42,536 --> 00:05:48,537 Wiccans is so alarmed by the speed and trajectory of the object towards the water that he pulls his truck over. 58 00:05:50,537 --> 00:05:57,538 Wiccans fears that he just witnessed a plane crash, so he goes to the nearest pay-a-phone and makes an urgent call to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. 59 00:05:59,538 --> 00:06:04,539 The senior officer on duty, Corporal Victor Wibickey, listens to Wiccans' call and assumes he is drunk. 60 00:06:04,539 --> 00:06:08,539 However, soon multiple calls start coming into the police department, 61 00:06:08,539 --> 00:06:11,540 all describing a similar crash into the harbor. 62 00:06:11,540 --> 00:06:14,540 It turns out most of the town saw this crash. 63 00:06:15,540 --> 00:06:20,541 We call it a crash, but we're not sure, because it didn't go into the water immediately. 64 00:06:20,541 --> 00:06:27,542 It was above water, above water, and sitting there for a while, and then submerged. 65 00:06:29,542 --> 00:06:33,543 It doesn't appear that what people witnessed was any kind of earthly craft, 66 00:06:33,543 --> 00:06:37,543 and it's just plunged into the middle of Shag Harbor. 67 00:06:39,543 --> 00:06:44,544 Corporal Wibickey rounds up a team of local fishermen to help investigate. 68 00:06:45,544 --> 00:06:51,545 Wibickey sees this strange yellow light in the water, so he and his team get into boats and head towards it. 69 00:06:52,545 --> 00:06:55,546 There aren't any signs of survivors, bodies, or even wreckage, 70 00:06:55,546 --> 00:07:01,546 and now the yellow light and submerged object they had seen from the shore is nowhere to be found. 71 00:07:02,546 --> 00:07:06,547 They are soon joined by the United States Coast Guard. 72 00:07:06,547 --> 00:07:10,548 The Coast Guard arrives on the scene and they resume the search for another few hours. 73 00:07:10,548 --> 00:07:14,548 They can't find anything and eventually call to search around 3 a.m. 74 00:07:15,548 --> 00:07:21,549 But once the police search ends, a secret military investigation begins. 75 00:07:22,549 --> 00:07:32,551 What most people don't know is that on October 5, 1967, the Canadian Forces headquarters dispatched the HMCS Grand Bay to investigate. 76 00:07:32,551 --> 00:07:36,551 They had specially trained divers and went down to do a thorough investigation. 77 00:07:38,551 --> 00:07:48,553 Decades later, several of the crew members come forward to move on and finally admit that the Grand Bay did in fact track a UFO underwater for an entire week. 78 00:07:49,553 --> 00:07:58,554 From the private interviews done years later, the story emerged that the Grand Bay tracked that underwater UFO over a 25-mile stretch to a place called Government Point. 79 00:07:59,554 --> 00:08:06,555 A military base at Government Point picks up unusual activity from the underwater object. 80 00:08:07,555 --> 00:08:10,556 Suddenly, the UFO starts acting strange. 81 00:08:11,556 --> 00:08:16,556 This craft that had been eluding the Navy for a week seems as though it's stopped and given up. 82 00:08:16,556 --> 00:08:22,557 It's just sitting there in the water, so more ships are dispatched from Government Point to investigate. 83 00:08:23,557 --> 00:08:32,559 But what they did was surround the disabled UFO and they brought in Navy divers to go under to check on what was down there. 84 00:08:34,559 --> 00:08:39,559 As the Navy closes in on this craft, their instruments suddenly pick up a second object. 85 00:08:39,559 --> 00:08:43,560 There's another UFO in the water and it's heading right towards them. 86 00:08:44,560 --> 00:08:52,561 The crew is completely stunned. The second UFO positions itself on top of the first one and it appears as though the second craft is repairing the first UFO. 87 00:08:53,561 --> 00:08:56,562 Somehow they sent out a distress signal to their people. 88 00:08:57,562 --> 00:09:02,563 The crew has no idea what they're dealing with. They're completely out of their element. 89 00:09:02,563 --> 00:09:05,563 With not just one unknown object, but now two. 90 00:09:05,563 --> 00:09:10,564 At this time, another witness reported a Russian submarine in nearby Canadian waters. 91 00:09:10,564 --> 00:09:17,565 This prompted a few of the US vessels which were tracking the UFO to be pulled off that duty to investigate the Russian sub. 92 00:09:17,565 --> 00:09:21,565 And while they were doing that, the two UFOs made their move. 93 00:09:23,565 --> 00:09:30,566 The UFOs race towards the surface, blast out of the water and vanish into the sky. 94 00:09:30,566 --> 00:09:37,567 One underwater craft is strange enough, but the fact that this UFO apparently called for help and that help arrived immediately, what does that say? 95 00:09:37,567 --> 00:09:40,568 How many of these things are down there? 96 00:09:40,568 --> 00:09:50,569 There was another ship in the vicinity that was able to come to the rescue and assist this thing under the water, which shows me an organization here behind the scene. 97 00:09:50,569 --> 00:09:52,569 There's something far behind the scene. 98 00:09:52,569 --> 00:10:00,570 Could there be an entire network of underwater UFOs operating on our planet and we just don't see them because we're looking up instead of down? 99 00:10:01,570 --> 00:10:04,571 Coming up, halfway around the world. 100 00:10:04,571 --> 00:10:11,572 A Royal Navy ship tracks a UFO above and below the strait. 101 00:10:11,572 --> 00:10:21,573 And later, MUFON investigates a region infamous for both its water UFO sightings and unexplained disappearances, the Great Lakes Triangle. 102 00:10:21,573 --> 00:10:26,574 The Great Lakes account for more disappearances per square mile than the Bermuda Triangle. 103 00:10:26,574 --> 00:10:32,575 When we were in the US, the US Navy was able to find a new source of information. 104 00:10:32,575 --> 00:10:39,576 Inside Hangar One, MUFON files report that some UFO encounters occur not just in our skies, but in our waters as well. 105 00:10:39,576 --> 00:10:44,576 In Shag Harbor, no one has ever been able to find a UFO. 106 00:10:44,576 --> 00:10:50,577 The Bermuda Triangle is a place where the UFOs are located. 107 00:10:50,577 --> 00:11:00,578 Inside Hangar One, MUFON files report that some UFO encounters occur not just in our skies, but in our waters as well. 108 00:11:00,578 --> 00:11:13,580 In Shag Harbor, Nova Scotia, an underwater UFO sighting leads to a military pursuit and reveals that a vast UFO presence could be hiding right here on Earth. 109 00:11:14,580 --> 00:11:17,581 How far might this network extend? 110 00:11:17,581 --> 00:11:29,582 You know, it's interesting when you think about how there have been reports of underwater UFOs from navies all over the world, and they share so much in common that it's hard to believe these could just be isolated incidents. 111 00:11:29,582 --> 00:11:32,583 There is definitely something going on beneath the water. 112 00:11:39,584 --> 00:11:45,584 February 28th, 1963. The North Atlantic, Norway. 113 00:11:48,585 --> 00:12:00,586 20-year-old Lieutenant Tom Preston was on board one of the approximately 10 ships in their Royal Navy's North Atlantic fleet that is participating in a training exercise off the coast of Norway. 114 00:12:00,586 --> 00:12:11,588 Preston is on morning watch duty inside the ship's darkened radar sonar room with five other witnesses, three radar scope operators, and two sonar scope operators. 115 00:12:12,588 --> 00:12:21,589 Suddenly a blip appears on the crew's radar screen. There's something in the sky about the size of a jet fighter, and it's headed right for him. 116 00:12:23,589 --> 00:12:38,591 Preston is alarmed at how suddenly the blips appear on radar, so he notifies his senior officer. When the senior officer arrives, he's also concerned by what he sees and contacts the nearest ship to confirm that they picked up the same target. And they did. 117 00:12:39,592 --> 00:12:44,592 The crew attempts to contact the object, but it does not respond. 118 00:12:44,592 --> 00:12:51,593 They don't know if this thing is a friend or an enemy. All they know is that it's coming at them fast, so they scramble jets to get a closer look. 119 00:12:53,593 --> 00:13:00,594 Within minutes, the jet pilots give visual confirmation that a UFO is flying over the ocean. 120 00:13:01,595 --> 00:13:11,596 Preston and his crew watch the radar screen as the two jets approach the target, but as soon as they get too close, the UFO suddenly turns and dives directly towards the ocean. 121 00:13:12,596 --> 00:13:23,597 There are three radar screens with each radar scope displaying a different height level in the sky. The UFO is traveling so fast that it crosses all three radar scopes within two or three seconds. 122 00:13:24,598 --> 00:13:34,599 Next thing you know, it's zooming down through the various radar fields. Well, when it gets down to the surface, the commander of the Royal Reception said it's headed for the water. Watch out on sonar. 123 00:13:36,599 --> 00:13:47,601 The UFO crashes right through the surface of the water and just keeps on going. The crew can see it on sonar, cutting through the ocean just as easy as it was flying through the sky, and it's moving so fast they can barely track it. 124 00:13:48,601 --> 00:13:57,602 The fastest submarine underwater does about 60 miles an hour. 60 miles an hour is not very fast speed. You do that on highway. 125 00:13:59,602 --> 00:14:12,604 This UFO is going much faster than any submarine, indicating it's clearly not man-made, or at least it's not any kind of man-made technology that we currently know about. So the sailors have no clue as to what is racing through the ocean. 126 00:14:13,604 --> 00:14:30,606 What causes the UFO to allow itself to go through the water is a kind of rotating field. It's kind of pushing the water down, then it's pushing it out, and then back up. It's digging a hole for itself as it's going down through the water. 127 00:14:32,607 --> 00:14:38,608 The craft descends over 2,000 feet into the ocean depths before finally disappearing. 128 00:14:43,608 --> 00:14:53,610 Preston and his crew report this amazing encounter to their superiors, but they don't get the reaction they're expecting. Instead, they're ordered to never mention the incident again. 129 00:14:56,610 --> 00:15:08,612 The crew is then forced to sign an official Secrets Act. The agreement states that if anyone reveals any information regarding this issue, they will be considered in breach of security and will face severe discipline. 130 00:15:09,612 --> 00:15:25,614 Our priorities are completely messed up. An extraordinary event like this occurs, and instead of being in a rush to discover more about this mysterious craft that banished under the ocean, the military's first order of business is to threaten and intimidate the witnesses into silence. 131 00:15:26,614 --> 00:15:42,616 The mystery of ocean-going UFOs gets even more disturbing when you realize that MUFON has collected evidence of these craft in our lakes, too. I mean, it seems like these things could be hiding in any body of water. 132 00:15:43,616 --> 00:15:57,618 January 2nd, 1976, Sabine Lake, Texas. 133 00:15:58,618 --> 00:16:02,619 Father and son are out on their usual Saturday morning fishing trip on Sabine Lake in Texas. 134 00:16:04,619 --> 00:16:06,619 The lake is calm and there's hardly a breeze in the air. 135 00:16:07,619 --> 00:16:14,620 The boy glances over the side of the boat and he notices something. There's a small light glowing beneath the water. 136 00:16:18,621 --> 00:16:24,622 He tells his father, and when his dad sees the light, he asks his son if he dropped their flashlight into the water. 137 00:16:25,622 --> 00:16:37,623 The boy shows his dad the flashlight, still in the boat, but suddenly the glow under the water starts to get very bright and it's growing as though something is rising up from the bottom of the lake and getting closer to their boat. 138 00:16:38,624 --> 00:16:44,624 The light quickly grows larger until it comes to rest directly beneath the boat. 139 00:16:45,625 --> 00:16:52,625 This brilliant light remains underneath their boat for a few moments. The father and son are unsure what it is, so they lean over to get a closer look. 140 00:16:54,626 --> 00:17:00,627 It was a chilly morning, but as he leans over to the side of the boat towards the light, his face suddenly starts burning from the heat. 141 00:17:01,627 --> 00:17:12,628 It gets even closer and they can see that this light is coming from a solid object, an underwater craft, but they don't get a good look at it because it suddenly shoots away and it's moving very fast. 142 00:17:13,628 --> 00:17:25,630 Here's the strange thing. As this UFO shot away underwater, an enormous wake formed on the surface of the lake about a mile away as if caused by a boat, but there was no object to be seen on the surface. 143 00:17:26,630 --> 00:17:35,631 The kid says this wake was as big as something a barge would make, but they never saw the object emerge. It stayed underwater and eventually disappeared. 144 00:17:35,631 --> 00:17:41,632 The boy is freaking out, but then he notices that his father is also petrified and looks like he's going to be sick. 145 00:17:42,632 --> 00:17:51,633 All of a sudden, the dad motors the boat full speed back to shore, bypassing the dock and plows right onto the beach, something the son has never seen his father do. 146 00:17:52,634 --> 00:17:58,634 Whatever they had just witnessed in the lake was terrifying for both of them. They leave the boat and run up to their uncle Dale's house. 147 00:17:58,634 --> 00:18:08,636 Dale was the dad's brother and had been a radio man in the Air Force. The father tells Dale about the lights, the bizarre craft that caused the wake. 148 00:18:09,636 --> 00:18:17,637 The three of them return to their boat and they notice something strange. There seems to be some sort of energy emanating from it. It's almost like it's buzzing. 149 00:18:18,637 --> 00:18:25,638 The uncle thinks something is odd and starts throwing bolts at the boat and lo and behold, every bolt sticks to the boat like a magnet. 150 00:18:26,638 --> 00:18:31,639 The strange thing is this boat is made of aluminum and aluminum is not magnetic. 151 00:18:32,639 --> 00:18:37,640 What did this boat come in contact with that caused it to become magnetized? 152 00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:51,641 Often, objects that come into contact with UFOs report extremely unusual electromagnetic readings. This hasn't only happened with boats. This has also happened with cars and other vehicles. 153 00:18:51,641 --> 00:19:04,643 Additionally, people who have very close encounters with the UFOs often report that the UFOs generate extreme heat, which would explain the hot temperature that the boy reported when he looked over the side of the boat. 154 00:19:05,643 --> 00:19:13,644 It's interesting when you realize how many details of this underwater craft are consistent with other UFO reports, like how it was able to move so fast beneath the water. 155 00:19:14,644 --> 00:19:29,646 Think about a UFO if it's capable of traveling in space at extreme speeds. If they can nullify gravity, the weight of the water has no effect on the craft, which also allows it to operate at the same speed in the water as would be in the air. 156 00:19:30,647 --> 00:19:42,648 So, whether it's a craft in the air or a craft beneath the waves, when you see enough similarities between these encounters, you have to consider that, okay, we might be dealing with the same thing here. 157 00:19:43,648 --> 00:19:55,650 If these are actually extraterrestrial UFOs, what's their agenda? What exactly are they doing in the waters of our planet? And most importantly, could their presence be putting us in danger? 158 00:19:59,651 --> 00:20:16,653 Next, MUFON investigates a region infamous for its underwater UFOs and strange disappearances. And later, are UFOs being created at a secret facility known as the underwater Area 51? 159 00:20:16,653 --> 00:20:18,653 When We Return 160 00:20:19,653 --> 00:20:29,655 Inside Hanger 1, MUFON files contain evidence of underwater UFO activity. 161 00:20:31,655 --> 00:20:43,656 From a naval encounter on the Norwegian Sea to a family fishing trip on Sabine Lake, underwater UFOs are reported around the world. 162 00:20:44,657 --> 00:20:48,657 The big question is, what is it about the water that attracts these UFOs? 163 00:20:49,657 --> 00:20:59,659 In 2013, we spent three times more money exploring space than the oceans of our planet. If an extraterrestrial is looking to hide on Earth, what better place than in the water? 164 00:21:01,659 --> 00:21:12,660 Are sightings of these mysterious submersible craft evidence of an extraterrestrial presence hiding on Earth? And if so, could they pose a threat? 165 00:21:12,660 --> 00:21:28,662 If these underwater UFOs are actually hostile, it's especially chilling because they're so close to us. This isn't a tiny light way up in the sky above a mountain range. This is something that could be waiting just below us when we're fishing or swimming. 166 00:21:29,663 --> 00:21:45,665 But one region in particular has become infamous for its underwater UFO sightings and the unsolved disappearances that accompany them. An area that's come to be known as the Great Lakes Triangle. 167 00:21:52,666 --> 00:21:56,666 September 12, 2009, Lake Huron, Michigan 168 00:21:57,666 --> 00:22:05,667 One evening, a couple is stargazing at a campground on Lake Huron, when they suddenly notice four very bright reddish pink lights appear in the sky. 169 00:22:06,668 --> 00:22:09,668 A UFO is flying right over their campground. 170 00:22:10,668 --> 00:22:18,669 And then the UFO descends into the water at what seems like an incredible speed. And then it just disappears. Gone. 171 00:22:19,669 --> 00:22:29,671 According to Hangar One files, underwater UFO sightings like this are only part of a more disturbing mystery connected to the region. 172 00:22:30,671 --> 00:22:34,671 The Great Lakes account for more unexplained disappearances per square mile than the Bermuda Triangle. 173 00:22:35,671 --> 00:22:42,672 Like many of these cases, the most infamous Great Lakes disappearance begins with UFO activity. 174 00:22:49,673 --> 00:22:54,674 Lake Superior, November 23, 1953 175 00:22:55,674 --> 00:23:05,675 On November 23, 1953, a radar controller at Truax Air Force Base in Dade County, Wisconsin, detected an unidentified blip over Lake Superior. 176 00:23:06,676 --> 00:23:15,677 This prompted Kinross Air Force Base, not Kinshlo Air Force Base, to dispatch an F-89C Scorpion jet to investigate an intercept. 177 00:23:15,677 --> 00:23:22,678 Now this was piloted by a first lieutenant named Felix Monclaw and accompanied by second lieutenant Robert Wilson. 178 00:23:23,678 --> 00:23:29,679 As the F-89 jet gets closer to its target, the pilot's radar controls get scrambled. 179 00:23:30,679 --> 00:23:34,679 Monclaw and Wilson now solely rely on radar navigation from ground control. 180 00:23:35,679 --> 00:23:43,680 Ground control vectors the F-89C toward the target and they are approaching the UFO at a speed of about 500 miles per hour. 181 00:23:44,681 --> 00:23:48,681 Ground control watches on the radar screen as the F-89 approaches. 182 00:23:49,681 --> 00:23:53,682 The gap between the two blips starts growing smaller and smaller until the two blips become one. 183 00:23:54,682 --> 00:23:56,682 Then all of a sudden they both disappear. 184 00:23:59,683 --> 00:24:07,684 The expectation was that one aircraft was passing over the other one and that they would start to see the two distinguish themselves again. 185 00:24:08,684 --> 00:24:11,684 That did not happen. What they saw instead was one blip. 186 00:24:11,684 --> 00:24:16,685 Stay there for a moment and then just vanish off the screen. 187 00:24:18,685 --> 00:24:22,686 Personnel on the base desperately try to make sense of the event. 188 00:24:23,686 --> 00:24:28,687 Ground control is absolutely frantic and F-89 has just vanished into thin air. 189 00:24:29,687 --> 00:24:31,687 They try to radio the jet but they receive no response. 190 00:24:32,687 --> 00:24:35,687 It is now clear that they have a catastrophic problem on their hands. 191 00:24:36,688 --> 00:24:39,688 At this point ground control deploys a search and rescue mission. 192 00:24:41,688 --> 00:24:45,689 The search and rescue team is directed to the exact spot where the blip was last seen. 193 00:24:46,689 --> 00:24:49,689 They go there they find nothing. Nothing is ever found. 194 00:24:50,689 --> 00:24:54,690 Nobody can find the remains of this jet fighter in Lake Superior. 195 00:24:55,690 --> 00:25:00,691 Of course whether it's swallowed the UFO we have no idea what happened we have no idea. 196 00:25:01,691 --> 00:25:02,691 The jet fighters gone. 197 00:25:03,691 --> 00:25:06,692 An F-89C Scorpion jet is a big piece of equipment. 198 00:25:06,692 --> 00:25:12,692 There is no way something like this can just vanish into thin air without anyone knowing anything about what happened. 199 00:25:13,693 --> 00:25:15,693 Different theories were offered as to why this happened. 200 00:25:16,693 --> 00:25:23,694 So Felix Montclos Widow was told by the Air Force that he had flown too low and crashed. 201 00:25:24,694 --> 00:25:30,695 Another Air Force officer had stated no no he went too high and the plane exploded. 202 00:25:31,695 --> 00:25:35,695 And then you have a third explanation which was that he had somehow suffered vertigo and crashed. 203 00:25:37,696 --> 00:25:42,696 Basically they offer up any and every theory except the one involving the UFO. 204 00:25:44,697 --> 00:25:50,698 Another explanation was offered by Harvard astronomer Donald Menzel who was actually the leading UFO debunker in the world at the time. 205 00:25:51,698 --> 00:25:55,698 Menzel's explanation was that what radar had tracked was called a phantom echo or ghost plane. 206 00:25:57,698 --> 00:26:01,699 Ghost planes are false radar images caused by atmospheric conditions. 207 00:26:01,699 --> 00:26:03,699 Ghost planes are a real phenomenon. 208 00:26:04,699 --> 00:26:11,700 They can cause an object to appear and then disappear rather quickly on radar and have been known to cause pilots to make sharp turns to avoid them. 209 00:26:12,700 --> 00:26:16,701 And in fact traffic controllers have reported ghost plane phenomenon for years. 210 00:26:17,701 --> 00:26:26,702 When you look at the evidence the ghost plane theory falls flat because if these are simply false radar images how does that account for all the planes that have disappeared over the Great Lakes. 211 00:26:26,702 --> 00:26:28,703 1950 Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501. 212 00:26:29,703 --> 00:26:32,703 1956 a Canadian twin jet over Lake Ontario. 213 00:26:33,703 --> 00:26:35,704 1961 a small plane over Lake Michigan. 214 00:26:36,704 --> 00:26:40,704 1966 a Cessna over Lake Erie and the list goes on and on right up to the present. 215 00:26:44,705 --> 00:26:52,706 Due to the high number of disappearances in the triangle authorities admit to implementing a special protocol for flying over the area. 216 00:26:52,706 --> 00:26:56,706 The Great Lakes Triangle is officially recognized by the Federal Aviation Administration. 217 00:26:57,706 --> 00:27:05,708 They've instituted what they call a lake reporting service which requires all pilots flying through this area to provide continual status updates. 218 00:27:06,708 --> 00:27:11,708 And if there's as much as a 10 minute gap in the reports that automatically results in a search and rescue mission. 219 00:27:12,708 --> 00:27:17,709 When you have federal regulations and protocols already in place regarding the search and rescue mission. 220 00:27:17,709 --> 00:27:24,710 When you have federal regulations and protocols already in place regarding a quote unquote unexplained mysterious anomaly. 221 00:27:25,710 --> 00:27:30,711 I think it's pretty clear that the government knows a lot more about what's going on here than they're letting out. 222 00:27:31,711 --> 00:27:35,712 What might authorities be hiding about the Great Lakes Triangle. 223 00:27:36,712 --> 00:27:46,713 With so many concentrated UFO reports combined with the high number of disappearances some researchers believe that there could be an underwater UFO base in the Great Lakes. 224 00:27:47,713 --> 00:27:52,714 These disappearances might be the result of UFOs trying to protect their secret. 225 00:27:53,714 --> 00:28:03,715 Underneath Lake Superior if there are caverns these crevices it makes sense that that's where they would want to be to cloak a base or a craft. 226 00:28:04,715 --> 00:28:07,716 There could be underwater bases anywhere. 227 00:28:08,716 --> 00:28:09,716 Maybe the Great Lakes Triangle. 228 00:28:10,716 --> 00:28:12,717 Maybe a hundred other places on this planet. 229 00:28:12,717 --> 00:28:17,717 All bodies of water can have an underwater base. 230 00:28:18,717 --> 00:28:19,717 We have the technology we've had this for years. 231 00:28:20,718 --> 00:28:28,719 That's cut and dry going deep under the ground deep under the ocean floor that capability has existed since at least in 1960s. 232 00:28:29,719 --> 00:28:36,720 But if these undersea UFO bases exist who is building them and why. 233 00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:46,721 Could it be that the reason the military doesn't seem too concerned about these strange undersea craft is because they're the ones who are actually making them. 234 00:28:47,721 --> 00:28:58,723 When we return Mufan investigates the existence of undersea UFO bases that might be hiding sophisticated craft from our world and beyond. 235 00:29:07,724 --> 00:29:21,726 Mufan investigations have uncovered decades of underwater UFO sightings from military incidents around the globe to frightening encounters with unsuspecting civilians. 236 00:29:22,726 --> 00:29:25,726 Water provides the perfect place for UFOs to hide. 237 00:29:26,726 --> 00:29:27,727 We know so little about what's in our oceans. 238 00:29:28,727 --> 00:29:31,727 I mean the Mariana's trench is over 36,000 feet deep. 239 00:29:32,727 --> 00:29:35,728 There are areas of unexplored ocean that are bigger than Europe. 240 00:29:36,728 --> 00:29:42,729 There could be an entire fleet of underwater UFOs patrolling our world without being seen. 241 00:29:44,729 --> 00:29:50,730 If UFOs are traveling through our oceans do they have an underwater base of operations? 242 00:29:52,730 --> 00:29:58,731 The idea of underwater bases you know when people will just automatically look at this and go there are no underwater bases. 243 00:29:59,731 --> 00:30:05,732 But the fact is look at the big boomer submarines and stuff you know we I mean they're like cities under the water you know. 244 00:30:06,732 --> 00:30:08,732 So if we're doing this why not? 245 00:30:09,732 --> 00:30:10,732 E.T. 246 00:30:11,732 --> 00:30:20,734 But if undersea bases exist are they of extraterrestrial design or could their origin be much closer to home? 247 00:30:21,734 --> 00:30:25,734 Mufan files reveal one case that might offer a clue. 248 00:30:25,734 --> 00:30:37,736 Summer 1983 the Caribbean Sea. 249 00:30:38,736 --> 00:30:44,737 It was a hot summer night in 1983 and the USS Yellowstone was sailing north back to his home port, Norfolk, Virginia. 250 00:30:45,737 --> 00:30:48,737 The conditions were perfect not a cloud in the sky. 251 00:30:49,738 --> 00:30:55,738 At about 3 a.m. Sailor on the Yellowstone notices a glowing green spot in the middle of the ocean. 252 00:30:56,738 --> 00:31:00,739 The seaman takes his binoculars to get a closer look but can't make out a shape yet. 253 00:31:01,739 --> 00:31:06,740 He can only tell that it's a solid object in the middle of the ocean and that it appears to be directly in their path. 254 00:31:08,740 --> 00:31:16,741 As soon as this guy realizes that this is something very out of the ordinary he radios the officer on duty to report the object. 255 00:31:18,741 --> 00:31:21,742 He tells the officer look we're on a collision course with something. 256 00:31:22,742 --> 00:31:25,742 He asks what they should do but his superior doesn't seem too concerned. 257 00:31:26,742 --> 00:31:30,743 The officer on duty's only reaction was Roger that without any change in course. 258 00:31:31,743 --> 00:31:36,744 The ship continues on a collision course with the strange glowing object. 259 00:31:37,744 --> 00:31:44,745 The seaman is confused and concerned so he repeats his warning with even more urgency but this time he doesn't even get a response. 260 00:31:44,745 --> 00:31:49,746 He's thinking why am I the only one who seems to care that we're about to crash into something. 261 00:31:50,746 --> 00:31:54,746 Now this ship is going full steam ahead towards this unidentified object in the middle of the ocean. 262 00:31:55,746 --> 00:31:58,747 The seaman on lookout now has a clear unobstructed view. 263 00:31:59,747 --> 00:32:04,748 They're getting closer and closer to this thing about to hit it but they just miss colliding with the object. 264 00:32:05,748 --> 00:32:07,748 Still the sailor gets a good look as they pass. 265 00:32:08,748 --> 00:32:12,749 It's a metallic spherical craft most of it has emerged and it's easily 40 feet in diameter. 266 00:32:12,749 --> 00:32:18,749 As the ship passes the object the seaman yells to the crew to get to the starboard side and look at what they almost hit. 267 00:32:20,750 --> 00:32:22,750 But the other sailor's missing the object. 268 00:32:23,750 --> 00:32:27,751 The sailor tries to explain what he saw to the officer on deck but gets no reaction. 269 00:32:29,751 --> 00:32:33,751 What did they nearly collide with in the middle of the ocean? 270 00:32:34,752 --> 00:32:38,752 And why was the ship's officer so intent on hiding its identity? 271 00:32:39,752 --> 00:32:47,753 How is it possible that a sailor standing watch gives warning of a collision and the officer on deck barely acknowledges the alert? 272 00:32:48,753 --> 00:32:52,754 Could the officer have been well aware of what was in the water but didn't want to draw attention to it? 273 00:32:53,754 --> 00:32:56,755 Maybe authorities already know what's lurking in our oceans. 274 00:32:57,755 --> 00:32:59,755 This is what they do time and time again. 275 00:33:00,755 --> 00:33:06,756 The authorities will deny and ignore because they want the public to bury their heads in the sand when it comes to these encounters. 276 00:33:06,756 --> 00:33:11,757 When we're talking about underwater UFOs the big question is what's the point of origin? 277 00:33:12,757 --> 00:33:19,758 I mean are these extraterrestrial craft that fly down from space and explore our oceans or could the oceans actually be their home base? 278 00:33:20,758 --> 00:33:24,758 One coastal UFO hotspot may hold the answer. 279 00:33:25,758 --> 00:33:32,759 The entire United States coastlines have UFOs seen on the coast but California has a lot. 280 00:33:37,760 --> 00:33:43,761 December 24th 1994, the Southern California coast. 281 00:33:44,761 --> 00:33:49,762 In 1994 a crew of four were sailing a boat from San Francisco to San Diego. 282 00:33:51,762 --> 00:33:58,763 According to one of the passengers, a woman named Elizabeth, the crew was estimated to be about 25 to 35 miles offshore from Big Sur. 283 00:33:58,763 --> 00:34:05,764 Suddenly Elizabeth looks out across the ocean and spots a round object pulsating deep red to orange and sitting on the ocean surface. 284 00:34:06,764 --> 00:34:10,764 This giant pulsating red object shoots out of the water and into the sky without a sound. 285 00:34:11,765 --> 00:34:19,766 This craft blasts out of the ocean right in front of them and as far as Elizabeth and her crew can tell it keeps rocketing right into space. 286 00:34:20,766 --> 00:34:25,766 Elizabeth's story is about a man who was in the ocean and was in the ocean. 287 00:34:25,766 --> 00:34:30,767 Elizabeth's story is far from the only UFO reported in this area. 288 00:34:31,767 --> 00:34:37,768 For years there's a lot of mystery as to why the Southern California coast would be such a hotspot for water UFO sightings. 289 00:34:38,768 --> 00:34:41,769 But in 2014 we may have gotten a piece of the puzzle. 290 00:34:41,769 --> 00:34:48,770 May 22nd 2014, Malibu, California. 291 00:34:49,770 --> 00:34:58,771 A group of UFO researchers are studying Google Earth images of Malibu, California when they stumble onto something potentially huge. 292 00:34:59,771 --> 00:35:04,772 They discover what appears to be a large man-made structure beneath the surface of the ocean. 293 00:35:04,772 --> 00:35:08,772 The structure appears to be over a half mile wide and over 60 stories high. 294 00:35:09,772 --> 00:35:15,773 If this structure is in fact ground zero for underwater UFO activity, it's the perfect location. 295 00:35:16,773 --> 00:35:19,774 We know more about the surface of Mars than we do about the ocean. 296 00:35:20,774 --> 00:35:25,774 So if the government has something to hide, what better place than on the ocean? 297 00:35:25,774 --> 00:35:54,778 Many researchers and ufologists speculate that this structure could access two primary military installations including China Lake Naval Base in the Mojave Desert and the Naval Air Undersea Warfare Center in Hawthorne, Nevada by way of an elaborate underwater and underground tunnel that structures hundreds of miles. 298 00:35:55,778 --> 00:35:58,779 This discovery could be the holy grail for UFO researchers. 299 00:35:59,779 --> 00:36:08,780 Ufologists have spent over 40 years searching for any potential evidence of an underwater base and thanks to the internet that evidence is now right there on Google Earth. 300 00:36:09,780 --> 00:36:12,781 It's getting more and more difficult to keep this kind of thing under wraps. 301 00:36:13,781 --> 00:36:18,782 Does this discovery reveal a secret underwater military installation? 302 00:36:18,782 --> 00:36:29,783 The government denies that these Google Earth images reveal an undersea base, but the idea isn't so far-fetched when you realize that there are already documented undersea navy bases. 303 00:36:30,783 --> 00:36:40,785 The Atlantic Undersea Testing and Evaluation Center, known as Autech, is a United States Navy facility located off Andros Island in the Bahamas. 304 00:36:41,785 --> 00:36:49,786 Autech is an underwater laboratory that performs tests on the entire spectrum of undersea simulated warfare. 305 00:36:50,786 --> 00:36:54,786 Autech has top secret tracking capabilities for in-water and in-air crafts. 306 00:36:55,787 --> 00:36:57,787 Its ability to track craft in the air is amazing. 307 00:36:58,787 --> 00:37:03,788 It can track in-air weapons at a distance of 500 miles and up to a height of 70,000 feet. 308 00:37:03,788 --> 00:37:10,789 In the water it's just as impressive. It can cover a range of 500 square nautical miles, which is twice the area of New York City. 309 00:37:11,789 --> 00:37:19,790 Now what's very interesting about Autech is their deep water tracking range. It's capable of tracking up to 63 underwater objects simultaneously. 310 00:37:20,790 --> 00:37:27,791 Besides tracking underwater objects, what else could this sophisticated technology be used for? 311 00:37:28,791 --> 00:37:35,792 Autech is located in a 150-mile long basin at a depth of 6,000 feet. 312 00:37:36,792 --> 00:37:41,793 Where it is, that water is absolutely still. There are no currents, there's no swells, there's nothing. 313 00:37:42,793 --> 00:37:50,794 Now that alone, plus the fact that there's very advanced technology there, could make it an ideal testing place for UFOs. 314 00:37:51,794 --> 00:37:55,795 Are all of these underwater UFOs merely top secret military craft? 315 00:37:55,795 --> 00:38:02,795 Well, when you consider some of the abilities we've seen in these reports, the way the Shag Harbor UFO seemingly broke the laws of physics, 316 00:38:03,796 --> 00:38:11,797 the incredible underwater speed that far surpasses any known technology on the planet, just because the military is involved doesn't mean there's nothing extraterrestrial going on here too. 317 00:38:12,797 --> 00:38:22,798 It's entirely possible, with everything we know, that Autech is an undersea area 51, a place where alien technology is reverse engineered in complete secrecy. 318 00:38:23,798 --> 00:38:29,799 Whether underwater UFOs are military ships, intergalactic vessels, or both, 319 00:38:30,799 --> 00:38:37,800 Hangar One files point to a worldwide network of these craft, hiding just beyond our sight. 320 00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:47,802 As reports continue across the globe, MUFON investigators keep watch above us and below.