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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...
IT'S THE MOST DANGEROUS
INVESTIGATION IN
"CONSPIRACY THEORY" HISTORY.
>> Ventura: YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
A DEATH RAY.
>> DEATH RAY.
>> Narrator: JESSE VENTURA PUTS
HIS LIFE ON THE LINE...
>> YOU TWO GUYS LOOKING FOR ME?
>> Narrator: ...TO UNCOVER A
SECRET WEAPON THAT CAN STOP A
HEART AT 30 FEET...
DESTROY CITIES...
>> IT'S THAT DANGEROUS.
>> Narrator: ...AND MAY HAVE
CAUSED AMERICA'S WORST
CATASTROPHE.
>> THE SPACE SHUTTLES? REALLY?
>> LET'S GO BACK!
>> THE TOWERS DIDN'T SLAM TO THE
GROUND.
THEY TURNED TO DUST IN MIDAIR.
>> Ventura: THIS RAY -- IT COULD
DESTROY A BUILDING?
>> IT CAN ACTUALLY TAKE OUT A
WHOLE CONTINENT.
>> Narrator: IT'S A CASE TO TEST
THE BOND BETWEEN FATHER AND
SON...
>> ARE YOU CRAZY?
>> Ventura: NO, I'M NOT CRAZY!
>> Narrator: ...LEADS TO DEATH
THREATS...
>> HE SAID THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
KILLED LOOKING INTO THIS
INFORMATION.
>> I CALL THEM "STEALTH ***
WEAPONS."
>> Narrator: ...AND THE MOST
SHOCKING EVENT THIS CONSPIRACY
TEAM HAS EVER ENCOUNTERED.
>> IT LOOKED LIKE HE WAS HAVING
A SEIZURE, AND I WAS SCREAMING.
>> Narrator: SOMEBODY DIES...
AS JESSE VENTURA BLASTS OPEN...
>> Ventura: AREN'T YOU IN FEAR
FOR YOUR LIFE?
>> Narrator: ...THE DEATH-RAY
CONSPIRACY.
>> Ventura: I'M JESSE VENTURA,
AND THIS IS "CONSPIRACY THEORY."
>> Narrator: JESSE VENTURA IS ON
A HUNT FOR A SECRET WEAPON --
THE MOST DANGEROUS AND DEADLY OF
THEM ALL.
HE'S BEEN LED HERE, TO THIS MAN,
A MAN WHO'S MANAGED TO AVOID A
FATE SO MANY COULD NOT -- SUDDEN
DEATH.
>> Ventura: HOW DO YOU THINK YOU
SURVIVED?
>> 'CAUSE I'M A RAVING LUNATIC.
>> Ventura: THIS ONE WAS
DANGEROUS FROM THE START.
I JUST NEVER IMAGINED HOW DEADLY
IT WOULD ALL TURN OUT.
IT BEGAN WHEN I GOT A CALL TO
MEET DR. FRED BELL.
HE'S A SCIENTIST WHO'S WORKED ON
A LOT OF TOP-SECRET GOVERNMENT
PROGRAMS.
HE WANTED TO TELL ME THAT ONE OF
THOSE SECRETS GOT LOOSE.
>> THE SECRET BEAM WEAPON, THE
DEATH RAY, THAT COULD KILL.
IT'S A DEATH RAY.
>> Ventura: A DEATH RAY?
>> YES. I THINK IT'S GONNA BE
USED FOR VERY DESTRUCTIVE
PURPOSES.
>> Ventura: NOW, WAIT A MINUTE,
DOCTOR.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T JUST RUN OFF
AND CHASE DOWN EVERYTHING THAT
SOMEBODY COMES TO ME.
HOW DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS?
>> I WAS A NASA ROCKET
SCIENTIST.
WHEN I LEFT THAT, I BECAME A
CONSULTANT IN THE INDUSTRY, AND
DURING THAT TIME, I HELPED
DEVELOP THAT RAY.
>> Ventura: YOU HELPED DEVELOP
THE RAY?
>> YEAH.
>> Ventura: DOCTOR, WHAT
EXACTLY, IN LAYMAN'S TERMS, IS A
DEATH RAY?
>> THE FIRST PHASE -- IT'S LIKE
A MICROWAVE THAT YOU CAN DIRECT.
IT PENETRATES THE SURFACE OF
YOUR SKIN AND STIMULATES THE
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM.
IT'S VERY HARD TO DETECT.
IT'S NOT LIKE SHOOTING SOMEBODY.
THERE'S NO TRACES OF CRIME.
IT'S A PERFECT WAY FOR SECRET
GOVERNMENT OPERATIVES TO DO WET
WORK.
>> Narrator: WET WORK?
THAT'S CIA TALK FOR
ASSASSINATIONS.
THIS DEATH RAY COMES
POCKET-SIZE.
>> Ventura: FIRST PHASE.
NOW GIVE ME SECOND PHASE.
>> IT COMPLETELY DESTROYS
MATTER.
IT BECOMES ANTIMATTER.
IT CAN BE ABSOLUTE DESTRUCTION.
>> Ventura: REALLY?
>> YEAH.
>> Ventura: SO, IN OTHER WORDS,
USING THIS RAY -- IT COULD
DESTROY A BUILDING?
>> [ SCOFFS ] BUILDING?
A WHOLE CITY.
BUILDING IS -- USE SOME
EXPLOSIVES ON THAT.
YOU'RE A DEMOLITION EXPERT.
YOU COULD TAKE A BUILDING DOWN
YOURSELF.
NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT A WHOLE
CITY COULD GO "BOOM."
>> Ventura: REALLY?
>> REALLY. REALLY.
IT'S THAT DANGEROUS.
>> Ventura: SOMETHING THAT BIG,
YOU'D WANT TO MAKE SURE IT
DOESN'T GET OUT.
>> THAT'S THE MOST DEADLY FORM,
AND YOU CAN ALSO CREATE A
PROTECTION AROUND A CITY WITH
THIS.
>> Ventura: PROTECTION AROUND A
CITY?
THIS IS WHERE THINGS START
FALLING INTO PLACE.
NOW, I REMEMBER IN THE '80s,
RONALD REAGAN WANTED TO CREATE
STAR WARS...
>> STAR WARS.
>> Ventura: ...THIS PROTECTIVE
DEVICE THAT IF MISSILES WERE
SHOT AT THE U.S., WE WOULD HAVE
SOME MECHANISM IN WHICH TO
DESTROY OR TAKE THEM OUT.
>> YEP.
>> Ventura: AND I FIND IT
INTERESTING.
WE NEVER REALLY LEARNED, WERE
THEY SUCCESSFUL?
>> THEY WERE.
I WORKED ON THAT PROJECT.
>> Ventura: THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL
AT -- YOU WORKED ON STAR WARS?
>> YES.
>> Ventura: IF FRED BELL WAS
WORKING ON A TOP-SECRET
STAR WARS PROGRAM, HE'S REALLY
GOING OUT ON A LIMB TELLING ME.
TALK ABOUT WET WORK.
PEOPLE GET KILLED GIVING UP THIS
KIND OF INFORMATION.
DOCTOR, EVERYTHING YOU'RE
TELLING ME SEEMS TO BE
CLASSIFIED TOP, TOP-SECRET.
AREN'T YOU IN FEAR FOR YOUR
LIFE?
>> NO.
>> Ventura: WHY?
>> BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEY NEED
FAVORS FROM ME, EVEN, YOU KNOW?
SOMETIMES SOMETHING IS
NECESSARY, AND I'LL GO HELP WITH
IT.
>> Ventura: WHERE DO I NEED TO
GO FROM HERE?
>> WELL, IT BEGAN WITH TESLA.
>> Narrator: TESLA?
HE MEANS NIKOLA TESLA, THE
INVENTOR FROM THE EARLY
20th CENTURY.
HE CAME UP WITH SOMETHING CALLED
"DIRECTED ENERGY," AN ENERGY
BEAM -- POWERFUL, DESTRUCTIVE
STUFF.
[ THUNDER CRASHES ]
>> HE STARTED IN 1900 WITH THIS
PROJECT AND CAME UP WITH A DEATH
RAY AS A RESULT OF THIS
RESEARCH.
>> Ventura: BUT YOU'RE CONCERNED
ENOUGH TODAY THAT THIS DEATH RAY
COULD BE USED FOR PURPOSES NOT
EXACTLY GOOD?
>> OH, YEAH. YEAH.
>> Ventura: SO, THAT'S A
START -- SMALL ENOUGH TO KILL A
PERSON, BIG ENOUGH TO TAKE DOWN
A CITY.
WE'VE GOT TO FIND OUT WHO'S GOT
THEIR HANDS ON THIS THING AND
WHAT IT'S BEING USED FOR.
>> Narrator: JESSE TAKES THE
CASE TO HIS TEAM -- INVESTIGATOR
JUNE SARPONG...
HIS ADVISER, BRAVERMAN...
AND THE NEW GUYS, SEAN STONE,
SON OF CONTROVERSIAL DIRECTOR
OLIVER STONE, AND TYREL VENTURA,
SON OF JESSE.
>> Ventura: HERE'S WHAT IT KEEPS
COMING BACK TO ME, PEOPLE, IS
THIS -- IN THE '80s, WHAT WAS
RONALD REAGAN'S MAJOR FOCUS?
>> Both: STAR WARS.
>> Ventura: THEY SPENT BILLIONS
OF DOLLARS DOING THIS, BUT THEY
NEVER, EVER TOLD US WHETHER THEY
WERE SUCCESSFUL, DID THEY?
IT KIND OF JUST WENT AWAY.
>> YEAH.
>> RIGHT.
>> Ventura: IT KIND OF JUST
DRIFTED OFF INTO THE SUNSET.
WELL, WHAT IF, INDEED, THEY WERE
SUCCESSFUL, THEY DID CREATE A
STAR WARS-TYPE THING USING THIS
ENERGY, THE TESLA-STYLE STUFF,
TO WHERE THEY COULD DESTROY
MISSILES FLYING THROUGH THE AIR?
>> WHAT'S THAT MEAN?
>> IT'S BASICALLY TESLA 2.0.
>> IS THIS TECHNOLOGY WORTH
KILLING FOR TO HIDE IT?
>> Ventura: GOOD QUESTION.
>> THAT'S THE QUESTION.
THAT'S THE QUESTION.
>> Ventura: YOUR POINT IS GREAT.
WOULD DEATH BE IN THE EQUATION
TO KEEP IT SECRET?
PEOPLE DIE.
>> OOH.
>> Ventura: THEY'VE DIED FOR A
LOT LESS TO KEEP THINGS SECRET.
LET'S GET ON THIS.
>> Narrator: JESSE'S TEAM FINDS
SOME LOGICAL PLACES TO START.
>> DR. PRAVICA?
>> Narrator: JUNE BEGINS AT THE
SOURCE -- TESLA.
TESLA'S LONG DEAD, BUT
DR. MICHAEL PRAVICA IS ALIVE AND
WELL.
HE'S THE TOP TESLA EXPERT IN THE
WORLD.
>> NIKOLA TESLA WAS ONE OF THE
WORLD'S GREATEST GENIUSES.
HE ENDED UP DYING IN 1943.
AFTER TESLA DIED, THE FBI, AS WE
KNOW, BASICALLY TOOK HIS
BELONGINGS AND CONFISCATED HIS
PLANS FOR THIS DEATH RAY.
>> SO, YOU'RE SAYING THE
GOVERNMENT HAS HAD THESE PLANS
SINCE THE 1940s?
>> YES.
>> Narrator: MEANWHILE, TYREL
AND SEAN FIND THEIR WAY TO A
DUSTY LITTLE TOWN IN NEW MEXICO.
>> TURN DOWN HERE.
I WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S INSIDE
THIS COMPOUND OVER HERE ON THE
RIGHT.
>> Narrator: THIS IS WHERE
MILITARY VETERAN WILLIAM LYNE IS
HUNKERED DOWN.
>> HI.
>> HELLO. BILL?
>> YOU TWO GUYS LOOKING FOR ME?
>> Narrator: HE CLAIMS HE'S BEEN
UNDER ATTACK...
[ DOG BARKS ]
...BY HIS OWN GOVERNMENT USING A
DEATH RAY.
>> UH, LET ME SHOW YOU MY
BACKYARD.
THERE ARE SOME INTERESTING
THINGS THAT HAPPENED BACK THERE.
I USED TO STAY IN THAT END OF
THE HOUSE...
>> MM-HMM.
>> ...BUT I MOVED BACK UP THIS
WAY BECAUSE I WAS HAVING TROUBLE
WITH THESE THINGS.
>> REALLY?
>> YEAH, SHOOTING ME.
>> YOU ACTUALLY MOVED WITHIN
YOUR OWN HOME TO STAY AWAY FROM
THESE WEAPONS?
>> YEAH. YEAH.
YEAH, I HAD TO GET AWAY FROM THE
WINDOWS.
>> Narrator: COMING UP...
>> THEY COULD BASICALLY KILL
SOMEBODY AND NOBODY KNOWS
THEY'VE BEEN MURDERED BECAUSE
THE CORONER'S GONNA SAY,
"NATURAL CAUSES."
>> Narrator: ...JESSE AND HIS
TEAM UNCOVER SHOCKING
EVIDENCE...
>> THE SPACE SHUTTLES WERE
KNOCKED DOWN BY SOME SORT OF A
DEATH RAY.
>> Narrator: ...THAT THE DEATH
RAY CAUSED HISTORIC DISASTERS.
>> THE TOWERS WENT AWAY.
THEY DIDN'T BURN UP.
THEY DIDN'T SLAM TO THE GROUND.
>> Narrator: AND LATER...
>> Ventura: DO YOU FEAR FOR YOUR
LIFE TODAY?
>> NO.
>> Ventura: WHY?
>> NO, WE'RE -- WE'RE CRAZY.
>> Narrator: ...JESSE CONFRONTS
THE MAD SCIENTIST BEHIND THE
DEADLY WEAPON.
>> Ventura: YOU HAVE NO DOUBT
THE POWER OF DIRECTED ENERGY
COULD DROP BUILDINGS?
>> Narrator: THAT'S COMING UP ON
"CONSPIRACY THEORY."
>> Narrator: JESSE VENTURA IS
CHASING DOWN A DEATH-RAY
CONSPIRACY.
IS THE GOVERNMENT HIDING A
SECRET WEAPON THAT CAN KILL A
PERSON OR DESTROY A CITY WITH A
BLAST OF ENERGY?
AND WHO STOLE THE PLANS?
JESSE'S TEAM IS GATHERING
EVIDENCE.
>> I REALIZED THEY WERE SHOOTING
THESE THINGS AT ME BECAUSE THEY
WERE REALLY RIDING STRAIGHT ON.
>> Narrator: TYREL AND SEAN ARE
IN NEW MEXICO WITH A GUY WHO
SAYS HE'S BEEN TARGETED, AND HE
SAYS HE KNOWS WHO DID IT.
>> AND THEN I STARTED GETTING
HEADACHES, AND I WAS GETTING
SICK.
>> Narrator: JUNE IS WITH
DR. MICHAEL PRAVICA AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA IN
LAS VEGAS.
THE DOC'S AN EXPERT ON
NIKOLA TESLA, THE DEATH-RAY
GODFATHER.
>> NIKOLA TESLA DEVELOPED THE
MODERN ALTERNATING-CURRENT
SYSTEM OF ELECTRICITY THAT WE
ALL USE, WHICH INCLUDES
HYDROELECTRIC POWER, AND HE HAD
ENVISIONED AN EVEN GREATER,
FAR-REACHING VISION OF FREE
ENERGY FOR ALL HUMANITY.
>> SO, HE CREATED ENERGY THAT
YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO PLUG IN SO
IT'D BE FREE?
>> WELL, UNFORTUNATELY, AS WE
KNOW IN THE REAL WORLD, YOU NEED
BACKING FOR YOUR IDEAS, AND
THESE FINANCIERS SAID, "WELL,
WAIT A MINUTE.
I CAN'T MAKE A PROFIT ON IT
BECAUSE I CAN'T MEASURE HOW MUCH
THEY'VE USED," AND SO THEY
RESCINDED THEIR FUNDING.
>> Narrator: FREE ENERGY MAY BE
A THREAT TO THE POWERS THAT BE,
BUT IT'S NOTHING COMPARED TO THE
AWESOME POWER OF TESLA'S
DIRECTED ENERGY.
>> DIRECTED ENERGY IS -- FOR
EXAMPLE, THIS LASER BEHIND ME --
IS JUST A FORM OF A BEAM,
CONCENTRATED ENERGY THAT CAN BE
DIRECTED AT A TARGET.
>> A TARGET COULD BE A HUMAN
BEING.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> SO, AM I RIGHT IN SAYING THAT
TESLA CREATED A
DEATH RAY USING THIS DIRECTED
ENERGY?
>> HE HAD CLAIMED THAT HE HAD
DEVELOPED A DEATH-RAY MACHINE.
>> Narrator: MEANWHILE, SEAN AND
TYREL ARE GETTING THE LOWDOWN
FROM WILLIAM LYNE.
LYNE HAD TOP-SECRET CLEARANCE IN
THE AIR FORCE.
THEN HE RETIRED AND WROTE A BOOK
CALLED "PENTAGON ALIENS."
THE BOOK CLAIMS MOST UFOs ARE
GOVERNMENT CRAFT MADE WITH
TECHNOLOGY STOLEN FROM TESLA.
LYNE SAYS THE GOVERNMENT
TARGETED HIM FOR REVENGE.
>> SO, WHERE WOULD THESE RAYS
COME FROM?
>> THEY WERE HOVERING RIGHT UP
HERE.
MAYBE 100 YARDS ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF THAT, THERE WERE THESE
BRIGHT FLASHES, AND I WAS
GETTING SICK.
I WOULD GET SICK.
>> THAT'S WHERE THE
DIRECTED-ENERGY WEAPONRY WAS
SHOOTING BACK OVER INTO HERE AND
HITTING YOU UP TOP.
>> YEP. HIT ME RIGHT -- WENT
THROUGH THE WINDOW.
I HAD A RED SPLOTCH ON MY BACK.
>> SO, WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT
TECHNOLOGY AFTER HE DIED?
WHO TOOK OVER?
>> AFTER HE PASSED AWAY, MANY OF
HIS PERSONAL EFFECTS ENDED UP
BEING CONFISCATED BY THE U.S.
GOVERNMENT.
YOU CAN GO TO THE FBI's WEBSITE,
AND ONE OF THEIR TOP 10 MYTHS IS
THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE THE PLANS
FOR THIS DEATH RAY.
>> IT'S QUITE ODD THAT THE FBI
WOULD EVEN PUT THIS ON THEIR
WEBSITE.
>> YEAH. IT -- IT SEEMS LIKE A
CASE OF DENIAL.
I'M CERTAIN THERE WAS SOME
INFORMATION THAT WAS USEFUL,
BECAUSE MODERN-DAY WARFARE HAS
ALL OF TESLA'S IMPRINT ALL OVER
IT.
>> YEAH.
>> THEY CAN BASICALLY KILL
SOMEBODY AND NOBODY KNOWS
THEY'VE BEEN MURDERED BECAUSE
THE CORONER'S GONNA SAY,
"NATURAL CAUSES."
>> REALLY?
>> SO, BASICALLY, THEY CALL THEM
"STEALTH *** WEAPONS."
>> SHOOT RIGHT ACROSS THE ROOM.
>> THERE'S NO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE.
>> YEAH. OKAY.
>> ON LOW FREQUENCY, THEY CAN
MAKE YOUR HEART EXPLODE.
THEY COULD MAKE YOUR LUNGS BLOW
UP.
THEY COULD -- THEY COULD COMBUST
SPONTANEOUSLY.
YOU KNOW, WHEN ALL THAT
ELECTRICAL ENERGY --
>> THEY COULD SPONTANEOUSLY
COMBUST?
>> THEY COULD.
THEY WOULD JUST BLOW UP FROM THE
INSIDE.
>> Narrator: YOU'VE HEARD OF
SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION -- WHEN
PEOPLE BURN UP FOR NO APPARENT
REASON.
THERE HAVE BEEN HUNDREDS OF
CASES, GOING BACK CENTURIES, AND
A FEW RECENTLY, LIKE A WOMAN
NAMED AERIELLE LOUISE, THE
GRANDNIECE OF NIKOLA TESLA.
>> ARE THERE ANY THEORIES WHERE
THIS DEATH RAY HAS BEEN USED
AGAINST PEOPLE?
>> FREE ENERGY AND THE DEATH
RAY -- THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO
MAY HAVE DIED UNDER MYSTERIOUS
CIRCUMSTANCES.
>> MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES?
>> ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED
YOU TO KNOW IS THAT IT'S FAIRLY
SIMPLE TECHNOLOGY.
BASICALLY, THERE'S NO EVIDENCE,
AND ALMOST NO ONE IS SAFE IF
THEY WANT TO GET YOU, WHOEVER
"THEY" IS, YOU KNOW?
IT'S SOME KIND OF A SHADOW
GOVERNMENT.
>> MM-HMM.
>> IT'S ABOVE OUR REGULAR
GOVERNMENT, BECAUSE I DON'T
THINK REGULAR MILITARY PEOPLE
HAVE ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION.
>> Narrator: IF THE FBI DID TAKE
TESLA'S DEATH-RAY PLANS, THERE'S
A DIRECT LINK TO THE GOVERNMENT
HAVING THE WEAPON.
BUT WHAT IF THEY DIDN'T?
>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THE FBI
IS NOT THE WHOLE U.S.
GOVERNMENT, SO THERE'S MANY
DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS -- THE
CIA, SPECIAL OPS, ET CETERA --
THAT PROBABLY WENT IN, SO
THERE'S NO QUESTION IN MY MIND
THAT THOSE IDEAS WERE SNAPPED
UP.
>> Narrator: OVER THE YEARS, ALL
THIS MYSTERY HAS LED TO A LOT OF
CONSPIRACY THEORIES.
TWA FLIGHT 800 IN 1996 -- THAT'S
ONLY ONE.
>> THERE ARE SOME AUTHORS WHO
HAVE PURPORTED THAT, FOR
EXAMPLE, THE SPACE SHUTTLES WERE
KNOCKED DOWN BY SOME SORT OF A
DEATH RAY.
>> Narrator: THE SPACE SHUTTLE
CHALLENGER DISINTEGRATED SHORTLY
AFTER LIFT-OFF...
COLUMBIA ON RE-ENTRY.
>> THE SPACE SHUTTLES? REALLY?
>> THAT'S A THEORY.
>> Narrator: BOTH WERE IN THE
ATMOSPHERE, BOTH IN RANGE OF A
DIRECTED-ENERGY WEAPON...
FIRED FROM EARTH.
>> WAS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE
DIRECTED-ENERGY-WEAPONRY FIELD
THAT YOU FEEL SHOULD TALK TO?
>> WELL, THERE'S ONE RESEARCHER
THAT HAS PUT OUT A CONSIDERABLE
AMOUNT OF ENERGY ON
DIRECTED-ENERGY WEAPONS.
I THINK YOU COULD TALK TO
TOM BEARDEN --
LIEUTENANT COLONEL TOM BEARDEN.
>> Narrator: THOMAS BEARDEN,
RETIRED U.S. ARMY COLONEL AND
DIRECTED-ENERGY EXPERT...
ANOTHER ELUSIVE FIGURE.
BUT AS THIS RECENTLY UNCOVERED
FOOTAGE REVEALS, HE'S THE LINK
BETWEEN THE LOST TESLA
TECHNOLOGY...
AND THE SECRET STAR WARS
TECHNOLOGY.
>> IF YOU WERE TO GENERATE
EXTREME PULSES, THAT'S
INSTANTANEOUS DEATH AT EVERY
LEVEL.
EVERY CELL DIES.
EVERY GERM DIES.
EVERY PARAMECIUM DIES.
EVERY VIRUS DIES.
THE WHOLE BODY DIES.
>> Narrator: JESSE'S RESEARCH
STAFF IS TOLD TO FIND
LIEUTENANT COLONEL
THOMAS BEARDEN...
>> MR. BEARDEN?!
>> Narrator: ...AND THAT'S WHEN
ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE.
[ SIREN WAILING ]
>> HE PUT SO MUCH FEAR INTO HER
THAT SHE QUIT.
>> Ventura: WHAT DO YOU MEAN,
"FEAR INTO HER"?
[ SIREN WAILING ]
>> Narrator: NEXT, JESSE'S TEAM
GETS A SCARE WHEN THEY GET TOO
CLOSE TO THE TRUTH.
>> HE TOLD HER THAT PEOPLE WHO
HAVE LOOKED INTO DIRECTED-ENERGY
WEAPONRY HAVE BEEN KILLED.
>> Narrator: AND THE TEAM
STRIKES BACK.
>> [ KNOCKING ON DOOR ]
MR. BEARDEN?
>> Narrator: THEN...
THE ENTIRE TEAM IS STUNNED...
>> I JUMPED UP, AND HE WAS ON
THE GROUND.
>> Narrator: ...WHEN A MAJOR
PLAYER WINDS UP DEAD.
>> I WAS SCREAMING.
>> Narrator: AND FATHER AND SON
COME TO BLOWS.
>> Ventura: NO, I'M NOT CRAZY!
AS NEW EVIDENCE COMES FORWARD,
YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER IT.
>> Narrator: ...AS THE DEATH RAY
IS BLAMED...
>> THE TOWERS DIDN'T SLAM TO THE
GROUND.
>> Narrator: ...FOR THE ULTIMATE
ATTACK.
>> THEY TURNED TO DUST IN
MIDAIR.
>> Narrator: JESSE VENTURA IS
INVESTIGATING A CONSPIRACY TO
SECRETLY DEVELOP A DEATH-RAY
WEAPON, AND NOW ONE OF THE
MAJOR PLAYERS HAS DELIVERED A
DIRE WARNING.
>> WE HAVE SOMEBODY ON THE TEAM
WHO DOES A LOT OF RESEARCH FOR
US -- CARRIE -- STEADY FOR US,
BEEN DOING A LOT OF
INVESTIGATING HER WHOLE LIFE.
SHE CONTACTS THIS RETIRED
LIEUTENANT COLONEL, GETS HIM ON
THE PHONE, AND SHE'S TALKING
ABOUT THIS DIRECTED-ENERGY
WEAPON.
>> Ventura: RIGHT.
>> HE PUT SO MUCH FEAR INTO
HER...
THAT SHE QUIT.
>> Ventura: WHAT DO YOU MEAN,
"FEAR INTO HER"?
>> HE BASICALLY TOLD HER THAT
PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOOKED INTO
DIRECTED-ENERGY WEAPONRY HAVE
BEEN KILLED.
JOURNALISTS, INDEPENDENT
INVESTIGATORS, PEOPLE LIKE THAT
DISAPPEAR.
IT FRIGHTENED HER TO THE BONE.
>> Ventura: REALLY?
>> YEAH.
>> Ventura: IF PEOPLE HAVE DIED
OVER THIS MEANS YOU'RE GETTING
CLOSE TO THE TRUTH.
>> Narrator: JESSE DECIDES TO
NIP THIS ONE IN THE BUD.
JUNE SARPONG IS CLOSEST TO
BEARDEN'S HOME IN HUNTSVILLE,
ALABAMA.
HE SENDS HER THERE.
[ KNOCKING ON DOOR ]
[ DOGS BARKING ]
>> MR. BEARDEN?
[ BARKING CONTINUES ]
MR. BEARDEN?
IT'S JUNE SARPONG FROM
JESSE VENTURA'S CONSPIRACY TEAM.
>> Narrator: HEAR THOSE DOGS?
JUNE SURE DOES.
THEY'RE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
DOOR.
BUT IF BEARDEN IS, HE'S NOT
COMING OUT.
[ BARKING CONTINUES ]
>> WE NEED TO TALK TO YOU,
MR. BEARDEN.
WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
WHAT ARE YOU HIDING?
[ BARKING CONTINUES ]
MR. BEARDEN?
[ SIREN WAILING ]
[ BARKING CONTINUES ]
>> HI.
>> HI.
>> I'M JUNE SARPONG WITH
JESSE VENTURA'S
"CONSPIRACY THEORY" TEAM.
>> OKAY. THAT'S WHAT -- WE GOT A
CALL ON YOU.
>> Narrator: JUNE EXPLAINS THE
SITUATION.
THEN THERE'S NEW INFORMATION,
AND THINGS CHANGE AGAIN.
>> TAKE A LOOK AT ALL OF THIS --
DEATHS OF PEOPLE ASSOCIATED WITH
DIRECTED ENERGY.
>> Ventura: EVERY ONE OF THESE
PEOPLE DIED UNDER MYSTERIOUS
CIRCUMSTANCES BECAUSE THEY WERE
INVOLVED IN THIS?
>> Narrator: JUNE'S FILES
CONTAIN THE CASES OF INDIVIDUALS
WHO KNEW THE SECRETS BEHIND
DIRECTED ENERGY...
SUDDEN HEART ATTACKS, RARE
ILLNESSES, MYSTERIOUS ACCIDENTS.
AMONG THE DEAD, AERIELLE LOUISE,
GRANDNIECE OF NIKOLA TESLA, AND
BRIAN O'LEARY, AN ASTRONAUT WHO
QUIT NASA AND BECAME AN EXPERT
ON DIRECTED ENERGY.
HE MOVED TO ECUADOR, CLAIMING
TWO OF HIS COLLEAGUES HAD BEEN
MURDERED IN THE STATES.
THEN HE DIED OF A FAST-MOVING
CANCER.
>> BEARDEN HIMSELF WROTE A PIECE
WHERE HE TALKED ABOUT A
DIRECTED-ENERGY WEAPON CALLED
THE VENUS ECM.
NOW, IT'S A SHOOTER.
BUT, BASICALLY, ONCE IT HITS
YOU, MAKES IT SEEM AS IF YOU'VE
SUFFERED FROM A HEART ATTACK OR
STROKE OR BOTH.
>> THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT BILL LYNE
TOLD ME.
>> IT'S A SMALL WEAPON.
IT CAN FIT IN A POCKETBOOK.
IT STOPS THE HEART, AND THE
CORONER WILL CALL IT "NATURAL
CAUSES."
IT CAN BE SHOT FORM 30 FEET AWAY
AND CAN PENETRATE THROUGH WALLS.
>> Narrator: BEARDEN WRITES THAT
HE HIMSELF WAS TARGETED BY AN
ASSASSIN WITH A VENUS DEVICE.
HE MANAGED TO ESCAPE.
>> Ventura: THAT'S AN EASY WAY
TO COMMIT A LOT OF MURDERS,
ISN'T IT?
>> Narrator: THE SHOCK IS STILL
SINKING IN WHEN BRAVERMAN
INTRODUCES NEW EVIDENCE.
>> TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
>> WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT?
>> THAT'S THE WORK OF
JOHN HUTCHISON.
HE'S A SELF-TAUGHT SCIENTIST.
NOW, MOST OF HIS EXPERIMENTS HE
DID IN A ONE-BEDROOM APARTMENT
IN VANCOUVER, LOADED WITH ALL
KINDS OF SURPLUS EQUIPMENT,
STUFF HE BOUGHT FROM RadioShack.
>> All: OHH!
>> THIS IS TESLA ENERGY.
TESLA ENERGY CREATES A MAGNETIC
FIELD.
IT FUSES METAL AND IT BENDS
METAL, AND WATCH.
>> HE'S DOING ALL THAT WITH
DIRECTED ENERGY -- DIRECTED
ENERGY.
>> BUT HOW DO WE KNOW THERE
ISN'T A MAGNET?
>> THAT WAS A LIQUID.
YEAH, THAT WAS A CUP.
>> WELL, HE ACTUALLY IS ONE STEP
BEYOND TESLA.
HE'S CREATED THIS THING CALLED
THE HUTCHISON EFFECT, AND THAT'S
WHAT YOU'RE SEEING.
>> Narrator: THE HUTCHISON
EFFECT -- METALS FRACTURING AND
BENDING, OBJECTS DEFYING
GRAVITY.
THIS FOOTAGE HAS BEEN VETTED.
IT'S NOT SPECIAL EFFECTS BUT
DIRECTED ENERGY BASED ON AND
RE-CREATING THE PROPERTIES OF
NIKOLA TESLA'S DEATH RAY.
>> IS THAT A PIECE OF METAL?
WHAT IS THAT?
>> Ventura: IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S
PULSATING, ALMOST.
>> WOW.
>> OH, WOW.
>> Ventura: LOOK AT THIS.
>> YEAH.
>> Ventura: IT'S CRUSHING IT.
IT'S TWISTING IT.
>> [ GASPS ] OH!
>> LOOK AT THAT.
>> Narrator: THE TEAM IS
STUDYING THE PHENOMENA...
WHEN ONE IMAGE STOPS JESSE COLD.
>> Ventura: NOW, WAIT A MINUTE,
PEOPLE.
WHEN I -- WAIT A MINUTE.
HOLD ON.
WHEN I WENT TO THAT WAREHOUSE IN
NEW YORK CITY WHEN WE LOOKED AT
9/11, THAT'S EXACTLY LIKE THE
METAL LOOKED INSIDE THAT
WAREHOUSE --JUST LIKE THAT.
>> BENT, TWISTED METAL.
>> Ventura: BENT, TWISTED, BIG
I-BEAM STEEL.
LOOKED IDENTICAL TO THAT.
IT LOOKED BURNT.
IT LOOKED TWISTED JUST LIKE
THAT.
I RECOLLECT IT FROM LOOKING IN
THAT WAREHOUSE.
>> CAN YOU IMAGINE, IF YOU HAD
THIS ON A LARGER SCALE, WHAT YOU
COULD DO TO A WHOLE BUILDING?
>> FRIGHTENING.
>> I THINK WE MAY HAVE JUST SAW
WHAT IT COULD DO TO A WHOLE
BUILDING.
>> WELL, HERE'S ANOTHER FACT WE
OUGHT TO CONSIDER.
THIS GUY WORKS FOR THE
UNITED STATES MILITARY, SO HE
HAS MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE
CONNECTIONS.
>> HUTCHISON?
>> Ventura: HUTCHISON.
>> HUTCHISON.
>> Ventura: LOOK, IT'S OBVIOUS,
PEOPLE -- WE GOT TO FIND
JOHN HUTCHISON.
HE'S GOT THE MOST KNOWLEDGE OF
WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU ALL RIGHT
NOW, BE CAREFUL.
LET'S BE CAREFUL.
>> APPARENTLY, THIS GUY USED TO
WORK ON THE STAR WARS PROGRAM
BACK IN THE '80s WITH REAGAN.
>> Ventura: YEP. WHO KNOWS?
WHO KNOWS?
NOW IT'S A CHASE TO FIND THE MAD
SCIENTIST.
IT TURNS OUT THAT JOHN HUTCHISON
DOESN'T WORK IN VANCOUVER
ANYMORE.
HE'S LIVING WITH HIS NEW WIFE ON
A LAKE IN MINNESOTA.
THAT'S VENTURA TERRITORY.
AND JOHN HUTCHISON?
HE'S ABOUT TO GET THE VENTURA
TREATMENT.
SO, THEY TELL ME YOU CAN SHOW ME
SOME INTERESTING STUFF.
>> Narrator: STILL AHEAD...
>> HAS ANYONE BEEN KILLED OVER
THIS?
>> Narrator: ...THE MAD
SCIENTIST REVEALS MORE VICTIMS
OF THE POWERFUL DEATH RAY.
>> THERE WAS ABOUT 10, 12
MURDERS OF STAR WARS
CONTRACTORS.
>> Narrator: THEN...
>> ARE YOU CRAZY?
>> Ventura: NO, I'M NOT CRAZY!
ONLY THE PERPETRATORS THAT DID
9/11 ARE ACTUALLY GONNA KNOW
WHAT WENT DOWN.
>> Narrator: ...MIND-BLOWING
EVIDENCE FROM THE ATTACK ON
AMERICA.
>> IT'S A DIRECTED-ENERGY
DEVICE.
IT'S ENERGY THAT'S DIRECTED AND
USED AS A WEAPON.
>> Narrator: AND LATER, THE
ULTIMATE SHOCK -- ONE OF JESSE'S
INSIDERS TURNS UP DEAD...
>> I HAVE SOME REALLY, REALLY
BAD NEWS.
>> Narrator: ...STILL AHEAD ON
"CONSPIRACY THEORY."
>> Narrator: AN INVESTIGATION
INTO A DEATH-RAY CONSPIRACY HAS
LED JESSE VENTURA TO THE HOME OF
A MAD SCIENTIST.
JOHN HUTCHISON RE-CREATED
TESLA'S ORIGINAL DEATH-RAY
TECHNOLOGY, AND HE MAY BE THE
KEY PLAYER IN A PLOT TO DEVELOP
AND USE A DEATH-RAY WEAPON
AGAINST US.
>> Ventura: SO, I TAKE IT THIS
IS THE LIVING ROOM TURNED INTO
LAB?
>> YEAH.
>> Ventura: SO, YOU'LL USE
ELECTRICITY TO MAKE THINGS RISE,
TO GO ANTIGRAVITY?
>> YEAH.
>> Ventura: NOW, JOHN, WHAT'S
YOUR BACKGROUND?
LIKE, YOU ALWAYS HEAR "PhD,"
THIS AND THAT.
WHAT ARE YOU?
>> I NEVER WENT TO SCHOOL.
>> Ventura: YOU NEVER WENT TO
SCHOOL?
>> Both: NO.
>> SELF-TAUGHT.
>> Ventura: THIS ALL LOOKS
CRAZY.
BUT HUTCHISON'S EXPERIMENTS
LANDED HIM A JOB WITH THE U.S.
MILITARY.
HIS RESEARCH BECAME THE BASIS OF
THE STAR WARS PROGRAM, THE ONE
THAT SUPPOSEDLY NEVER GOT OFF
THE GROUND.
SO, YOU'RE WORKING ON STAR WARS
UNDER THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION,
AND YOU FEEL THAT THE GOVERNMENT
STOLE SOME OF THE THINGS YOU
WERE WORKING ON?
>> ACCORDING TO THE PERSON THAT
WAS AROUND WITH ME, SAID, "WELL,
JOHN, I THINK WE LET THEM TOO
CLOSE TO WHAT WE WERE DOING.
I THINK THEY ALREADY HAVE IT
NOW."
>> Ventura: SO, OBVIOUSLY, YOU
BECAME EXPENDABLE AT THAT POINT.
>> THEY CALLED IN A TEAM TO COME
IN AND TAKE FILMS AND VIDEOS,
AND THEY DID.
>> Ventura: FIRST THE FBI STEALS
TESLA'S PLANS.
DECADES LATER, BLACK-OP AGENTS
SCOOP UP HUTCHISON'S WORK.
THE GOVERNMENT DEVELOPS A DEATH
RAY, AND NOBODY KNOWS.
WHAT BECAME OF STAR WARS?
ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT DISAPPEARED.
WHAT HAPPENED TO IT?
>> STAR WARS IN THE LATE '80s
WENT UNDERGROUND DEEPER AND
RESURFACED IN THE '90s AND ALSO
IN 2000.
>> Ventura: WERE THEY
SUCCESSFUL?
DID THEY CREATE STAR WARS?
>> THEY -- YEAH, THEY -- THEY
GOT IT.
>> Ventura: DO YOU THINK THAT
THEY'VE TAKEN THINGS THAT YOU'VE
DISCOVERED AND BUILT WEAPONS OUT
OF THEM?
>> HIGHLY POSSIBLE...
>> Ventura: HIGHLY POSSIBLE?
>> ...BECAUSE WHEN THE WAR IN
IRAQ WAS GOING ON, I WAS GETTING
E-MAILS THAT BUSES WERE HIT WITH
SOME KIND OF DIRECTED-ENERGY
WEAPON.
"OKAY," I THOUGHT, "MAYBE IT'S
JUST NONSENSE," YOU KNOW?
BUT IN AROUND 2006,
DONALD RUMSFELD AND OTHERS
WANTED ME TO WORK FOR THEM
AGAIN.
AND I RESPECTFULLY DECLINED.
>> Ventura: DO YOU FEAR FOR YOUR
LIFE TODAY?
>> NO.
>> Ventura: WHY?
>> NO, WE'RE -- WE'RE CRAZY.
>> Ventura: YEAH, CRAZY LIKE A
FOX.
EVEN SO, I WANT TO SEE THE
PROOF -- PROOF HE CAN DO WHAT WE
SAW IN THOSE VIDEOS.
THAT LEVITATION -- HE SHOWS IT'S
NO TRICK BUT ELECTROMAGNETIC
ENERGY.
>> SO, WITH THIS DEMONSTRATION,
YOU'RE PRETTY MUCH SHOWING HOW
THE GOVERNMENT OR A CORPORATION
OR ANYBODY -- EVEN YOU AT
HOME -- CAN LEVITATE SOMETHING
WITH DIRECTED ENERGY.
>> BASICALLY, YES.
>> Ventura: THEN HE TAKES A
SUPERCHARGED VAN DE GRAAFF
GENERATOR, WORKS UP THOUSANDS OF
VOLTS OF ELECTRICITY, AND
DIRECTS IT AT A TARGET -- ME.
[ CLACKS ]
>> OHH!
>> Ventura: OH.
>> YOU WERE JUST HIT BY A
DIRECTED-ENERGY WEAPON.
[ CLACKING ]
LUCKY FOR ME, IT'S SET TO "LOW,"
SORT OF LIKE THE ZAPS THAT
BOTHERED WILLIAM LYNE.
>> HIT ME RIGHT -- WENT THROUGH
THE WINDOW.
I HAD A RED SPLOTCH ON MY BACK.
>> SO, WHAT IS THIS -- OUCH.
WHAT IS THIS ACTUALLY SHOWING US
THAT I KEEP GETTING HIT BY?
>> THEY CALL THEM "ION CANNONS."
>> ION CANNONS?
>> YEAH.
>> BODY DISINTEGRATION,
BASICALLY.
>> Ventura: JUST LIKE FRED BELL
SAID, THIS CAN BURN UP A PERSON
OR, DEPENDING ON THE STRENGTH,
TAKE DOWN SOMETHING A LOT
BIGGER.
>> [ SCOFFS ] BUILDING?
A WHOLE CITY.
>> AND YOU COULD BASICALLY JUST
POINT THAT AT SOMEBODY AND SHOOT
THEM WITH THIS CONCENTRATED BEAM
OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY AND THEY
WOULD DISINTEGRATE?
>> YEAH, BASICALLY.
[ CLACKING ]
>> Ventura: THIS IS IT -- THE
TECHNOLOGY THAT WAS STOLEN FOR
STAR WARS.
>> I HAVE ANOTHER
DIRECTED-ENERGY THING.
IT'S A LITTLE LASER.
>> Ventura: A WEAPON TO DEFEND
YOURSELF, A WEAPON TO KILL
SOMEONE, A WEAPON TO -- LIKE A
GUN.
>> JUST PUT IT IN YOUR POCKET...
>> YEAH.
>> ...WHICH WAS UNHEARD OF YEARS
AGO.
SO, I HAVE A -- DEMONSTRATE IT.
BURN IT THROUGH A PIECE OF PIPE.
>> Ventura: AND THIS IS WHAT WE
HEARD ABOUT -- A POCKET-SIZED
DIRECTED-ENERGY WEAPON, ONE THAT
CAN STOP YOUR HEART OR MAKE YOU
COMBUST SPONTANEOUSLY.
>> IT'S A SMALL WEAPON.
IT CAN FIT IN A POCKETBOOK.
IT STOPS THE HEART, AND THE
CORONER WILL CALL IT "NATURAL
CAUSES."
>> Ventura: RIGHT NOW, IT'S
BURNING THROUGH THAT PIPE.
>> AND THIS IS A DIRECTED-ENERGY
WEAPON ON A SMALL SCALE?
>> TINY MICROSCALE.
>> MICROSCALE.
>> Ventura: JOHN, WHAT WOULD
HAPPEN IF YOU DID THAT TO A
HUMAN -- IF IT WAS SOMEONE'S ARM
THERE AND YOU TURNED THAT ON?
>> IT BURNS RIGHT INTO YOUR ARM.
>> BURN RIGHT THROUGH.
>> Ventura: BURN RIGHT INTO YOU?
I'VE SEEN ENOUGH TO KNOW THIS
STUFF IS DANGEROUS, BUT
HUTCHISON SAYS HE HAS MORE.
>> JESSE, YOU GOT TO REALLY SEE
WHAT'S OUT IN THE FRONT YARD.
>> Ventura: WELL, LET'S GO TO
THE FRONT YARD, THEN.
>> OKAY.
>> Ventura: I'M GETTING AMAZED
AT WHAT'S IN THE HOUSE.
I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT'S OUT IN
THE FRONT YARD.
>> Narrator: HUTCHISON HAS
ANOTHER SURPRISE.
IT'S MOUNTED ON TOP OF AN OLD
S.W.A.T. BUS -- A HOMEMADE DEATH
RAY HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT.
THAT'S ONE WAY TO ADVERTISE
YOU'RE NUTS.
HUTCHISON SAYS HE WANTS TO USE
IT FOR GOOD, LIKE CLEANING UP
THE GULF OIL SPILL, BUT JESSE
WANTS TO CUT TO THE CHASE.
>> HAS ANYONE BEEN KILLED OVER
THIS?
>> THERE WAS ABOUT 10, 12
MURDERS OF STAR WARS
CONTRACTORS IN THE '80s.
>> Ventura: MURDERS?
WELL, THEY'RE DEFINITELY ANOTHER
GROUP OF MYSTERIOUS DEATHS.
AND NOT 12, MORE LIKE 20 -- CAR
CRASHES, O.D.s, SUICIDES, HEART
ATTACKS, ALL SCIENTISTS WORKING
ON STAR WARS RESEARCH.
OH, YEAH.
THERE WERE HEADLINES AND
INVESTIGATIONS.
THEY CALLED IT ALL A
COINCIDENCE.
HOW DO YOU THINK YOU SURVIVED?
>> 'CAUSE I'M A RAVING LUNATIC.
>> Ventura: BUT IT'S NO
COINCIDENCE THAT HUTCHISON KNEW
A LOT OF THE OTHER VICTIMS, LIKE
THE NASA REBEL.
>> THERE WAS AN ASTRONAUT WHOSE
NAME WAS BRIAN O'LEARY.
>> GOOD FRIEND OF MINE.
>> GOOD FRIEND. GOOD FRIEND.
>> GOOD FRIEND OF YOURS, YEAH.
AND HE WAS ALSO WORKING ON
DIRECTED ENERGY, WASN'T HE?
>> BRIAN WAS WORKING ON DIRECTED
ENERGY, STUDYING IT.
>> AND DIED MYSTERIOUSLY, OR...
>> YEAH, WHEN WE GOT MARRIED,
THE DAY WE GOT MARRIED, HE --
>> HE DIED, YEAH.
>> SO, HE WAS WORKING ON THIS
DIRECTED ENERGY AND STUDYING IT.
>> Ventura: WAS HE DOING IT ON
HIS OWN, OR WAS HE DOING IT WITH
THE GOVERNMENT?
>> NO, BRIAN BACKED AWAY FROM
THE GOVERNMENT QUITE A BIT, AND
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A
MESSAGE, BUT HE JUST DIED.
>> Ventura: WE READ ABOUT -- WAS
IT TESLA'S GRANDNIECE OR
SOMETHING?
DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT
AT ALL?
>> SHE WAS ONE OF THE WORST
STALKERS I EVER HAD.
>> Ventura: SHE STALKED YOU?
>> OH, YEAH.
>> WELL, WHAT'S REALLY
INTERESTING WHEN YOU BRING UP
HER IS HOW SHE DIED.
>> MM-HMM.
>> THEY FOUND HER AS IF SHE
INTERNALLY COMBUSTED IN HER
TRAILER -- LIKE, YOU KNOW, JUST
"POOF!" INTO FLAME AND BURNED
RIGHT THERE IN HER BED.
WOULD YOU VENTURE TO SAY THAT
THAT COULD BE DIRECTED ENERGY
USED?
>> IT COULD BE DONE, YES.
>> Ventura: JOHN HUTCHISON ISN'T
CRAZY.
I'VE SEEN ALL HIS GADGETS WORK
WITH MY OWN EYES, AND IT'S ALL
GOT ME THINKING THE DEATH RAY
MAY ALREADY BE AT WORK.
COULD AN EVIL ENTITY CREATE A
DIRECTED-ENERGY WEAPON THAT
COULD DESTROY THE TWIN TOWERS?
>> I KNOW IT CAN DESTROY MORE
THAN JUST ORDINARY BUILDINGS
LIKE THOSE, YEAH.
>> Ventura: IT CAN?
>> IT CAN ACTUALLY TAKE OUT A
WHOLE CONTINENT.
>> COULD TAKE OUT A WHOLE
CONTINENT?
>> YEP.
>> Narrator: COMING UP ON
"CONSPIRACY THEORY"...
>> IT'S A DIRECTED-ENERGY
DEVICE.
>> Narrator: ...THE DEATH-RAY
INVESTIGATION LEADS TO THE MOST
DEVASTATING ATTACK ON AMERICAN
SOIL...
>> WHERE IS THE REST OF THIS
MATERIAL?
>> Ventura: YEAH.
>> Narrator: ...AND A MAJOR
BREAK BETWEEN JESSE AND HIS SON.
>> Ventura: AS NEW EVIDENCE
COMES FORWARD, YOU HAVE TO
CONSIDER IT.
>> Narrator: AND THEN...
>> HE COLLAPSED.
>> Narrator: ...DEATH HITS
JESSE'S CONSPIRACY TEAM WHERE
THEY LEAST EXPECT IT.
>> IT LOOKED LIKE HE WAS HAVING
A SEIZURE OR SOMETHING.
>> Narrator: THE MOST SHOCKING
TURN OF EVENTS YET.
[ SIREN WAILS ]
>> Narrator: DR. FRED BELL HAS
LED JESSE VENTURA DEEP INTO A
DEATH-RAY CONSPIRACY, AND NOW
THE INVESTIGATION HAS TAKEN A
TWIST.
JESSE HAS NOTICED SIMILARITIES
BETWEEN THE EFFECTS OF
DIRECTED-ENERGY WEAPONS AND THE
9/11 ATTACK ON THE
WORLD TRADE CENTER, AND HE GOES
PUBLIC WITH HIS SUSPICIONS.
>> Ventura: I'LL TELL YOU
SOMETHING, ALEX.
WHAT HAPPENED ON 9/11 I BELIEVE
TO BE WAS NOT A CONTROLLED
DEMOLITION AND IT CERTAINLY WAS
NOT THE PANCAKE EFFECT OF TWO
PLANES HITTING A BUILDING.
THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE IN PLAY
THERE, ALEX.
THERE WAS A WEAPON IN PLAY THAT
DAY THAT EQUATED TO BEING LIKE A
MICROWAVE.
>> Narrator: JESSE'S COMMENTS
CAUSED AN IMMEDIATE STORM IN
CONSPIRACY CIRCLES.
HE'S ALREADY GONE OUT ON A LIMB
WHEN HE CHARGED THAT 9/11 WAS AN
INSIDE JOB...
USING AN EXPLOSIVE MATERIAL
CALLED "NANO-THERMITE."
THOSE TOWERS LITERALLY
DISINTEGRATED.
THEY WENT INTO DUST.
IT'S A WEAPON THAT'S BEYOND
ANYTHING THAT I KNOW ABOUT.
>> Narrator: THE NEW STANCE HAS
TYREL VENTURA VERY CONCERNED
ABOUT HIS FATHER'S REPUTATION.
>> WE'VE BEEN TALKING FOR THE
LAST TWO YEARS ABOUT HOW YOU
ADDED EXPLOSIVE DEMOLITIONS,
NANO-THERMITE IN THE BUILDING.
YOU CAN'T CHANGE YOUR THEORY
HALFWAY THROUGH.
>> Ventura: WHY? WHY?
>> ARE YOU CRAZY?
>> Ventura: NO, I'M NOT CRAZY!
AS NEW EVIDENCE COMES FORWARD,
YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER IT.
YOU CAN'T SETTLE ON ANYTHING.
ONLY THE PERPETRATORS THAT DID
9/11 ARE ACTUALLY GONNA KNOW
WHAT WENT DOWN.
>> I'M TALKING ABOUT
CREDIBILITY.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LASER
BEAMS.
>> Ventura: THE TOWERS DIDN'T
FALL.
THEY WERE DUSTIFIED.
I DON'T BLAME TYREL FOR BEING
UPSET.
BUT WHEN I SAW THE FOOTAGE OF
THE HUTCHISON EFFECT, SOMETHING
CLICKED.
AND IT TURNS OUT THERE'S A BOOK
THAT EXPLAINS IT ALL.
DR. JUDY WOOD IS THE AUTHOR.
I TRACK HER DOWN SO TYREL CAN
SEE HOW THE DEATH RAY MIGHT FIT
IN WITH 9/11.
DR. WOOD?
NOW, I'VE READ YOUR BOOK, AND
I'M TRYING TO CONVINCE MY SON
THERE'S VALIDITY TO THIS BOOK,
AND HE'S BEING RESISTANT TO IT.
THE ONLY THING THAT I THINK YOU
CAN DISCOUNT IS THE GOVERNMENT
STORY.
DR. JUDY WOOD HAS DEGREES IN
CIVIL ENGINEERING, PHYSICS, AND
ENGINEERING SCIENCE.
SHE JUST MIGHT KNOW WHAT SHE'S
TALKING ABOUT.
>> DON'T GET ME WRONG.
I BUY THAT SOMETHING FISHY
HAPPENED THAT DAY.
I JUST HAVEN'T BEEN CONVINCED TO
WHAT.
>> WELL, SEE, YOU'RE ASSUMING IT
FELL, YES?
>> WELL, I THOUGHT I SAW THEM GO
DOWN.
LIKE, DIDN'T I SEE THAT ON TV?
>> SOMEWHAT, BUT THEY DIDN'T END
UP IN THE GROUND.
>> REALLY?
>> Ventura: WELL, LET'S DO SOME
PROVING HERE.
>> YEAH.
>> ONCE UPON A TIME, THERE WERE
THESE TWO TOWERS, THESE THREE
BUILDINGS, AND THEN THEY WENT
AWAY.
THIS YELLOW ZONE RIGHT HERE...
>> Ventura: MM-HMM?
>> ...THAT'S ALL THAT'S LEFT.
THAT'S THIS CHUNK.
>> Ventura: OH, WOW.
>> WHERE IS THE REST OF THIS
MATERIAL?
>> Ventura: YEAH.
IT'S NOT ON THE GROUND.
WHERE ARE THEY?
THEY'RE GONE.
HERE'S THE LEVEL OF THE
TRADE TOWER DEBRIS.
HERE'S HOW MUCH DEBRIS YOU'D
EXPECT IF ALL THE MATERIAL FROM
THE TRADE TOWERS CAME CRASHING
DOWN.
>> IF YOU HAD A 110-STORY
BUILDING -- KABOOM, BOOM, BOOM,
BOOM, SPLAT DOWN...
>> Ventura: MM-HMM?
>> ...IN 8 TO 10 SECONDS, THINK
OF ALL THE MATERIAL IN THE
MIDDLE THAT HAS TO GET SHOT OUT
THE SIDES.
>> Ventura: YEAH.
THERE AIN'T ENOUGH RUBBLE.
>> COULD -- COULD --
>> Ventura: I MEAN, WHERE ARE
THEY?
NEXT IS THE DUST.
>> CONTROLLED DEMOLITIONS, WHEN
THEY HIT THE GROUND...
>> MM-HMM?
>> ...THE DUST REALLY DOESN'T
RISE MUCH ABOVE THE HIGHEST
POINT OF THAT BUILNG.
>> Ventura: WHEN YOU WATCH ON
TAPE, WHEN THEY -- LIKE, THE
KINGDOME IN SEATTLE, WHEN THEY
BROUGHT THE FOOTBALL STADIUM
DOWN, YOU'LL WATCH THE BUILDING
COLLAPSE...
>> MM-HMM?
>> Ventura: ...BUT YOU WON'T SEE
ANYTHING HIGHER THAN THE
ORIGINAL HEIGHT.
THE KINGDOME DEMOLITION WAS A
TYPICAL COLLAPSE.
THE DUST DOESN'T RISE HIGHER
THAN THE ORIGINAL STRUCTURE.
THE TRADE TOWERS WERE DIFFERENT.
>> THIS GOES UP...
>> YEP. YEP.
>> ...AND KEEPS GOING UP.
ALSO, IF THEY SLAMMED THE
GROUND, THEY'D MAKE A SEISMIC
IMPACT.
[ RUMBLING ]
THE KINGDOME MADE A 2.3 WHEN
THEY BLEW IT UP.
TOWER ONE WAS 30 TIMES THE
POTENTIAL ENERGY...
>> Ventura: MM-HMM?
>> ...YET IT MADE THE SAME?
>> Narrator: JUDY WOOD SAYS THE
SEISMIC IMPACT ONLY ACCOUNTS FOR
THE LOWER 20 STORIES OF THE
TOWER.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE OTHER 90?
[ SIREN WAILS ]
DR. WOOD HAS OTHER EVIDENCE THAT
SOME KIND OF RAY DUSTIFIED THE
TOWERS...
LIKE THE PARKING GARAGE BENEATH
THE COMPLEX.
IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CRUSHED
UNDER THE WEIGHT.
>> THAT'S AFTER 9/11.
>> RIGHT.
>> Ventura: SO, IF ALL THE
WEIGHT TO THESE BUILDINGS CAME
CRASHING DOWN LIKE THEY TOLD US,
WHICH WAS A PANCAKE COLLAPSE,
WHY WOULDN'T THIS BE PART OF THE
PANCAKE?
ISN'T THAT A FAIR QUESTION TO
ASK?
>> EXACTLY.
>> Narrator: THEN THERE'S THE
EVIDENCE THAT SHOUTS "DIRECTED
ENERGY" -- CARS THAT WERE BURNT
OUT, MELTED, BLOCKS AWAY.
>> THEY'RE ALL OVER THE PLACE.
AT LEAST 1,400 TOASTED CARS WERE
TOWED AWAY.
>> Ventura: HOW COULD CARS THIS
FAR AWAY SUFFER DAMAGE WHEN
THERE WAS NOTHING TO DAMAGE
THEM?
>> OR CAUSE THEM TO GO INTO
SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION?
UP HERE IN THIS CAR LOT...
>> Ventura: SPONTANEOUS
COMBUSTION.
>> I'VE HEARD THAT THERE'S
SOMETHING LIKE NANO-THERMITE,
THAT THE DUST CLOUD COULD GET SO
HOT THAT IT COULD START THESE
CARS ON FIRE.
>> YOU HAVE PAPER THAT'S NOT
BURNED.
>> Ventura: HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN
THAT?
THE CARS BURN, THE PAPER
DOESN'T?
PEOPLE WERE COVERED WITH THE
DUST, TY.
>> YEAH.
>> Ventura: PEOPLE BURN, SKIN
BURNS, FASTER THAN THIS.
>> RIGHT. RIGHT.
>> Ventura: I THINK IT'S
STARTING TO MAKE SENSE TO TYREL,
TOO.
>> IT'S NOT A KINETIC-ENERGY
DEVICE -- IN OTHER WORDS, NOT A
BOMB, NOT SOMETHING THAT, YOU
KNOW -- LIKE A BULLET, FLIES
FROM POINT "A" TO POINT "B" AND
HITS SOMETHING...
>> Ventura: YEAH.
>> ...OR SOMETHING THAT PRODUCES
HEAT, LIKE, YOU KNOW, A NUKE OR
SOMETHING.
IT'S A DIRECTED-ENERGY DEVICE.
>> Ventura: THERE'S ONE MORE
THING THAT HAS ME THINKING
JUDY WOOD IS ON THE RIGHT TRAIL.
>> HAVE YOU EVER EXPERIENCED
ANY, LIKE, BACKLASH FOR YOUR
RESEARCH?
>> OHH.
>> I MEAN, HAS IT BROUGHT ANY,
LIKE, DEATH THREATS OR ANYTHING
LIKE THAT IN TERMS OF YOUR OWN
SAFETY OR PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW?
>> YES.
I-I GUESS I DON'T FEEL
COMFORTABLE TALKING ABOUT IT
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S SORT OF
LIKE GIVING POSITIVE FEEDBACK --
YOU KNOW, "OH, WE GOT TO HER.
LET'S DO IT AGAIN."
>> Narrator: HER RESEARCH
ASSISTANT, THE ONLY PERSON
WORKING WITH HER ON THE 9/11
CASE, WAS MURDERED -- SHOT ON A
SIDEWALK.
>> Ventura: IT SURE DOES SEEM
LIKE BAD LUCK HAS HIT EVERYONE
INVOLVED WITH THIS
DIRECTED-ENERGY DEATH RAY, AND
THAT INCLUDES DR. FRED BELL,
THE GUY WHO BROUGHT US THIS
CONSPIRACY IN THE FIRST PLACE.
YOU SEE, TWO DAYS AFTER I MET
WITH HIM, I GOT THE PHONE CALL.
>> I HAVE SOME REALLY, REALLY
BAD NEWS.
DR. BELL HAS COLLAPSED AT THE
HOTEL THIS MORNING.
>> Narrator: GOVERNMENT INSIDER
DR. FRED BELL BROUGHT
JESSE VENTURA THE DEATH-RAY
CONSPIRACY...
EVIDENCE THAT A GOVERNMENT
FACTION STOLE THE PLANS FOR A
DIRECTED-ENERGY WEAPON, THEN
USED IT TO DEVELOP A POWERFUL
DEVICE -- ONE THAT MAY HAVE
TAKEN DOWN THE
WORLD TRADE TOWERS.
WHEN DR. BELL WENT PUBLIC,
JESSE KNEW HE WAS PUTTING
HIMSELF AND OTHERS IN DANGER.
>> Ventura: SHOULD I BE IN FEAR?
>> NO.
>> Ventura: NO?
>> TOO HIGH-PROFILE AND TOO MANY
PEOPLE LOVE YOU.
IF SOMETHING HAPPENED TO YOU, A
MASSIVE INVESTIGATION WOULD BE
RELEASED.
>> Ventura: YEAH, BUT THEY
KILLED JACK KENNEDY AND THE
INVESTIGATION WAS MASSIVE, BUT
IT CERTAINLY WASN'T ACCURATE.
>> I DON'T THINK THEY'D GET AWAY
WITH IT THIS TIME.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I THINK
AMERICANS ARE WAKING UP NOW, AND
I THINK THEY'RE GETTING A LOT
SMARTER.
I REALLY DO.
AND THE OTHER REASON I'M DOING
THIS IS -- I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
HAVE KIDS.
I'M SURE YOU DO. I DO.
>> Ventura: SURE. YEAH.
>> AND THEY'RE GONNA HAVE KIDS.
I'M ACTUALLY A GRANDFATHER NOW.
I'D LIKE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT
BETTER PLACE FOR MY GRANDKIDS.
>> Narrator: LESS THAN 48 HOURS
AFTER TELLING JESSE THE SECRETS
OF THE DEATH RAY...
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]
...12 HOURS AFTER POSTING THIS
PHOTO ON HIS WEBSITE...
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]
...DR. FRED BELL DROPPED DEAD
IN HIS HOTEL ROOM.
>> DID HE FEEL LIKE HE WAS ABLE
TO TELL JESSE EVERYTHING HE
WANTED TO TELL HIM?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> HE DID?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> Narrator: TYREL SPEAKS TO
DR. BELL'S FIANCĂ©E, THE ONLY
WITNESS.
>> TAKE ME THROUGH WHAT HAPPENED
SUNDAY MORNING.
>> OKAY. SUNDAY MORNING, WE WERE
GONNA FLY -- WE WERE COMING
HOME.
>> MM-HMM?
>> AND HE'D JUST WOKEN ME UP,
AND HE WAS MAKING HIMSELF A
LITTLE POT OF COFFEE, AND ALL OF
A SUDDEN, I JUST HEARD THIS,
LIKE, THUD, AND I JUMPED UP, AND
I JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED.
AND I JUST SAID, "ARE YOU" --
AND HE WAS ON THE GROUND.
AND HE COLLAPSED.
AND HE WAS IN THE DOORWAY.
>> MM-HMM?
>> AND, UM -- GOD, THIS IS -- I
REALLY HAVEN'T GOTTEN INTO THE
DETAILS.
I'VE BEEN TRYING NOT TO GO OVER
THIS MOMENT.
THIS IS SO HARD.
UM...
IT LOOKED LIKE HE WAS HAVING A
SEIZURE OR SOMETHING.
>> MM-HMM?
>> AND I WAS SCREAMING.
I WAS SCREAMING AND THEN TRYING
TO CALL 911.
YOU KNOW THOSE STUPID HOTEL-ROOM
PHONES.
AND I FINALLY GOT IT ON, AND I
WAS OPENING THE DOOR AND
SCREAMING OUT IN THE HALLWAY,
AND SECURITY RAN UP, AND THEN
THEY THREW ME OUT OF THE ROOM
BECAUSE THEY WERE WORKING ON
HIM, AND WE WENT TO THE
HOSPITAL, AND I WASN'T THERE
10 MINUTES BEFORE THEY CAME IN
AND SAID HE WAS GONE.
>> 68 YEARS OLD.
>> YEAH, BUT I HEARD HE WAS IN
GOOD HEALTH.
>> WHAT DID THE CORONER SAY?
>> Ventura: THE CORONER SAYS...
"NATURAL CAUSES."
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, SOMETHING
HAPPENS THAT SHAKES ME TO THE
CORE.
DR. FRED BELL DYING TWO DAYS
AFTER OUR INTERVIEW WAS ONE OF
THOSE MOMENTS.
THE CORONER SAYS IT WAS NATURAL
CAUSES.
MAYBE IT WAS.
BUT IT SURE SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF
PEOPLE INVOLVED WITH DEATH-RAY
TECHNOLOGY WIND UP DEAD.
IS THE DEATH RAY BEING USED AS A
WEAPON?
I HAVE NO DOUBT.
WAS IT USED TO TAKE DOWN THE
TOWERS ON 9/11?
I DON'T KNOW, BUT I'LL TELL YOU
IT'S THE MOST LOGICAL
EXPLANATION I'VE HEARD SO FAR.
I MAY NEVER KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY, BUT I
WON'T STOP TRYING TO FIND OUT.
UNTIL I DO, I'M JESSE VENTURA,
AND THIS IS "CONSPIRACY THEORY."