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>> Ventura: HIDDEN POWER...
SECRETS...
COVER-UPS...
CORRUPTION...
YOU THINK YOU KNOW THE WHOLE
STORY?
THINK AGAIN.
I'VE BEEN GOVERNOR...
A NAVY S.E.A.L...
A FIGHTER.
I'VE HEARD THINGS THAT'LL BLOW
YOUR MIND, AND NOW I THINK IT'S
TIME YOU GET THE WHOLE STORY.
>> Narrator: NOW...
>> PROOF OF EXTRATERRESTRIAL
CONTACT.
>> Narrator: ...IT'S THE MOST
FAR-OUT...
>> THIS IS CRAZY.
>> Narrator: ...CONSPIRACY
INVESTIGATION YET.
>> WHAT IS HE REALLY DOING UP
THERE IN ORBIT?
>> Narrator: A COVER-UP OF AN
EXTRATERRESTRIAL INVASION.
>> PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED.
>> Narrator: JESSE FOLLOWS THE
CLUES...
>> THEY'RE ABOUT 40 FEET LONG
WITH SHORT WINGS THAT WOULD FLY
OUT.
>> Narrator: ...TO A MYSTERIOUS
MOGUL...
>> HE SOUNDS, TO ME, LIKE A NEW
MILLENNIUM HOWARD HUGHES.
>> Narrator: ...WHO'S BUILDING
HIS OWN PRIVATE SPACE STATION...
>> CITY IN SPACE.
>> WHAT WOULD A PRIVATE
INDIVIDUAL NEED ALL THAT FOR?
>> Narrator: ...WHO SPENT
MILLIONS CONTACTING UFOs...
>> HE KNOWS FOR A FACT THEY'RE
HERE.
HE KNOWS WHAT THE ALIENS KNOW.
>> Narrator: ...WHO'S GOT
CONNECTIONS IN WASHINGTON...
>> Ventura: HE'S THE ONLY ONE
THAT'S ALLOWED?
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
>> Narrator: ...AND MAYBE IN
OUTER SPACE.
>> WHAT'S THAT CLICKING?
>> Narrator: ARE BILLIONAIRES
AND POLITICIANS PLOTTING WITH
E.T.s TO RUN THE WORLD?
>> Ventura: THESE SECRET BACKERS
OF HIS COULD BE
EXTRATERRESTRIAL?
>> Narrator: REAL-LIFE COWBOYS
AND ALIENS.
>> I DON'T WANT TO GET SHOT.
>> Narrator: THE SKINWALKER
CONSPIRACY.
>> Ventura: I'M JESSE VENTURA,
AND THIS IS "CONSPIRACY THEORY."
>> Narrator: JESSE VENTURA IS
CHARGING TOWARD A LONG-AWAITED
CONFRONTATION, CHASING DOWN A
MYSTERIOUS, ELUSIVE BILLIONAIRE,
A MAN WHO'S SAID TO BE AT THE
CENTER OF AN ALIEN INVASION
CONSPIRACY.
"MR. BIG" ALMOST NEVER GOES OUT
IN PUBLIC.
HE'D NEVER AGREE TO AN
INTERVIEW.
BUT NOW...
TOUGH LUCK.
JESSE'S GOT HIM CORNERED TO
EXPOSE HIS EARTH-SHATTERING
SECRETS.
>> Ventura: MR. BIGELOW.
I GET A LOT OF CALLS FROM A LOT
OF PEOPLE WHO WANT ME TO
INVESTIGATE CONSPIRACIES.
THIS ONE WAS DIFFERENT FROM THE
START.
THIS GUY SAID HE HAD A
CONSPIRACY THAT'S OUT OF THIS
WORLD.
>> STAY HEEL. STAY HEEL.
THATABOY.
>> Ventura: RON REGEHR IS HIS
NAME.
HE WORKED WITH NASA ON THE
APOLLO MOON MISSIONS AND SKYLAB
SPACE STATION.
RON, WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?
WHY DO YOU NEED TO TALK TO ME?
>> I'VE GOT A CONCERN.
>> Ventura: HE'S GOT A CONCERN,
ALL RIGHT -- A CONCERN ABOUT
TROUBLE BREWING IN OUTER SPACE.
>> AS YOU'RE AWARE, WE, THE
UNITED STATES, HAVE LOST OUR
HEAVY-LAUNCH CAPABILITY.
>> Ventura: YOU MEAN THAT THE
UNITED STATES -- THROUGH
ECONOMIC REASONS, WHATEVER IT
IS -- IS PRETTY MUCH GIVING UP
ON SPACE EXPLORATION, THE SPACE
PROGRAM, NASA, AND ALL THAT?
>> RIGHT.
JUST LIKE THE OKLAHOMA LAND
RUSH, THERE'S A LOT OF CIVILIANS
MOVING IN TO TAKE OVER THE VOID
LEFT BY NASA.
>> Ventura: WILL IT BE THE
GOVERNMENT OVERSEEING, OR WILL
THE CORPORATIONS BE ABLE TO RUN
WILD?
>> RIGHT NOW THEY'RE RUNNING
WILD.
>> Ventura: FAT-CAT CORPORATE
SUITS -- THEY'RE ALREADY MAKING
BILLIONS IN SALARIES.
AND NOW THEY'RE FINDING A NEW
WAY TO KEEP US UNDER CONTROL --
FROM HIGH ABOVE.
>> I'M CONCERNED THAT THEY'RE
GOING TO START DOING A LOT OF
THINGS THAT BEFORE HAVE BEEN
CONSTRAINED BY INTERNATIONAL AND
NATIONAL TREATY.
>> Ventura: RIGHT NOW -- AND
CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG --
THERE'S TREATIES THAT THERE WILL
BE NO WEAPONS IN SPACE.
IS THAT CORRECT?
>> YES.
>> Ventura: AND WHAT WOULD BE
THE PROBABILITY THAT THEY COULD
ACTUALLY WEAPONIZE SPACE?
>> WELL, THEY COULD, AND THERE'S
NO CONTROL OVER THAT.
>> Ventura: SO, WHAT'S THE
CONSPIRACY?
WE CHASE CONSPIRACIES.
>> THE CONSPIRACY IS THERE'S A
LARGE CONSORTIUM -- CORPORATIONS
THAT MAKE WALL STREET LOOK LIKE
CHILDREN.
THINK BLACKWATER, KBR.
>> Ventura: HALLIBURTON.
>> HALLIBURTON.
THERE IS BLACK OPS GROUPS WITHIN
OUR OWN GOVERNMENT THAT HAVE
BEEN DOING THINGS THAT NOBODY
WANTS TO SPEAK OF FOR YEARS.
THERE'S NOTHING TO STOP THEM
FROM GOING INTO SPACE AND
CONTINUING THEIR EFFORTS ON A
GLOBAL SCALE.
>> Ventura: THESE GUYS COULD BE
SPYING ON US, SHOOTING AT US,
ENSLAVING US FROM OUTER SPACE.
HECK, THEY COULD EVEN BE
COLLUDING WITH ALIENS IN OUTER
SPACE.
I WOULDN'T PUT IT PAST THEM.
SO IT'S A CONSPIRATORIAL DANGER
THAT'S OUT THERE THAT
POTENTIALLY COULD AFFECT US ALL.
>> WILD, WILD WEST ALL OVER
AGAIN.
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]
>> Ventura: ALL RIGHT, PEOPLE,
THIS ONE'S A BIG ONE.
>> Narrator: JESSE TAKES IT TO
HIS TEAM -- INVESTIGATOR
JUNE SARPONG,
HIS ADVISOR BRAVERMAN,
SEAN STONE, SON OF DIRECTOR
OLIVER STONE,
AND JESSE'S SON TYREL.
>> Ventura: THIS PERSON TOLD ME
THAT NASA, OUR SPACE PROGRAM, IS
BASICALLY BEING SHUT DOWN.
AND IT'S BEING TURNED OVER TO
PRIVATE ENTERPRISE.
>> WE HAVE SUCH A GREAT HISTORY
WITH BLACKWATER, XE, YOU KNOW,
ALL THESE MERCENARIES.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO TURN SPACE
OVER TO THESE KIND OF PEOPLE?
>> Ventura: WELL, IT APPEARS SO,
ACCORDING TO THIS
WHISTLE-BLOWER, IF YOU WANT TO
CALL HIM THAT.
>> WELL, LET ME TELL YOU
SOMETHING ELSE.
THERE'S A THING CALLED THE
INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC IN ARMS
REGULATION.
IT PREVENTS COMPANIES FROM
EXPORTING WEAPONS AND MUNITIONS
INTO SPACE.
>> Ventura: RIGHT.
>> TURNS OUT THERE'S ONLY ONE
GUY WHO'S GOT AN EXEMPTION.
ROBERT BIGELOW OF
BIGELOW AEROSPACE, WHICH MEANS
THERE CAN BE...
>> ARMS, MISSILES.
>> ...AND WEAPONS.
>> Ventura: HE COULD
LEGITIMATELY TAKE WEAPONS INTO
SPACE, AND HE'S THE ONLY ONE
THAT'S ALLOWED?
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
NOW, YOU HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF,
WHY DOES HE, OF ALL OF THEM,
HAVE THE EXEMPTION?
WHY HIM?
>> Ventura: EXACTLY. WHY HIM?
>> WHAT'S THE ENDGAME?
>> Ventura: I THINK, PEOPLE, WE
BETTER GET ON THIS.
LET'S FIND OUT EVERYTHING WE CAN
ABOUT THIS MR. BIGELOW AND GO
FROM THERE.
>> Narrator: ALREADY THE
INVESTIGATION'S TAKEN A TURN.
ONE MAN WITH THE GO-AHEAD TO
TAKE WEAPONS INTO OUTER SPACE, A
GUY WITH HIS OWN PRIVATE
SPACESHIP FACTORY IN LAS VEGAS,
A GUY WHO MIGHT JUST BE
EMPLOYING ILLEGAL ALIENS --
SPACE ALIENS.
>> DON ECKER?
>> YES.
>> Narrator: TYREL GETS THE
FIRST WHACK WHEN HE MEETS
DON ECKER.
ECKER WAS RESEARCH DIRECTOR FOR
UFO MAGAZINE.
HE'S A RESPECTED UFO
INVESTIGATOR.
>> TELL ME ABOUT
MR. ROBERT BIGELOW.
>> BIGELOW WAS BORN IN 1945 IN
THE VEGAS AREA.
HE IS, OF COURSE, A
MULTIBILLIONAIRE.
MADE MOST OF HIS MONEY
ORIGINALLY FROM HIS HOTEL
BUSINESS -- BUDGET SUITES.
AS OF 2010, ACCORDING TO PUBLIC
RECORDS, HE HAS PUSHED OVER
$180 MILLION INTO
BIGELOW AEROSPACE.
>> HE SOUNDS TO ME LIKE A NEW
MILLENNIUM HOWARD HUGHES.
>> THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT HE HAS
AN ABSOLUTELY DEDICATED APPROACH
TO GETTING INTO OUTER SPACE.
>> Narrator: BUT HOW DOES A GUY
GO FROM BUDGET MOTELS TO
BUDGET-BUSTING BOOSTER ROCKETS?
>> ACCORDING TO THE STORY THAT
BIGELOW HIMSELF TOLD, HIS
GRANDPARENTS WERE NORTH OF
LAS VEGAS ONE NIGHT WHEN THEY
SAW AN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING
OBJECT.
AN OBJECT THAT SWOOPED DIRECTLY
AT THEIR CAR AND, AT THE LAST
SECOND, MADE A DRAMATIC
RIGHT-ANGLE TURN, TOOK OFF, AND
FLEW UP INTO THE SKY.
>> Narrator: AND THERE'S THE
FIRST MAJOR CLUE.
LONG BEFORE ROBERT BIGELOW
INVESTED IN AEROSPACE, HE SPENT
TIME AND MONEY RESEARCHING ALIEN
ABDUCTIONS AND UFOs.
IN THE MID-'90s, HE FUNDED A
GROUP CALLED "NIDS" -- THE
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR
DISCOVERY SCIENCE.
>> IT WAS STAFFED BY SOME OF THE
FINEST SCIENTISTS THAT BIGELOW
WAS ABLE TO SECURE TO GO AFTER
THINGS LIKE UFOs.
>> DO YOU KNOW WHAT EXACTLY HE
WAS LOOKING FOR?
>> I BELIEVE, ULTIMATELY, PROOF
OF EXTRATERRESTRIAL CONTACT.
>> Narrator: IN 1996, NIDS
PURCHASED A RANCH IN UTAH.
THE PREVIOUS OWNERS HAD BEEN
CHASED OUT BY PARANORMAL
ACTIVITY AND UFOs.
>> THE INFAMOUS
SKINWALKER RANCH.
>> Narrator: THE
SKINWALKER RANCH -- NAMED FOR
THE SHAPESHIFTING WITCHES OF
NATIVE AMERICAN LEGEND.
BIGELOW MOVED HIS NIDS TEAM IN.
TOP SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHERS STUDY
THE PROPERTY 'ROUND THE CLOCK
FOR EIGHT SOLID YEARS, SEARCHING
FOR EVIDENCE OF ALIEN CONTACT.
BUT THEN SOMETHING HAPPENED --
SOMETHING THAT CAUSED BIGELOW TO
SUDDENLY TURN TAIL, PULL OUT,
NEVER TO REVEAL WHAT WAS FOUND.
>> ALL THE EVIDENCE, ALL THE
DATA THAT'S BEEN COLLECTED HAS
BEEN LOCKED AWAY BY MR. BIGELOW.
>> Narrator: WHAT WAS BIGELOW
HIDING?
SEAN STONE FINDS A DEADLY CLUE
IN PLAIN SIGHT.
>> ROBERT BIGELOW KNOWS
SOMETHING THE REST OF US DON'T,
AND IT'S VITALLY IMPORTANT,
SEAN.
>> Narrator: DR. FRANKLIN RUEHL
IS A NUCLEAR PHYSICIST AND
LEADING UFOLOGIST.
HE'S FOLLOWED UP ON EVERY
CREDIBLE SIGHTING AND CLOSE
ENCOUNTER OF THE PAST 20 YEARS.
BUT NOTHING COMPARES TO AN
ALMOST UNBELIEVABLE EVENT BURIED
IN A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE AND
LARGELY IGNORED.
>> THIS DATES BACK TO JUNE OF
2010, WHEN HE WAS BEING
INTERVIEWED IN
THE NEW YORK TIMES.
THE REPORTER ASKED HIM ABOUT
UFOs, AND HE SAID, "PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN KILLED.
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HURT."
>> WAIT. WHAT DO YOU MEAN,
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED?
>> WELL, THAT'S THE QUESTION.
WE HAVE A SCIENTIST FROM
SAN FRANCISCO --
DR. JACK SARFATTI -- WHO CLAIMED
THAT HE HAD BEEN TOLD BY
RELIABLE SOURCES THAT THERE WAS
ACTUALLY AN INVASION OF ALIENS
ON BIGELOW'S SKINWALKER RANCH IN
EASTERN UTAH.
AND HE CLAIMS THAT A NUMBER OF
BIGELOW'S MEN WERE EITHER KILLED
OR INJURED BY THE E.T.s.
WHAT WE HAD ON THAT RANCH WAS
LIKE THE MOVIE
"COWBOYS & ALIENS."
>> Narrator: A DEADLY BATTLE
BETWEEN HUMANS AND E.T.s?
AMERICAN CITIZENS NOT ONLY HURT
BUT KILLED?
SOME SAY IT WOULDN'T BE THE
FIRST TIME ALIENS ATTACKED
EARTH.
>> SEAN, IF YOU EVER HAVE A
CHANCE TO MEET BIGELOW IN
PERSON, ASK HIM ABOUT THIS.
HE'LL DENY THAT HE WAS REFERRING
TO THE SKINWALKER RANCH BUT
RATHER TO THE COLARES BATTLE OFF
OF BRAZIL.
>> Narrator: COLARES, BRAZIL.
THE BRAZILIAN MILITARY WITNESSED
AND PHOTOGRAPHED A UFO ATTACK ON
THE ISLAND IN 1977.
>> WE HAVE DOCUMENTATION OF
POSSIBLY AS MANY AS 35 HUMANS
WERE KILLED OR INJURED BY
ALIENS.
>> Narrator: THE MILITARY
INVESTIGATION WAS CLASSIFIED.
BUT IT MAKES THE SKINWALKER
CLAIMS ALL THE MORE PLAUSIBLE.
>> AND THERE ARE MANY
EYEWITNESSES'S ACCOUNTS.
>> Narrator: DR. RUEHL CITES
OTHER EVIDENCE THAT BIGELOW MADE
SOME KIND OF E.T. CONTACT,
INCLUDING AN ENTRY ON HIS NIDS
WEBSITE IN 2000.
>> BIGELOW SAID THAT THE FIRST
STEP IS TO GO INTO SPACE TO GET
THE SAME TECHNOLOGY USED BY "OUR
UFO FRIENDS."
HE HAD IT ON HIS WEBSITE, BUT HE
HAS TAKEN THAT OFF.
THAT'S THE QUESTION.
DID THEY ACTUALLY PROVIDE THEM
WITH TECHNOLOGY?
>> Narrator: IS ROBERT BIGELOW
HIDING ALIEN TECHNOLOGY?
>> IT'S A SCARY AND A DANGEROUS
PLACE.
BUT THE KEY IS THE
SKINWALKER RANCH.
>> IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE
ABOUT BIGELOW, I WOULD START AT
THE SKINWALKER RANCH.
>> Narrator: COMING UP...
>> Ventura: I DON'T WANT TWO
EYES UP AT THE SKINWALKER RANCH.
I WANT YOU BOTH TO GO.
>> Narrator: ...THE TEAM HEADS
TO THE MOST DANGEROUS RANCH IN
THE WORLD...
>> YOU HAVE TO GO ON A VERY DARK
NIGHT.
>> Narrator: ...AND FINDS DEADLY
WARNINGS...
>> I DON'T WANT TO GET SHOT.
>> Narrator: ...BEFORE...
>> HEY, GUYS, SOMETHING JUST
FLEW RIGHT ABOVE US AND
DISAPPEARED.
>> Narrator: ...ALL HELL BREAKS
LOOSE.
>> I HEARD IT.
WHAT DID IT LOOK LIKE?
>> Narrator: ALIENS ATTACK THE
CONSPIRACY TEAM.
>> IT WAS RIGHT ABOVE US.
IT DID A FLASH.
IT DISAPPEARED RIGHT IN THE SKY.
>> Narrator: AND LATER...
>> Ventura: WELL, GUYS,
ROBERT BIGELOW IS INSIDE.
>> Narrator: ...JESSE CONFRONTS
THE MAN HIMSELF.
>> Ventura: I HEARD THAT
WHENEVER THERE'S A UFO SIGHTING,
THEY DEFER TO YOU -- THE
GOVERNMENT.
IS THAT TRUE?
>> Narrator: IT BEGAN AS A
WARNING ABOUT A CONSPIRACY TO
WEAPONIZE SPACE.
NOW IT'S BLASTED IN A BIZARRE
DIRECTION -- A CONSPIRACY TO
COVER UP AN ALIEN INVASION.
AT THE CENTER, A MYSTERIOUS
AEROSPACE BILLIONAIRE NAMED
ROBERT BIGELOW.
A RANCH HE BOUGHT IN UTAH IS
BELIEVED TO BE A MAGNET FOR
UFOs.
>> ALL RIGHT, GUYS, DIG THIS.
THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERVIEWED
BIGELOW ABOUT THE
EXTRATERRESTRIALS AND UFOs.
AND HE SAYS THIS IS SO DANGEROUS
THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED.
I JUST TALKED TO THIS GUY.
HE CLAIMS BIGELOW WAS REFERRING
TO AN INCIDENT AT
SKINWALKER RANCH AND INVOLVED
HIS PERSONNEL GETTING KILLED BY
EXTRATERRESTRIALS -- REAL-LIFE
COWBOYS AND ALIENS.
>> Ventura: OH-HO!
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
>> THAT'S WHAT HE'S CLAIMING.
>> Ventura: [ EXHALES SHARPLY ]
WELL, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.
I DON'T WANT TWO EYES UP AT THE
SKINWALKER RANCH.
I WANT FOUR, WHICH MEANS I WANT
YOU BOTH TO GO.
>> Narrator: BEFORE HEADING OUT,
TYREL AND SEAN STOP TO MEET
ZACK VAN EYCK.
HE'S THE REPORTER WHO WROTE THE
FIRST STORIES ABOUT THE
SKINWALKER RANCH.
>> I WOULD SAY THE MOST
SPECTACULAR THING THAT HAPPENED
ON THE RANCH IS THEY SAW THESE
OPENINGS IN THE SKY -- SORT OF A
ROUND, SPIRAL OPENING, AND
PROBABLY ABOUT 100 FEET IN
DIAMETER.
AND THERE WAS A TOTAL OF FOUR
THEM THAT WOULD OPEN UP.
AND CRAFT WOULD FLY OUT -- ABOUT
40 FEET LONG WITH SHORT WINGS
THAT WOULD FLY OUT.
>> LIKE A PORTAL.
>> Narrator: VAN EYCK'S ARTICLES
LED ROBERT BIGELOW TO BUY THE
RANCH AND BEGIN THOSE EIGHT
YEARS OF RESEARCH.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK BIGELOW WAS
AFTER?
>> MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHAT DID HE
DISCOVER?
>> WE'LL REALLY NEVER KNOW
BECAUSE BOB BIGELOW OWNS THE
PROPERTY.
HE CONTROLS ALL INFORMATION
ABOUT THE PROPERTY IN AND OUT.
>> NOW WE HAVE TO GO FIND OUT.
>> NOW WE HAVE TO GO FIND OUT.
>> MY RECOMMENDATION TO YOU
GUYS, YOU HAVE TO GO ON A VERY
DARK NIGHT.
>> Narrator: TYREL AND SEAN
ARRIVE AT SKINWALKER THE NEXT
DAY.
PARANORMAL RESEARCHER
CHRIS O'BRIEN IS WAITING ON THE
OUTSKIRTS.
>> EVERY TYPE OF PARANORMAL
EVENT THAT YOU CAN POSSIBLY
IMAGINE, AT ONE TIME, HAS BEEN
REPORTED HERE.
>> Narrator: O'BRIEN SPENT YEARS
INVESTIGATING UFO ACTIVITY IN
THE REGION.
HE CONFIRMS THE STORIES ABOUT
THE ALIEN BATTLE.
>> HAS ANYONE EVER BEEN KILLED
OUT HERE?
BIGELOW'S PEOPLE?
>> I'VE HEARD IT FROM MORE THAN
ENOUGH SOURCES THAT TWO OF THE
SECURITY PERSONNEL GOT INTO SOME
SORT OF ALTERCATION WITH
SOMETHING HERE AND ENDED UP
GETTING KILLED.
>> ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ALIENS?
>> THAT WOULD BE THE LOGICAL,
YOU KNOW, LEAP.
THESE BIG SHIPS -- TRIANGULAR
SHIPS -- COME THROUGH --
>> TRIANGLE-SHAPE.
I'VE HEARD ABOUT THOSE.
>> YEAH, DELTA-SHAPE.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK HIS AGENDA
IS UP HERE?
>> I THINK HIS AGENDA IS HE'S
TRYING TO GATHER AS MUCH
SCIENTIFIC DATA AS HE CAN
BECAUSE OF HIS AEROSPACE
COMPANY.
>> Narrator: O'BRIEN IS TALKING
ABOUT REVERSE ENGINEERING --
BUILDING SPACECRAFT BASED ON UFO
TECHNOLOGY.
IT'S A DIRECT LINK BETWEEN NIDS
AND BIGELOW AEROSPACE.
>> IF HE CAN FIGURE OUT SOME OF
THE CRAFT WE'RE SEEING AROUND
HERE, OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S GONNA
GIVE HIS SCIENTIFIC TEAM A LEG
UP ON POSSIBLY DESIGNING EXOTIC
PROPULSION SYSTEMS.
>> BIGELOW SAID THAT THE FIRST
STEP IS TO GET THE SAME
TECHNOLOGY USED BY "OUR UFO
FRIENDS."
>> DOES IT MAKE YOU NERVOUS
TALKING TO US ABOUT
ROBERT BIGELOW?
>> YOU KNOW, IT DOES.
IT REALLY DOES.
EVIDENTLY, THERE'S STILL THINGS
GOING ON HERE.
IF THERE WEREN'T, THEY WOULDN'T
HAVE TO HAVE THE SECURITY THAT
THEY HAVE HERE.
>> WHAT ARE SOME OF THE REPORTS
ABOUT THINGS HAPPENING NOW?
>> JUST WITHIN THE LAST FEW
NIGHTS, SOMEONE WITH A
SEMI-AUTOMATIC REALLY SQUEEZING
OFF ROUNDS QUICKLY, TRYING TO
SCARE PEOPLE AWAY.
>> WE WANT TO GET ON AND STAKE
OUT THIS PLACE TONIGHT.
WOULD YOU COME WITH US?
>> NOPE.
>> NO?
>> I HAVE PROBLEMS WITH
EX-MILITARY, TRIGGER-HAPPY
GUARDS.
I DON'T WANT TO GET SHOT.
>> Narrator: STILL AHEAD...
>> I DO FEEL KIND OF NERVOUS FOR
SEAN RIGHT NOW.
>> Narrator: ...THE
SKINWALKER RANCH LIVES UP TO ITS
REPUTATION...
>> HE IS IN DANGER RIGHT NOW.
>> HEY, SEAN, WATCH YOURSELF,
MAN.
>> Narrator: ...WITH STRANGE
SIGHTS...
>> ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ALIENS?
>> Narrator: ...AND CLOSE
ENCOUNTERS.
>> SOMETHING'S RIDING THE
SIGNAL.
DO YOU THINK THEY'RE TRYING TO
COMMUNICATE WITH US?
>> Narrator: THEN NEW MYSTERY
SURROUNDING A POSSIBLE ALIEN
INVASION.
>> Ventura: IS THERE A
POSSIBILITY THAT THESE SECRET
BACKERS COULD BE
EXTRATERRESTRIALS?
>> Narrator: AND LATER, JESSE
CONFRONTS BIGELOW'S ALLEGED
BLACK OPS CONNECTION...
>> I THOUGHT WE HAD AGREED NOT
TO GO OFF INTO HERE.
>> Narrator: ...AND CRASHES IN
ON BIGELOW HIMSELF.
>> Ventura: DOES THE GOVERNMENT
DEFER TO YOU?
>> Narrator: WHAT IS HE HIDING
FROM YOU AND ME?
>> UH...
>> Narrator: PARANORMAL
RESEARCHER CHRISTOPHER O'BRIEN
HAS TOLD TYREL VENTURA AND
SEAN STONE THEY'RE ON THEIR OWN.
HE REFUSES TO SET FOOT ON
ROBERT BIGELOW'S
SKINWALKER RANCH.
>> I DON'T WANT TO GET SHOT.
>> Narrator: BUT ANOTHER
SKINWALKER EXPERT HAS AGREED TO
BE THEIR GUIDE.
RYAN SKINNER IS NOT AS AFRAID AS
O'BRIEN.
BUT HE'S AFRAID JUST THE SAME.
>> ONE OF THE MOST SCARIEST
PLACES ON EARTH.
I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR FIVE
YEARS, AND EACH TIME WE COME
OUT, I'VE HAD SOMETHING -- A
CLOSE ENCOUNTER HAS OCCURRED
EACH TIME AT THE RANCH.
>> Narrator: THIS IS SUPPOSEDLY
THE SITE OF A DEADLY BATTLE WITH
EXTRATERRESTRIALS.
NOW IT'S UNDER CONSTANT
SURVEILLANCE AND ARMED GUARD.
SOME BELIEVE THEY'RE GUARDING
ALIEN REMAINS.
>> LET'S GO TAKE A LOOK, SEE HOW
FAR WE CAN MAKE ON THE
PERIMETER.
>> IS HE IN DANGER RIGHT NOW?
>> THESE ARE ARMED GUARDS THAT
ARE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.
>> ARMED GUARDS OUT THERE, MAN.
HEY, SEAN, GET BACK HERE, MAN.
>> Narrator: WHILE SEAN TAKES
HIS CHANCES, JUNE SARPONG IS IN
ROBERT BIGELOW'S HOMETOWN.
LAS VEGAS BUSINESS REPORTER
RICHARD VELOTTA HAS A FEW MORE
SURPRISES ABOUT
BIGELOW AEROSPACE.
>> SO, CAN YOU SHOW ME EXACTLY
WHAT BIGELOW AEROSPACE IS
WORKING ON NOW?
>> WELL, THEY BUILD SPACE
HABITATS -- THESE MODULES JUST
LIKE THIS.
AND PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY LIVE AND
WORK IN THEM.
AND THEN THEY CAN BE CONNECTED
TOGETHER TO MAKE A SPACE
STATION.
>> AND SO, IF ALL OF THESE ARE
ATTACHED AND THEY KEEP ON
GROWING, THIS WILL EFFECTIVELY
BECOME ONE OF THE BIGGEST SPACE
STATIONS OUT THERE?
>> IT'LL BE A CITY IN SPACE.
>> STARTED BY A PRIVATE
INDIVIDUAL.
>> Narrator: IT SEEMS
ROBERT BIGELOW IS INTENT ON
LIVING IN SPACE.
THE QUESTION IS WHY IS HE SO
EAGER TO LEAVE EARTH.
>> SO, IS THIS ALL THEORETICAL,
OR HAS IT ACTUALLY BEEN DONE?
>> OH, IT'S BEEN DONE.
IT'S BEEN DONE.
IN 2007 AND IN 2009 THEY
LAUNCHED VEHICLES FROM RUSSIA,
AND THEY'RE FLYING.
THEY HAVE A COMMAND CENTER HERE,
BUT THEY ARE ACTUALLY UP THERE.
>> Narrator: GENESIS 1 AND
GENESIS 2 ARE IDENTICAL SPACE
STATION MODULES...
THE ONLY PRIVATE SPACECRAFT
ORBITING EARTH.
>> SO THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING?
>> [ Chuckling ] YES, THEY'RE
DOING SOMETHING.
BUT I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT THAT
SOMETHING WOULD BE.
>> THERE'S ARMED GUARDS OUT
THERE, MAN.
HEY, SEAN, GET BACK HERE, MAN.
>> Narrator: ARE SECURITY FORCES
HOMING IN ON SEAN?
SOMETHING IS.
SUDDENLY HE TURNS AND RUNS.
>> HERE, HOP THE GATE.
GET ON THIS SIDE.
I HEAR SOMETHING.
THEY'RE COMING UP THAT WAY.
>> [ GRUNTS ] LET'S SEE WHAT
THEY GOT.
>> HURRY UP.
IT'S WEIRD.
I'M GETTING LIKE A TINGLING
SENSATION IN MY MUSCLE RIGHT
HERE.
>> REALLY?
>> RIGHT HERE IN THE THIGH.
>> REALLY?
>> YEAH.
I LITERALLY FELT LIKE SOMETHING
HAD ELECTROMAGNETICALLY ATTACKED
ME, AND THAT'S WHEN I RAN BACK.
>> Ventura: WHILE TYREL AND SEAN
INVESTIGATE, I'M NOT WAITING
AROUND.
I'M MEETING SOMEBODY WHO WORKS
WITH THE MUTUAL UFO NETWORK --
MUFON, THE GROUP THAT REPORTS
UFO SIGHTINGS AROUND THE WORLD.
>> MUFON'S JOB IS TO BE
ABSOLUTELY TRANSPARENT AND MAKE
ALL THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO
THE PUBLIC.
ROBERT BIGELOW SEEMS TO HAVE A
DIFFERENT AGENDA.
>> Ventura: ROBERT BIGELOW DOES?
>> YES.
HIS AGENDA SEEMS TO BE TO GET
THE INFORMATION FOR HIMSELF AND
HIS "UNSEEN BACKERS."
>> Narrator: ROBERT BIGELOW
BOUGHT INTO MUFON IN 2009.
HE TOOK EVERYTHING THEY'D
LEARNED AND CLAMPED DOWN ON ALL
OF THEIR RECORDS SO THE GENERAL
PUBLIC WOULDN'T KNOW THE TRUTH.
>> "UNSEEN BACKERS" IS WHAT
MR. BIGELOW TOLD THE MUFON BOARD
HE HAD WHEN HE OFFERED THEM
$760,000 FOR A ONE-YEAR
CONTRACT.
WHEN ALL THIS STARTED HAPPENING,
MUFON SUDDENLY JUMPED UP AND
SAID, "THESE INVESTIGATIONS ARE
SECRET."
ALTHOUGH, IN THE WHOLE HISTORY
OF MUFON, WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN
COMPLETELY OPEN ABOUT IT.
>> Narrator: DOUGLASS SAYS
BIGELOW MADE SURE EVERYTHING
STAYED SECRET.
HE REPLACED THE MUFON
INVESTIGATORS WITH HIS MINIONS,
PAID EXPERTS ON CALL 24/7 TO
FOLLOW UP ON UFO SIGHTINGS,
RECOVER THE CRAFT BEFORE ANYONE
ELSE GETS TO IT.
>> Ventura: DO THEY GATHER
EVIDENCE, OR ARE THEY THERE TO
SUPPRESS EVIDENCE?
>> THE QUESTION IS WHETHER THEY
WOULD BRING IT BACK, BECAUSE NOW
THEY WERE ALL SWORN TO SECRECY.
>> Ventura: ANY EVIDENCE THAT
ALIENS HAVE MADE CONTACT HAS
BEEN LOCKED AWAY.
THE ONLY ONES WHO HAVE ACCESS
ARE BIGELOW AND HIS CRONIES.
YOU SPOKE ABOUT MR. BIGELOW AND
THESE SECRET BACKERS OF HIS,
CORRECT?
>> I DID.
>> Ventura: IS THERE A
POSSIBILITY THAT THESE SECRET
BACKERS COULD BE
EXTRATERRESTRIALS?
>> YOU'RE GETTING INTERFERENCE?
>> YEAH.
>> LEGITIMATELY, THAT'S WHAT
YOU'RE HEARING?
>> YEAH. [ LAUGHS ]
>> CAN I HEAR IT?
>> Narrator: BACK AT THE
SKINWALKER RANCH, THINGS REALLY
DO BEGIN TO HAPPEN AFTER DARK.
IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE,
SOMETHING IS INTERFERING WITH
THE CAMERA.
AND THEN, SOMEHOW, THEIR POWER
SOURCE IS SUDDENLY DRAINED.
WHEN THEY MOVE ON TO A NEW
LOCATION, THINGS GET EVEN
SCARIER.
[ DISTORTED STATIC ]
>> IT JUST KEEPS GOING IN AND
OUT.
SOMETHING'S RIDING THE SIGNAL.
[ DISTORTED STATIC ]
>> IT'S THE RADIO CHANNEL COMING
THROUGH, BUT THAT'S A KIND OF
DISTORTION -- I'VE NEVER HEARD
THAT KIND OF ROBOTIC DISTORTION
ON THE RADIO.
>> WHOA!
>> DID YOU HEAR THAT?
>> WHOA!
>> I MEAN, DO YOU THINK THEY'RE
TRYING TO COMMUNICATE WITH US?
>> Narrator: STILL AHEAD, CLOSE
ENCOUNTERS...
>> I SWEAR TO GOD, IT WAS RIGHT
ABOVE YOU GUYS.
I JUST SAW IT.
>> Narrator: ...AT THE
SKINWALKER RANCH.
>> IT WAS LEAVING A LONG TRAIL.
I JUST SAW IT WITH MY OWN EYES.
>> Narrator: AND THEN, IS IT A
WARNING OF A UFO INVASION?
>> YOU DON'T HAVE ANY ALIENS, DO
YOU?
>> Narrator: JESSE'S TEAM RAIDS
BIGELOW SPACE FACTORY...
>> I'M NOT ABLE TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT MAY OR MAY
NOT BE IN MR. BIGELOW'S
PROPERTY.
>> Narrator: ...AND CONFRONTS
THE MAN HIMSELF.
>> Narrator: JESSE VENTURA IS
INVESTIGATING AN ALIEN INVASION
CONSPIRACY.
HIS TEAM IS DRIVING AROUND A
RANCH KNOWN TO ATTRACT UFOs WHEN
SOMETHING UNBELIEVABLE OCCURS.
>> DO YOU THINK THEY'RE TRYING
TO COMMUNICATE WITH US?
>> Narrator: IS IT A HIDDEN
MESSAGE?
OR A THREAT?
>> THIS IS CRAZY.
>> Narrator: TYREL AND SEAN ARE
STUNNED.
SOMETHING HAS TAKEN OVER THE CAR
RADIO.
>> RYAN, MAN, DID YOU HEAR THAT
RADIO STATION?
>> I DID.
FLIPPING THROUGH THE STATIONS
LIKE THAT, I'VE NEVER HEARD
ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
>> Narrator: OUT OF THE CAR,
SKINWALKER RESEARCHER
RYAN SKINNER LEADS THEM TO
ANOTHER HOT SPOT.
>> WHEN WE WERE WATCHING THE
RANCH, WE SAW ABOUT EIGHT
SPHERES OF LIGHT THAT WERE
PULSATING ON AND OFF ABOVE AND
AROUND THE RANCH HOUSE.
SUDDENLY THREE OF THE LIGHTS
BROKE OFF IN THE GROUP AND
STARTED HEADING OUR DIRECTION.
>> HOLD ON A SECOND.
>> YOU ALL RIGHT, SEAN?
>> MM.
>> WHAT YOU GOT, SEAN?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
>> Narrator: SEAN'S RITUAL PAYS
OFF.
WITHIN MINUTES A LIGHT APPEARS
IN THE SKY.
IT'S A UFO.
>> LOOK THERE.
>> THERE IT IS.
>> RIGHT THERE, RIGHT THERE,
RIGHT THERE.
LOOK AT THAT, LOOK AT THAT, LOOK
AT THAT!
WHERE'S THE CAMERA? GO THERE!
>> THEN I SAW IT CLIP RIGHT OVER
THERE.
>> AND IT SHOT TO THE RIGHT.
>> IT DID. I JUST SAW THAT.
>> YOU CAN SEE IT'S BACK.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE THE LASER'S
HITTING IT.
>> WHOA!
>> THERE IT IS, THERE IT IS.
OH! IT MOVED.
DID YOU SEE THAT?
I WAS OVER HERE, AND IT'S NOW
OVER THERE.
>> YEAH.
>> Narrator: THE BRIGHT LIGHT
HOVERS.
IT MAKES A SHARP TURN.
IT DARTS ACROSS THE HEAVENS.
THEN, SUDDENLY, IT'S GONE.
THIS IS UNLIKE ANYTHING THEY'VE
EVER SEEN.
>> RIGHT THERE.
>> THERE IT IS, THERE IT IS,
THERE IT IS, THERE IT IS.
WE GOT IT.
>> IT'S FLASHING US BACK.
JUST WENT UP.
I JUST SAW IT.
IT WAS LEAVING A LONG TRAIL.
I JUST SAW IT WITH MY OWN EYES.
>> Ventura: YOU SAW WHAT?!
>> I-I-I CAN'T SAY WHAT I SAW.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT I SAW.
I JUST KNOW THAT I SAW A LIGHT
IN THE SKY.
IT WAS EMERALD IN COLOR.
IT WAS MOVING IN BETWEEN THESE
TWO TREES, AND IT CLOSED LIKE IT
WAS A BEAT AND THEN MELTED INTO
THE SKY.
>> Ventura: HOLD ON.
DID YOU REPORT THIS?
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE
SUPPOSED TO REPORT ANY UFOs.
>> WE DID REPORT IT.
>> WE DID REPORT IT.
>> AND? WHAT HAPPENED?
>> TOLD US TO CONTACT
BIGELOW AEROSPACE ADVANCED SPACE
STUDIES GROUP.
>> Narrator: CONTACT
ROBERT BIGELOW?
IT'S ANOTHER SIGN THAT HE'S
TRAPPING THE TRUTH, CONTROLLING
INFORMATION ABOUT UFOs.
>> Ventura: WHAT?!
>> YEAH.
>> Ventura: WAIT A MINUTE.
YOU CALLED THE GOVERNMENT AND
REPORTED THIS, AND THE
GOVERNMENT REFERRED YOU TO
BIGELOW?
>> YES.
>> Ventura: AT WHAT POINT DID
BIGELOW BECOME IN CHARGE?
>> OF UFO SIGHTINGS.
>> Ventura: YOU NEED TO REPORT
TO THE BIGELOW ADVANCED
AEROSPACE STUDIES?
>> ON FEDERAL AVIATION
ADMINISTRATION LETTERHEAD.
>> Narrator: THIS IS IT -- THE
FAA DIRECTIVE DATED FEBRUARY 11,
2010, INSTRUCTING CITIZENS TO
REPORT UFO SIGHTINGS TO
BIGELOW'S AEROSPACE ADVANCED
SPACE STUDIES GROUP, NOT TO THE
GOVERNMENT.
IT'S SPELLED OUT -- BIGELOW AS
GO-BETWEEN FOR THE GOVERNMENT
AND EXTRATERRESTRIALS.
>> Ventura: THAT'S UNBELIEVABLE.
>> WELL, HE HAS COMPLETELY TAKEN
OVER NASA'S INFLATABLE SPACE
MODULE PROGRAM.
>> YEAH, I'VE HEARD ABOUT THESE
MODULES.
>> HE IS BUILDING A COMPLETE
SPACE STATION OF HIS OWN.
WHAT FOR?
WHAT WOULD A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL
NEED ALL THAT FOR?
>> Ventura: EXACTLY. WHY HIM?
I THINK IT'S ABOUT TIME THAT
MR. BIGELOW AND JESSE VENTURA
HAVE A FACE TO FACE.
LET'S FIND THIS GUY, PEOPLE.
>> Narrator: JESSE, TYREL, AND
SEAN DESCEND ON LAS VEGAS,
NEVADA, AND ROBERT BIGELOW'S
AEROSPACE FACTORY.
>> Ventura: IT'S A PAINTED
ALIEN.
>> IT LOOKS JUST LIKE AN ALIEN
UP THERE.
>> Ventura: IT IS.
>> BIG BUG EYES.
>> YEAH.
I MEAN, ISN'T THAT THE
CLASSIC --
>> THE CLASSIC GRAY ALIEN.
>> YEAH.
WHAT'S THAT DOME OVER THERE ON
THE HILL?
>> LOOKS LIKE A DROID FROM
"STAR WARS" OR SOMETHING.
>> Ventura: LET'S GO AROUND TO
THE OTHER SIDE.
>> Narrator: JESSE LEADS THE
TEAM TO THE MAIN ENTRANCE.
THEY'RE IMMEDIATELY CONFRONTED
BY ARMED GUARDS WITH A BIZARRE
INSIGNIA ON THEIR UNIFORMS.
>> IS THAT LIKE A UNIVERSAL
LOGO?
>> YEAH, IT'S THE COMPANY LOGO.
>> WHAT IS IT?
>> Ventura: IT'S AN ALIEN.
>> YOU DON'T HAVE ANY ALIENS IN
THE PLACE, DO YOU, IN THE
COMPOUND?
>> I'M NOT ABLE TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT MAY OR MAY
NOT BE IN MR. BIGELOW'S
PROPERTY.
>> Ventura: TALK ABOUT WEIRD.
THIS GUY WON'T EVEN DENY THAT
E.T.s MIGHT BE WORKING IN THERE.
>> SO WE HAVE TO ASK MR. BIGELOW
IF WE CAN GET ACCESS TO THE
PLACE, THE FACILITY?
>> Ventura: YEAH, WE ALREADY RAN
IT THROUGH CORPORATE.
NO GO.
BUT THEN WE GOT A TIP ON WHERE
WE MIGHT FIND HIM.
SO WE MAKE A DETOUR TO
LAS CRUCES, NEW MEXICO.
I'M GONNA WALK IN AND MEET
MR. ROBERT BIGELOW.
MR. BIGELOW.
>> Narrator: COMING UP, THE
VENTURA TEAM HITS BIGELOW ON HIS
GOVERNMENT CONNECTIONS...
>> Ventura: DOES THE GOVERNMENT
DEFER TO YOU?
>> Narrator: ...AND HIS UFO
CONNECTIONS.
>> YOU WERE QUOTED AS SAYING
PEOPLE HAVE DIED.
>> Narrator: AND LATER, MORE
MIND-BLOWING TWISTS.
>> Ventura: WHAT DO YOU SAY TO
THAT?
>> Narrator: JESSE FINDS THE
REAL POWER BEHIND THE SCENES.
>> I'M THE GUY WHO SET THAT UP.
>> HE'S ONE SCARY SON OF A
***.
>> Narrator: AND WARNINGS OF AN
ALIEN APOCALYPSE.
>> IT'S AN ESCAPE POD.
O0 C1
>> Narrator: JESSE VENTURA HAS
TRACKED DOWN THE MYSTERIOUS
BILLIONAIRE IN THE MIDDLE OF AN
ALIEN INVASION CONSPIRACY.
AND NOW HE'S ABOUT TO MEET HIM
FACE TO FACE WITH SOME
HARD-HITTING QUESTIONS.
>> MAKE SURE YOU HIT HIM ON THE
UFO QUESTION.
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.
>> Ventura: AND WHAT I WANT TO
FIND OUT, TOO, IS WHY DOES THE
GOVERNMENT DEFER TO HIM.
>> EXACTLY.
>> Ventura: YOU KNOW, WHO PUT
HIM IN CHARGE?
WHY DOESN'T THE GOVERNMENT
HANDLE IT THEIR OWN?
SO IT'S A CORPORATE TAKEOVER OF
UFOs, TOO?
>> Narrator: THE RECLUSIVE
BIGELOW IS SPEAKING AT A MEETING
OF THE AEROSPACE ELITE.
JESSE WALKS RIGHT IN...
AND RIGHT TOWARD THE MAN
HIMSELF.
>> Ventura: FORMER GOVERNOR
JESSE VENTURA.
>> YES, SIR.
>> Ventura: I HEARD THAT
WHENEVER THERE'S A UFO SIGHTING,
THEY DEFER TO YOU -- THE
GOVERNMENT.
IS THAT TRUE?
>> IT'S A PASSION I'VE HAD.
>> Ventura: WELL, I UNDERSTAND
THAT.
BUT DOES THE GOVERNMENT DEFER TO
YOU?
>> [ CLEARS THROAT ] I HAVE A
COMPANY THAT IS REFERRED IN THE
FAA MANUALS THAT WE ARE TO
RECEIVE A PHONE CALL IF
SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENS.
>> Ventura: HOW DID YOU GET TO
THAT LEVEL?
>> Narrator: THAT'S A SHORT
ANSWER FOR "I'LL BE DAMNED IF
I'M TELLING YOU THE TRUTH."
BIGELOW'S PEOPLE MOVE IN AND
HUSTLE THEIR MAN AWAY.
BUT JESSE HAS A BACKUP PLAN.
SEAN STONE IS WAITING.
>> I WORK WITH JESSE VENTURA.
>> OH!
>> IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU
CAN TELL ME ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE
UNCOVERED IN REGARDS TO THE E.T.
PHENOMENON OR THE UFO
PHENOMENON?
>> YEARS AGO, I HAD TO MAKE A
DECISION THAT WAS PROBABLY BEST
THAT WE NOT TALK TOO MUCH.
>> WELL, CAN YOU TELL ME THAT
YOU BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE E.T.s
ON THIS PLANET?
>> [ CLEARS THROAT ]
WHEN SOMEBODY ASKS ME THAT, I
SAY -- FIRST THING I SAY IS "HOW
MUCH RESEARCH HAVE YOU DONE?"
>> QUITE A BIT.
>> HOW MANY INTERVIEWS HAVE YOU
DONE OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE SEEN
THINGS?
>> OH, MANY, INCLUDING --
TYREL VENTURA ACTUALLY SAW
SOMETHING AT THE PROPERTY -- A
UFO.
>> MOST FOLKS HAVE SOMEBODY IN
THEIR FAMILY THAT HAS SEEN
SOMETHING VERY STRANGE THAT WAS
ANOMALOUS, SO YES, I DO BELIEVE
THAT THERE IS ENOUGH EVIDENCE,
ENOUGH PROOF, THAT A PROSAIC
EXPLANATION DOESN'T COVER THE
PHENOMENON, SO LEAVE IT AT THAT.
>> CAN YOU SAY IF YOU'VE HAD ANY
ACCESS TO UFOs?
YOU'VE REFERRED TO IT IN AN
ARTICLE, I THINK YOU SAID --
REFERRED TO THEM AS "OUR UFO
FRIENDS" AND HAVE ACTUALLY
HELPED OUR SPACE PROGRAM -- OUR
DEVELOPMENT OF EQUIPMENT.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE EVER
SAID "OUR UFO FRIENDS."
>> Narrator: SEEMS BIGELOW
FORGOT HIS REFERENCE TO HIS "UFO
FRIENDS" ON HIS WEBSITE.
>> YOU WERE QUOTED AS SAYING
PEOPLE HAVE DIED.
>> YES.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WERE
REFERENCING AT THAT TIME.
>> LOS-- ER, UH, COLARES,
BRAZIL.
>> HE'LL DENY THAT HE WAS
REFERRING TO THE
SKINWALKER RANCH.
THE COLARES BATTLE.
>> WOULD YOU EVER CONSIDER
PUTTING TOGETHER SOME KIND OF
DOSSIER OR A DOCUMENT BASED ON
ALL THE INVESTIGATION THAT
YOU'VE DONE OVER THE YEARS?
>> I TRY TO STAY AWAY FROM WORDS
LIKE "EVER" OR "NEVER."
I THINK RIGHT NOW IS NOT THE
TIME FOR THAT, AND I DON'T SEE
THAT ON THE HORIZON.
>> Narrator: THE CLOSE
ENCOUNTERS WITH BIGELOW ARE VERY
REVEALING.
BUT TO JESSE, THERE'S SOMETHING
MISSING.
WHO'D BE THE LINK BETWEEN
BIGELOW, THE GOVERNMENT, AND THE
EXTRATERRESTRIALS?
JESSE KNOWS WHO TO ASK.
>> GOVERNOR, BIGELOW IS AN
UNWITTING FRONT MAN.
>> Narrator: CONSPIRACY INSIDER
ALEX JONES IS ABOUT TO ROCK HIS
WORLD WITH ANOTHER AMAZING
REVELATION.
>> THE GUY WHO'S REALLY
BEHIND THIS IS
COLONEL JOHN B. ALEXANDER.
>> Narrator: JOHN B. ALEXANDER,
A RETIRED U.S. ARMY COLONEL AND
MYSTERIOUS MILITARY LEGEND.
>> THIS GUY HEADED UP
SPECIAL FORCES IN VIETNAM.
HE BROUGHT THE OCCULT INTO THE
PENTAGON IN THE '60s, '70s, AND
'80s.
>> Narrator: THE OCCULT.
ALEXANDER WAS PART OF THE
INFAMOUS FIRST EARTH BATTALION,
THE NEW AGE MILITARY PROJECT
THAT TRIED TO DEVELOP A
SUPERSOLDIER WHO COULD WALK
THROUGH WALLS.
ALEXANDER'S GROUP INSPIRED THE
GEORGE CLOONEY FILM
"THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS."
IN A PREVIOUS INVESTIGATION,
JESSE MET HIS FORMER COMMANDER.
>> WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA,
WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.
>> Narrator: SO HE HAS AN IDEA
WHERE ALEXANDER IS COMING FROM.
>> GOVERNOR, IT IS INSANE WHEN
YOU START RESEARCHING THIS.
>> Narrator: ALEXANDER ALSO LED
A TOP-SECRET STUDY INTO THE
GOVERNMENT'S UFO FILES.
THE STUDY CONCLUDED THAT UFOs
ARE NOT ONLY REAL BUT CONTROLLED
BY SUPERIOR INTELLIGENCE.
>> COLONEL ALEXANDEROVED HERE
TO HEAD UP THE PARANORMAL
RESEARCH THAT BIGELOW'S INTO.
THINK ABOUT HOW BIZARRE THAT IS.
THIS PRIVATE SPACE PROGRAM,
THEY'VE GOT TWO SPACECRAFT IN
ORBIT RIGHT NOW.
NASA CAN'T EVEN DO THAT.
AND THE HEAD GUY WHO RAN BLACK
OPS WAS AT A GENESIS OF THIS
SETUP.
WHAT IS HE REALLY DOING UP THERE
IN ORBIT?
I MEAN, I'M NOT EVEN INTO THIS
UFO STUFF.
THERE'S A FREAKING GRAY ALIEN ON
THE SIGN THERE, AND THE
GOVERNMENT SENDS THEIR UFO STUFF
THROUGH THIS.
I'M TELLING YA, THIS IS
LITERALLY THE RABBIT HOLE RIGHT
HERE.
SOMETHING'S GOING ON.
>> Ventura: SO IT'S
COLONEL ALEXANDER IS THE GUY I
GOT TO FIND?
>> HE IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE
MOST SCARY LIVING PEOPLE OUT
THERE TODAY.
HE'S THE REAL DEAL, SO WATCH IT.
HE'S ONE SCARY SON OF A ***.
>> Narrator: NEXT...
>> BULL[BLEEP]
>> Narrator: ...JESSE FACES DOWN
THE MAN THEY CALL BIGELOW'S
*** CHENEY.
>> Ventura: YOU'RE NOT THE
WIZARD OF OZ BEHIND THE CURTAIN?
>> Narrator: AND ALIEN
ARMAGEDDON -- THE REASON BIGELOW
WOULD WANT TO ESCAPE.
>> BIGELOW HAS FOUND THE TRUTH
ABOUT UFOs.
HE KNOWS FOR A FACT THEY'RE
HERE.
>> Narrator: ALEX JONES TOLD
JESSE IF HE WANTS TO FIND THE
TRUTH ABOUT ROBERT BIGELOW, HE
NEEDS TO TRACK DOWN RETIRED ARMY
COLONEL JOHN ALEXANDER.
>> BIGELOW IS IN AN UNWITTING
FRONT MAN.
>> Narrator: JESSE FINDS
ALEXANDER IN LAS VEGAS.
THE MILITARY'S UFO EXPERT MOVED
HERE IN THE 1990s TO WORK WITH
BIGELOW ON PARANORMAL RESEARCH
AND THE SKINWALKER UFO
INVESTIGATION.
>> BIGELOW AEROSPACE IS A
TOTALLY PRIVATELY HELD COMPANY.
>> Narrator: ALEXANDER DENIES HE
STILL WORKS FOR BIGELOW.
BUT HE SAYS BIGELOW CALLED HIM
AFTER HE MET JESSE.
>> Ventura: I ASKED HIM ONE
QUESTION.
I ASKED HIM "WHY DOES THE
GOVERNMENT, IF THERE ARE UFO
REPORTS, DO THEY DIRECT THEM
DIRECTLY TO YOU?"
>> OH, I'M THE GUY WHO SET THAT
UP.
>> Ventura: THAT WAS EASY
ENOUGH.
HE ADMITS HE'S THE CONNECTION.
I WONDER WHAT ELSE HE'S
CONNECTED TO.
IF IT'S DIRECTED TO THE PRIVATE
SECTOR, THEN HOW DOES THE PUBLIC
EVER GET THE TRUTH?
>> HE DOESN'T HAVE AN
OBLIGATION.
>> PUBLICLY DISCLOSE ANYTHING?
>> MOST OF THEM DON'T GO --
THESE WERE ONLY REPORTS WHERE
PEOPLE CALLED THE FAA.
>> Ventura: WHERE ELSE WOULD
PEOPLE GO?
>> MUFON GETS MOST OF THEM.
>> Ventura: MUFON?
BIGELOW BOUGHT INTO MUFON TO GET
A HOLD OF THOSE UFO REPORTS.
>> HIS AGENDA SEEMS TO BE TO GET
THE INFORMATION FOR HIMSELF AND
HIS "UNSEEN BACKERS."
>> Ventura: BIGELOW'S LIKE A
SPONGE, SOAKING UP TRUTHS YOU
AND I WILL NEVER KNOW.
SOME CONSPIRACY THEORISTS
PASSIONATELY BELIEVE THAT WE
HAVE CONTACT WITH ALIEN LIFE
FORCE AND THAT THEY'RE PASSING
TO US TECHNOLOGY THAT WE'RE NOW
USING THAT THEY TERM "REVERSE
ENGINEERING."
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT?
>> BULL[BLEEP]
>> Ventura: TOTALLY?
>> I THINK YOUR BULL[BLEEP]
FILTERS JUST DON'T WORK.
>> Ventura: B.S.?
TELL THAT TO BIGELOW'S UFO
FRIENDS.
WHAT'S THE STORY ON THE
SKINWALKER RANCH?
>> A VERY STRANGE PLACE.
>> Ventura: MR. BIGELOW OWNS IT,
CORRECT?
>> YEAH.
>> Ventura: AND I WAS TOLD YOU
WERE IN CHARGE OF IT FOR AWHILE.
>> NO.
>> Ventura: NOT AT ALL?
>> NO. I'D BEEN UP THERE.
BUT I WAS NEVER IN CHARGE.
>> Ventura: TELL ME WHY IT'S A
STRANGE PLACE.
>> JUST VERY STRANGE THINGS
HAPPEN IN THE AREA.
>> Ventura: WHEN YOU TELL ME
"VERY STRANGE THINGS HAPPEN,"
DEFINE "STRANGE" TO ME.
WHAT IS A STRANGE THING THAT
WOULD HAPPEN AT THIS RANCH?
>> WELL, I-I--
I THOUGHT WE HAD AGREED NOT TO
GO OFF INTO HERE.
>> Ventura: WELL, I'M TRYING TO
LEARN ABOUT OUTER SPACE.
AND IS THE GOVERNMENT BEING
TRUTHFUL ABOUT WHAT THEY'VE TOLD
US?
>> I'M NOT CONVINCED THOSE ARE
RELATED ISSUES.
THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT.
>> Ventura: SO SKINWALKER HAS
NOTHING TO DO WITH SPACE?
>> I DON'T THINK SO, NO.
>> Ventura: COULD YOU CALL UP
AND GET ME TO THE RANCH AND LET
ME SPEND A WEEK THERE?
>> IT'S HIS RANCH, AND "B,"
YOU'D BE REALLY BORED.
[ LAUGHS ]
>> Ventura: I'M NOT SO SURE.
I HAD A COUPLE OF MY PROTéGéS GO
UP THERE WHO SAID IT WASN'T
BORING AT ALL.
>> [ STAMMERS ]
>> Ventura: THEN I ASK HIM "DID
BIGELOW LET ON THAT PEOPLE WERE
KILLED BY E.T.s AT THE
SKINWALKER RANCH?"
>> PRETTY WELL-KNOWN.
DUMB STATEMENT. [ LAUGHS ]
>> Ventura: THERE YOU GO -- DUMB
STATEMENT.
>> THAT'S ONE OF THOSE ONES
WHERE THE THROWAWAY HAS A "GOT
YA."
>> Ventura: WELL, HE ADMITTED
HE'S BIGELOW'S GOVERNMENT
CONNECTION.
BUT WILL HE ADMIT HE'S BIGELOW'S
*** CHENEY?
IS HE THE ONE PULLING THE
STRINGS?
>> THAT'S SILLY.
[ LAUGHS ]
>> Ventura: SO THAT'S SILLY?
YOU'RE NOT THE POWER BEHIND --
YOU'RE NOT THE WIZARD OF OZ
BEHIND THE CURTAIN?
>> HEAVENS NO.
>> Ventura: JOHN ALEXANDER IS
ONE TOUGH NUT TO CRACK, AND
THAT'S WHERE IT WOULD'VE ENDED
IF TYREL AND SEAN'S SKINWALKER
ADVENTURE HADN'T HAVE PAID OFF.
>> Narrator: THE PAIR RESPOND TO
A CALL FROM PRESTON DENNETT, A
LEADING UFO RESEARCHER, A MUFON
FIELD INVESTIGATOR PUSHED ASIDE
BY BIGELOW'S MINIONS.
DENNETT SAYS HE HAS URGENT NEWS
ABOUT BIGELOW'S SPACE STATION.
>> HE KNOWS WHAT THE ALIENS
KNOW.
HE'S TAKEN THEIR MESSAGE TO
HEART.
>> SO, YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT
BIGELOW'S IN A CONSPIRIRACY WITH
THESE EXTRATERRESTRIAL FRIENDS
OF HIS?
>> YES.
AND HE'S BEEN USING THEIR
TECHNOLOGY AS WELL TO GET TO HIS
SPACE STATION.
>> SEE, BUT THE PROBLEM THAT HE
HAS WITH THIS SPACE STATION IS
THAT HE REALLY HAS NO WAY OF
GETTING UP THERE.
>> RIGHT, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHY
I WANTED TO MEET WITH YOU GUYS
AND SPEAK WITH YOU, BECAUSE
THERE'S BIG NEWS THAT JUST
HAPPENED.
IT TURNS OUT THAT HE HAS MADE A
DEAL WITH A COMPANY CALLED
SpaceX TO USE THIS ROCKET.
>> Narrator: IT'S A SHOCKING
DEVELOPMENT, AND PRESTON DENNETT
IS ABOUT TO EXPLAIN WHY.
IN MAY 2012, WHEN BIGELOW
ANNOUNCED A DEAL TO USE THE
SpaceX ROCKET TO REACH A SPACE
STATION, THERE WAS A CATCH.
>> THESE THINGS HOLD ONLY SIX,
SEVEN PEOPLE, JUST ENOUGH FOR
BIGELOW AND HIS OTHER FRIENDS.
>> Narrator: TO PEOPLE LIKE
DENNETT, THE SMALL NUMBER OF
PASSENGERS, COMBINED WITH THE
INFORMATION BIGELOW HAS GATHERED
ADD UP TO ONE CONCLUSION --
EARTH IS ABOUT TO COME UNDER
ATTACK BY ALIENS.
BIGELOW AND HIS CHOSEN FEW HAVE
MEANS TO ESCAPE, WHILE THE REST
OF US REMAIN.
>> OUR PLANET IS IN SERIOUS
TROUBLE.
BIGELOW KNOWS THIS.
HE'S READY TO TAKE OFF AND
EVACUATE THE PLANET -- JUST HIM
AND HIS CRONIES -- WHEN THE
WHOLE APOCALYPTIC SCENARIO GOES
DOWN, AS THE E.T.s ARE
PREDICTING, WHICH, AGAIN, COULD
HAPPEN ANY DAY.
THIS ROCKET AND THIS SPACE
HOTEL, IT'S AN ESCAPE POD.
AND YOU GOT TO LET JESSE KNOW
THAT THIS IS ALL REAL.
THIS IS IMPORTANT STUFF.
I MEAN, THIS IS NO JOKE.
>> Ventura: ROBERT BIGELOW IS AN
AMERICAN DREAMER.
HE'S LIKE HOWARD HUGHES, WITH
ALL THE GOOD AND BAD THAT COMES
WITH IT.
HE DOESN'T HIDE HIS FASCINATION
WITH UFOs.
AND HIS HOPE IS THERE'S LIFE OUT
THERE.
BUT HIS CONNECTIONS WITH
GOVERNMENT, INDIVIDUALS, OTHER
NATIONS -- HELL, WHO KNOWS? --
MAYBE EXTRATERRESTRIALS, THAT'S
GOT TO KEEP US ALL WORRIED.
WHEN CORPORATIONS TAKE OVER
SPACE, WHEN THEY'RE ALLOWED TO
SPY, HAUL WEAPONS, EVEN CREATE
THEIR OWN SPACE STATIONS,
SOMEBODY'S GOT TO BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE.
A CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE AIN'T
THE ANSWER.
AND WHAT'S GOING ON AT THAT
SKINWALKER RANCH ANYWAY?
I'M JESSE VENTURA, AND THIS IS
"CONSPIRACY THEORY."