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00:00Tonight on The Proof is Out There.
00:03A mysterious light zigzags across the night sky.
00:06What does one of the world's most famous UFO hunters
00:09have to say about it?
00:11The movement of this object is confounding.
00:15Did Ukrainian soldiers record a massive UFO?
00:20There have been a lot of strange objects
00:22in the skies of Ukraine since the full-scale invasion began.
00:25What did an investigator searching for the Ark
00:28of the Covenant bonnet?
00:30Perhaps the Ark itself had the ability
00:32to conduct electricity through the angels on top.
00:36We investigate the mysterious phenomenon of earthquake lights.
00:40This is one of the best examples that I've ever seen.
00:45And could this be the cry of a cannibalistic monster?
00:51What would you do if you heard this scream in the woods?
01:01Around the globe are videos,
01:05photos,
01:07and sounds that defy explanation.
01:14We don't know where they come from,
01:17who made them, or how they operate.
01:18What are they?
01:19Some sort of bizarre mutation.
01:21What's exciting is nobody really knows.
01:23Extraordinary claims need extraordinary proof.
01:28I'm Tony Harris.
01:29And as a journalist for more than 30 years,
01:32I've followed the facts where they take me.
01:34Now I'm bringing that spirit of investigation
01:37to the world's strangest sounds and images.
01:39It's coming towards us.
01:41We'll analyze each one with top experts.
01:43It's a credible case.
01:45It's a credible video.
01:47And pass a verdict on what it is.
01:49This video is clearly faked.
01:52The proof starts now.
02:01Good evening and welcome to The Proof Is Out There.
02:04A young company called Enigma Labs has quickly become
02:08the largest global UFO data bank,
02:11with hundreds of thousands of UFO reports cataloged on his platform.
02:15And when they shared this one video
02:17shot near a secretive government facility,
02:20we knew we had to investigate.
02:23September 30th, 2023.
02:25It's just past midnight in Chattanooga, Tennessee,
02:28and Brandon Pendleton is in his backyard,
02:31enjoying the cool evening air.
02:33That's when he sees a light out of the corner of his eye.
02:36Luckily, his surveillance camera is already trained on the sky,
02:40and it records this.
02:42A bright light emerges in the bottom right corner of the footage.
02:46It shoots up in a straight line, then stops, suddenly.
02:50For more than two minutes, it hangs in place,
02:54indistinguishable from the stars surrounding it.
02:56At last, it begins to move again,
02:58this time zooming to the left before making a 180-degree turn and exiting the frame.
03:05Brandon says he set up the sky monitoring camera just two months prior,
03:09when he heard Pentagon whistleblower David Grush's groundbreaking testimony.
03:14I was informed in the course of my official duties of a multi-decade crash retrieval and reverse
03:22engineering program.
03:23I haven't always been a believer in UFOs.
03:26This incident changed my perspective, I would say, pretty significantly,
03:30but also made me want to lean on the science side a little bit more to try to figure out
03:34what's going on.
03:35To do that, Brandon submits his footage to Enigma Labs, where it catches the eye of writer and
03:41researcher Alejandro Rojas.
03:43I couldn't figure out what it was.
03:46It intrigued me so much that I decided to send it around to other researchers.
03:51It wasn't just the motion of the object that raised eyebrows, it was the location.
03:56Tennessee, looking back historically, they have over 4,000 reports that have been documented.
04:03Chattanooga is one of the top cities for sightings, where we've got over 100 sightings in our catalog
04:09in Chattanooga.
04:11In fact, that trend goes back decades.
04:151973 was kind of a hot time for UFOs in the Tennessee River Valley area.
04:20In fact, it was so common that you had mothers reporting seeing these things on a regular basis.
04:27You have local reports from law enforcement that described these things that move erratically in
04:33the sky.
04:33There's even a report about a farmer who encountered two luminous balls of light that
04:40seemed to almost be toying with him and then immediately shoot up into the sky and disappear.
04:46And there may be a reason for the long-running local phenomenon.
04:50We know that Oak Ridge Laboratory is about 90 miles away. This is a highly sensitive research
04:56center that the U.S. government uses to test sometimes its newest and latest inventions.
05:02Even more suspicious, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is managed by the Battelle Memorial Institute.
05:09In the 1950s, the U.S. Air Force contracted Battelle to investigate UFOs in an effort known as Project
05:16Stork. But many have speculated that their contractual involvement with UFOs goes further and involves
05:23reverse engineering.
05:25Is it possible this could be some sort of test aircraft or test technology?
05:33Oak Ridge National Laboratory was founded in 1943 as a research facility for the top-secret
05:39Manhattan Project, which produced the world's first atomic bombs.
05:44Is this video evidence that it could now be part of the secret government UFO reverse engineering
05:50program David Grush described? Or will our experts find a more mundane explanation?
06:00This object's movement, and at times lack thereof, immediately rules out a few potential explanations.
06:07What makes it unusual is the fact that it's just stationary. That's unusual because it's not consistent with
06:17normal aircraft. I mean, a helicopter can hover like what we're seeing this point of light do. But at the
06:24same time, some of the movement is just not typical of what I would think a helicopter would do aerodynamically
06:31as
06:32it's ascending. Then could this really be a secret aircraft launched out of Oak Ridge? The thing is, unlike,
06:39say, Area 51, Oak Ridge is not the best spot for testing a reverse engineered UFO. What we do know
06:47about Oak Ridge National Laboratory is it is a facility that's actually run by the Department of Energy,
06:52not the Department of Defense. They don't produce or test aerospace platforms that we're aware of. So,
06:59I would say that this object that we see here being something coming from Oak Ridge National Laboratory,
07:06probably pretty unlikely. So it's not coming from Oak Ridge, but maybe it's headed there.
07:13Remember the New Jersey drone sightings of 2024? Some of those drones were seen near secure government
07:20sites. Could this be the same kind of thing? Everything that I see here in terms of its movement
07:26is very consistent with a quadcopter rotary ring drone. The way that it hovers for roughly two minutes
07:35and then begins to move to the left and then you see what appears to be an arc. All of
07:41those movements,
07:41it screams quadcopter to me. If I had more details and more information and I could test it out, then
07:50I could
07:50go into looking at other explanations. But it completely matches everything that a drone can do.
08:03Our verdict? This looks like a quadcopter drone. Now, Brandon himself has experienced flying consumer
08:10grade drones and he says that's not what he saw. But we're going with our experts, at least for now.
08:16The
08:16question is, who was flying it? A harmless hobbyist? Local law enforcement? A rival military? That remains
08:23a mystery. Now let's turn to a UFO sighting from overseas. The last century of warfare has seen the
08:31rise of radar, the invention of the atomic bomb, and an influx of UFOs over combat zones. In World War
08:38II,
08:39U.S. Airmen nicknamed them Foo Fighters. In modern war zones, soldiers just hit record.
08:46February 2024, the Ukrainian armed forces have been defending their country from a Russian invasion
08:53for two years. Soldiers from the 406th Battalion are operating a Mavic quadcopter drone from an
09:00undisclosed location when they spot something unfamiliar on the horizon.
09:06An oblong UFO appears on the drone's video feed. Their equipment indicates the object could be
09:12approximately 30 miles away, meaning this thing must be massive. As the drone zooms in on the anomaly,
09:19the soldiers seem confused, even nervous.
09:32Picture it. You're at war, monitoring the skies, and you see this thing looming in the distance. Watch as we
09:40magnify here, and you can see just how imposing that object looks. It's broad, flat, and by all
09:47appearance is completely static. It raises two urgent questions. How is this thing flying,
09:53and who's flying it? The video makes headlines. But this isn't the first UFO case in the region.
10:02There have been a lot of sightings of strange objects since February of 22,
10:06when the full-scale invasion began. In January of 2023, the governor of Russia's Rostov region,
10:12a man named Vasily Golubev, posted on his telegram that the Russian military spotted a round object
10:18flying at about one and a half miles above ground level. So what was decided was to essentially shoot
10:24it down. In fact, UFOs like these, released by investigative journalist Jeremy Korbel,
10:31have been popping up so often in war zones that the US government is paying attention.
10:36In 2023, the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office, or Aero, which is the Pentagon's kind of in-house
10:43UFO research task force, they released a heat map. That heat map illustrates UFO hotspots across the
10:52globe. There are a number of them in the United States, which Aero attributes to collection bias.
10:59We have more sensors here, so we've cataloged more sightings here. What's notable, however,
11:05are the clustered sightings around nuclear detonation sites like Hiroshima and Nagasaki,
11:10and ongoing conflicts. There seems to be a larger cluster of UAP sightings near or around war zones.
11:18There's a lot of people out there who think that this correlation is evidence of some sort of
11:24intelligence monitoring active combat zones. In 2015, Edgar Mitchell, the sixth man to walk on the moon,
11:33claimed that military officials had witnessed UFOs flying over White Sands Missile Range,
11:39where the world's first nuclear bomb was detonated in 1945. So are aliens really keeping tabs on
11:46mankind's military might? Or is this video evidence of something closer to home?
11:55First, could the object be closer than 30 miles, and therefore smaller? Turns out there's something
12:02called a kamikaze drone being used in Ukraine. It's what's known as a loitering munition.
12:08The term loitering munition gives the impression of some type of stationary drone that just hovers
12:15there waiting to pounce on a target. But in reality, a loitering munition works in the same principles
12:21as any type of drone or aircraft. So it's in effect a flying bomb. And when it sees a target,
12:27it goes into kind of a kamikaze mode or terminal mode. But it's still a plane. It's still going to
12:34look
12:34like a plane. What about wingless craft, like a blimp? Blimps are used in a variety of fashions,
12:42for surveillance purposes, reconnaissance purposes, security perimeter purposes,
12:47anti-air defense. But today's blimps aren't like the Led Zeppelin album covers of yesteryear.
12:53Older blimps tend to be this more narrower shape, though, and newer blimps tend to be much more rounded.
12:58And this doesn't look like one of these newer blimps. If it's not any kind of conventional aircraft,
13:03what does that leave? One very likely and plausible explanation for what we're looking at here
13:08is this is potentially a superior mirage. These can create some pretty wild optical illusions.
13:14It appears as if maybe a ship over water is floating in the air, buildings are floating,
13:20but all this is is an optical illusion. A superior mirage is the result of temperature inversion.
13:26That is when cool, dense air sits beneath warmer air, bending the light downward and creating the
13:33illusion of an image above the true object. But interestingly, that might not be what's happening
13:39here. So if there was something down below, there was like a little hill or something like that,
13:43then you could get a copy of what's down below. But we can overlay the image from the video,
13:49and we can see we can get a kind of a rough match between the fields and the roads. If
13:54it was something
13:54like a mirage, it would have to be raised up above the horizon. And it's difficult to see how this
14:01could actually be a mirage, especially as the landscape around this area is so flat.
14:07And without a large object, like a boat or hill, to be visually warped by a temperature inversion,
14:15there can be no mirage. It's maybe not as far away as they think it is,
14:20so perhaps not quite as big as they think it is. But I don't actually know what this is.
14:29Our verdict? This is a genuine UFO. Not even our expert debunker, Mick West,
14:35could take down this bogey. So until we get more information, remember to check your six.
14:42You know, most people think a nice hike through the woods is a great way to relax. And usually it
14:48is.
14:49Unless the surrounding sounds of nature include a terrifying roar from something unseen. Just
14:56listen to our next story. It's a brisk January day in New Brunswick, Canada.
15:03And avid hiker Kelton Edgeit is walking in the forest. Suddenly, a strange sound in the distance
15:10sends him hiding behind a fence, where he pulls out his phone and records this.
15:15What the f*** is that?
15:27We hear a monstrous roar coming from beyond the trees. It lasts for seconds, then repeats.
15:43It makes sense that an unknown sound like this, that is big and scary, could be from a Sasquatch.
15:50Sasquatches are known to make long, loud vocalizations. And this is fantastic Bigfoot habitat.
15:58In fact, this area in particular is famous for reports of the bazaar.
16:04Moncton, a city up in New Brunswick, is an epicenter for these sorts of things.
16:09There have been numerous road crossings which have multiple witnesses riding in the car
16:13while the Sasquatch runs across the road. But the Sasquatch may not be alone.
16:19There's another legendary creature rumored to exist in Canada.
16:23One of the prevalent subjects of mythology in the Algonquin cultures is the Wendigo,
16:29a malevolent evil spirit that is associated with winter because it is thin, it looks like it's
16:36starving, it's emaciated, it is a giant, and it is out to get you because humans are food.
16:43According to the Algonquin legend, the Wendigo spirit would possess any human who dared to taste
16:49human flesh, transforming them into a tall, lanky creature with glowing eyes. A person who encounters
16:56a Wendigo then risks being devoured or even transformed into one. Now, it's worth noting
17:02that some experts argue the Sasquatch and Wendigo are connected.
17:06It is my opinion that the source of the Wendigo myth is a Sasquatch surviving the winter. Chimpanzees,
17:13for example, are known to raid human settlements when food is very difficult to get. And Sasquatches,
17:20being eight foot tall and starving to death in northern climates, would certainly go after humans.
17:32Tales of the Wendigo have evolved over time. Originally, the Algonquins suggested they were
17:38possessed humans. European settlers later infused part of the werewolf legend. But what remains
17:45constant is that they're big, they're scary, and they're hungry. Let's see what our experts think
17:51about this potential predator. We begin by testing the theory that this could be a potential Sasquatch
18:01by comparing it to howls recorded in Columbiana County, Ohio in 1994, which many Bigfoot researchers
18:09consider an authentic Bigfoot vocalization.
18:24The New Brunswick whale has much more noise and much more of a moan quality that isn't present in the
18:33possible Bigfoot recording. It does not appear to me that this would be a good match.
18:37Okay. Then what if this is just a person pulling a hoax?
18:51The human sound examples have more of a pitched quality. It does not appear likely to me that the
18:58New Brunswick recording is attributable to a human. Then what about other animals in the area?
19:04In New Brunswick, there are many animals that may produce vocalizations. One example might be a lynx.
19:24And the lynx recording has a very similar frequency range, duration, and long drawn out
19:32kind of raspy quality to it. I think this is a lynx, which are located in this area,
19:39and they can make some really strange, almost like screaming sounds.
19:49And it sounds especially haunting because it's echoing throughout the forest.
20:01Our verdict? Kelton definitely recorded something wild, but in this case, it was a lynx.
20:08And while the lynx may not be as fantastical as a Sasquatch or Wendigo, it is a fearsome predator unto
20:15itself known to take down much larger prey such as coyotes and even reindeer.
20:22On this show, we love to discuss abnormal creatures. But every now and again,
20:29we like to take a look at perfectly normal creatures behaving abnormally. And this next video certainly qualifies.
20:38July, 2024, Shenyang, China. A unique storm event brings the largest rainfall this city has seen
20:45in more than 70 years. And while most people take cover from the torrential downpour,
20:50one section of the city is about to get jumping.
21:02In the middle of the massive rainstorm, dozens of large fish repeatedly leap into the air,
21:08bouncing back and forth. The footage goes viral and theories roll in. One is part
21:15of a growing narrative that fish and other animals on the planet are starting to fight back. Some
21:20marine biologists believe these animals may be retaliating against human-caused pollution,
21:25citing a surge in killer whale attacks on yachts, fishing boats, and sailboats, as well as a recent
21:32wave of sea lion assaults on beachgoers in California. Are these fish the next to strike back?
21:38There are numerous instances of fish being violent. For example, in the Amazon, the Arapaima have actually
21:48drowned two men and injured numerous others. Carp have been seen jumping onto boats and really frightening
21:56people in the Midwest. And it does make people wonder if nature is fighting back. Others speculate
22:03that there's some kind of weird science going on with these fish. In 2015, the U.S. and Canada both
22:11approved genetically modified salmon. They grow twice as big and twice as fast. Some people have dubbed
22:18these to be Frankenfish. So you wonder when you see things like this, are these genetically modified fish?
22:25China is the world's biggest consumer of seafood. So it's entirely possible that they would be looking
22:32into genetic modification. Some people wonder why you would genetically modify fish in the first
22:39place. Proponents of the idea argue it's a cost-effective way to increase nutritional value
22:45while helping to reduce the spread of disease and contaminants. Could that explain this bizarre behavior?
22:55This video was shot in China, where we know they have a rich history of genetically modifying organisms.
23:02But most of their genetic testing is actually on salmon. This appears to be a video of carp. So not
23:08a
23:09species typically known for genetic modification. And they don't seem to be any bigger or doing
23:14anything that would give them any sort of advantage. So then is it possible that these carp are acting
23:20out in some new form of aquatic aggression? I personally know researchers that have bit by
23:26arapaima jumping into their boats or we always hear about orcas attacking boats. But carp aren't necessarily
23:33known to be aggressive by any means. And a lot of the instances where you hear about fish attacking or
23:41jumping into boats are actually just an accident. It would appear that whatever's happening in this
23:47footage is more likely a defensive reaction. These animals are clearly panicked. It seems like they're
23:54trying to actually escape something rather than chase it. According to our experts, the x factor here is
24:00the unique weather conditions. What I think is happening here is that this dramatic rain is actually
24:06overstimulating these fish. This was a rain event that was the worst of its kind in over 75 years. Because
24:14the
24:14raindrops are coming from all directions, they don't actually know how to respond. So instead of swimming
24:20away, they're just leaping into the water to try and escape what they think is some kind of vibration.
24:26And there's an interesting reason they're all jumping out of the water at the same time.
24:31We've all seen a school of fish move in unison. And that's because of these amazing components
24:37called the lateral line. A lateral line runs along the body of a fish and is a series of very
24:44sensitive pores that can actually sense changes in water pressure. It is an automatic response rather
24:51than based on seeing or hearing. This rainstorm might be a little bit like an earthquake to them,
24:58setting off a kind of chain reaction where the entire population is now leaping out of the water.
25:08Our verdict? It appears there's nothing strange or nefarious at play with these jumping fish.
25:14It's just a school of carp overstimulated by a once-in-a-lifetime weather event.
25:19Let's hope they got some well-deserved rest and relaxation once the storm subsided.
25:27The Ark of the Covenant is a storied holy relic that's been sought after for centuries. And not just
25:34by fictional characters like Indiana Jones. So when two people in different corners of the world both
25:40claim to have found it, you know we had to investigate. 2012, Renly Chateau, France. An archaeological dig in a
25:49cave has
25:50explorers tunneling through rock when they come across something shocking. Partially buried in the
25:57rock is a large chest with wood paneling and an ornately decorated lid. Those behind the discovery
26:04declare this to be the Ark of the Covenant, the sacred vessel said to carry the stone tablets inscribed
26:10with the Ten Commandments. Scripture tells us the Ark was originally held in the Temple of Solomon
26:17Jerusalem. In the context of the Bible, the Temple was destroyed in the year 586 B.C. by Nebuchadnezzar,
26:24the king of Babylon. And after that, we have no written record of where the Ark of the Covenant was.
26:31So maybe it was moved to what's now France. But there's a problem. This isn't the first time someone
26:38has claimed they've discovered the Ark. Three decades earlier, in 1982, another seeker,
26:45the late Ron Wyatt was exploring the Garden Tomb in Jerusalem, a location that some believe is where
26:52Jesus was buried after his crucifixion. Ron's wife Mary and daughter Michelle recall the incident.
26:59He was climbing on his belly and shining his flashlight down through the rocks and he saw some gold and
27:06just
27:07a big old stone case and he says the Ark of the Covenant is in there. This blurred photo is
27:15the only
27:15recorded glimpse of the object which Ron said was the Ark of the Covenant. He claimed his view was blocked
27:22by the presence of angels at the site. I think that this is something that God
27:27doesn't want anybody messing with at all. You can see the shape of angel wings and heads and things like
27:35that. He just could not get a decent picture. Then Ron allegedly makes a second discovery while
27:43gathering evidence. He looked up and he saw black material coming down from a crack in the ceiling.
27:49And he said that when he saw that, he realized what happened there. That the blood of Jesus had come
27:57down
27:58and went down through that crack and went on to the mercy seat of the Ark of the Covenant.
28:04My father always said that he was led by God to all of these discoveries because he was willing. He
28:13was
28:13willing to do it. Okay, but these images are far from definitive. Is there any other evidence to
28:20support Wyatt's claims? How did he know it was the blood of Jesus? He claimed it only had 23 chromosomes.
28:26He said there was only 23 chromosomes out of the 46 that should have been there, implying a divine father
28:32and a human mother. At the end of that great movie, Raiders of the Lost Ark, the Nazi soldiers open
28:42the
28:42Ark and their faces melt because of the power inside. Is there any power in these discoveries? Or like the
28:49movie, are they just works of fiction? First, how do Ron Wyatt's claims hold up under scrutiny?
29:00The claim was that Jesus' blood only had 23 chromosomes because he's only half human.
29:05But there's no paperwork to back any of this up. There's no lab report. He also didn't even have
29:11a photograph of the Ark of the Covenant with this blood-like substance on it. And so there's nothing
29:19you can look at that shows that he even had a sample, let alone had a sample tested.
29:24And when it comes to Wyatt's discovery of the Ark... He only has a photograph that's very blurry
29:31that he says is because an angel had shown up and it blurred the photograph. And so there's nothing
29:37at all to back up his story. Now, pivoting to the alleged Ark found in France, if it looks familiar,
29:45maybe it's because biblical descriptions of the Ark tell us it was a large wooden chest about four feet by
29:51two feet by two feet with a gold-plated exterior and golden angels adorning its top. A lot like the
29:59one seen in the Spielberg movie. They do show what looks very much like Indiana Jones' version of the
30:07Ark of the Covenant. But this sort of thing is pretty simple. You can buy replicas like that on eBay.
30:15I mean,
30:16on its face, this story is very difficult to believe.
30:25Our verdict? We agree with our experts that the so-called Ark found in France is a hoax. As for
30:32Ron Wyatt's unproven claims, it's clear that while some believers accept this discovery,
30:37until we see more evidence, we can't say what we're looking at. If you're a fan of science fiction,
30:45you've probably come across the concept of a hive mind before. Based on real-life beehives,
30:52it's the idea that under certain circumstances, multiple beings can function as a single consciousness.
30:59Could UFOs behave in the same way? This video might have the answer. October 30th, 2017. It's a crisp,
31:07autumn warning in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. Before the crack of dawn, Andrea Bragg and her
31:14husband are driving into work when they see something strange in the sky.
31:19A swarm of small yellow lights pepper the sky. They appear to be moving together in formation.
31:26They're motion smooth and intentional. There's a lot of people within the UFO community that believe
31:31UFOs operate much like insect swarms do. They function on a sort of hive mind system.
31:38The individuals involved in this hive mind would have no free will, instead functioning only as
31:44parts of a stronger, smarter whole. In fact, rock star turned UFO investigator Tom DeLong
31:52takes it one step further. He believes these hive minded aliens are soulless cogs in a machine,
31:59worshipping their technology and intentionally leaving traces of it on Earth to turn us humans into
32:05cogs too. That could be what's really behind alleged UFO crash landings here on Earth. By this theory,
32:13Roswell and similar incidents weren't accidents. They were planted alien technology. Or is this UFO
32:21flock from right here on Earth, albeit with some genetic alterations?
32:26In recent years, scientists have been actually utilizing genetic cloning and manipulation to
32:31essentially create bioluminescent animals. And this has been done for the purpose of research into diseases.
32:37In nature, bioluminescence is the production of light by living organisms due to chemical reactions
32:43inside their bodies. But now, it's not just in nature. Researchers would take this green fluorescent
32:50protein and insert it into the genetic structure of whatever gene they were trying to alter. If that
32:56animal would glow, it would be indicative of the fact that the experiment was successful. Some people
33:01have speculated after watching this video that perhaps these are some sort of genetically
33:06modified birds that are glowing. If these are escaped lab animals, it wouldn't be the only time.
33:14In November 2024, 43 monkeys broke out of a South Carolina bioresearch facility. Luckily,
33:21they were all safely recaptured in the following months. Are these also lab specimens on the loose?
33:27Or a swarm of hive-minded UFOs? Let's ask our experts to shed a little light.
33:37Let's tackle the UFO theory first. It is certainly within the realm of possibility,
33:42but highly unlikely. It really doesn't display any of the characteristics of UFO incidents.
33:50Instantaneous acceleration or hypersonic velocity or low observability of transmedium travel. They don't
33:57seem to be displaying any type of beyond next generation technology.
34:02But what about current generation technology? Drones swarms have become more ubiquitous and more
34:08sophisticated in recent years. In 2024, a Chinese company set a new world record with this spectacle,
34:15coordinating more than 10,000 drones with a single computer.
34:19Drones typically will have kind of almost an irregular spacing because they're making an image out of
34:26something. This is very random, very kind of chaotic. Could these be glowing animals after all?
34:33We couldn't find any record of animals escaping from a lab in Alberta. So we consider if there could be
34:39a
34:39more natural explanation. I think the best guess here is that these are actually snow geese migrating,
34:46which is a certain type of geese found in that region that has a very bright white stomach and tends
34:53to fly in
34:54similar patterns like we're seeing here. These bright white stomachs are known to be able to reflect light.
35:00But where exactly is the light coming from? I think the simplest explanation is that it's being lit by
35:07this building here or another building nearby that's like this building. This is probably some type of
35:13grow house like a greenhouse where we have used artificial lights to simulate the sun.
35:18These grow houses are notorious for light pollution.
35:27Our verdict? This is an enormous gaggle of migrating geese reflecting that greenhouse glow.
35:34But a recent study found that Alberta is the third largest UFO hotspot in all of Canada.
35:40So even though these weren't UFOs, there's likely something going on in the skies above our northern neighbors.
35:48For centuries, people have reported strange lights in the sky during earthquakes.
35:54Scientists can't agree why they happen or what they are. But now we have video that might finally solve the
36:02riddle.
36:03January 8th, 2022, Qinghai Province, China. It's a tranquil scene in the early morning hours when a nearby CCTV camera
36:13captures this.
36:16An explosive light appears from beyond the distant mountains. A moment later, an earthquake begins, measuring 6.9 on the
36:25Richter scale.
36:25Another angle catches three more lights flashing on the horizon. And this justifiably frightened cat.
36:33These strange distant flashes might be something called earthquake lights.
36:38These are lights that are sometimes seen in the sky during or even before an earthquake.
36:45They were predicted decades ago and studied by Dr. Friedman Freund, who was actually laughed at for years until cameras
36:56actually captured evidence of his hypothesis.
37:00And that's because, until recently, earthquake lights were not well documented anywhere but in folklore and mythology.
37:08One of the earliest accounts dates back to 373 BC when the Greek cities of Heliki and Boris were destroyed
37:15by an earthquake, accompanied by a phenomenon described as immense columns of fire.
37:21But without proof, such accounts were dismissed as hearsay or stress-induced delusions.
37:28Now that we're beginning to understand this, maybe we need to re-evaluate some myths and legends.
37:35And maybe people were telling the truth and were not simply hysterical during an earthquake, but were actually witnessing a
37:43natural phenomenon.
37:45And while some still try to explain away this phenomenon, this footage suggests something strange and seismic is happening here.
37:53To me, this is one of the best and cleanest examples of earthquake lights that I've ever seen.
38:03Back in 2021, we investigated a bizarre aerial light show in Mexico City during a 7.0 magnitude earthquake.
38:12Our experts could not explain that phenomenon.
38:15Will the same hold true for this video from China?
38:19Let's shake it up.
38:24First, a burning question.
38:26Is this burst of brightness in the sky just lightning?
38:29The weather stations anywhere close to this location did not have a single mention of a thunderstorm.
38:35In fact, it was clear skies.
38:37We can confidently rule out that this was due to any kind of lightning that caused an explosion off in
38:43the distance.
38:44Okay, but what about a man-made cause?
38:47There are quite a bit of transformers in the area.
38:50It might be hard to fathom just how bright a transformer explosion might be.
38:55But the same thing happened in New York City in 2018.
38:58The explosion was seen miles and miles away.
39:01If we can see that, we can certainly see a transformer explosion from this massive earthquake.
39:07Still, not all our experts agree.
39:10This area is about 20 to 30 miles in diameter on that screen.
39:14And so the idea that a single transformer caused that huge flare-up is probably impossible.
39:21The strongest theory might be the one the ancients first proposed.
39:25That indeed, the lights are caused by the earthquake itself.
39:29When you have an earthquake, rocks break.
39:31And there are a lot of gases that are trapped inside these rocks.
39:34And so when they break, those gases escape.
39:37So the question is, when these gases escape, why do they glow?
39:40Scientists think it could be because those gases are getting ionized.
39:45That happens when certain rocks are stressed during an earthquake,
39:49and electric charges within them are activated.
39:52These charges are then released into the atmosphere, in turn, triggering our light show.
39:57And that's why sometimes you see blue gas, because of the nitrogen that's in the atmosphere.
40:02Sometimes you see orange or yellow, that's radon in the atmosphere.
40:06That theory makes sense.
40:08But without testing the atmosphere for evidence of ionized nitrogen or radon,
40:13it's just that, a theory.
40:15It's really hard to know exactly what's going on.
40:18We do know that there are minor charges that happen underground,
40:23but that's only a theory, and it really has not been observed.
40:31Our verdict?
40:32For now, we're going with unexplained phenomenon.
40:35Our experts are divided between potential earthquake lights and a possible transformer explosion.
40:42But if there's an intrepid viewer from this part of China who knows for sure, please illuminate us.
40:48And that's our show for tonight.
40:50Thank you so much for watching.
40:51And as always, please keep those cameras rolling.
41:07We'll see you next time.
41:08We'll see you next time.
41:08I'll see you next time.
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