Government Breaks Silence: Strange Encounters | UFO's Investigating the Unknown

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[nooodles]

My wife witnessed The Phoenix Lights in 1997. Nobody can convince her that they don't exist, and that the lights were flares. She said the lights were attached to a MASSIVE craft moving silently for miles. I am beyond jealous she got to see them.

[thegreatfulgamer]

I was 13 in 1997, about 10 of kids were playing street hockey with a few parents watch us. We all looked and saw a ship with many lights, moving so erratically, then flew over. All of us looked at each other just to confirm what we saw. That night on the news was a special report on people who saw the ufo. Im 38 now and will never forget that evening

[Jimboslice]

THIS WAS THE ONLY NAT GEO EPISODE THAT WAS NOT CLICK BAIT. 10/10

[tonnywildweasel]

As a kid (7yrs) I saw a fire in the sky. Agressively burning, no sound, no smoke, about 25yrd up. Then a square door closed over it and it was gone. Ridicule I got, no explanations. Anyway, it made me open minded. Happy to see more and more people open up about their strange advents. Great vid, thanks!
Greetings from the Netherlands ✌, TW.

[MrStiffy]

The idea that we are alone in the universe is absolutely insane. With that said, it is even more amazing that we have first hand accounts from people who have encountered UFOs or aliens and we still continue to live our daily lives as if this is an unimportant fact.

[lelandarcher]

I'm a gold miner working in the jungle of Guyana South America, where I've seen numerous crafts in the night sky, I don't think they are of human technology. 😮

[Ryan-gzon]

As a person who's had encounters with UFOs in past im glad others are openly discussing this . An important topic.

[smooij]

“We are definitely not alone” — David Grusch 2023

[ThatGuyInVegas]

The public has been ready to hear the facts on this topic for decades.

[mysticwanderer]

I had a personal encounter with a UFO one night when traveling back from a fishing trip to Daytona Beach. Not of the third kind but of observing a cylindrical object hovering over orange groves and pastureland in Florida when I was a teenager. The object was silent as it hovered and moved from over the grove to the pasture. I would guess that it was at least 200-300 ft long and came within about 50 yards from where I was standing at some point. I saw it, my friend saw it, the other drivers who had pulled over the side of the road saw it, and the Florida State Trooper who had also pulled over, standing next to me saw it. This was in 1974 so nobody was going to say anything to anybody because of the stigma. The encounter lasted about ten to fifteen minutes. The object went from hovering over the cow pasture straight up at an astonishing speed and then stopped and took off headed south into the night sky and was gone in about three seconds without a sound. The government was saying that just about all UFOs reported in Florida were "swamp gas" at the time. What a crock. Fast forward to the Gulf War when I was serving on a Navy ship in the Persian Gulf where I observed several UAPs visually and knew that we had tracked objects that could not be identified doing things that the laws of physics say they can't do. Where do they come from? I don't know but it isn't here I can tell you that.

[pokemon_tcg_cards]

Thank you National Geographic for publishing this kind of documentary. It helps!

[bigtexas]

The answer to "Are we alone?" will change our modern direction, history, and understanding of the universe more than anything we could fathom.

[Eviltto]

Me: "Oh, a UFO documentary? Hard pass. Wait... National Geographic? Suddenly intrigued."

[terryknorr]

I've been talking about Aliens since early childhood and am 75 now and I still know what my experiences have been and can't escape that knowledge.

[janrieckhoff]

The best documentary about this subject I have watched so far

[ithcnni]

In 1965 at Virden, IL I saw my first UFO when I was 12 years old. This was about the time that Virden had the nick name "UFO capital of the world". Prior to my sighting there were many other sightings going back to 1896 when a county sheriff and a friend happened upon some men working on an unfamiliar flying craft with whom they had a short conversation. SRM

[captbad]

I don't know about anybody else, but i think there is a lot out there that we don't know about.

[mattfazilla]

I've worked in the North Sea, seen a lot of lights, strange aircraft with no noise and all kind of sh-its..😮

[myronachtman]

I believe that alien visitations have been going on for as long as humans have inhabited Earth.

[mikeyboypdx]

Northern New Mexico may 1998. I sat on my car's hood for hours looking up at the night sky several nights in a row. Lights moving around, no sound, erratic angular flight paths. Not an airplane, not a helicopter, had to be something otherworldly. Many of these craft, perhaps a dozen or so. 😊