IN THE UNIVERSE OUTSIDE OF US?
A NEWSCASTER WOULD SIT RIGHT
HERE LIKE I AM DOING WITH YOU
RIGHT NOW AND RAISE THE
QUESTION. >> CBS REPORTS, UFO, FRIEND, FOE
>> CBS REPORTS, UFO, FRIEND, FOE
OR FANTASY, REPORTED BY CBS NEWS
CORRESPONDENT
CORRESPONDENT.
GOOD EVENING.
REPORTS OF FLYING SAUCERS ARE
NOTHING NEW.
MEN HAVE BEEN SEEING
UNEXPLAINABLE THINGS IN THE SKY.
THERE IS NO REASON TO DOUBT THEY
SAW SOMETHING.
>> THEY SAW SOMETHING.
THAT REPORT DISMISSED THE
PROSPECT OF ALIEN LIFE, THE
QUESTION IS GAINING TRACTIONS
BECAUSE OF EVIDENCE LIKE THIS.
>> NEWLY RELEASED VIDEOS RAISING
QUESTIONS OF THE EXISTENCE OF
UFOs.
UNIDENTIFYIED OBJECTS HAVE BECOM
A NATIONAL SECURITY.
>> THERE IS SOMETHING OUT THERE
BIGGER AND FASTER AND STRONGER.
WE HAVE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
>> WHAT IS TRUE AND I AM BEING
SERIOUS HERE IS THAT THERE ARE,
THERE IS FOOTAGE AND RECORDS OF
OBJECTS IN THE SKIES THAT WE
DONT KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY
ARE.
>> OBAMA PUTTING HIS CREDIBILITY ON THE LINE TO REALLY SAY THEY
ON THE LINE TO REALLY SAY THEY
DONT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE.
THEYRE SEEING STUFF THEY DONT
UNDERSTAND, WHICH BRINGS US TO
OUR SUSPECTS OF UFOs.
THESE INCLUDE OF 150 UFO
DOCUMENTED INCLUDING SOME ON
TAPES.
>> MY GOD.
IT IS GOING AGAINST THE WIND.
LOOK AT THAT THING.
OH MY GOD!
WOW.
>> THE SPREAD OF VIDEO CAMERAS
ALSO CHANGING HOW SOCIETY AND
THE GOVERNMENT DEAL WITH THIS,
IT IS HARDER TO DISMISS ANYTHING
THAT PEOPLE REALLY CAN SEE AND
SHARE AND SEE WITH THEIR OWN
EYES.
BACK BEFORE VIDEOS, THERE WERE
SIMILAR REPORTS OF CREDIBILITY
OF WITNESS.
ONE PERSON SAID THEY MET AN
ALIEN AND THAT COULD BE
DISMISSED.
BACK IN 1952, YOU SEE THE
HEADLINE FLYING OBJECTS NEAR
WASHINGTON SPOTTED BY PILOTS AND
RADAR, AIR FORCE REVEALED
REPORTS OF SOMETHING PERHAPS
SAUCERS, WELL, HERE IS A
JOURNALISM TIP WHEN PERHAPS
SAUCERS MAKES IT INTO A NEW YORK
TIMES HEADLINE, WE DONT KNOW
WHATS GOING ON.
PERHAPS, SAUCERS?
PERHAPS.
THERE WAS ALSO REPORT IN THE
THE 60s OF THE WHOLE TOWN OF
MICHIGAN SAW GLOWING LIGHTS AND
LARGE FOOTBALL SHAPES AND
PICTURES
PICTURES, ONLY STILLED ONES AT
THE TIME, NO VIDEOS TO GIVE YOU
THAT.
AN INVESTIGATOR CONCLUDED THAT
PEOPLES EYES WERE DECEIVED AND
THEY WERE WITNESSING NOT ALIEN
LIFE BUT A KIND OF NATURAL GAS
EFFECT.
>> I CAN NOT PROVE IN A COURT OF
LAW THAT GAS IS THE FULL
EXPLANATION OF THESE CITINGS.
IT DOES APPEAR TO ME IKELIKELY.
>> THATS WHAT HE THOUGHT.
"THE NEW YORKER" NOTES THE COLD
WAR MADE IT CRUCIAL THAT THE
U.S. GOVERNMENT BE PERCEIVED TO
HAVE FULL CONTROL.
>> THEY DONT NEED TO BE IN ON
SOME ALIEN CONSPIRACY OR SECRECY
OR THE POSSIBILITY OF ALIENS.
NOW, THOSE RECENT NAVY PILOTS
THEY SAID THEY FELL THEY MAY
LOSE CREDIBILITY.
YOU CAN SEE WHY WHETHER OR NOT
THERE IS OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE
OF UFOs.
A SOUND APPROACH TO FIND KING
FACTS TO BE OPENED TO
POSSIBILITIES BASED ON EVIDENCE.
NOT TO IGNORANTLY DISMISSED THINGS OR WORRY ABOUT MOCKERY.
THINGS OR WORRY ABOUT MOCKERY.
THERE ARE REASONS TO TAKE THIS
SERIOUSLY.
NATIONAL SECURITY REASONS,
TONIGHTS STORY IS ABOUT UFOs
AND ARROGANCE WHICH COULD BE
COUNTER PRODUCTIVE.
TAKE FOR EXAMPLE THIS TOP
FACILITY IN NEVADA.
THE PLACE YOU ARE LOOKING AT
HERE DOES NOT EXIST BUT IT DOES,
THATS AREA 51.
THAT SECRECY IS MORE INTRIGUED
UNTIL THE U.S. ACKNOWLEDGED IT
IN 2013.
SENATOR HARRY REED WHO WAS
PUSHING FOR MORE TRANSPARENCY.
HE WANTED THE U.S. AND THE
GOVERNMENT HERE TO TAKE THESE
ISSUES ONTO FUND UFOs RESEARCH.
THAT APPROACH TO THE ISSUE ALSO
STARTED TO CHANGE AS THE VIDEOS
MADE THESE SITINGS MORE
MAINSTREAM AND DO RESEARCH LIKE
SENATOR REED ADVOCATING FOR FED
TO THE IDEA THAT THIS IS A
LEGITIMATE AREA TO EXPLORE AND
YOU HAVE MORE REPORTS LOO I CANI
PENTAGONS MYSTERIOUS UFOs
PROGRAM AND RELEASING THOSE
TANTALIZING VIDEOS.
>> THERE IS A WHOLE FLEET OF
THEM.
>> MY GOD, IT IS GOING AGAINST
THE WIND.
>> YEAH, LOOK AT THAT THING
DUDE.
THOSE KIND OF CITINGS OCCURRED
DAILY IN 2014.
WITNESSES ALSO SPOKEN OUTS.
>> I SAID DUDE, DO YOU SEE THAT
THING DOWN THERE?
WE SAW THIS LITTLE WHITE TIC-TAC
LOOKING OBJECT.
>> IT WAS NOT A GOVERNMENT
AIRCRAFT, I WAS ON THE CLOCK AND
SO I FEEL A RESPONSIBILITY TO
SHARE WHAT I CAN AND IT IS
UNCLASSIFIED.
>> THIS IS A DIFFICULT ONE TO
EXPLAIN.
YOU HAVE ROTATION AND HIGH
ALTITUDES.
I DONT KNOW WHAT IT IS.
FRANKLY.
>> NOW EVEN LONG TIME VETERAN OF
THE U.S. GOVERNMENT STILL SEEM
TO WANT TO SIDESTEP THIS IN
PUBLIC THOUGH.
>> PRESIDENT OBAMA SAYS THAT
THERE IS FOOTAGE AND RECORDS OF
OBJECTS IN THE SKIES, THESE
UNIDENTIFIED AREAL PHENOMENON,
HE SAYS WE DONT KNOW WHAT THEY
ARE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> ILL ASK -- ILL WOULD ASK HIM
AGAIN.
>> BIDEN ON THE OBAMAS COMMENT.
POLL
MUCH OF OUR MEDIA TURNS INTO A
CONSPIRACY OR SOME KIND OF
JOKES.
ALL THE INTELLIGENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY AND OUR GOVERNMENT,
ARE HIGH-RANKING OFFICIALS ARE
THE PEOPLE WHO MAY KNOW MORE AND
MAY BE ABLE TO LEVEL WITH US
THAN WHETHER TO REJECT US FOR
SOME GOOD REASONS OR TAKE IT SERIOUSLY AS A PROSPECT.
SERIOUSLY AS A PROSPECT.
WHAT DOES THE CIA THINK ABOUT
THIS?
FORMER
.
>> SOME OF THE PHENOMENONS WE
WERE SEEING CONTINUES TO BE
UNEXPLAINED AND MAY IN FACT BE
SOME TYPE OF PHENOMENON THATS
THE RESULT OF SOMETHING THAT WE
DONT YET UNDERSTAND AND THAT
COULD INVOLVE SOME TYPE OF
ACTIVITY THAT SOME MIGHT SAY
CONSTITUTE A DIFFERENT FORM OF
LIFE.
>> THATS NOT NOTHING COMING
FROM THE CIA DIRECTOR.
NOW HERE IS THE THING.
THE VIDEO DOES CUT BOTH WAYS.
IF EVERYBODY FROM NAVY PILOTS
AND KIDS HAVE CELL PHONE
CAMERAS, WHY ARE WE NOT GETTING
ANY BETTER FOOTAGE?
WHERE HAVE THOSE GONE?
WHY IS THE UFO PHENOMENON CLOSE
TO THE LAND SEEMS TO DRY UP WITH
VIRTUALLY NO VIDEOS SHOWING
THAT?
THE TECHNOLOGY TO RECORD GROWS
AND LEAPS AND BOUNDS, WHY DO
THESE SO-CALLED PHENOMENON TAKES
THEIR OWN LEAPS AWAY FROM OUR
CAMERAS?
IS THAT A LITTLE ODD OR
CONVENIENT?
NEIL DEGRASS TYSON BRINGS IS
LENS TO THIS.
WHY THESE VIDEOS REMAINING
GRAINY AND FAR AWAY FROM MOST
CITIES.
>> I AM THINKING IF WE WERE
BEING VISITED, SOMEBODY WOULD
HAVE SOME GOOD FOOTAGE.
IF WE WERE BEING VISITED, MAYBE
GOOGLE SATELLITE IMAGES WOULD
CATCH SPACESHIPS THAT ARE NOT
AIRPLANES MOVING ON OUR SURFACE.
IF WE WERE BEING VISITED, I AM
THINKING WE WOULD HAVE SOMETHING
BETTER THAN FUZZY MONOCHROMATIC
VIDEO OF OBJECTS THAT APPARENTLY
REVEALED THEMSELVES ONLY TO NAVY
PILOTS, RIGHT? ALL OF WHAT IS BEING FORTH OF
ALL OF WHAT IS BEING FORTH OF
EVIDENCE TO ME IS TO CITE MY
INTEREST. >> THAT PENTAGON REPORT SAYS
>> THAT PENTAGON REPORT SAYS
MOST UFOS ARE UNEXPLAINED.
EXPERTS ASKED IF SOME OF THESE
ARE FROM CHINA OR RUSSIA.
THERE ARE THREE MAIN THEORIES O
F THE CASE HERE.
ONE, THESE RZTHESE ARE NATURAL
PHENOMENONS THAT ARE NOT FROM
ALIENS.
TWO, LIKE AREA 51 THESE ARE
SECRET TECH FROM THE GOVERNMENT.
YOU WONDER IF IT WAS OUT OF
SPACE BUT IT WAS FROM THE NEAR
FUTURE.
THEN, THERE IS A BIG ONE, THE
THEORY THAT SOME PEOPLE
WITNESSED ALIEN TECHNOLOGY AND
THAT TECHNOLOGY GETS HARDER THE