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Jael: Whoa-oh-oh! What is that?
Guys, here comes the chopper.
It wasn't friendly.
Area 51 is a Mecca for UFO sightings.
Don't look now, but you're being watched.
Where? Where? Up there.
Here it comes. Go! Let's go!
Bill, are you saying that you see a face?
Jael, we are officially being watched.
What was that?
I can't see it, but I can feel it.
Holy cow.
There's something up here.
My goodness!
There's a flying saucer.
I'm getting a series of lights right there.
Are you seeing what I am seeing?
What the heck is happening?
Devin: Hey. Bill: Hey, man.
All right, well, let's get started right away.
Who wants to go first?
I have a clip.
It shows a strange formation in the skies over Utah.
Now, some people believe that UFOs enter our universe
by using interdimensional alien technology
that creates a halo effect around our sun.
And they say that this video
shows clear evidence of that otherworldly technology at work.
Take a look.
Whoa, look at that. Wow.
You can see the curve shape...
Austin: Wow. I don't know what to make of that.
Now, the videographer... His name is Tony Yeates.
He's standing in this small town called Nibley.
He sees this bizarre formation.
He runs to get his camera, and he starts recording.
Immediately, all these theories start to circulate
that this could be evidence of an alien portal.
for this video, and it's just an atmwspheric condition
known as a sun dog.
Now, take a look at this.
Sun dogs are actually really cool, you guys.
They're created during very cold weather.
They're basically ice crystals
drifting in the air at low levels.
They act as prisms.
The light passes through the ice crystals, bends,
and it creates distinct points of illumination,
often connected by a halo,
and even this almost rainbow shape in the center.
Completely natural.
Austin: Well, given the fact that it's in the middle of winter,
I mean, we know for a fact that it's cold outside.
Just look at all the snow on the houses. Ben: Yeah.
So I think a sun dog would be a very likely
and natural explanation for the anomaly that we're seeing here.
Although the video is really cool-looking,
I think it's most likely that there is a natural explanation for it.
Should we move on? Devin: Yeah. Lanisha: All right.
Okay. Who's on deck? I've got one.
This case comes from my home state of Louisiana.
In 2001, two ladies were visiting
the allegedly haunted myrtles plantation
in St. Francisville
when they captured this translucent,
shape-shifting mist.
The witnesses claim that they felt an evil presence
and that this spirit then began chasing them.
Take a look.
Austin: Whoa. Changes shape.
Wow.
That's it, right there in the middle.
Look at that.
That's crazy, how it just disappears.
And then it reappears. Now, get this.
Myrtles is considered
one of the most haunted places in America.
It's got a tragic 300-year history
that includes the Civil War, murders, hangings...
It's got it all.
Now, the spirit that most people report
is that of Chloe,
who supposedly was a slave
that was also a mistress to the plantation owner.
Now, Chloe was caught eavesdropping in on the family,
and for punishment, they cut off her ear.
Jael: Wow. H! That's Harsh.
For revenge, she ended up putting poison
in a cake that she had baked for the family,
which killed the wife and the two children.
Devin: Whoa.
The story goes that, then, she was dragged from the house
and that she was hanged.
And to this day,
people report that they still see the spirit of Chloe
and the two children walking the plantation grounds.
Guests who stay there rarely leave
without having some sort of paranormal experience.
Ben: Okay.
Plus, we do have to consider the eyewitnesses.
They both claim that they saw this shape-shifting mist
and that they both felt this menacing presence.
Ben: I like that.
Let's see what other compelling video we have.
All right, guys, this next clip is really fascinating.
Darrin Jackson was driving his kids to school
when he captured footage of what many people believe
to be the infamous South American goat-sucker
known as the Chupacabra.
Take a look.
Bill: It's certainly hairless.
Ben: I think there's no doubting this video isn't fake.
The question is, what are we looking at?
Looks almost identical
to the one that we investigated in Texas.
Is there any physical evidence, like fur or body fluids
or anything that we could subject to DNA analysis?
All we have is just the video
and Darrin's eyewitness testimony. Jael: That's true, Bill.
How do we know that this just isn't some kind
of misidentified canine,
like a mangy dog or even a coyote?
The footage is fascinating,
but maybe we should get some more backstory.
Yep. Okay?
Guys, I have a UFO case
that I believe warrants a complete investigation.
It was allegedly filmed
at the world's most secret military installation,
Area 51.
Now, this footage surfaced in 1995
and reportedly shows an actual extraterrestrial craft
that is hovering over this top-secret air base.
Check this out.
Jael: Whoa-oh-oh! What is that?
Watch the shape of it, as it's rotating.
That's an erratic light pattern.
Is it changing shape?
It almost looks like the darker part of it is getting larger.
That's amazing.
Ben: Now, reportedly, this was shot in 1994
and secreted off the base by a civilian contractor.
Now, he gave it to a former air force employee,
who then leaked it to the press
in the interest of spreading the truth about UFOs.
It spread like wildfire.
Bill: I can't explain what it is we're looking at.
But it is intriguing.
Yeah.
Well, I think we have to consider
that Area 51 is a mecca for UFO sightings.
I mean, some people believe
that there's actually recovered crashed alien craft
that are stored there.
So if this really was smuggled off the base,
we could either be looking at some type
of reverse-engineered alien technology
that we're using now in military craft,
or it might actually be an extraterrestrial craft.
Lanisha: I love it.
Hey, UFOs over the skies of Area 51... that's hard to beat.
So, let's review everything that we've seen today, though.
How do you argue with Area 51?
I'm really partial to the myrtles plantation video.
Lanisha: And I really love Chupacabra cases,
but being a photographer, the cajun ghost
poses some really interesting challenges.
I'm definitely in for that.
Myrtles plantation has reports of ghostly activity
happening over the past 300 years.
I think that it warrants an investigation,
so I'm for myrtles.
I'm in for Area 51.
Well, guys, you know I've wanted to go to Area 51
ever since I was 14 years old.
And if you want to come with me, Austin and Jael...
And Louisiana... Bill, you can take Devin and Lanisha.
Okay? Well, let's go.
Jael: Let's make this happen, guys. All right. Yes.
Bill: We're in St. Francisville, Louisiana,
and there's a number of well-manicured plantations,
but only one is known as America's most haunted,
and that's the myrtles plantation.
It was built in 1798 by general David Bradford,
reportedly over an ancient Indian burial ground.
Some believe it's forever-cursed property.
In 2001, Jodie Setran was staying at the myrtles
for a vacation with a friend of hers.
They filmed what they believe to be
the manifestation of a ghost of pure evil.
Devin: Not only did they record the encounter,
but they insist that the ghostly presence was chasing them.
It's time for us to go in there
and find out if the claims are true
or if the legends are merely fake.
Bill: We're now at myrtles plaation
to meet hester eby, an historian,
to get a firsthand account of all the paranormal activity
that surrounds this property.
Hester, hello. It's Bill.
Hey, bil how are you? Welcome to the myrtles. I'm good.
Lanisha: Hi. Come right in. Let's look around a bit.
Bill: Wow.
So, can you tell us where some of the paranormal hot spots are
around the property?
We have the rooms upstairs.
One in particular is what we call the dolls room.
That is a very good space, because the children sometimes
will give you a little hug in that area.
We also have the bridgeway.
A lot of activity goes on here,
whether it's a footstep, a cry.
Now, we've heard about these spirits
that may be trapped in one or two of the mirrors.
Can you tell us about that and how that occurred?
Come over. Let me show you. Okay.
It was believed that,
whenever anyone died on the plantation grounds,
all the mirrors were to be covered with a black cloth
and remain covered until well after the burial.
They believed, if the mirrors weren't covered,
a spirit from a deceased soul would be trapped in the mirror
by being a reflection.
Where these handprints are,
faces of two small children very often appear in the mirror.
That area very often appears red in photographs.
Devin: That's creepy.
Now, based on our research, we found that there were 10 murders
rumored to have taken place on this property.
Is that true?
Eby: It is true that 10 murders took place here.
Those people are still see and heard here.
Mr. William Winter owned the home.
He was a lawyer from St. Louis.
And he was in the gentleman's parlour, teaching his son.
Someone rode up, a gentleman, to see the lawyer.
Of course, he went out to see who needed him.
And whoever was waiting shot him in the chest.
He made it to the 17th step on this staircase,
and he died there in his wife Sarah's arms.
We're a bed and breakfast.
And overnight guests that stay on this side of the home
still hear the sound of his wife's cry.
They hear the footsteps.
And they hear this front door slam.
Bill: Hester, thank you so much for your time.
You're so welcome.
Hope you see something. Devin: Thanks, hester.
We have so much to go off of, it's amazing.
Are you guys ready to get to work? Yep. Ready.
Okay. Let's do this. All right.
Lanisha: So, now we're gonna meet eyewitness Jodie Setran,
who captured the video in question,
to hear her personal account
of what she thinks she saw that night.
Jodie? Hi. Bill. Setran: Yes, hi.
Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you.
This is Lanisha, and this is Devin.
Lanisha: Hi. Nice to meet you.
Could you lead us to that location?
Yeah, I'd love to.
Devin: This whole plantation is kind of creepy.
There's a lot of ghosts.
This looks familiar.
So, this is pretty much
where you were filming that night.
Yes. Yes.
So, some people would say that you captured fog on film.
What would you say you captured?
I feel like I caught energy forming into an apparition.
It was like you could see the swirling.
And then, when I opened up the camera lens,
that's when I could see it on my video.
It's... it's really terrifying.
Now, how would you describe it?
Did it feel like something that you could touch,
or did it seem flat?
It pulsated, and it kept moving
and growing and shifting.
I was in fear. I was terrified.
It wasn't friendly.
It was so scary.
Lanisha: Jodie, would you mind
if we borrowed your camera for our tests?
Absolutely. Here you go. Thank you. Perfect. Thank you.
All right, she's given us a lot to think about, you guys.
Let's get the rest of our gear, and let's get set up.
Sounds good. So let's go.
Devin: Now, we're at the exact same vantage point
that Jodie said she shot the original video.
Now, because the video was shot over 10 years go,
the foliage in the area has changed quite a bit.
You know what, guys?
Fog is so common in this area, with all this high humidity,
it can, like, seemingly just come out of nowhere.
The humidity is about 72% and climbing.
You know what? That gives me a really good idea.
You know how, when you're in the car on a hot summer's day
and it's air-conditioned, and you step out of the car
and your sunglasses start to fog up?
Devin: Yes.
I think that's what we might be seeing
in our original video.
If she was in a cool area
and came out here, brought her lens out,
maybe that's the closest we're gonna get
to mimicking the conditions she was in.
Why don't we go back to the truck,
cool the camera down, and once it's all nice and chill,
we'll come back out and run the experiment?
Okay. Let's get this thing started. That sounds great.
Bill: Let's freeze this thing.
But the only thing is, we're gonna have to move really fast
once we get out of this truck and get to our vantage point.
All right, you guys, do you think it's cold enough?
Are you ready to go? Do it. We got to move fast.
Let's do it. Go!
Go! Let's go!
Look at that. Look at that.
Jodie may have had her camera in an air-conditioned car
right before she shot the video in question.
Maybe the anomaly we're seeing in the video
is actually just condensation
due to a quick change in temperature.
Bill: Let's freeze this thing.
All right, you guys, do you think it's cold enough?
Are you ready to go? Do it. We got to move fast.
Let's do it. Go!
Go! Let's go!
Bill: My gosh. I mean, look what it's doing.
It's condensing right away. But you know what?
It's sort of uniform across the lens.
You know, it's really hard to see anything at all.
Look here. The trees in Jodie's video
are totally without any sort of mist around them.
And our video, everything is sort of misted over.
This would have been, you know,
a believable natural explanation,
but based on what we're seeing here,
I don't think that we've hit bull's-eye.
Devin: Mnh-mnh.
I say we should move on to our next experiment.
Yep. Good move.
There may actually be a natural explanation to the apparition.
However, we think it's something
that's exterior of the lens itself,
and that's what we're gonna test next.
Bill: I'm beginning to think that a perfect storm of humidity
and a windy vortex
may be responsible for what we see in Jodie's video.
You know what, guys?
In areas of high humidity, like wre we are now,
particulates can get suspended in the air for long enough
to create what looks like a cloud.
Well, you guys, I know if we put
all these fans in the perfect circle,
we can create a kind of tornado.
And then we can put fog on top of this fan,
and it will shoot up in a swirling circle
and hopefully create that changing shape
that we were seeing in Jodie's video.
Bill: For our next test, we're gonna be using our fogger
in combination with our wind vortex
that we created with the fans here.
I think we have a pretty good chance
of having a much closer match to Jodie's video this time.
Bill, ready? Bill: I'm ready.
Give us some fog in 3... 2... 1.
Fog vortex.
Here it comes.
Devin: How's that look? It looks good.
Yeah, Bill, why don't you come back over?
Let's do a side-by-side.
Okay, I'm on the way.
Okay, there it is.
The vortex definitely is helping.
It's not like it was before,
which is naturally spread out throughout the grounds here. Yeah.
But the problem is, it's not staying contained.
Devin: Another thing that I'm noticing here, you guys,
is that the leaves aren't moving in Jodie's video.
And if there was a vortex, the leaves would be moving.
We're still not satisfied with results,
but this experiment did give us an idea...
Maybe the apparition that we're seeing in Jodie's original video
is light being reflected off fog.
You know, anything could be illuminating that fog.
It could be car headlights. It could be a flashlight.
It could be anything.
Let's use the industrial fogger, create a dense fog,
and use different light sources
to see if they can re-create
what we see in Jodie's original video.
Well, I'll operate the fogger
and make sure we have a nice, thick, dense stream of fog,
like you see on a really heavy foggy day out here.
And I'll be back at our vantage point with this camera.
And I'm gonna be responsible for the lighting.
Sounds good.
Fogger's ready.
Go ahead and fire it up.
3...
2...
1.
Light it up.
How's it looking, you guys?
Underwhelming.
Lanisha: Yeah. You know what?
I'm not picking it up on the monitor at all.
Hold on. There it is. You know what?
Now that the fog is dissipating a bit, I can see it.
Nice.
You know what the problem is?
If I move my light, you can see the beam.
I think it's safe to say, after seeing the results,
we can eliminate flashlights
without doing a side-by-side comparison.
Instead of using a flashlight,
why not use only the camera's built-in I.R. Light?
All right, then, let's try it that way.
Let's just go ahead and repeat it right now.
Hey, Devin, give us another blast of that fog.
Devin: Fogging.
Looks... Wow, look at it.
That looks a lot better.
It's definitely looking a lot better.
Hey, Devin, why don't you come on back? Devin: Sounds good.
Here is the original footage, you guys. All right.
Playback.
You know what?
This one, right away, is looking good. Look at that.
It looks like it's moving almost through the woods.
Like, once the fog starts to dissipate,
it looks pretty good.
And no two fog clouds are ever gonna be alike,
so maybe this is proof of concept.
I think it is possible
that it was natural fog, humidity, dew in the air,
but it's not perfect on our test
'cause we can't replicate mother nature.
But that's not to say
that what we're looking at here is a fog.
I mean, we can't forget that myrtles plantation
has a history of being
one of the most haunted locations in America.
Maybe there's something to tha
maybe it's revealing itself,
and we're seeing the proof in this video.
Lanisha: The myrtles plantation is considered
one of the most haunted places in America.
And given its 300-year history of paranormal activity,
I think it's time that we conduct
our own night investigation.
Cameras are now in place.
We have four monitors here for each one of our cameras.
We've got one full-spectrum cam
in the main corridor monitoring the 17th step.
We've also got one over at the bridge,
one in the doll room, and one at the vantage point
where the original video was shot.
On that 17th step where William Winter passed away,
I'm gonna be setting up an accelerometer.
If there's any activity at all there
and any motion associated with it,
this thing should pick it up right here.
And I'll have my handheld thermal imager
to measure any unusual ambient temperature spikes or dips,
which could be a sign of paranormal activity.
Let's go green.
All right. Let's do it.
Devin for Lanisha.
Are you picking up anything on the thermal cam?
I'm not seeing any abnormalities,
but I'm gonna keep looking around.
Bill:
I see that child's face in the mirror
that they've been talking about.
What?
Bill, are you saying that you see a face?
Bill: I kid you not. I'm looking right at it.
Bill:
I see that child's face in the mirror
that they've been talking about.
Devin: Bill, are you saying that you see a face?
When you shine a light into the mirror,
it reveals a face on the opposite wall.
It's really bizarre.
It looks like a face of a young child.
Well, it's nothing like I've seen before.
I kid you not. I'm looking right at it.
Lanisha, Bill is seeing a child's face right now in the main corridor.
Could you get there as quickly as you can?
Copy that. On my way.
Bill, Lanisha is heading right your way.
Look to that wall where I'm pointing.
My gosh. I see it.
You know what, Bill? I'm gonna get a little closer
and get a good shot of this.
All right, Lanisha, I'm gonna go to the doll room,
and I'm gonna record an EVP session.
All right. Perfect. Okay.
I'm gonna take my thermal imager
and sweep the entire grounds. Okay.
Bill for Devin.
I'm gonna go ahead to the 17th step
and place the accelerometer.
Copy that, Bill. Careful on those stairs.
14, 15, 16, 17.
I'm gonna be heading up the stairs to go to the doll room.
I'll let you know when I get there.
I'm gonna record an EVP session. Copy that. I see you.
I'm now in the doll room.
Devin: The unique thing about the doll room
is that it's reported to be the paranormal hot spot
of the entire plantation.
It's a vortex of paranormal activity,
and Bill's in there right now, doing an EVP session.
Who are the people that walk across these floors?
Whoa.
Devin for Lanisha.
Go for Lanisha.
I'm seeing some activity on the monitor over by the bridge.
It looks very similar to the video we got from Jodie.
Copy that. I'm on my way.
If you're the one that revealed yourself in Jodie's video,
come through right now.
Lanisha: Hey, I'm gonna sweep
and see if I see anything abnormal.
What the heck was that?
Whoa!
Bill, did you hear that?
Bill: There's something going on here.
Have you seen anything on any camera?
Can you point me in any direction?
Ing the accelerometer
going off on the staircase.
I can hear it. I'm heading down there now.
What was that?
Lanisha for Devin.
I've been hearing things out here,
but I haven't picked up anything.
Lanisha, my whole monitor just went out.
William Winter, are you here?
Bill: I'm hearing something on the stairs.
My gosh.
I can't see it, but I can feel it.
Holy cow.
There's something up here.
Ben: Well, how was it down in cajun country?
Well, as you know, we went to St. Francisville, Louisiana,
to check out a bit of ghostly video
that was recorded at the historic myrtles plantation.
Devin: So, for our first experiment, we theorized that the camera
could have come from an air-conditioned environment,
like the inside of a car,
and condensation could have formed on the lens
when it went from inside the car to outside,
into the warm, humid Louisiana air.
The problem was, is that the lens completely fogged up
and we couldn't see through it at all,
and it didn't look like the original video.
Bill: U! Obviously, not a match.
So, for the next test, we wanted to see if a windy vortex
could have drawn in fog in one specific area.
Devin set up a circle of fans in a tight pattern,
and then I pumped fog directly into them.
Once it rose above the influence of the fans itself,
it would just diffuse... Not a match.
Ben: Right.
Lanisha: So, finally, we decided to test
whether a random light source shining into the fog
would actually create the manifestation
seen in the original video.
So we used an industrial fogger and a flashlight,
but the results we got were just way too diffused.
So, then we decided to test
whether the built-in light from the I.R. Camera
would actually illuminate the fog.
Ben: Wow.
Jael: Wow. It's pretty bright. See?
Pretty close. Austin: Pretty close.
It gave us a better result and more of a plausible explanation
for what we see in the original.
But given the 300-year history of paranormal activity
there at myrtles plantion,
we decided to do a night investigation,
and that's when things really started to happen.
So, we set up three I.R. Cams and one full-spectrum Cam
throughout the various hot spots on the plantation.
As I was combing the property
with my thermal camera and my digital camera,
Bill saw this crazy thing on the wall.
So I took out my digital camera, and this is what I captured.
Devin: Look at that.
Jael: Wow. Can you see that?
I do. I see it.
Lanisha: It looks like the face of a child, right?
So, with all of this going on, I went up to the doll room
to conduct an EVP session.
Bill's conducting his EVP session,
and I'm monitoring base camp.
Suddenly, I hear a noise, and the accelerometer
that's sitting all by itself on the 17th step
starts to go off. What?
So I radio Bill.
I stop recording, and I run back to the foyer.
I could hear the accelerometer going off,
but when I got there...
It had ceased.
Ben: Get out.
Jael: It stopped? Yeah, it stopped.
Austin: Well, did the EVP session turn up anything interesting?
Yes, it did. Why don't you play this clip?
Bill: Why won't you talk?
No way.
Are you having fun here?
Holy crap! That sounds like children laughing.
You have got to be kidding me.
No way. Bill: There is no kidding here.
This is a true EVP.
That is weird and creepy-sounding, too.
It is creepy-sounding.
Another really creepy thing, you guys,
is that it sounds like there's multiple children laughing,
and that correlates with the story
of multiple children being poisoned.
Wow.
So, what do you think, guys...
The cajun ghost, Fact or Faked?
Well, when you look at the original video,
I think we came pretty close to replicating it.
But we did come away with our own evidence
which strongly suggests that there's paranormal activity
that occurs at the myrtles plantation.
Aged. Nice job.
It looks like you guys came pretty close to replicating the video.
However, when you did your night investigation,
it seems like things got better as the night went on.
It was a home run.
What was that? Holy cow.
So, Ben, how did it go at Area 51?
Wow.
Well, you know, Nevada... We traveled out there
to look at some very famous footage
depicting some type of alien craft
that was floating over the base.
Ben: So, here we are in the Nevada desert,
just outside of Area 51.
And you have no idea how excited I am tbe here.
I can't believe we actually get to investigate
one of the most famous pieces of UFO footage
to ever even surface.
Ufo researchers are quick to point out
some of the anomalies of the object...
The erratic flight patterns, even the apparent ability
for the object to change shape. Jael: Right.
And they're saying these are characteristics and proof
that this object is of extraterrestrial origin.
Jael: Skeptics aren't so sure.
They point to the obvious military connection,
while others claim that it's an outright hoax.
Now, the biggest obstacle facing our investigation
is the secrecy and inaccessibility
of Area 51 itself.
And this is the closest that we can get
without actually going into the installation.
Narrator: Coming up on
"Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files"...
Don't look now, but you're being watched.
Ben: Whoa!
Security's looking down at my team.
Did you see that in the sky just now?
Ben: So, here we are in the Nevada desert,
just outside of Area 51.
I can't believe we actually get to investigate
one of the most famous pieces of UFO footage
to ever even surface.
I mean, the military's hiding something.
The question is, what?
Ben: We've enlisted the help of Area 51 expert Glenn Campbell.
He's waiting for us right here.
And this is the closest that we can get
without actually going into the installation.
Glenn.
Ben.
Nice to finally meet you. Yeah.
Jael: Glenn. Jael. This is Jael.
And this is Austin.
How you doing? Pleasure. Hey.
Don't look now, but you're being watched.
Where? Where?
Up there.
There's two of them up there in an S.U.V..
Jael: -huh. They're there 24/7.
They're always on that hill.
So, whenever you come down here, they're there.
So, what happens if we wander across this area?
Well, these signs... Some of these signs say,
"use of deadly force authorized."
Wow.
Area 51 is a block of land
inside another vast military facility.
Inside that block of land, there's an air force base,
except this is a base without a name.
So, why do so many people believe
that there's an extraterrestrial link here to Area 51?
I think it's because we don't know what's going on there.
You know, it could be anything.
There are people who believe
that the aliens from the roswell crash were brought here.
In other words, they have alien craft
that they've dissected and learned how they work.
Now, Glenn, regarding the video that we're investigating,
what do you believe was captured?
I believe the video is authentic.
I believe that it came out of the base.
Beyond that, I don't know what it is.
So, what are our best options
of getting close to the base, then?
There's one place inside restricted air space...
Campfire Hill.
Unfortunately, you can't see the base.
To see the base itself, you need to go to Tikaboo Peak.
It's the only place on public land
where you can still see the base.
And that's pretty rigorous. It's a pretty tough hike.
Well, thank you so much, Glenn.
You've given us so much information.
And we've got to get started on our experiments.
And this is kind of making me uneasy,
with them looking over our shoulder.
Jael: Okay. See you later.
Take care, Glenn. Jael: Thanks again.
Austin: Due to the extreme security at Area 51,
we're gonna head to a nearby testing facility
that actually matches the same look as this secret base.
We're gonna run a few experiments and see
if we can find out exactly what's going on behind this footage.
My thought is that it's actually
just a misidentified military blimp
or even just a balloon that's being swayed around in the wind.
Maybe it's a helikite.
That's a good point, Austin.
A helikite is a combination
of a helium balloon and a winged kite,
and the military uses these
to gauge wind speed and take aerial photography.
Think about the kite's natural ability
to want to elevate with wind.
I mean, you mix that with wind currents, wind pockets...
I mean, all those variables really could give us
that almost shape-shifting look
that we're seeing in the original video. Right.
And since we don't know what type of camera was used
when the original footage was taken,
I'm gonna use this cctv setup,
which looks pretty similar during playback.
So, we're going to see if this infamous footage from Area 51...
Could be just a case of mistaken identity.
It could have been a military helikite.
How's the pressure, Jael?
I think that's good.
All right, guys. Let's run this test.
Jael: All right, guys, that's a great spot.
I'm gonna give you a countdown,
and then let's get this thing airborne.
Okay, we're ready to go.
And 3...
2...
1.
Release helikite!
All right, guys, pull it down and then run to the right.
All right, let's get another bounce.
Problem is, Jael, when it bounces,
it's just going straight back out.
Just try and replicate those movements with the camera.
Copy that.
Guys, I got this. Let's do a side-by-side.
Copy that. Coming back.
Look at the original footage and how fast this UFO is movg.
Mm-hmm.
When you look at this,
it's just not moving fast enough.
As soon as I went handheld...
Austin: Yeah.
Just look at how it starts to have this erratic movement.
But I'm seeing a huge issue here.
The more I look, I can see the tether line to our UFO.
This test got close, but we also have to take into account
the fact that we're right outside of Area 51.
This could have just been some kind of military craft
that was flying low and had something suspended below it.
Yeah. A sling load.
Yes.
Military installations... It's very common
for them to take a heavy load in a sling
and deliver it to where they need it to go.
Maybe that's the culprit
of what they're seeing in the UFO footage.
Austin: So, right now, we're finishing setting up our sling load.
We're trying to replicate something the military might actually be transporting,
and we're trying to get the same effect
that we see out of the object in the original footage.
Guys, here comes the chopper.
Ben: Yeah, there we go.
We have to remember... The most important thing...
When we start filming this footage,
I have to crop out the helicopter
so that we can just get the object in the sky
and hopefully re-create the look of the original footage.
Ben: I'll be in contact with Austin via radio
so he can tell the pilot which way he needs to move.
And, then, Jael will be right next to you, framing that up.
Austin: All right, guys, our sling load
is officially all set up, locked, and loaded.
Excellent. Be safe.
All right. Copy that, buddy. I'll be in the copter.
Jael: In 2010, a man claimed to be out bird-watching
in the Don Valley Wetlands of Ontario
when he saw what looked like a white horse in the distance.
Upon a closer look, he noticed the horn on its head.
The uploaded footage quickly went viral,
but is this unicorn Fact or Faked?
The answer coming up.
Jael: In 2010, a man created a stir
when he went public with purported footage
of an actual unicorn.
But is this mythical beast Fact or Faked?
Faked.
The creature's unnatural gait
immediately had skeptics crying "CGI,"
a fact later confirmed when the Ontario Science Centre
admitted to creating the clip
to promote their new mythical-creatures exhibit.
Jael: Austin is about to take to the skies on our helicopter
to see if the object in the original footage
could just be a case of mistaken identity.
Okay, Austin, you ready?
Copy that. We're good.
Time to move it to the left, really steady.
Copy that. Let me know when we're in place.
Right about... there.
We're starting the pendulum effect now.
Okay, now, just gently sway, just like you're doing.
Now go to the left.
Back to the right.
Center.
There we go. Perfect, perfect.
Okay, I think we're good. You guys can bring it down.
Whoo! All right, guys.
That was good! What do you think?
Is that the answer we're looking for?
Jael: Well... Ben: Well, come take a look.
He got it.
Whoo!
All right. Here we go.
Hey, that's not bad.
Yeah, you can see how the payload is definitely defined.
It's swinging, especially when
we move the camera a little bit.
Although, our payload,
compared to the object in the original footage,
is not the same shape.
At first, I thought it looked really good,
but the more I look... I notice, when you guys zoom in,
I can actually see the line.
And then it looks... When you zoom away...
So, the line disappears,
but then you're seeing the helicopter.
I don't buy that anyone filming this
would not see a helicopter attached to it.
And if it was a payload with a helicopter,
at that point, we're back to a hoax,
'cause somebody would have to get rid
of the helicopter to get that effect.
So, we have to take into consideration
that there really might be something unexplainable
going on over the skies in Area 51.
And so I think the next step is to live one of my dreams
and do a skywatch.
From when I was a little kid and was researching this,
I've always wanted to do a night investigation,
and I think this warrants it.
But, guys, I'm gonna go solo. Jael: Okay.
I'm gonna go to Tikaboo Peak.
You guys can go to Campfire Hill.
You actually will be closer to the base than I will be.
The sun has already gone down, so it's getting dark.
Let's pack this stuff up and get going.
All right. You have a trek ahead of you.
Ben: Yes, I do.
Austin: So, Jael and I are setting up our base camp at Campfire Hill,
which is roughly 15 miles away from Area 51.
Now, Ben... he's hiking to the top of Tikaboo Peak,
which is actually 26 miles away from Area 51.
Ben: This is a 4-hour trek for me, and I'm gonna do it solo.
Austin: Even though Ben is farther away,
from his elevation, he should be able to see the base.
Ben: I'm heavily weighted down with a couple of tripods,
a huge telephoto lens, and other equipment.
So I might be a little overprepared,
but I don't know what the weather's gonna be like up there.
Austin: Now, the downside is we are so far away from each other,
we are gonna be out of radio communication.
Ben: We're almost there.
Jael: Right now, Austin and I are getting ready for our skywatch.
We're gonna set up four I.R. Cameras,
which are gonna be trained directly at Area 51,
scanning the skies for any signs of UFOs.
Austin: Not many people have had the opportunity
to be physically this close to Area 51.
So I think I'm gonna bring the thermal imager,
scan the area for any anomalies,
and see if I can find anything.
I'm gonna be monitoring the cameras.
If I see anything, I will let you know immediately.
I really hope that Ben's doing okay over at Tikaboo Peak.
Me too. I hate not being able
to have any type of communication with him.
It scares me. All right.
Let's go green.
Let's do this.
Wow! There it is.
It's huge!
It's a complete city down there!
Now, the airfield in Area 51 is about 26 miles away,
so using this high-powered telephoto lens,
I can just barely make out the outline
of some of the buildings and structures there on the base.
So that means anything they might see in the air
or that I might see from here
has been given government authority to fly there,
or it might give credence to the UFO theory.
I'm seeing a very dim light down here.
It's sort of in the area where my team is.
It just went out.
Looks like someone's driving around
with their headlights off.
Where'd they go?
Hey, Jael.
I've been hiking for a while,
and I just came across a very small dirt road.
It must be one that the Area 51 security actually use.
I mean, I can literally see tire tracks that are pretty fresh.
I'm just wondering if Ben has a visual on security.
Ben: Security's looking down at my team.
Austin for Jael. You copy?
Jael: Come in, buddy.
Jael, we are officially being watched.
Austin, they are coming straight for me right now.
Austin: Jael, we are officially being watched.
I can see the trucks in the distance right now
with the thermal imager.
Jael: We've been out on Campfire Hill for a while now.
Austin is down below the ridge.
He has noticed that we have
Area 51 security watching us right now.
Someone's approaching them.
Austin: Jael, I have Area 51 security approaching me now.
Ben: What is that?
Looks like we got some taxiway lights coming on.
It looks like everything is lighting up
for something either to take off or to come in.
I have what appears to be an S.U.V... Approaching.
Did you see that in the sky just now?!
What was that?!
Ben: All the lights are St...
They just shut off.
Jael: What's going on?
Austin: I see a light in the sky, but it appeared,
shot through the sky way too fast to be anything human,
and then just disappeared.
I didn't see a craft land.
Austin: We were actually under restricted airspace.
From the moment I walked away from Jael,
I felt like we were being watched.
And then I looked down on the thermal imager,
and Area 51 security
was actually monitoring our every move.
And I could see the whole scene from up at the peak.
I wareally scared. I had lost sight of Austin.
I was not in radio communication with Ben.
So I was there by myself, and all I knew
was that Area 51 security was right there,
and I had no idea what they were gonna do.
Our welcome was definitely up.
All of a sudden, the runway lights, everything lit up,
like they were waiting for something to land.
Austin: Just when that happened,
I looked up into the sky and saw this.
Devin: Whoa! Bill: Wow! Lanisha: Whoa!
What is that?!
Now, we didn't know what that was.
Jael: It could have been a shooting star,
but it is a little suspicious that it flew through the sky
at exactly the same time that those lights went on and off.
Bill: I don't believe it's a shooting star.
They don't look like that.
Whatever that was, was inside Earth's atmosphere.
It was very large. It had a very long trail.
So, the fact that this base is active
and they turned on all the lights
and suddenly you see a light in the sky
that resembles a craft
and you hear nothing and see nothing...
It seems that the government is up to something
in Area 51.
What it is... Still don't know.
So, Area 51 UFO...
Fact or faked... What do you guys think?
Ben: I think we all agreed
that we were not able to replicate the video.
Jael: What we do know is that there is definitely
some strange activity going on there
that the military does not want us knowing about.
Good job.
Good work, you guys.
Yeah, nice work. All right.
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