>> LOS ANGELES...TEXAS... THE UNITED KINGDOM.
THESE THREE PLACES ARE HOME TO SOME OF THE MOST TERRIFYING
UFO HOTSPOTS IN THE WORLD. >> UFO HOTSPOT, IT MEANS A PLACE
WHERE PEOPLE SEE A LOT OF UFOs AND HAVE A LOT OF ALIEN
ENCOUNTERS. THOUGH OVER THE YEARS, WE HAVE THOUSANDS
UPON THOUSANDS OF SIGHTINGS, SO SOMETHING'S GOING ON
IN OUR SKIES. >> HOTSPOTS ARE LOCATIONS
WHERE PEOPLE ARE CONSTANTLY REMINDED, WE ARE NOT ALONE.
AND THEY ARE PLACES WHERE PEOPLE OFTEN LIVE WITH
AN EVER-PRESENT FEAR. WHAT MAKES A UFO HOTSPOT?
IS THERE A PATTERN TO WHERE THEY OCCUR? AND IF THERE IS,
WHAT DANGER DOES IT POSE TO HUMANITY? TONIGHT, WE REVEAL
THE WORLD'S GREATEST UFO HOTSPOTS ON
"UNSEALED ALIEN FILES." A GLOBAL EFFORT HAS BEGUN.
SECRET FILES HIDDEN FROM THE PUBLIC FOR DECADES,
DETAILING EVERY UFO ACCOUNT, ARE NOW AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
WE ARE ABOUT TO UNCOVER THE TRUTH BEHIND THESE
CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS. FIND OUT WHAT THE GOVERNMENT
DOESN'T WANT YOU TO KNOW. "UNSEALED ALIEN FILES,"
EXPOSING THE BIGGEST SECRETS ON PLANET EARTH.
>> LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, JANUARY 21st, 2013.
THE "INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES" PRINTS THE UNSETTLING
STORY OF A RECENT UFO SIGHTING OVER THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY.
A MAN IS TAKING PHOTOS IN HIS BACKYARD WHEN HE SEES A POLICE
HELICOPTER FLYING OVERHEAD. HE QUICKLY ADJUSTS HIS CAMERA
LENS AND TAKES A PICTURE. [CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING]
LATER, WHEN REVIEWING HIS PHOTOS, HE NOTICES A TINY OBJECT
HIGH IN THE DISTANCE ABOVE THE HELICOPTER.
EXPERT ANALYSIS OF THE PHOTO REVEALS IT TO BE A TEXTBOOK
EXAMPLE OF A FLYING SAUCER. FOR DECADES, CITIZENS
OF THE LOS ANGELES AREA HAVE REPORTED AN ASTONISHING NUMBER
OF UFO SIGHTINGS, HIGHER THAN ANY OTHER CITY IN THE U.S.
1992, TOPANGA CANYON, LOS ANGELES COUNTY. SOME TIME AFTER
MIDNIGHT, THE POLICE RECEIVE A FRANTIC CALL FROM A DRIVER
AND HIS GIRLFRIEND ON THE PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY.
HE CLAIMS THAT A BEAM OF LIGHT APPEARED FROM THE SKY
AND SURROUNDED HIS CAR, PULLING THE VEHICLE INTO
THE AIR. AFTER A FEW MOMENTS, THE LIGHT VANISHES AND THE CAR
DROPS BACK TO EARTH, LEAVING THE COUPLE FRIGHTENED
AND SHAKEN.
WHY IS LOS ANGELES A MAGNET FOR ALIEN ACTIVITY IN NORTH
AMERICA? MANY UFO EXPERTS TRACE THE LOS ANGELES ALIEN PHENOMENON
BACK TO AN OFTEN FORGOTTEN CHAPTER OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR.
UNSEALED CASE FILE-- THE BATTLE OF LOS ANGELES.
FEBRUARY 24th, 1942-- AMERICA HAS JUST ENTERED
THE WAR. AN UNIDENTIFIED AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY APPEARS
IN THE NIGHT SKY OVER LOS ANGELES. FEARING A JAPANESE
ATTACK, ANTI-AIRCRAFT BATTERIES OPEN FIRE.
>> THE BATTLE OVER LOS ANGELES WAS AN EVENT IN 1942 IN WHICH
MULTIPLE WITNESSES OBSERVED AN UNIDENTIFIED CRAFT OVER L.A.
THE MILITARY QUICKLY WENT INTO ACTION. THEY TRIED TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT THE OBJECT WAS. THEY LIT IT UP WITH THEIR SPOTLIGHTS.
THEY COULDN'T FIGURE IT OUT. >> WITNESSES WATCH IN HORROR
AS THE U.S. ARMY FIRES OVER A THOUSAND ROUNDS
AT THE HOVERING UFO. >> THE BATTLE OF LOS ANGELES IS
SUCH AN IMPORTANT CASE BECAUSE AS THE MILITARY ENGAGED THIS
OBJECT, FIRED ROUNDS AT IT, THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO TOUCH IT.
>> AS QUICKLY AS THE UFO APPEARED, IT VANISHES
WITHOUT A TRACE. THE INFAMOUS INCIDENT IS KNOWN AS THE BATTLE
OF LOS ANGELES. THE FOLLOWING MORNING,
SECRETARY OF THE NAVY FRANK KNOX CLAIMS IT WAS A FALSE ALARM,
AND THE UFO WAS IN FACT A WEATHER BALLOON.
>> THE ARMY'S EXPLANATION WAS THAT IT WAS A WEATHER BALLOON.
AND, OF COURSE, IF YOU'RE FIRING THAT MANY ARTILLERY SHELLS
AT A WEATHER BALLOON AND YOU CAN'T BRING IT DOWN, YOU'VE GOT
A PROBLEM WITH YOUR DEFENSE. >> IS IT POSSIBLE THAT A HIGHLY
TRAINED AMERICAN DEFENSE FORCE LAUNCHED AN ALL-OUT ASSAULT
ON A HARMLESS WEATHER BALLOON? EVEN MORE ALARMING--IF THIS WERE
A GENUINE UFO, COULD THE ALIENS HAVE INTERPRETED THIS UNPROVOKED
AGGRESSION AS AN ACT OF WAR? UP NEXT, AN ENTIRE STATE IN
AMERICA HAS BEEN A FOCAL POINT OF UFO ACTIVITY FOR DECADES.
WE'LL REVEAL WHERE AND POSSIBLY WHY...ON "UNSEALED ALIEN FILES,"
EXPOSING THE BIGGEST SECRET ON PLANET EARTH.
>> WELCOME BACK TO "UNSEALED ALIEN FILES."
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN THE SIGHT OF COUNTLESS
DOCUMENTED ALIEN ENCOUNTERS. BUT IT ISN'T AMERICA'S ONLY UFO
HOTSPOT. THE ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS HAS SEEN HUNDREDS OF UFO
INCIDENTS DATING AS FAR BACK AS THE 19th CENTURY.
AURORA, TEXAS. 1897. A UFO CRASHES INTO A WINDMILL,
AS REPORTED BY THE "DALLAS MORNING NEWS."
LOCALS RECOVER AN ALIEN BODY AND BURY IT WITH CHRISTIAN RITES
IN AURORA CEMETERY. A PLAQUE AT THE CEMETERY IDENTIFIES
THE ALIEN BURIAL TO THIS DAY. LUBBOCK, 1951. THREE PROFESSORS
FROM TEXAS TECH PHOTOGRAPH A FLEET OF UFOs.
THE INCIDENT BECOMES KNOWN AS "THE LUBBOCK LIGHTS."
STEPHENVILLE, 2008. OVER 30 WITNESSES, INCLUDING
LAW ENFORCEMENT, SEE A MILE-WIDE UFO FLY OVERHEAD IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE DAY. THE INCIDENT RECEIVES WORLDWIDE MEDIA
COVERAGE. WHY IS THE LONE STAR STATE THE FOCUS OF SO MUCH ALIEN
ATTENTION? THE SEARCH FOR ANSWERS BEGINS
60 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE MEXICAN BORDER, IN THE SMALL
TOWN OF MARFA, TEXAS. FOR OVER A CENTURY, RESIDENTS
HAVE REPORTED EERIE, GHOST-LIKE LIGHTS IN THE SKY.
MANY BELIEVE THE LIGHTS TO BE OF EXTRATERRESTRIAL ORIGIN.
UNSEALED CASE FILE-- MARFA, TEXAS.
1957. "CORONET MAGAZINE" PUBLISHES A REPORT ON THE MARFA
LIGHTS PHENOMENON, DESCRIBING THEM AS...
SCIENTISTS ARE QUICK TO DISMISS THE PHENOMENON AS EVERYDAY
AUTOMOBILE LIGHTS APPEARING TO FLOAT, DUE TO ATMOSPHERIC
REFLECTIONS. BUT THIS EXPLANATION IS MET WITH
SKEPTICISM IN THE UFO COMMUNITY FOR ONE SIMPLE REASON.
THE MARFA LIGHTS OCCUR IN A REGION CALLED THE MITCHELL
FLAT, AN AREA KNOWN FOR ITS RUGGED TERRAIN AND PRIVATE
PROPERTY. UFOLOGISTS CONTEND THAT CAR
TRAFFIC COULD NEVER BE THE SOURCE OF ITS ENIGMATIC
LIGHTS. WHY ARE AUTHORITIES SO QUICK TO DISMISS THE MARFA
LIGHTS AS AN ATMOSPHERIC ANOMALY, AND IS THERE A PRICE
TO BE PAID FOR COVERING UP THE HEAVY PRESENCE OF ALIENS
IN TEXAS SKIES? AS IT TURNS OUT, THERE IS.
DAYTON, TEXAS, 1980. BETTY CASH AND VICKIE LANDRUM
ARE DRIVING ALONG THE HIGHWAY WHEN SUDDENLY THEIR CAR IS
ENVELOPED IN AN INTENSE BEAM OF LIGHT EMANATING FROM
THE NIGHT SKY. ABOVE THEM IS A UFO. OUT OF NOWHERE,
A FLEET OF COMBAT HELICOPTERS APPEAR AND SURROUND THE UFO.
BUT IT VANISHES IN AN INSTANT. CASH AND LANDRUM SUFFER SEVERE
BURNS FROM THE UFO'S BEAM, COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH
EXPOSURE TO HIGH LEVELS OF RADIATION. WHY DID ALIENS
ATTACK TWO INNOCENT WOMEN, AND HOW DID A SQUADRON OF
MILITARY HELICOPTERS APPEAR OUT OF NOWHERE IN THE NICK
OF TIME? WAS THE GOVERNMENT ALREADY AWARE OF UFO ACTIVITY?
AND WHY DID THEY NOT WARN THE PUBLIC? A SERIES OF DEADLY
EVENTS FROM SIX YEARS EARLIER SUGGESTS THEY DID.
UNSEALED CASE FILE-- THE CORPUS CHRISTI OBJECT.
AUGUST 24th, 1974-- U.S. AIR DEFENSE RADAR DETECTS
A UFO SPEEDING NORTHWEST FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO TOWARDS
CORPUS CHRISTI AT AN IMPOSSIBLE SPEED OF 2,500 MILES PER HOUR.
AT THE SAME TIME, A SMALL PASSENGER PLANE TAKES OFF
FROM EL PASO, BOUND FOR MEXICO CITY. FOR UNKNOWN REASONS,
THE UFO SUDDENLY CHANGES COURSE AND COLLIDES WITH THE PLANE
OVER COYAME, MEXICO. U.S. MILITARY LOCATE
THE WRECKAGE OF THE PLANE, BUT THE UFO IS NOWHERE TO BE
FOUND. NEARBY, THE RESPONDERS ALSO DISCOVER A MEXICAN ARMY
CHIEF WITH THE LIFELESS BODIES OF FOUR MEXICAN SOLDIERS INSIDE.
THERE ARE NO SIGNS OF TRAUMA. THEY DO NOT APPEAR TO HAVE FIRED
THEIR WEAPONS. OFFICIAL CAUSE OF DEATH--ASPHYXIATION.
THE PROXIMITY OF THE DAYTON AND CORPUS CHRISTI LOCATIONS
IS ALARMING. JUST OUTSIDE CORPUS CHRISTI IS THE NAVAL AIR
STATION, TRUAX FIELD. DAYTON IS PART OF METROPOLITAN
HOUSTON, WHICH IS ALSO HOME TO MISSION CONTROL FOR NASA
SPACE SHUTTLE FLIGHTS. COULD THE MILITARY AND SPACE
EXPLORATION FACILITIES BE ATTRACTING UFOs?
AT THE TIME OF THE DAYTON INCIDENT IN 1980, NASA WAS
PREPARING TO LAUNCH THE FIRST SPACE SHUTTLE. SOME EXPERTS
BELIEVE EXTRATERRESTRIALS ARE TRYING TO SEND A MESSAGE THAT
WOULD BRING AN ABRUPT HALT TO ANY FURTHER SPACE
EXPLORATION. >> MAURICE CHATELAIN WAS
DIRECTOR OF NASA COMMUNICATIONS, AND HE BECAME FAMOUS IN UFO
CIRCLES BECAUSE HE WAS THE FIRST NASA INSIDER TO TALK PUBLICLY
ABOUT UFOs AND SAY NASA KNEW ABOUT THE PRESENCE OF THE UFOs.
IT WAS NASA'S MOST CLOSELY HELD SECRET, AND MAURICE CHATELAIN
[INDISTINCT]. >> COMING UP, WE REVEAL ANOTHER
UFO HOTSPOT WHERE 12,000 SIGHTINGS HAVE BEEN RECORDED
OVER THE PAST 60 YEARS, INCLUDING VIOLENT ALIEN ATTACKS.
ON "UNSEALED ALIEN FILES," EXPOSING THE BIGGEST SECRET
ON PLANET EARTH. >> WELCOME BACK
TO "UNSEALED ALIEN FILES." AMERICA IS RIDDLED WITH UFO
HOTSPOTS. BUT IT ISN'T THE ONLY NATION EXPERIENCING THIS
PHENOMENON. IN 2008, THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT DECLASSIFIED DECADES
OF EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS OF UFOs. THE SHEER VOLUME OF INFORMATION
WAS OVERWHELMING. >> FROM THE 1950s TILL
THE TERMINATION OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S UFO PROJECT,
AROUND 12,000 UFO SIGHTINGS WERE INVESTIGATED.
>> NICK POPE IS A FORMER OFFICIAL WITH THE BRITISH
GOVERNMENT'S UFO DESK, A DEPARTMENT DEDICATED
TO THE INVESTIGATION OF UFO SIGHTINGS. THESE
INCIDENTS DATE FROM WORLD WAR II TO MODERN DAY. MANY OF THESE UFO
ENCOUNTERS ARE UNPREDICTABLE AND DANGEROUSLY CLOSE CALLS.
>> THE CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY AND THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE HAVE
ON THEIR CASE FILES SEVERAL INSTANCES WHERE THERE WERE
NEAR-COLLISIONS BETWEEN UFOs AND COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT. IN ONE
INSTANCE, THE PILOT HAD TIME ONLY TO SHOUT, "LOOK OUT,
LOOK OUT!" BEFORE THE UFO RAPIDLY PASSED. FORTUNATELY,
THERE WASN'T A COLLISION AND THE UFO NARROWLY MISSED
THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WERE PERHAPS HALF A DOZEN OR A DOZEN CASES
OF NEAR-COLLISION BETWEEN UFOs AND COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT.
>> THESE INCIDENTS BEAR AN UNCANNY RESEMBLANCE
TO THE CORPUS CHRISTI COLLISION. BUT BRITAIN'S HOTSPOT
SIMILARITIES WITH TEXAS GO FAR BEYOND NEAR-MISSES IN THE AIR.
HERE, TOO, ALIENS TARGET MILITARY BASES; POSING A SERIOUS
THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY. ONE EVENT IN PARTICULAR HAS
ACHIEVED LEGENDARY STATUS AMONG BRITISH UFO INVESTIGATORS--
THE RENDLESHAM FOREST INCIDENT. >> OVER A SERIES OF NIGHTS
IN DECEMBER, 1980, UNITED STATES AIR FORCE PERSONNEL, BASED
AT BENTWATERS IN WOODBRIDGE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, SAW UFOs.
ON THE FIRST NIGHT OF ACTIVITY, NUMEROUS WITNESSES, INCLUDING
JOHN BURROUGHS AND JIM PENNISTON, SAW STRANGE LIGHTS
IN THE FOREST, WHICH WERE UNLIKE ANYTHING THEY'D SEEN BEFORE.
>> THE TWO AIRMEN SET OUT TO INVESTIGATE. THEY DISCOVER
THE FLASHING LIGHTS ARE EMANATING FROM A LARGE,
TRIANGULAR-SHAPED UFO RESTING ON THE FOREST FLOOR.
>> JIM PENNISTON APPROACHED THE UFO AND AT ONE POINT
ACTUALLY TOUCHED THE SIDE OF THE CRAFT. HE'S DESCRIBED
HOW THIS TOUCHING OF THE CRAFT LED TO SOME EFFECT WHERE HE WAS
JOLTED AND RECEIVED WHAT HE CAN ONLY REALLY DESCRIBE AS SOME
SORT OF TELEPATHIC DOWNLOAD. LATER, HE FELT A COMPULSION
TO WRITE IN HIS POLICE NOTEBOOK PAGES AND PAGES OF ONES
AND ZEROES. THESE ONES AND ZEROES HAVE BEEN THEORIZED
TO BE BINARY CODE, AND MANY PEOPLE SPECULATE THAT
THIS IS A MESSAGE OF SOME SORT. THERE'S HUGE CONTROVERSY
ABOUT THE BINARY CODE AND THE RENDLESHAM MESSAGE,
AND INDEED, THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION AND DEBATE ABOUT
WHETHER THIS IS A MESSAGE, AND IF IT IS, WHAT THIS MESSAGE
SAYS; WHAT IT ALL MEANS. >> DECODING THE MESSAGE MAY
REVEAL WHY ALIENS ARE TARGETING HOTSPOTS LIKE BRITAIN AND TEXAS.
>> IT MAY BE THAT FURTHER REVELATIONS ARE YET TO COME.
NOT EVERYTHING THAT I'VE SEEN HAS YET SEEN THE LIGHT OF DAY.
THERE MAY BE SOME REVELATIONS THAT WILL BE MADE IN THE FUTURE.
THERE MAY BE SOME THINGS THAT WILL NEVER BE RELEASED.
>> COMING UP, WE INVESTIGATE THE NEXT FRONTIER OF ALIEN
HOTSPOTS, AND LEARN IF IT MIGHT IN FACT BE THE LAST.
THIS IS "UNSEALED ALIEN FILES," EXPOSING THE BIGGEST SECRET
ON PLANET EARTH. >> WELCOME BACK
TO "UNSEALED ALIEN FILES." THE TIME TO ACT IS NOW.
THERE ARE THREE SIMPLE STEPS YOU CAN TAKE TO UNSEAL
THE TRUTH. >> FOLLOW ON TWITTER.
>> FOLLOW THE "UNSEALED" TWITTER FEED TO RECEIVE BREAKING NEWS
OF THE LATEST ALIEN HAPPENINGS AS THEY DEVELOP.
>> TELL YOUR STORY. >> HAVE YOU SEEN A UFO?
>> WHATEVER WE ENCOUNTERED AFFECTED OUR MEMORY.
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>> JOIN THE MOVEMENT. >> GET THE "UNSEALED" BRACELET
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CONTENT. STOP LIVING IN THE DARK.
>> IT IS DEFINITELY COMING THIS WAY.
>> GET INVOLVED IN THE FIGHT TO UNSEAL THE TRUTH--NOW.
BOTH THE U.S. AND THE U.K. ARE INUNDATED WITH INTENSE UFO
ACTIVITY. MANY OF THESE HOTSPOTS OCCUR NEAR MILITARY
INSTALLATIONS. BUT WHAT ARE THESE ALIEN RECONNAISSANCE
MISSIONS FOR? THE ANSWER MAY LIE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE
OF THE PLANET, INSIDE THE WORLD'S RISING SUPER POWER--
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. HANGZHOU, JULY 7th, 2010.
THOUSANDS WATCH IN STUNNED DISBELIEF AS A FLAMING UFO
STREAKS ACROSS THE NIGHT SKY OVER THE EASTERN CITY.
MANY CAPTURE VIVID IMAGES OF THE OBJECT. AUTHORITIES
IMMEDIATELY CLOSE XIAOSHAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT,
THRUSTING THE STORY INTO THE WORLDWIDE MEDIA SPOTLIGHT.
[CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICKING] THE GOVERNMENT PLEDGES TO LAUNCH
A FULL INVESTIGATION INTO THE INCIDENT. ULTIMATELY,
THE FINDINGS ARE NEVER DISCLOSED TO THE PUBLIC. ONLY A WEEK
LATER, A SECOND MASS UFO SIGHTING OCCURS IN
THE SOUTHWESTERN CITY OF CHONQING. LOCAL RESIDENTS
ARE TERRIFIED. RENOWNED CHINESE ASTRONOMER
WANG SICHAO HAS BEEN STUDYING UFO SIGHTINGS IN CHINA
FOR NEARLY 40 YEARS. HE BELIEVES UFO ACTIVITY IN
CHINA WILL ONLY CONTINUE TO INCREASE. AND ACCORDING
TO A RECENT PUBLIC STATEMENT, HE DOESN'T RULE OUT THE
POSSIBILITY THAT THE ALIENS MIGHT BE HOSTILE.
ARE ALIENS SURVEYING THESE PLACES IN PREPARATION
FOR A MASSIVE INVASION? IF SO, IS HUMANITY EVEN CAPABLE
OF DEFENDING ITSELF AGAINST SUDDEN ATTACK?
THIS IS "UNSEALED ALIEN FILES," EXPOSING THE BIGGEST SECRET
ON PLANET EARTH.