>> AN EXTRATERRESTRIAL THREAT. A TOP-SECRET ORGANIZATION.
A GOVERNMENT WITHIN A GOVERNMENT.
HAS THE UNITED STATES MADE CONTACT WITH ALIENS?
EXPERTS BELIEVE THEY HAVE AND AN ULTRA-TOP-SECRET
ORGANIZATION IS CALLING ALL THE SHOTS.
THEY OPERATE IN THE SHADOWS, KEEPING EVEN THE HIGHEST LEVEL
OF GOVERNMENT IN THE DARK ABOUT THEIR ACTIONS.
THEY DEMAND THE UTMOST SECRECY. THEY ARE SAID TO CONTROL ALL UFO
INFORMATION. BUT DOES THIS POWERFUL
ORGANIZATION POSE AN EVEN GREATER THREAT TO THE FUTURE OF
HUMANITY? TONIGHT, WE REVEAL THE MOST SECRET ORGANIZATION
THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN. GET READY FOR THE STORY OF...
THE MAJESTIC 12. THIS IS "UNSEALED: ALIEN FILES."
A GLOBAL EFFORT HAS BEGUN. SECRET FILES HIDDEN FROM THE
PUBLIC FOR DECADES, DETAILING EVERY UFO ACCOUNT,
ARE NOW AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. WE ARE ABOUT TO UNCOVER
THE TRUTH BEHIND THESE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS.
FIND OUT WHAT THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T WANT YOU TO KNOW.
"UNSEALED: ALIEN FILES." EXPOSING THE BIGGEST SECRET
ON PLANET EARTH. SOLWAY FIRTH, UNITED KINGDOM.
MAY 23, 1964. ON A FAMILY OUTING,
JIM TEMPLETON INNOCENTLY TAKES A SERIES OF 3 PHOTOS OF HIS
DAUGHTER. TEMPLETON DEVELOPS THE PHOTOS HIMSELF.
THE FIRST ONE REVEALS NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
BUT IN THE SECOND PHOTO, A STRANGE FIGURE IS VISIBLE
IN THE BACKGROUND, WEARING WHAT APPEARS TO BE A WHITE HELMET
AND SPACESUIT. SOON AFTER, JIM TEMPLETON IS PAID
A MENACING VISIT FROM TWO MEN, DRESSED IDENTICALLY IN BLACK
SUITS. >> THE TWO MEN TOOK HIM BACK TO
THE SITE AND WERE CLEARLY TRYING TO GET HIM TO GO ALONG WITH
THEIR VERSION OF EVENTS. JIM TEMPLETON DIDN'T PLAY BALL.
THE MEN BECAME ANGRY AND IN FACT STRANDED HIM AT THE SITE.
SOME PEOPLE HAVE DRAWN A PARALLEL BETWEEN THESE TWO MEN
AND REPORTS OF THE SO-CALLED MEN IN BLACK.
>> DESCRIPTIONS OF SIMILAR TYPES OF INTIMIDATING MEN ARE
LEGENDARY, BUT NO ONE KNOWS WHO THEY ARE OR WHAT ORGANIZATION
THEY BELONG TO. COULD THE MEN IN BLACK BELONG TO THE INFAMOUS
MAJESTIC 12? THE ANSWER MAY LIE IN THE
AFTERMATH OF TWO OF THE MOST INFAMOUS UFO INCIDENTS IN
AMERICAN HISTORY.
UNSEALED CASE FILE: THE BATTLE OF LOS ANGELES.
FEBRUARY 24, 1942. THE AMERICAN NAVY IS ON HIGH
ALERT MONITORING THE PACIFIC COAST FOR JAPANESE MILITARY
ACTIVITY. JUST AFTER 3 A.M., SIRENS BEGIN
TO SOUND. AN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT HAS BEEN DETECTED,
MOVING STEADILY ACROSS THE SANTA MONICA SKIES, TOWARD THE
COAST. ARTILLERY BATTERIES OPEN UP.
DESPITE FIRING 1,200 TO 1,400 ROUNDS AT THE CRAFT, INCLUDING
SOME DIRECT HITS, THEY FAIL TO BRING IT DOWN. THE OFFICIAL
REPORT GIVEN BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, FRANK KNOX, CALLS IT
A FALSE ALARM. BUT PHOTOS OF THE OBJECT ARE APPEARING IN
NEWSPAPERS. THE PUBLIC DEMANDS AN EXPLANATION. AND THEY GET
ONE. THE NAVY IS CALLING IT A WEATHER BALLOON.
A VERY DIFFERENT STORY IS EMERGING IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
SECRETARY OF STATE GEORGE MARSHALL BRIEFS PRESIDENT
ROOSEVELT. THE CRAFT WAS IN FACT A UFO. AND IT WAS NOT ALONE.
A SECOND CRAFT WAS SHOT DOWN AND RECOVERED OFF THE COAST OF
CALIFORNIA, AND IS IN ALL PROBABILITY OF INTERPLANETARY
ORIGIN. MARSHALL RECOMMENDS A SPECIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT BE
CREATED TO FURTHER INVESTIGATE THE PHENOMENA.
THE INTERPLANETARY PHENOMENON UNIT, OR IPU, IS FORMED ALMOST
IMMEDIATELY. BUT THEIR INVESTIGATION ALSO REVEALS
THE UNITED STATES IS VIRTUALLY DEFENSELESS AGAINST AN ALIEN
ATTACK. COULD THE WRECKAGE OF THIS LATEST CRASH BE USED
TO STRENGTHEN DEFENSIVE CAPABILITIES? IT'S A RADICAL
IDEA. ATTEMPTING TO UNDERSTAND ALIEN TECHNOLOGY MAY HELP FIGHT
ALIENS IN A FUTURE WAR. BUT IT MAY ALSO GIVE THE U.S.
MILITARY AN UNBEATABLE EDGE AGAINST THE ENTIRE WORLD,
ENSURING ITS STATUS AS THE DOMINANT SUPERPOWER.
THE RECOVERED ALIEN TECHNOLOGY IS ALLEGEDLY EXAMINED, BUT THE
WORK PROCEEDS SLOWLY. UNTIL ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS
UFO INCIDENTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
UNSEALED CASE FILE: THE ROSWELL INCIDENT.
ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO, 1947. THE WRECKAGE OF AN ALIEN CRAFT
IS RECOVERED BY THE IPU, ALONG WITH THE BODIES
OF 3 EXTRATERRESTRIALS AND ONE LONE SURVIVOR.
THE COVER STORY IS A FAMILIAR ONE.
>> OF COURSE, THE FIRST STORY WAS THAT THE AIR FORCE HAD
CAPTURED A FLYING DISK. IN FACT, IT WAS THE ARMY AIR CORPS AT THE
TIME. THEN THEY RECANTED THE STORY JUST A HALF A DAY LATER
AND CAME OUT WITH THE FACT IT WAS A WEATHER BALLOON. IN FACT,
WE HAVE 20 DEATHBED CONFESSIONS OF FOLKS WHO SAY THAT THEY WERE
THERE AT THE TIME, THAT THIS WAS NOT A WEATHER BALLOON, THAT
THERE WERE ALIENS THAT THEY SAW. >> THE INTERPLANETARY PHENOMENON
UNIT LOCKS THE SITE DOWN, COLLECTS THE EVIDENCE, AND
EVACUATES THE SURVIVING EXTRATERRESTRIAL. BUT MANY
INSIDERS BELIEVE THERE IS MOUNTING EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT
THE THEORY THAT ALIENS ARE ARRIVING MORE FREQUENTLY AND IN
GREATER NUMBERS. THE TIME HAS COME TO ACT.
ON SEPTEMBER 24, 1947, PRESIDENT TRUMAN ALLEGEDLY SIGNS
AN EXECUTIVE ORDER ESTABLISHING THE MOST SECRET ORGANIZATION IN
AMERICAN HISTORY--MAJESTIC 12.
COMING UP--WHO ARE THE MEMBERS OF THE MAJESTIC 12?
AND WHO IS REALLY IN CONTROL? THIS IS "UNSEALED: ALIEN FILES."
EXPOSING THE BIGGEST SECRET ON PLANET EARTH.
>> WELCOME BACK TO "UNSEALED: ALIEN FILES."
EXPERTS BELIEVE THAT TWO FAMOUS ALIEN INCIDENTS, KNOWN AS
THE BATTLE OF L.A. AND ROSWELL, MAY HAVE LED TO THE U.S.
GOVERNMENT CREATING A SPECIAL AND CLASSIFIED ORGANIZATION
TO INVESTIGATE AND CONTROL INFORMATION ABOUT ALIENS.
THE ALLEGED CLANDESTINE 12 MEMBER GROUP IS KNOWN SIMPLY
AS THE MAJESTIC 12. WASHINGTON D.C., 1947--
TOP SECRET UFO INVESTIGATION AGENCY THE MAJESTIC 12 HAS BEEN
CREATED TO COMBAT AN INCREASING ALIEN THREAT.
BUT WHO ARE THESE MEN? >> THERE WAS A GENERAL FEELING
THAT WHATEVER UFOs WERE-- STRANGE, SPOOKY, WEIRD, ODD,
THE SUBJECT OF SCIENCE FICTION MOVIES--SOMEHOW PEOPLE ON
THE INSIDE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE. PEOPLE INSIDE
THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. >> AFTER THE P.R. FALLOUT
OF THE MISHANDLED ROSWELL INCIDENT, IT WAS OBVIOUS
TO MANY AIR FORCE INSIDERS THAT AN ELITE HAND-PICKED TEAM
NEEDED TO BE CREATED TO CONTROL AND MONITOR THE INCREASING
UFO PHENOMENA 24/7. THE MAN ALLEGEDLY CHOSEN
TO OVERSEE MAJESTIC 12 IS JAMES FORRESTAL,
U.S. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE. FORRESTAL IS THE MAN BEHIND
THE SCENES. BUT WHO CAN BE TRUSTED TO RUN MAJESTIC
OPERATIONS ON THE GROUND? ONE NAME CAPTURES FORRESTAL'S
EYE--VANNEVAR BUSH. HE IS THE FIRST SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR
TO THE PRESIDENT, AND A KEY FIGURE BEHIND THE MANHATTAN
PROJECT, CODE NAME FOR THE WORLD'S FIRST ATOMIC
BOMB. MAJESTIC 12'S FIRST PRIORITY IS TO LIMIT THE
PUBLIC'S KNOWLEDGE AND EXPOSURE TO UFOs. RUN OUT OF WRIGHT
PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, EXPERTS BELIEVE MAJESTIC 12'S
FIRST OFFICIAL OPERATION IS CODE NAMED "PROJECT SIGN."
UNSEALED CASE FILE-- "PROJECT SIGN." "PROJECT SIGN"
SENDS OPERATIVES INTO THE FIELD TO DEAL WITH A RASH OF RECENT
SIGHTINGS, WITH THE PURPOSE OF CLAMPING A TIGHT LID DOWN
ON UFO PHENOMENA IN AMERICA. JUNE 24th, 1947, PILOT KENNETH
ARNOLD SPOTS A SERIES OF DISCS FLYING IN A STRANGE FORMATION
AT INCREDIBLE SPEEDS NEAR MOUNT RAINIER, WASHINGTON.
SEVERAL WITNESSES CORROBORATE THE INCIDENT. THE STORY APPEARS
IN AMERICAN AND CANADIAN PUBLICATIONS. FROM THOSE
STORIES, THE TERM "FLYING SAUCER" IS INTRODUCED
TO THE PUBLIC. THE VERY PUBLICATION OF KENNETH ARNOLD'S
STORY SENDS SHOCKWAVES THROUGH MAJESTIC 12. HOW DID EVEN THIS
SMALL AMOUNT OF INFORMATION GET INTO THE PUBLIC DOMAIN?
THOUGH THE PRESS IS KEPT IN THE DARK, ONE THING IS CLEAR--
THE PROBLEM IS ESCALATING. ALTHOUGH AMERICA'S NUCLEAR
DEVELOPMENT IS STILL IN ITS INFANCY, UFOLOGISTS FEAR
MANKIND'S NEW EXPERIMENTAL ENERGY FRONTIER MAY BE PART
OF THE PROBLEM. SOME EXPERTS SPECULATE ATOMIC TESTING,
AND THE BOMBS DROPPED ON HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI
HAVE ATTRACTED ATTENTION FROM OTHER WORLDS.
IT IS OBVIOUS TO MANY IN THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY THAT
IF EXTRATERRESTRIALS EXIST, THEY MAY BE USING A SIMILAR
CONCENTRATED ENERGY SOURCE TO POWER THEIR SPACECRAFT.
ONE OF THE MEN BEHIND THE MANHATTAN PROJECT ATOMIC
TESTS IS VANNEVAR BUSH-- THE SAME MAN WHO IS NOW HEAD
OF MAJESTIC 12. VANNEVAR BUSH ORDERS ALL "PROJECT SIGN"
INFORMATION. FROM THIS MOMENT ON, THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT'S
OFFICIAL PUBLIC POSITION IS THAT EXTRATERRESTRIALS DO NOT EXIST.
BUT INFORMATION LEAKS AND INSIDIOUS PRESS COVERAGE
SPLIT MAJESTIC 12 INTO TWO DISTINCT FACTIONS--THOSE WHO
FEEL THE PUBLIC MUST BE MADE AWARE OF UFOs, AND THOSE WHO
FEEL PROOF OF ALIEN LIFE MUST NEVER REACH THE PUBLIC
AGAIN. COMING UP--THE SECRET KNOWLEDGE
OF AN ALIEN PRESENCE ON EARTH MAY HAVE LED TO ONE OF THE MOST
DEVASTATING EVENTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
THIS IS "UNSEALED: ALIEN FILES," EXPOSING THE BIGGEST SECRET
ON PLANET EARTH.
>> WELCOME BACK TO "UNSEALED: ALIEN FILES."
1949. MAJESTIC 12 IS AT A CROSSROADS. INSIDERS ARE
PUSHING FOR SOME PUBLIC FORM OF DISCLOSURE. AND THE MAN
WHO OVERSEES THE ORGANIZATION, JAMES FORRESTAL, FEELS THE TIME
IS RIGHT TO TELL THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE PRESENCE OF UFOs.
BUT THERE ARE ALSO AGENTS WHO WILL STOP AT NOTHING
TO PREVENT DISCLOSURE. HOW FAR WOULD FORRESTAL'S
OPPONENTS GO TO KEEP A LID ON THE TRUTH?
UNSEALED CASE FILE-- THE DEATH OF JAMES FORRESTAL.
WASHINGTON D.C., MARCH 9th, 1949. JAMES FORRESTAL IS ASKED
BY PRESIDENT TRUMAN TO STEP DOWN AS SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.
IS FORRESTAL'S FORCED RETIREMENT THE RESULT OF HIS STANCE
ON DECLASSIFYING THE EXISTENCE OF ALIEN LIFE? AS HIS HEALTH
DECLINES FROM STRESS, HE CHECKS INTO BETHESDA HOSPITAL.
ON MAY 22nd, 1949, JAMES FORRESTAL FALLS TO HIS DEATH
FROM THE HOSPITAL'S 16th FLOOR. THE OFFICIAL CAUSE OF DEATH?
SUICIDE DUE TO DEPRESSION AND NERVOUS EXHAUSTION.
BUT AS NEW EVIDENCE BEGINS TO SURFACE, SUSPICION REGARDING
FORRESTAL'S DEATH BEGINS TO GROW. BROKEN GLASS IS FOUND
IN FORRESTAL'S HOSPITAL BED, SUGGESTING A STRUGGLE.
THERE ARE ALLEGATIONS THE SUICIDE NOTE LEFT BEHIND
IS NOT IN FORRESTAL'S HANDWRITING. THE MILITARY
INQUIRY INTO THE MATTER IS CLASSIFIED TOP SECRET,
AND NOT RELEASED. WASHINGTON D.C., JANUARY 20th,
1953. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER SUCCEEDS PRESIDENT HARRY S.
TRUMAN. EISENHOWER HAS A STRONG MILITARY BACKGROUND AND IS
THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO BE AWARE OF ALIEN ACTIVITY BEFORE
TAKING OFFICE. IN 1952, EISENHOWER IS ABOARD
THE "U.S.S. ROOSEVELT" DURING A NATO TRAINING EXERCISE.
AT 1:30 A.M., A BRIGHT BALL OF LIGHT APPEARS OVER
THE VESSEL, HOVERING 100 FEET ABOVE THE WATER. EISENHOWER
AND SEVERAL OTHERS WATCHED THE UFO FOR OVER 20 MINUTES
BEFORE IT SPEEDS OFF INTO THE NIGHT SKY.
UPON TAKING OFFICE, EISENHOWER DIGS DEEPER INTO RUMORS
OF UNEXPLAINED PHENOMENA. HE BECOMES AWARE OF MAJESTIC 12
AND DEMANDS TO KNOW THE FULL EXTENT OF THE ALIEN THREAT.
BUT MAJESTIC 12 REJECTS THE IDEA OF LETTING ANYONE, INCLUDING
THE PRESIDENT, INTO THEIR INNER CIRCLE. THE PRESIDENT
RESPONDS BY SENDING A TEAM TO CONFRONT MAJESTIC 12
ON HIS BEHALF. AN ANONYMOUS WITNESS TO THESE EVENTS RECENTLY
ATTENDED THE CITIZEN'S HEARING IN WASHINGTON D.C. ON UFO
PHENOMENA AND THE GOVERNMENT. >> HE'S TRYING TO FIND OUT
SOMETHING ABOUT ALL ABOUT THESE ALIENS THAT THE MJ 12 WAS
SUPPOSED TO FIND OUT, BUT NEVER SENT BACK REPORTS TO HIM.
SO HE SAID, AH, I WANT YOU TO FLY OUT THERE. I WANT YOU
TO GIVE THEM A PERSONAL MESSAGE. AND HE SAYS, I WANT YOU TO TELL
THEM, WHOEVER'S IN CHARGE, TELL THEM THAT--TO GET TO
WASHINGTON AND TO REPORT TO ME. AND IF THEY DON'T, I'M GOING
TO GET THE FIRST ARMY FROM COLORADO, AND WE'RE GOING
TO GO OVER, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE BASE OVER. I DON'T CARE WHAT
KIND OF CLASSIFIED MATERIAL YOU GOT. WE'RE GOING TO RIP THIS
THING APART. >> MAJESTIC 12 ALLEGEDLY BACKS
DOWN, AND THE TEAM IS ALLOWED ACCESS TO MAJESTIC 12'S MOST
SENSITIVE INFORMATION. >> THEY HAD LIKE DIFFERENT
SAUCER CRAFTS. THE VERY FIRST ONE HAD THE ROSWELL CRAFT.
>> BUT THE GREATEST SHOCK CAME IN THE LOWER DEPTHS OF THE BASE.
>> AND THEN THE COLONEL SAID, WHAT WE'VE GOT IN HERE
IS RARE VIEWING. A GREY ALIEN.
>> RETURNING TO WASHINGTON, THE TEAM IS DEBRIEFED
BY THE PRESIDENT. >> SO HE ASKED US WHAT WAS GOING
ON. AND WE TOLD HIM ABOUT THE ALIEN. AND HE WAS JUST
TOTALLY SHOCKED. HE APPEARED FOR THE FIRST TIME TO BE
WORRIED. >> THE PRESIDENT HAD SENT
A MESSAGE TO MAJESTIC 12. BUT OUR ANONYMOUS FIELD AGENT
ALSO RECEIVED A MESSAGE IN RETURN.
>> TWO GUYS IN BLACK SUITS COME OUT OF A BLACK LINCOLN TOWN CAR
AND CAME OVER TO SEE ME. AND THEY TOLD ME THAT I HAD
BETTER NOT PUBLISH ANYTHING OR TALK ABOUT ANY MORE THINGS.
>> IF MAJESTIC 12 WAS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO CONCEAL THIS
FROM THE VERY GOVERNMENT THAT CONTROLLED THEM, WHAT OTHER
SECRETS WERE THEY KEEPING? ALTHOUGH THE DETAILS OF
EXTRATERRESTRIAL CONTACT ARE KEPT FROM HIM, EISENHOWER'S
SUCCESSOR, JOHN F. KENNEDY, HAS AMBITIOUS PLANS FOR
EXPANSION INTO OUTER SPACE. TWO YEARS AFTER TAKING OFFICE
IN 1961, PRESIDENT KENNEDY OPENS NEGOTIATIONS WITH RUSSIAN
PRESIDENT NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV. THEY AGREE THAT NASA
AND THE RUSSIAN SPACE AGENCY WOULD COOPERATE IN JOINT
MISSIONS TO THE MOON AND SHARE ANY INFORMATION THEY HAD ABOUT
UFOs. BUT STILL, MAJESTIC 12 REFUSES TO DECLASSIFY ANY UFO
ACTIVITY. AWARE OF THEIR INTERNAL
RESISTANCE, ON NOVEMBER 12th, 1963, PRESIDENT KENNEDY
ALLEGEDLY ISSUES A FINAL ORDER TO MAJESTIC 12 DEMANDING THEY
RELEASE ALL EXTRATERRESTRIAL INFORMATION. BUT 10 DAYS AFTER
THE AGREEMENT WITH RUSSIA IS SIGNED, JOHN F. KENNEDY
IS DEAD. DID MAJESTIC 12 PARTICIPATE IN THE ASSASSINATION
OF JFK TO PREVENT HIM FROM GAINING ACCESS
TO INFORMATION ABOUT EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE?
THE WORLD MAY NEVER KNOW. COMING UP, IS INCREASING UFO
ACTIVITY A SIGN OF AN IMPENDING ALIEN INVASION?
OR IS AN INVASION EVEN NECESSARY IF THE GROUP THAT WAS CREATED
TO PROTECT US HAS ALREADY BETRAYED US?
THIS IS "UNSEALED: ALIEN FILES," EXPOSING THE BIGGEST SECRET
ON PLANET EARTH. >> WELCOME BACK
TO "UNSEALED: ALIEN FILES." THE TIME TO ACT IS NOW.
TELL US YOUR STORY. GET INVOLVED IN THE FIGHT
TO UNSEAL THE TRUTH--NOW. IS MAJESTIC 12 STILL IN
OPERATION? IF SO, PERHAPS AN EVEN DARKER FORCE IS
CONTROLLING THEIR ACTIONS. SOME EXPERTS BELIEVE THAT ALIENS
MAY HAVE ALREADY INFILTRATED MAJESTIC 12 IN ORDER TO SUPPRESS
KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR OWN KIND. BUT TO WHAT END?
>> I BELIEVE, IF THERE'S AN ABJECT PLAN FOR TAKING OVER
OUR WORLD, IT'S HAPPENING FROM THE INSIDE OUT.
SO IF THE RESOURCE YOU'RE AFTER IS THE LIFE ON THE PLANET,
YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY NOT GOING TO WANT TO KILL THAT LIFE.
YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, CORRAL IT,
CONTROL IT, HARNESS IT, DO WHAT YOU WANT WITH IT.
>> WHO REALLY CONTROLS THE MOST POWERFUL NATION
ON EARTH? DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED LEADERS OR A DARK SHADOW
ORGANIZATION WITHIN THE GOVERNMENT? IF THE UNITED
STATES AND POSSIBLY THE WORLD IS NOW UNDER ALIEN CONTROL,
WHAT, IF ANYTHING, CAN BE DONE? THIS IS "UNSEALED: ALIEN FILES,"
EXPOSING THE BIGGEST SECRET ON PLANET EARTH.