WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:00.880 --> 00:00:02.470 Something happened on the night of 00:00:02.480 --> 00:00:04.910 February 20th, 00:00:04.920 --> 00:00:07.510 1954. Something that officially never 00:00:07.520 --> 00:00:11.589 took place because for 12 hours, the 00:00:11.599 --> 00:00:14.390 president of the United States vanished. 00:00:14.400 --> 00:00:18.310 No press, no records, no explanation. 00:00:18.320 --> 00:00:20.950 And when he reappeared, the world was 00:00:20.960 --> 00:00:23.990 given an absurd excuse. He chipped a 00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:26.870 tooth while eating fried chicken. But 00:00:26.880 --> 00:00:29.269 there's a problem with that story. No 00:00:29.279 --> 00:00:31.910 official dental records exist, no 00:00:31.920 --> 00:00:35.110 hospital visits, and multiple sources, 00:00:35.120 --> 00:00:37.549 government insiders, military 00:00:37.559 --> 00:00:40.389 whistleblowers, claimed that Eisenhower 00:00:40.399 --> 00:00:43.110 wasn't in a dental chair that night. He 00:00:43.120 --> 00:00:45.630 was somewhere else, somewhere 00:00:45.640 --> 00:00:47.910 impossible. Because if the rumors are 00:00:47.920 --> 00:00:49.990 true, that was the night the most 00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:52.709 powerful man on earth was escorted under 00:00:52.719 --> 00:00:55.270 the highest levels of security to a 00:00:55.280 --> 00:00:58.229 meeting that was not of this world. 00:00:58.239 --> 00:01:00.389 What happened inside that hanger has 00:01:00.399 --> 00:01:02.349 been the subject of speculation for 00:01:02.359 --> 00:01:05.390 decades. Some say negotiations took 00:01:05.400 --> 00:01:08.870 place. Some say treaties were signed. 00:01:08.880 --> 00:01:11.429 And some say whether we realized it or 00:01:11.439 --> 00:01:13.750 not, that night changed the course of 00:01:13.760 --> 00:01:16.390 human history forever. And the most 00:01:16.400 --> 00:01:19.429 disturbing part, if this meeting really 00:01:19.439 --> 00:01:21.830 did happen, the proof isn't in 00:01:21.840 --> 00:01:24.230 eyewitness testimony. It's in what came 00:01:24.240 --> 00:01:27.030 after. Because within just a few short 00:01:27.040 --> 00:01:29.350 years, technology advanced at an 00:01:29.360 --> 00:01:32.469 impossible rate, almost like someone 00:01:32.479 --> 00:01:34.030 gave us a head 00:01:34.040 --> 00:01:36.550 start. This is a story of the meeting 00:01:36.560 --> 00:01:39.030 that was never supposed to happen. The 00:01:39.040 --> 00:01:41.990 deal that may have altered our future 00:01:42.000 --> 00:01:44.230 and the secret that has been buried for 00:01:44.240 --> 00:01:52.600 nearly 70 years. 00:01:52.610 --> 00:01:58.069 [Music] 00:01:58.079 --> 00:02:00.630 What follows is a dramatic retelling of 00:02:00.640 --> 00:02:02.990 a theory that has circulated for 00:02:03.000 --> 00:02:05.670 decades. While it's based on claims from 00:02:05.680 --> 00:02:08.389 multiple sources, there is no verified 00:02:08.399 --> 00:02:12.910 evidence that these events occurred as 00:02:12.920 --> 00:02:15.750 described. A military convoy moves 00:02:15.760 --> 00:02:18.630 through the desert. Headlights off. Only 00:02:18.640 --> 00:02:20.910 the pale glow of the moon lighting the 00:02:20.920 --> 00:02:24.030 way. The lead vehicle, a sleek black 00:02:24.040 --> 00:02:27.229 sedan, carries President Dwight D. 00:02:27.239 --> 00:02:30.550 Eisenhower. His face is set, eyes 00:02:30.560 --> 00:02:33.670 scanning the darkness ahead. Beside him 00:02:33.680 --> 00:02:36.390 sits General Nathan Twinning, head of 00:02:36.400 --> 00:02:39.190 the Air Force. A man who has seen things 00:02:39.200 --> 00:02:42.150 he wishes he could forget. Opposite 00:02:42.160 --> 00:02:44.430 them, a young translator shifts 00:02:44.440 --> 00:02:46.869 uncomfortably, clutching a file marked 00:02:46.879 --> 00:02:50.150 ultra top secret. The convoy pulls 00:02:50.160 --> 00:02:52.030 through the gates of Edward's Air Force 00:02:52.040 --> 00:02:54.710 Base. The usual security checkpoints 00:02:54.720 --> 00:02:55.630 already 00:02:55.640 --> 00:02:58.710 abandoned. Inside a massive hanger, an 00:02:58.720 --> 00:03:01.830 otherworldly globe pulses from within. 00:03:01.840 --> 00:03:05.110 Eisenhower steps out of the car. The air 00:03:05.120 --> 00:03:07.589 is strangely charged, like the moment 00:03:07.599 --> 00:03:10.550 before a lightning strike. The doors to 00:03:10.560 --> 00:03:14.910 the hanger slide open. Inside they are 00:03:14.920 --> 00:03:17.430 waiting. The first figure to step 00:03:17.440 --> 00:03:20.869 forward is not human but close. Tall, 00:03:20.879 --> 00:03:24.750 slender, 8 ft in height, but somehow not 00:03:24.760 --> 00:03:27.630 imposing. His skin is pale, almost 00:03:27.640 --> 00:03:30.149 translucent. Eyes a piercing shade of 00:03:30.159 --> 00:03:32.830 blue that seem to hold centuries of 00:03:32.840 --> 00:03:35.830 wisdom. His features are angular, 00:03:35.840 --> 00:03:39.670 perfect, almost too perfect. He is a 00:03:39.680 --> 00:03:42.149 Nordic, or at least that's what 00:03:42.159 --> 00:03:45.270 intelligence has designated them. His 00:03:45.280 --> 00:03:47.910 voice isn't spoken, but heard inside 00:03:47.920 --> 00:03:50.470 Eisenhower's head, smooth and 00:03:50.480 --> 00:03:52.670 deliberate. You have come as we 00:03:52.680 --> 00:03:56.550 expected. Your kind is at a crossroads. 00:03:56.560 --> 00:03:59.910 Stiffens, glancing at twinning. He's 00:03:59.920 --> 00:04:01.550 heard rumors of telepathic 00:04:01.560 --> 00:04:04.470 communication, but experiencing it is 00:04:04.480 --> 00:04:06.550 something else entirely. 00:04:06.560 --> 00:04:08.470 Behind the Nordic, another group stands 00:04:08.480 --> 00:04:11.429 further in the shadows, shorter, no more 00:04:11.439 --> 00:04:14.550 than four feet tall. Their bodies thin, 00:04:14.560 --> 00:04:17.710 almost skeletal beneath their tight gray 00:04:17.720 --> 00:04:20.590 skin. Their heads are disproportionately 00:04:20.600 --> 00:04:23.710 large. Their black almond-shaped eyes 00:04:23.720 --> 00:04:27.150 unblinking. They do not speak. They only 00:04:27.160 --> 00:04:29.230 observe the 00:04:29.240 --> 00:04:32.430 grays. Eisenhower had been warned about 00:04:32.440 --> 00:04:35.990 them. The Nordic steps closer. His 00:04:36.000 --> 00:04:38.469 presence is calming, authoritative. We 00:04:38.479 --> 00:04:41.030 are here to offer guidance. Your species 00:04:41.040 --> 00:04:44.070 is young, reckless, standing on the edge 00:04:44.080 --> 00:04:46.710 of self-destruction. You tinker with 00:04:46.720 --> 00:04:49.590 forces you do not understand. And what 00:04:49.600 --> 00:04:52.150 do you want in return? Nordic tilts his 00:04:52.160 --> 00:04:54.790 head as if considering whether to tell 00:04:54.800 --> 00:04:57.590 him the whole truth. 00:04:57.600 --> 00:04:59.510 only that you abandon your weapons of 00:04:59.520 --> 00:05:02.749 war, dismantle your nuclear 00:05:02.759 --> 00:05:06.629 arsenals, choose a path of peace, and we 00:05:06.639 --> 00:05:09.590 will show you a new way." Eisenhower's 00:05:09.600 --> 00:05:12.390 expression hardens. The Cold War is at 00:05:12.400 --> 00:05:15.189 its peak. The Soviet Union is advancing 00:05:15.199 --> 00:05:17.990 their nuclear capabilities. There is no 00:05:18.000 --> 00:05:20.230 world where the United States willingly 00:05:20.240 --> 00:05:23.430 disarms. It's not possible. The Nordic 00:05:23.440 --> 00:05:26.310 towers his gaze as if he expected this 00:05:26.320 --> 00:05:27.430 answer. 00:05:27.440 --> 00:05:30.390 Then movement from the shadows. The 00:05:30.400 --> 00:05:33.749 grays step forward. A new voice, 00:05:33.759 --> 00:05:37.430 harsher, metallic, synthetic, enters 00:05:37.440 --> 00:05:39.909 Eisenhower's mind. The humans will not 00:05:39.919 --> 00:05:42.870 choose peace. They will choose survival. 00:05:42.880 --> 00:05:45.909 And for survival, they need power. The 00:05:45.919 --> 00:05:48.550 air in the hangar shifts. The Nordics 00:05:48.560 --> 00:05:52.430 step back. The grays take their 00:05:52.440 --> 00:05:55.510 place. Grays move closer to Eisenhower. 00:05:55.520 --> 00:05:58.230 Their massive black eyes unreadable. 00:05:58.240 --> 00:06:00.710 Offer something the Nordics will not. 00:06:00.720 --> 00:06:04.270 Brief pause. Then behind them, a craft 00:06:04.280 --> 00:06:07.749 appears seemingly out of thin air. It is 00:06:07.759 --> 00:06:11.029 sleek, metallic, impossibly smooth, 00:06:11.039 --> 00:06:13.390 hovering effortlessly above the hangar 00:06:13.400 --> 00:06:16.629 floor. A discshaped craft like the one 00:06:16.639 --> 00:06:17.469 from 00:06:17.479 --> 00:06:19.990 Roswell. Eisenhower feels his heart 00:06:20.000 --> 00:06:22.189 hammering in his chest. We will give you 00:06:22.199 --> 00:06:24.830 technology, advancements beyond your 00:06:24.840 --> 00:06:27.350 imagination. But there is a cost. 00:06:27.360 --> 00:06:29.909 Twinning exhales sharply, already 00:06:29.919 --> 00:06:31.749 knowing the answer before the words 00:06:31.759 --> 00:06:34.309 arrive in his mind. We require access to 00:06:34.319 --> 00:06:37.629 your species. A long silence. 00:06:37.639 --> 00:06:41.189 Eisenhower's throat tightens. Explain. 00:06:41.199 --> 00:06:44.629 We require biological specimens, humans, 00:06:44.639 --> 00:06:47.430 for study, for advancement, for the 00:06:47.440 --> 00:06:49.909 survival of all. Eisenhower doesn't 00:06:49.919 --> 00:06:52.469 move. You're talking about abductions. 00:06:52.479 --> 00:06:55.270 Grays do not blink. You will not harm 00:06:55.280 --> 00:06:57.670 them. They will be returned. It is 00:06:57.680 --> 00:07:01.029 necessary. Eisenhower looks at twinning. 00:07:01.039 --> 00:07:03.070 He knows this is the decision of the 00:07:03.080 --> 00:07:05.990 century. Reject them and the US falls 00:07:06.000 --> 00:07:08.309 behind in the arms race, forever 00:07:08.319 --> 00:07:10.230 outpaced by whatever force controls 00:07:10.240 --> 00:07:13.430 these beings. Accept and trade the 00:07:13.440 --> 00:07:15.430 safety of his people for knowledge 00:07:15.440 --> 00:07:16.670 beyond 00:07:16.680 --> 00:07:18.870 comprehension. Finally, Eisenhower 00:07:18.880 --> 00:07:21.589 speaks. parameters, limits. You cannot 00:07:21.599 --> 00:07:24.790 take whoever you want. Agreed. We will 00:07:24.800 --> 00:07:27.270 operate in secrecy. Your governments 00:07:27.280 --> 00:07:30.150 will deny us. We will give technology in 00:07:30.160 --> 00:07:33.830 return. A deal is struck. The Gria 00:07:33.840 --> 00:07:36.550 treaty is signed. And the world is 00:07:36.560 --> 00:07:38.749 changed 00:07:38.759 --> 00:07:42.070 forever. That night forward, technology 00:07:42.080 --> 00:07:44.629 accelerates. Transistors, stealth 00:07:44.639 --> 00:07:48.309 aircraft, fiber optics, microchips. 00:07:48.319 --> 00:07:50.950 Reports of abductions increase but are 00:07:50.960 --> 00:07:53.990 dismissed as hysteria. The government 00:07:54.000 --> 00:07:56.629 denies everything. And Eisenhower, for 00:07:56.639 --> 00:07:58.950 the rest of his life, he never speaks of 00:07:58.960 --> 00:08:02.629 that night. But behind closed doors, the 00:08:02.639 --> 00:08:05.270 US government is no longer in control 00:08:05.280 --> 00:08:08.230 because they made a deal. A deal they 00:08:08.240 --> 00:08:09.950 could never 00:08:09.960 --> 00:08:21.390 undo. 00:08:21.400 --> 00:08:23.150 [Music] 00:08:23.160 --> 00:08:24.670 Before 00:08:24.680 --> 00:08:27.350 1954, technology followed a slow, 00:08:27.360 --> 00:08:30.390 predictable path. Discoveries built upon 00:08:30.400 --> 00:08:32.790 previous innovations progressing at a 00:08:32.800 --> 00:08:35.430 steady rate. There were no sudden 00:08:35.440 --> 00:08:37.269 miraculous breakthroughs that seemed to 00:08:37.279 --> 00:08:40.870 defy logic. Scientific advancements took 00:08:40.880 --> 00:08:44.710 time, patience, and refinement. And then 00:08:44.720 --> 00:08:47.509 something changed. Within just a few 00:08:47.519 --> 00:08:50.150 short years, the world leaped forward at 00:08:50.160 --> 00:08:53.110 an impossible pace. Computers shrank 00:08:53.120 --> 00:08:55.430 from the size of entire rooms to 00:08:55.440 --> 00:08:57.910 something that could fit on a desk. 00:08:57.920 --> 00:08:59.750 Communication and data transmission 00:08:59.760 --> 00:09:02.070 evolved from slow and unreliable copper 00:09:02.080 --> 00:09:05.110 wiring to fiber optics capable of 00:09:05.120 --> 00:09:06.710 transmitting information at the speed of 00:09:06.720 --> 00:09:09.910 light. Aerospace engineering went from 00:09:09.920 --> 00:09:12.230 struggling to break the sound barrier to 00:09:12.240 --> 00:09:14.269 aircraft that could vanish from 00:09:14.279 --> 00:09:17.990 radar. It was as if almost overnight 00:09:18.000 --> 00:09:20.070 humanity had been handed an instruction 00:09:20.080 --> 00:09:21.630 manual for the 00:09:21.640 --> 00:09:24.470 future. If the claims about Eisenhower's 00:09:24.480 --> 00:09:27.350 meeting are true, if the US really did 00:09:27.360 --> 00:09:29.990 broker a deal for technology in exchange 00:09:30.000 --> 00:09:32.470 for something else, then this is where 00:09:32.480 --> 00:09:36.470 we should see the evidence. And we do. 00:09:36.480 --> 00:09:38.310 One of the biggest and most undeniable 00:09:38.320 --> 00:09:40.310 leaps came in the field of electronics 00:09:40.320 --> 00:09:43.829 and computing. Before the 1950s, 00:09:43.839 --> 00:09:46.710 computers were massive, sluggish, and 00:09:46.720 --> 00:09:49.590 dependent on vacuum tubes, bulky, 00:09:49.600 --> 00:09:52.230 unreliable glass bulbs that had been 00:09:52.240 --> 00:09:55.269 used for decades. There was no serious 00:09:55.279 --> 00:09:56.590 talk of 00:09:56.600 --> 00:09:58.550 miniaturization, no concept of 00:09:58.560 --> 00:10:00.550 integrated circuits or artificial 00:10:00.560 --> 00:10:02.150 intelligence. 00:10:02.160 --> 00:10:05.509 Then almost as if by magic, the entire 00:10:05.519 --> 00:10:08.509 industry changed. In 00:10:08.519 --> 00:10:11.430 1947, Bell Labs announced the invention 00:10:11.440 --> 00:10:14.710 of the transistor, a tiny semiconductor 00:10:14.720 --> 00:10:17.750 device that replaced vacuum tubes, 00:10:17.760 --> 00:10:20.269 making electronics exponentially 00:10:20.279 --> 00:10:23.310 smaller, faster, and more 00:10:23.320 --> 00:10:26.389 efficient. On paper, this was the birth 00:10:26.399 --> 00:10:28.790 of modern computing. But some 00:10:28.800 --> 00:10:30.630 whistleblowers have made an even more 00:10:30.640 --> 00:10:33.509 shocking claim. They say the transistor 00:10:33.519 --> 00:10:35.790 wasn't invented at all. It was 00:10:35.800 --> 00:10:37.990 discovered, recovered from the wreckage 00:10:38.000 --> 00:10:39.949 of a crashed UFO at 00:10:39.959 --> 00:10:43.110 Roswell. Before transistors, computers 00:10:43.120 --> 00:10:45.670 required entire buildings to operate. 00:10:45.680 --> 00:10:48.550 But suddenly the single reduced their 00:10:48.560 --> 00:10:50.590 size by a factor of a 00:10:50.600 --> 00:10:53.670 thousand. Radios became portable. 00:10:53.680 --> 00:10:55.230 Communications were 00:10:55.240 --> 00:10:57.430 revolutionized. And within just a 00:10:57.440 --> 00:10:59.829 decade, transistors led directly to 00:10:59.839 --> 00:11:02.670 another groundbreaking leap, the 00:11:02.680 --> 00:11:04.509 microchip. In 00:11:04.519 --> 00:11:07.550 1958, Jack Kilby and Robert Noise 00:11:07.560 --> 00:11:10.230 introduced the world to integrated 00:11:10.240 --> 00:11:12.389 circuits, which allowed complex 00:11:12.399 --> 00:11:14.590 electrical components to be 00:11:14.600 --> 00:11:17.790 miniaturaturized onto a single silicone 00:11:17.800 --> 00:11:20.230 chip. This was the moment that made 00:11:20.240 --> 00:11:23.389 everything possible. spacecraft, missile 00:11:23.399 --> 00:11:26.550 guidance, advanced communications, even 00:11:26.560 --> 00:11:30.069 modern medicine. The problem is the jump 00:11:30.079 --> 00:11:32.710 was far too big. No historical 00:11:32.720 --> 00:11:35.430 trajectory shows a gradual progression 00:11:35.440 --> 00:11:38.269 toward this breakthrough. It simply 00:11:38.279 --> 00:11:41.069 appeared. The same can be said for fiber 00:11:41.079 --> 00:11:43.910 optics. For years, data was transmitted 00:11:43.920 --> 00:11:46.790 through copper wires, slow, unreliable, 00:11:46.800 --> 00:11:49.030 and prone to interference. 00:11:49.040 --> 00:11:51.350 And then almost out of nowhere, we 00:11:51.360 --> 00:11:54.150 developed fiber optics, a technology 00:11:54.160 --> 00:11:56.150 capable of carrying massive amounts of 00:11:56.160 --> 00:11:59.269 data at the speed of light. Some claim 00:11:59.279 --> 00:12:01.590 that materials resembling fiber optics 00:12:01.600 --> 00:12:04.230 were found in recovered UFO wreckage 00:12:04.240 --> 00:12:06.870 long before human scientists were 00:12:06.880 --> 00:12:09.350 capable of producing them. And then 00:12:09.360 --> 00:12:11.350 there's night vision and infrared 00:12:11.360 --> 00:12:13.990 technology, which emerged in the late 00:12:14.000 --> 00:12:17.190 1950s and early 1960s. 00:12:17.200 --> 00:12:19.350 The US military deployed these 00:12:19.360 --> 00:12:21.750 advancements in Vietnam, allowing 00:12:21.760 --> 00:12:24.629 soldiers to see in the dark in ways that 00:12:24.639 --> 00:12:27.670 had never before been possible. But 00:12:27.680 --> 00:12:29.470 where did this technology really come 00:12:29.480 --> 00:12:32.069 from? Some sources suggest it was 00:12:32.079 --> 00:12:34.389 reverse engineered from recovered 00:12:34.399 --> 00:12:36.870 extraterrestrial craft that emitted 00:12:36.880 --> 00:12:39.990 strange infrared glows. The advancements 00:12:40.000 --> 00:12:42.949 weren't just happening in electronics. 00:12:42.959 --> 00:12:45.269 The aerospace industry also experienced 00:12:45.279 --> 00:12:47.750 a transformation that seemed too rapid 00:12:47.760 --> 00:12:50.870 to be natural. For years, propulsion 00:12:50.880 --> 00:12:53.190 technology had been predictable, limited 00:12:53.200 --> 00:12:55.790 by the constraints of fuel and 00:12:55.800 --> 00:12:58.389 aerodynamics. Then classified documents 00:12:58.399 --> 00:13:01.829 leaked from facilities like Area 51 and 00:13:01.839 --> 00:13:04.389 Wright Patterson Air Force Base began 00:13:04.399 --> 00:13:06.150 hinting at research into something 00:13:06.160 --> 00:13:08.550 entirely different. Anti-gravity 00:13:08.560 --> 00:13:10.069 propulsion. 00:13:10.079 --> 00:13:11.829 I've got a video I recently did on 00:13:11.839 --> 00:13:13.350 anti-gravity propulsion that you can 00:13:13.360 --> 00:13:15.430 find below in the comment section. 00:13:15.440 --> 00:13:18.069 Reports from military insiders suggested 00:13:18.079 --> 00:13:20.470 that the US had been experimenting with 00:13:20.480 --> 00:13:22.710 aircraft that exhibited flight 00:13:22.720 --> 00:13:24.710 capabilities far beyond anything our 00:13:24.720 --> 00:13:27.910 physics could explain. The Navy's now 00:13:27.920 --> 00:13:30.870 famous tic-tac UFO encounters recorded 00:13:30.880 --> 00:13:34.470 by pilots in 2004 describe objects that 00:13:34.480 --> 00:13:36.949 moved with no visible proportion, no 00:13:36.959 --> 00:13:39.990 exhaust, no wings. They didn't fly like 00:13:40.000 --> 00:13:42.550 any known aircraft. They moved like 00:13:42.560 --> 00:13:43.790 something else 00:13:43.800 --> 00:13:47.069 entirely. And then their stealth 00:13:47.079 --> 00:13:50.550 technology. Before the 1950s, the idea 00:13:50.560 --> 00:13:53.030 of making an aircraft invisible to radar 00:13:53.040 --> 00:13:54.430 was purely 00:13:54.440 --> 00:13:57.350 theoretical. Then almost overnight, the 00:13:57.360 --> 00:13:59.269 US military developed aircraft that 00:13:59.279 --> 00:14:02.829 simply couldn't be detected. The F-17 00:14:02.839 --> 00:14:05.509 Nighthawk, the first operational stealth 00:14:05.519 --> 00:14:08.790 fighter, was unveiled in the 1980s. But 00:14:08.800 --> 00:14:11.350 research shows stealth technology had 00:14:11.360 --> 00:14:14.629 been developed for decades. Where did 00:14:14.639 --> 00:14:17.509 this knowledge come from? Some say it 00:14:17.519 --> 00:14:19.670 was extracted directly from the study of 00:14:19.680 --> 00:14:21.230 recovered UFO 00:14:21.240 --> 00:14:24.590 materials. And let's not forget the SR71 00:14:24.600 --> 00:14:27.230 Blackbird. Developed in the early 00:14:27.240 --> 00:14:29.910 1960s, this aircraft could travel at 00:14:29.920 --> 00:14:31.310 2200 00:14:31.320 --> 00:14:33.910 mph, more than three times the speed of 00:14:33.920 --> 00:14:37.430 sound. It was and remains one of the 00:14:37.440 --> 00:14:39.310 fastest jets ever 00:14:39.320 --> 00:14:41.590 built. But the leap in speed and 00:14:41.600 --> 00:14:44.629 materials was suspiciously fast with 00:14:44.639 --> 00:14:47.670 some insider suggesting that Lockheed's 00:14:47.680 --> 00:14:50.069 skunk works division had access to 00:14:50.079 --> 00:14:53.150 something beyond human science. Advanced 00:14:53.160 --> 00:14:55.990 aerodynamics and heatresistant materials 00:14:56.000 --> 00:14:57.790 that came from another 00:14:57.800 --> 00:15:00.389 world. It wasn't just aerospace and 00:15:00.399 --> 00:15:02.389 electronics that evolved at an unnatural 00:15:02.399 --> 00:15:05.189 rate. Whistleblowers have repeatedly 00:15:05.199 --> 00:15:07.750 claimed that strange materials recovered 00:15:07.760 --> 00:15:10.069 from UFO crashes were studied, 00:15:10.079 --> 00:15:12.710 replicated, and quietly integrated into 00:15:12.720 --> 00:15:13.710 human 00:15:13.720 --> 00:15:16.710 science. Take shape recovering alloys, 00:15:16.720 --> 00:15:20.430 or what some call memory material. In 00:15:20.440 --> 00:15:23.829 1947, eyewitnesses from the Roswell 00:15:23.839 --> 00:15:26.470 crash reported seeing a material that 00:15:26.480 --> 00:15:28.629 when crumpled would return to its 00:15:28.639 --> 00:15:30.470 original shape without any signs of 00:15:30.480 --> 00:15:32.069 damage. 00:15:32.079 --> 00:15:35.590 It was unlike anything seen before. Fast 00:15:35.600 --> 00:15:38.870 forward to the 1960s and NASA suddenly 00:15:38.880 --> 00:15:42.150 developed shape memory alloys, materials 00:15:42.160 --> 00:15:44.269 that exhibit the exact same 00:15:44.279 --> 00:15:46.910 properties. And then there's element 00:15:46.920 --> 00:15:51.910 115. In the 1980s, a man named Bob Lazar 00:15:51.920 --> 00:15:53.749 came forward claiming to have worked at 00:15:53.759 --> 00:15:56.790 a secret facility called S4 just south 00:15:56.800 --> 00:15:59.990 of Area 51. He described highly 00:16:00.000 --> 00:16:02.069 classified projects involving recovered 00:16:02.079 --> 00:16:04.949 extraterrestrial spacecraft, including a 00:16:04.959 --> 00:16:07.030 propulsion system powered by a 00:16:07.040 --> 00:16:10.310 mysterious element unknown to science. 00:16:10.320 --> 00:16:14.310 The world laughed at him. Then in 2003, 00:16:14.320 --> 00:16:17.110 scientists officially synthesized a new 00:16:17.120 --> 00:16:18.670 element, 00:16:18.680 --> 00:16:23.749 Muscovium, also known as element 115. 00:16:23.759 --> 00:16:25.910 Even artificial intelligence seems to 00:16:25.920 --> 00:16:28.470 have evolved too quickly. We went from 00:16:28.480 --> 00:16:31.910 basic roomsiz computers in the 1940s to 00:16:31.920 --> 00:16:33.990 machines capable of mimicking human 00:16:34.000 --> 00:16:36.629 thoughts in less than a century. Some 00:16:36.639 --> 00:16:39.590 accounts describe UFOs that respond to 00:16:39.600 --> 00:16:42.310 the thoughts of their pilots as if they 00:16:42.320 --> 00:16:45.030 are biologically connected. The question 00:16:45.040 --> 00:16:48.030 is, did we develop AI entirely on our 00:16:48.040 --> 00:16:51.269 own or are we following a blueprint left 00:16:51.279 --> 00:16:54.150 behind by something else? The same 00:16:54.160 --> 00:16:55.949 questions apply to energy and particle 00:16:55.959 --> 00:16:59.269 physics. Consider nuclear weapons. It 00:16:59.279 --> 00:17:01.269 took humanity thousands of years to 00:17:01.279 --> 00:17:04.069 progress from swords to cannons and 00:17:04.079 --> 00:17:06.750 centuries more to refine chemical 00:17:06.760 --> 00:17:09.750 explosives. But nuclear bombs, we 00:17:09.760 --> 00:17:11.750 developed them within 6 years of 00:17:11.760 --> 00:17:15.390 discovering fision. That's not 00:17:15.400 --> 00:17:19.189 normal. So, what does all this mean? 00:17:19.199 --> 00:17:22.069 Maybe we got lucky. Maybe we're just 00:17:22.079 --> 00:17:25.230 that smart. Or maybe we were given 00:17:25.240 --> 00:17:27.630 something, something we weren't ready 00:17:27.640 --> 00:17:31.190 for. And maybe we made a deal that can 00:17:31.200 --> 00:17:34.150 never be undone. And if that's true, 00:17:34.160 --> 00:17:35.750 then we have to ask ourselves a 00:17:35.760 --> 00:17:38.230 terrifying question. What did they take 00:17:38.240 --> 00:17:40.170 in return? 00:17:40.180 --> 00:17:46.950 [Music] 00:17:46.960 --> 00:17:49.909 For the past several decades, the story 00:17:49.919 --> 00:17:52.190 of Eisenhower's alleged meeting with 00:17:52.200 --> 00:17:54.230 extraterrestrials has been passed around 00:17:54.240 --> 00:17:57.270 in classified whispers, classified 00:17:57.280 --> 00:17:59.830 documents, and bold claims from 00:17:59.840 --> 00:18:01.230 self-proclaimed 00:18:01.240 --> 00:18:03.830 insiders. We've looked at the timeline, 00:18:03.840 --> 00:18:05.710 the suspiciously fast leap in 00:18:05.720 --> 00:18:08.310 technology, and the eerie coincidences 00:18:08.320 --> 00:18:11.230 that followed. But that leaves one major 00:18:11.240 --> 00:18:15.110 question. Is any of this true? It's easy 00:18:15.120 --> 00:18:17.029 to dismiss extraordinary claims when 00:18:17.039 --> 00:18:19.070 they come from a single unreliable 00:18:19.080 --> 00:18:21.990 source. But this theory doesn't just 00:18:22.000 --> 00:18:25.510 rest on one account. Over the years, 00:18:25.520 --> 00:18:27.750 multiple individuals, some with deep 00:18:27.760 --> 00:18:30.230 ties to the military, some with access 00:18:30.240 --> 00:18:32.950 to classified projects, and some who 00:18:32.960 --> 00:18:34.830 paid for their testimony with their 00:18:34.840 --> 00:18:37.750 lives, have come forward to state that 00:18:37.760 --> 00:18:39.830 the meeting not only happened, but that 00:18:39.840 --> 00:18:41.110 it changed the course of human 00:18:41.120 --> 00:18:42.750 civilization 00:18:42.760 --> 00:18:46.150 forever. But who are these people? Where 00:18:46.160 --> 00:18:47.470 did they get their 00:18:47.480 --> 00:18:49.430 information? And how much of their 00:18:49.440 --> 00:18:50.990 testimony can be 00:18:51.000 --> 00:18:53.510 verified? To start peeling back the 00:18:53.520 --> 00:18:55.510 layers of this mystery, we need to 00:18:55.520 --> 00:18:58.230 analyze the whistleblowers themselves, 00:18:58.240 --> 00:19:00.950 their backgrounds, their claims, and 00:19:00.960 --> 00:19:03.230 what stands out about each of 00:19:03.240 --> 00:19:06.390 them. Gerald Light was the first person 00:19:06.400 --> 00:19:09.029 to publicly claim that Eisenhower had 00:19:09.039 --> 00:19:10.270 met with 00:19:10.280 --> 00:19:11.990 extraterrestrials. He wasn't a 00:19:12.000 --> 00:19:15.430 government official. He wasn't military. 00:19:15.440 --> 00:19:18.070 He was a metaphysical researcher, 00:19:18.080 --> 00:19:19.590 someone deeply interested in the 00:19:19.600 --> 00:19:22.470 unknown, but not necessarily someone 00:19:22.480 --> 00:19:24.510 with access to classified 00:19:24.520 --> 00:19:26.350 intelligence. In 00:19:26.360 --> 00:19:29.029 1954, Light wrote a letter stating that 00:19:29.039 --> 00:19:31.669 he had just returned from Edward's Air 00:19:31.679 --> 00:19:33.830 Force Base, which at the time was called 00:19:33.840 --> 00:19:36.950 Mur Rock. In this letter, he claimed 00:19:36.960 --> 00:19:40.150 that he had witnessed firsthand the US 00:19:40.160 --> 00:19:41.190 government engaging with 00:19:41.200 --> 00:19:43.110 extraterrestrials. 00:19:43.120 --> 00:19:45.270 He even named others who were supposedly 00:19:45.280 --> 00:19:47.830 there with him, including a Truman era 00:19:47.840 --> 00:19:51.390 financial adviser and a Los Angeles 00:19:51.400 --> 00:19:54.630 bishop. If Light's story is true, it 00:19:54.640 --> 00:19:57.190 means Eisenhower's administration wasn't 00:19:57.200 --> 00:19:59.270 just talking about extraterrestrials. 00:19:59.280 --> 00:20:02.070 They were making deals with him. But 00:20:02.080 --> 00:20:03.909 Light never provided any tangible 00:20:03.919 --> 00:20:05.830 evidence. and his background in 00:20:05.840 --> 00:20:08.230 metaphysical research raises questions 00:20:08.240 --> 00:20:10.470 about whether he was a genuine insider 00:20:10.480 --> 00:20:13.750 or just an overenthusiastic believer. 00:20:13.760 --> 00:20:16.870 So, how credible is he? Well, he was the 00:20:16.880 --> 00:20:18.630 first to ever mention the Eisenhower 00:20:18.640 --> 00:20:21.190 meeting, so that counts for something. 00:20:21.200 --> 00:20:23.190 But his lack of verifiable connections 00:20:23.200 --> 00:20:26.150 to military or intelligence agencies 00:20:26.160 --> 00:20:27.789 weakens his claim 00:20:27.799 --> 00:20:30.470 significantly. I'd give Gerald Light a 00:20:30.480 --> 00:20:33.029 credibility rating of two out of 10. 00:20:33.039 --> 00:20:35.430 groundbreaking claims, but little to 00:20:35.440 --> 00:20:37.830 back him up. But he wasn't the only one 00:20:37.840 --> 00:20:40.470 making these claims. In the decades that 00:20:40.480 --> 00:20:42.549 followed, another whistleblower would 00:20:42.559 --> 00:20:45.190 take things even further. If Gerald 00:20:45.200 --> 00:20:47.750 Light was the first, William Cooper was 00:20:47.760 --> 00:20:49.510 the one who popularized the theory in 00:20:49.520 --> 00:20:52.549 the modern era. Unlike Light, Cooper 00:20:52.559 --> 00:20:54.470 actually served in the military, 00:20:54.480 --> 00:20:56.230 specifically as a naval intelligence 00:20:56.240 --> 00:20:57.909 officer. 00:20:57.919 --> 00:20:59.590 That alone gives him a level of 00:20:59.600 --> 00:21:03.190 credibility that light never had. In his 00:21:03.200 --> 00:21:05.669 book, because there's always a book, 00:21:05.679 --> 00:21:08.549 Behold the Pale horse, Cooper stated 00:21:08.559 --> 00:21:11.590 that Eisenhower had been given a choice. 00:21:11.600 --> 00:21:13.909 To work with the Nordics, who offered 00:21:13.919 --> 00:21:16.549 peace and guidance, or to strike a deal 00:21:16.559 --> 00:21:18.950 with the Grays, who offered technology 00:21:18.960 --> 00:21:20.669 in exchange for human 00:21:20.679 --> 00:21:23.190 abductions. Cooper claimed Eisenhower 00:21:23.200 --> 00:21:26.149 chose the Grays. Now, that's a heavy 00:21:26.159 --> 00:21:28.870 claim, and it's not the only shocking 00:21:28.880 --> 00:21:31.590 thing Cooper talked about. His book also 00:21:31.600 --> 00:21:34.070 contained dozens of other theories, some 00:21:34.080 --> 00:21:37.029 of which became more extreme over time. 00:21:37.039 --> 00:21:39.430 He even admitted at one point that he 00:21:39.440 --> 00:21:41.350 had spread disinformation during his 00:21:41.360 --> 00:21:42.350 time in 00:21:42.360 --> 00:21:45.750 intelligence. So, how credible is he? He 00:21:45.760 --> 00:21:47.990 had real intelligence experience, but 00:21:48.000 --> 00:21:50.310 his shifting narratives make it hard to 00:21:50.320 --> 00:21:52.950 know how much of what he said was fact 00:21:52.960 --> 00:21:55.669 and how much was speculation. For that 00:21:55.679 --> 00:21:58.230 reason, William Cooper sits at about a 00:21:58.240 --> 00:22:01.909 five out of 10 on a credibility scale. A 00:22:01.919 --> 00:22:04.230 mix of real intelligence background, 00:22:04.240 --> 00:22:07.549 compelling claims, but too many 00:22:07.559 --> 00:22:09.510 inconsistencies. And if Cooper was 00:22:09.520 --> 00:22:11.990 exposing hidden truths, then what came 00:22:12.000 --> 00:22:14.630 next was even more disturbing. 00:22:14.640 --> 00:22:17.350 Unlike Cooper who gathered intelligence, 00:22:17.360 --> 00:22:19.510 Phil Schneider claimed to have been on 00:22:19.520 --> 00:22:21.870 the front lines of government alien 00:22:21.880 --> 00:22:24.470 interactions. He was a geologist and 00:22:24.480 --> 00:22:26.510 engineer with top secret security 00:22:26.520 --> 00:22:29.190 clearance, working on deep underground 00:22:29.200 --> 00:22:33.270 military bases. Schneider's claim that 00:22:33.280 --> 00:22:35.190 the treaty Eisenhower made with the 00:22:35.200 --> 00:22:38.149 Grays had gone wrong, that the Grays 00:22:38.159 --> 00:22:40.390 were abducting more humans than agreed, 00:22:40.400 --> 00:22:42.549 and that this led to actual firefights 00:22:42.559 --> 00:22:45.310 between US military personnel and 00:22:45.320 --> 00:22:47.710 extraterrestrials and underground 00:22:47.720 --> 00:22:51.110 bases. That claim is hard to prove, but 00:22:51.120 --> 00:22:52.470 here's what makes Schneider different 00:22:52.480 --> 00:22:56.430 from other whistleblowers. His death. In 00:22:56.440 --> 00:22:58.789 1996, after going public with his 00:22:58.799 --> 00:23:01.190 claims, Schneider was found dead under 00:23:01.200 --> 00:23:02.510 suspicious 00:23:02.520 --> 00:23:04.830 circumstances. Officially, it was a 00:23:04.840 --> 00:23:07.909 suicide, but those close to him say he 00:23:07.919 --> 00:23:09.470 was murdered to keep him 00:23:09.480 --> 00:23:12.789 silent. So, where does that leave him? 00:23:12.799 --> 00:23:15.430 His background checks out, and his 00:23:15.440 --> 00:23:18.549 sudden death raises major red flags, but 00:23:18.559 --> 00:23:20.149 his more extreme claims about 00:23:20.159 --> 00:23:22.630 underground battles with aliens push the 00:23:22.640 --> 00:23:24.789 limits of believability. 00:23:24.799 --> 00:23:27.190 That puts Phil Schneider at a six out of 00:23:27.200 --> 00:23:29.830 10 credible background, but a story 00:23:29.840 --> 00:23:32.710 that's difficult to verify. But not 00:23:32.720 --> 00:23:34.630 everyone investigating this theory had 00:23:34.640 --> 00:23:37.510 firsthand experience. Some, like Dr. 00:23:37.520 --> 00:23:39.750 Michael Salah, sought answers through 00:23:39.760 --> 00:23:42.549 research and insider testimony. Dr. 00:23:42.559 --> 00:23:45.110 Michael Salah, exopolitics researcher 00:23:45.120 --> 00:23:48.549 and historian, is not a whistleblower. 00:23:48.559 --> 00:23:50.870 He's a researcher who has spent years 00:23:50.880 --> 00:23:53.190 compiling testimony from military 00:23:53.200 --> 00:23:56.070 insiders. declassified documents and 00:23:56.080 --> 00:23:59.350 firsthand accounts. According to Salah, 00:23:59.360 --> 00:24:01.029 multiple intelligence sources have 00:24:01.039 --> 00:24:03.029 confirmed Eisenhower's meeting at 00:24:03.039 --> 00:24:05.270 Edwards Air Force Base and that 00:24:05.280 --> 00:24:07.510 negotiations with extraterrestrials 00:24:07.520 --> 00:24:09.470 continued long after his 00:24:09.480 --> 00:24:12.549 presidency. So, how credible is he? 00:24:12.559 --> 00:24:14.789 Well, he's well researched, but relies 00:24:14.799 --> 00:24:17.750 heavily on secondhand sources, meaning 00:24:17.760 --> 00:24:20.149 he is only as credible as the people he 00:24:20.159 --> 00:24:23.669 sites. That puts Michael Salah at a six 00:24:23.679 --> 00:24:26.789 out of 10. A solid researcher, but no 00:24:26.799 --> 00:24:27.870 direct 00:24:27.880 --> 00:24:30.070 evidence. But what about someone who 00:24:30.080 --> 00:24:31.950 worked directly under 00:24:31.960 --> 00:24:33.990 Eisenhower? That's where Brigadier 00:24:34.000 --> 00:24:37.750 General Steven Lovkin comes in. Lovkin 00:24:37.760 --> 00:24:39.830 served in the White House Army Signal 00:24:39.840 --> 00:24:41.390 Agency under 00:24:41.400 --> 00:24:44.070 Eisenhower. Unlike others, he never 00:24:44.080 --> 00:24:46.390 claimed to have seen aliens. He never 00:24:46.400 --> 00:24:49.430 mentioned treaties. What he did say was 00:24:49.440 --> 00:24:52.029 this. Eisenhower knew about 00:24:52.039 --> 00:24:53.750 extraterrestrials. He had seen 00:24:53.760 --> 00:24:56.470 documents, received briefings, and was 00:24:56.480 --> 00:24:57.710 deeply concerned about the 00:24:57.720 --> 00:24:59.990 military-industrial complex taking 00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:03.110 control of the situation. His rank and 00:25:03.120 --> 00:25:05.430 firsthand access make him one of the 00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:07.269 strongest sources when it comes to 00:25:07.279 --> 00:25:09.950 proving Eisenhower knew something about 00:25:09.960 --> 00:25:12.470 UFOs. But since he never directly 00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:15.510 confirmed the 1954 meeting, his 00:25:15.520 --> 00:25:18.549 testimony only gets us halfway there. 00:25:18.559 --> 00:25:21.990 Lufkin sits at a solid 8 out of 10. One 00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:24.630 of the most credible on this list, but 00:25:24.640 --> 00:25:26.669 lacking a direct confirmation of the 00:25:26.679 --> 00:25:29.110 meeting. And while Lufkin confirmed 00:25:29.120 --> 00:25:31.149 Eisenhower's knowledge of 00:25:31.159 --> 00:25:34.149 extraterrestrials, others like John Lear 00:25:34.159 --> 00:25:37.470 and Bob Lazar focused on what came 00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:40.149 next. Bob Lazar is one of the most 00:25:40.159 --> 00:25:43.110 controversial names in UFO history. He 00:25:43.120 --> 00:25:45.830 claimed to have worked at S4, a secret 00:25:45.840 --> 00:25:48.950 site near Area 51, where he was tasked 00:25:48.960 --> 00:25:51.149 with reverse engineering alien 00:25:51.159 --> 00:25:54.390 spacecraft. He described gravity powered 00:25:54.400 --> 00:25:56.789 propulsion systems and a mysterious 00:25:56.799 --> 00:25:58.110 element 00:25:58.120 --> 00:26:00.950 115, which was not known to exist at the 00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:05.269 time. But then in 2003, scientists 00:26:05.279 --> 00:26:08.630 officially synthesized element 115, 00:26:08.640 --> 00:26:11.029 giving Lazar's testimony a massive 00:26:11.039 --> 00:26:14.870 credibility boost. His biggest weakness, 00:26:14.880 --> 00:26:17.750 his academic records are missing. He 00:26:17.760 --> 00:26:19.789 claimed to have studied at MIT and 00:26:19.799 --> 00:26:22.149 Caltech, but there are no records of him 00:26:22.159 --> 00:26:25.029 ever attending. Supporters argue his 00:26:25.039 --> 00:26:26.310 records were erased due to his 00:26:26.320 --> 00:26:28.310 classified work. 00:26:28.320 --> 00:26:32.390 That puts Bob Lazar at a 7.5 out of 10. 00:26:32.400 --> 00:26:34.590 His claims about element 115 were 00:26:34.600 --> 00:26:36.789 validated, but the missing academic 00:26:36.799 --> 00:26:38.269 history raises 00:26:38.279 --> 00:26:41.070 questions. While Lazar's claims remain 00:26:41.080 --> 00:26:43.430 controversial, the discovery of element 00:26:43.440 --> 00:26:46.470 115 decades later has reignited interest 00:26:46.480 --> 00:26:47.710 in his 00:26:47.720 --> 00:26:50.470 testimony. At the end of the day, these 00:26:50.480 --> 00:26:52.510 whistleblowers don't all agree on the 00:26:52.520 --> 00:26:55.430 details. But if they're all lying, why 00:26:55.440 --> 00:26:58.370 do so many of their stories 00:26:58.380 --> 00:27:03.950 [Music] 00:27:03.960 --> 00:27:06.549 overlap? If Eisenhower really met with 00:27:06.559 --> 00:27:08.110 extraterrestrials in 00:27:08.120 --> 00:27:11.510 1954, and if the US truly struck a 00:27:11.520 --> 00:27:13.590 secret deal that changed the trajectory 00:27:13.600 --> 00:27:16.669 of human civilization, then one question 00:27:16.679 --> 00:27:19.430 remains. Why, after all these years, has 00:27:19.440 --> 00:27:22.230 the truth never come out? Some would 00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:23.830 argue it's because there's nothing to 00:27:23.840 --> 00:27:25.990 disclose, that the Eisenhower meeting 00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:28.149 never happened, that these stories are 00:27:28.159 --> 00:27:30.750 just rumors fueled by conspiracy 00:27:30.760 --> 00:27:33.269 theories. But what if the US government 00:27:33.279 --> 00:27:35.070 knew something so profoundly 00:27:35.080 --> 00:27:37.190 worldaltering that they couldn't risk 00:27:37.200 --> 00:27:40.510 telling the public? That brings us to 00:27:40.520 --> 00:27:44.070 1961. In that year, a highly classified 00:27:44.080 --> 00:27:46.789 document was delivered to NASA and top 00:27:46.799 --> 00:27:49.430 government officials. It was called the 00:27:49.440 --> 00:27:51.830 Brookings Report. a study commissioned 00:27:51.840 --> 00:27:54.149 by the US government that asked a 00:27:54.159 --> 00:27:56.470 chilling question. What would happen if 00:27:56.480 --> 00:27:57.909 humanity discovered intelligent 00:27:57.919 --> 00:28:00.630 extraterrestrial life? And more 00:28:00.640 --> 00:28:02.669 importantly, should we even tell the 00:28:02.679 --> 00:28:05.510 public? This was not some wild UFO 00:28:05.520 --> 00:28:08.070 conspiracy document. It was a serious 00:28:08.080 --> 00:28:10.710 scientific and sociological study 00:28:10.720 --> 00:28:13.190 prepared for NASA and the US government 00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:15.830 by the Brookings Institution, a highly 00:28:15.840 --> 00:28:18.549 respected think tank. The report 00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:20.630 examined various potential consequences 00:28:20.640 --> 00:28:23.110 of discovering intelligent alien life, 00:28:23.120 --> 00:28:25.269 not just in the present, but at any 00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:28.070 point in the future, and its conclusions 00:28:28.080 --> 00:28:30.470 were disturbing. According to the 00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:33.230 report, disclosure could destabilize 00:28:33.240 --> 00:28:35.750 governments, collapse economies, and 00:28:35.760 --> 00:28:38.710 even destroy religious institutions. 00:28:38.720 --> 00:28:41.350 The document warned that societies 00:28:41.360 --> 00:28:43.510 throughout history that encountered more 00:28:43.520 --> 00:28:45.669 advanced civilizations were often 00:28:45.679 --> 00:28:48.310 completely wiped out. Religious 00:28:48.320 --> 00:28:50.310 structures might collapse if people 00:28:50.320 --> 00:28:52.950 learned that we were not alone. The 00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:55.630 economy could spiral into chaos if 00:28:55.640 --> 00:28:58.310 technology far beyond our comprehension 00:28:58.320 --> 00:29:00.870 was introduced too quickly. Governments 00:29:00.880 --> 00:29:02.310 might lose control over their 00:29:02.320 --> 00:29:04.630 populations as faith in their leadership 00:29:04.640 --> 00:29:07.750 would erode overnight. In short, the 00:29:07.760 --> 00:29:09.350 Brookings report suggested that if 00:29:09.360 --> 00:29:11.669 extraterrestrial contact had already 00:29:11.679 --> 00:29:14.710 happened or ever happened in the future, 00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:17.350 the best course of action might be to 00:29:17.360 --> 00:29:19.669 keep it secret indefinitely. Now, here's 00:29:19.679 --> 00:29:22.070 where it gets interesting. The Brookings 00:29:22.080 --> 00:29:24.389 report came 7 years after Eisenhower's 00:29:24.399 --> 00:29:27.590 alleged meeting with extraterrestrials. 00:29:27.600 --> 00:29:29.430 If Eisenhower's administration had 00:29:29.440 --> 00:29:31.870 indeed struck a deal with non-human 00:29:31.880 --> 00:29:33.950 entities, then by 00:29:33.960 --> 00:29:36.549 1961, the government was already sitting 00:29:36.559 --> 00:29:39.590 on a massive secret. And maybe they 00:29:39.600 --> 00:29:41.669 needed a way to justify never telling 00:29:41.679 --> 00:29:44.389 the public. If disclosure had been on 00:29:44.399 --> 00:29:47.350 the table at any point in the late 1950s 00:29:47.360 --> 00:29:48.669 or early 00:29:48.679 --> 00:29:51.350 1960s, the Brookings report may have 00:29:51.360 --> 00:29:54.149 killed any chance of that happening. 00:29:54.159 --> 00:29:55.909 With government-f funed research 00:29:55.919 --> 00:29:58.310 explicitly stating that public knowledge 00:29:58.320 --> 00:30:00.710 of extraterrestrial life could trigger 00:30:00.720 --> 00:30:03.350 global instability, it would have given 00:30:03.360 --> 00:30:05.750 future administrations the perfect 00:30:05.760 --> 00:30:08.870 reason to bury the truth forever. Even 00:30:08.880 --> 00:30:11.269 today, the US government has never 00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:13.110 officially admitted to extraterrestrial 00:30:13.120 --> 00:30:15.630 contact. And if they had a policy in 00:30:15.640 --> 00:30:18.350 place, one that originated in 00:30:18.360 --> 00:30:20.549 1961 based on the findings of the 00:30:20.559 --> 00:30:22.630 Brookings report, then it wouldn't 00:30:22.640 --> 00:30:24.149 matter how many whistleblowers came 00:30:24.159 --> 00:30:26.149 forward or how many UFO sightings 00:30:26.159 --> 00:30:28.789 occurred. The plan would always remain 00:30:28.799 --> 00:30:32.990 the 00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:35.909 same. At the end of the day, whether 00:30:35.919 --> 00:30:38.070 Eisenhower met with extraterrestrials in 00:30:38.080 --> 00:30:41.190 1954 is still a mystery, one that has 00:30:41.200 --> 00:30:43.990 sparked debate for decades. Some believe 00:30:44.000 --> 00:30:45.269 it happened exactly as the 00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:47.909 whistleblowers described, that deals 00:30:47.919 --> 00:30:50.389 were made and that the technology we use 00:30:50.399 --> 00:30:52.990 today is a direct result of those 00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:55.350 agreements. Others believe the story is 00:30:55.360 --> 00:30:58.870 a myth, a piece of modern folklore woven 00:30:58.880 --> 00:31:01.190 together from speculation, government 00:31:01.200 --> 00:31:03.430 secrecy, and the human need to search 00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:06.630 for answers beyond our understanding. 00:31:06.640 --> 00:31:09.190 And maybe that's the real point. 00:31:09.200 --> 00:31:11.350 Throughout history, we've looked to the 00:31:11.360 --> 00:31:14.950 stars, wondering if we are alone. That 00:31:14.960 --> 00:31:17.029 question isn't just about aliens. It's 00:31:17.039 --> 00:31:19.590 about us. It's about where we were 00:31:19.600 --> 00:31:22.070 headed as a species and how we choose to 00:31:22.080 --> 00:31:24.950 move forward. The Eisenhower story, 00:31:24.960 --> 00:31:27.789 whether fact or legend, raises bigger 00:31:27.799 --> 00:31:30.470 questions. Questions about secrecy, 00:31:30.480 --> 00:31:32.710 about trust, and about the future of 00:31:32.720 --> 00:31:34.870 human civilization. 00:31:34.880 --> 00:31:37.830 If we ever make first contact, how will 00:31:37.840 --> 00:31:40.389 we handle it? Will it be hidden away 00:31:40.399 --> 00:31:42.870 behind classified documents and closed- 00:31:42.880 --> 00:31:45.750 dooror meetings? Or will it be embraced 00:31:45.760 --> 00:31:47.710 as the next step in human 00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:49.750 evolution? The Brookings report 00:31:49.760 --> 00:31:51.669 suggested that humanity might not be 00:31:51.679 --> 00:31:54.710 ready for that knowledge. But maybe, 00:31:54.720 --> 00:31:57.509 just maybe, we are more ready than we've 00:31:57.519 --> 00:32:00.789 ever been. One thing is certain, the 00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:03.909 human spirit is defined by discovery. We 00:32:03.919 --> 00:32:07.029 are explorers, dreamers, and inventors. 00:32:07.039 --> 00:32:08.950 Whether we are alone in the universe or 00:32:08.960 --> 00:32:11.190 not, what matters is what we do with the 00:32:11.200 --> 00:32:13.830 knowledge we seek. If there's one lesson 00:32:13.840 --> 00:32:16.710 to take from this story, it's this. 00:32:16.720 --> 00:32:18.389 Progress should never come at the 00:32:18.399 --> 00:32:21.590 expense of truth. If disclosure ever 00:32:21.600 --> 00:32:23.909 happens, it won't be the government or a 00:32:23.919 --> 00:32:26.549 hidden elite that defines what comes 00:32:26.559 --> 00:32:30.149 next. It will be us, humanity as a 00:32:30.159 --> 00:32:33.110 whole. And no matter what the truth is, 00:32:33.120 --> 00:32:36.750 that future belongs to 00:32:36.760 --> 00:32:39.110 everyone. All right, you made it to the 00:32:39.120 --> 00:32:42.389 end. I'm Ralph. That's Wendle, who by 00:32:42.399 --> 00:32:44.310 the way is still salty about humanity in 00:32:44.320 --> 00:32:46.789 general. And this has been another crazy 00:32:46.799 --> 00:32:50.070 ride on Divergent Files. If you laugh, 00:32:50.080 --> 00:32:51.590 learned something, or just didn't 00:32:51.600 --> 00:32:53.830 totally hate this, smash that like 00:32:53.840 --> 00:32:56.470 button, hit subscribe, and appease the 00:32:56.480 --> 00:33:00.149 almighty algorithm overlords. 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Like there's a shadow just outside 00:35:05.359 --> 00:35:06.910 the 00:35:06.920 --> 00:35:11.950 light? They feed you answers keep you 00:35:11.960 --> 00:35:15.190 numb. But the questions, man, they don't 00:35:15.200 --> 00:35:17.950 sleep at 00:35:17.960 --> 00:35:21.910 night. Turn the dial. Crack the code. 00:35:21.920 --> 00:35:27.870 What if the stories were never just 00:35:27.880 --> 00:35:31.030 stories? What if the ghost, the 00:35:31.040 --> 00:35:34.950 whispers, the things that you dream are 00:35:34.960 --> 00:35:37.630 echoes the 00:35:37.640 --> 00:35:43.670 memories? We ain't here to play it safe. 00:35:43.680 --> 00:35:49.190 We ain't here to close our eyes. Ralph's 00:35:49.200 --> 00:35:53.790 got the map. Windows got the match. So 00:35:53.800 --> 00:35:59.180 tell me, how deep will you 00:35:59.190 --> 00:36:02.670 [Laughter] 00:36:02.680 --> 00:36:07.710 die? Lights in the sky moving too 00:36:07.720 --> 00:36:10.630 fast. Signals in the static calling from 00:36:10.640 --> 00:36:12.829 the 00:36:12.839 --> 00:36:18.710 past. Footsteps in an empty room. 00:36:18.720 --> 00:36:20.870 And a name you don't remember whispered 00:36:20.880 --> 00:36:23.630 in a voice you never 00:36:23.640 --> 00:36:27.670 knew. Flip the page, break the lock. 00:36:27.680 --> 00:36:33.550 What if the past ain't the past at 00:36:33.560 --> 00:36:37.870 all? What if we're seeing the 00:36:37.880 --> 00:36:41.589 future and just don't recognize the 00:36:41.599 --> 00:36:44.310 call? 00:36:44.320 --> 00:36:50.550 We ain't here to play it safe. We ain't 00:36:50.560 --> 00:36:55.870 here to close our eyes. Round's got the 00:36:55.880 --> 00:37:01.069 map. Windows got the match. So tell 00:37:01.079 --> 00:37:08.200 me, how deep will you die? 00:37:08.210 --> 00:37:10.690 [Applause] 00:37:10.700 --> 00:37:14.310 [Music] 00:37:14.320 --> 00:37:16.710 You ever wake up feeling like you've 00:37:16.720 --> 00:37:20.230 been here before? Like deja vu ain't 00:37:20.240 --> 00:37:23.230 just some brain treat but a 00:37:23.240 --> 00:37:25.670 warning. Like the grass is reaching 00:37:25.680 --> 00:37:28.550 through the static trying to remind you 00:37:28.560 --> 00:37:32.770 before we all go 00:37:32.780 --> 00:37:36.829 [Music] 00:37:36.839 --> 00:37:38.450 down. 00:37:38.460 --> 00:38:03.950 [Music] 00:38:03.960 --> 00:38:10.790 Heat. Heat. here to play it safe. We 00:38:10.800 --> 00:38:16.430 ain't here to close our eyes. This is 00:38:16.440 --> 00:38:21.390 diverent files where stories don't 00:38:21.400 --> 00:38:25.270 hide. So tell me, how deep will you 00:38:25.280 --> 00:38:36.150 dive? 00:38:36.160 --> 00:38:37.069 is 00:38:37.079 --> 00:38:39.750 waiting. But you already knew that, 00:38:39.760 --> 00:38:42.820 didn't you? 00:38:42.830 --> 00:38:47.860 [Music]