In Search Of

It's an age-old question.

It's an age-old question.

Are we alone in the universe?

Some people believe aliens were here long ago,

and others say there could be countless advanced civilizations

just beyond our own solar system.

Then there are people, like mechanic Kyle Bond,

who believe aliens are making contact with humans today.

I was six when I saw my first UFO.

One night I was laying down on my bed,

and light started coming in the window.

I heard a buzzing noise. Bzzz.

I was too afraid to open my eyes, and I knew it was them.

It was like every other week, I was being taken out.

It's always when I'm least expecting it.

Now I can't get them out of my mind.

I think about them constantly.

They come to me at night,

and they take me.

If stories like Kyle's are true,

might it be possible to finally find evidence of alien life?

My search begins now.

My Name is Zachary Quinto.

As an actor, I've played many supernatural characters

that blurred the line between science and fiction.

I'm drawn to the unknown, the otherworldly,

and those experiences so beyond belief,

they call everything into question.

I'm exploring some of the most enduring mysteries

that continue to haunt mankind in search of the truth...

wherever it leads me.

Throughout history, mankind has always been fascinated

by the possibility of discovering alien life.

More recently, the 20th century gave us technology

that allowed for real-life space exploration.

I believe that this nation should commit itself to landing a man on the moon.

At the same time, our imaginations ran wild in movies,

television-- Hurry back to base.

close encounters of the fourth kind, also known as "abduction experiences."

BeyondClose Encounters andE.T.,

stories of Roswell and UFO sightings mixed in our minds

with scientific breakthroughs like the Space Shuttle--

...two, one. We have a liftoff!

...the Moon landing-- ...one giant leap for mankind.

...and exploration of Mars.

And while the US Government has denied investigating aliens in the past,

a 2017 bombshell report revealed

it was running a secret UFO program

investigating alien threats for years.

In addition to the government's admission

that it's investigating aliens and spending millions to do so,

there have been thousands of individual reports

of abductions and sightings in the last 70 years.

With all of this evidence mounting,

it's possible we may be at a tipping point

for finding out if aliens are really out there.

All right. Follow me. Watch your step.

To start my search, I wanna find out exactly

what it's like for someone claiming to have an encounter,

so I'm meeting with one of the thousands of Americans

who have come forward with a vivid alien abduction story.

So walk me through a little bit-- your first encounter.

I was six years old.Six.

Mm-hmm. And that's weird,

because I don't really remember anything when I was six years old.

But I do remember the UFO.

Thirty-eight-year-old mechanic Kyle Bond

has seen signs pointing to alien life

that he says are beyond any earthly explanation.

I was with my brother and my mother.

There was lights that started coming in the window.

So my mom went up and opened up the window,

and there was a UFO in our yard, and it was tilted, and it was hovering,

and it had lights all the way around it.

And then it just took off. Didn't make no noise or anything.

Just took off.

So, then, what happened three years ago?

Well, I went out on my balcony.

Off in the distance, I seen a strobing light.

Just kept getting closer and closer,

and when it was about half a block away,

I noticed that it wasn't making no noise.

I went in my place, and I heard this loud buzzing noise, like, zzzzz.

And I could feel a vibration.

And, for some reason, I knew it was them.

So I stood up, and I was gonna run towards the door,

and my legs folded in, and I fell to the ground.

I blacked out, woke up the next morning,

and I had puncture marks all over me.

Were they actually cuts? Yeah. Yeah.

I have three marks right here.Uh-huh. Oh, yeah. I see that.

It didn't stop there. I just kept getting taken, like, every other week.

It's real hard to go through, so I just started making pictures.

It's kind of like a therapy for me

to, you know, get my mind off of them,

'cause I'm always thinking of ET, constantly.

Kyle's story seems incredible, but it does match with details

from countless other alien abduction reports.

Like the feeling of levitation seeing a powerful bright light,

and being left with physical marks and wounds.

Do you feel like they are studying you? Is that what you--

It's almost like being an animal,

and someone tags you or checks you out.

I think the hardest part's not being taken by ET.

I think the hardest part's being alone, knowing that they exist.

What do you think would help people believe you?

Maybe I could take a polygraph test.

That's something that you're interested in. Okay.Yes.

I want people to know that I'm not lying,

and other people that's being taken by ET know that they're not alone.

I do believe that Kyle

is incredibly genuine about what he's going through,

but it doesn't leave me with an overwhelming sense of proof.

I'm skeptical.

But I don't want to dismiss anything that Kyle's saying

or anything that anybody's saying yet.

I think astronomers-- everybody--

I think even NASA are gonna find something. They're gonna capture something.

They don't have to go looking. They're already here.

Kyle is hardly alone in his belief

that aliens have visited us before.

The government program Project Blue Book

recorded 12,618 UFO sightings

from 1948 until 1969,

at which time it mysteriously shut down.

In the past decade, several US military personnel came forward

with their own stories of encounters with alien spacecraft.

Even today, UFO sightings

continue to be reported around the world.

Is there something to these claims?

And if so, is the government covering up the truth?

Former Navy contractor Marc D'antonio says

the government comes across unexplainable objects all the time--

in the air and in the sea.

And once incident haunts him to this day.

One day, I was sitting in the sonar suite,

and this kid next to me, he yelled that he had something on the sonar.

Something-- He called it a "fast mover."

Now, to me, a fast mover means a torpedo.

But it turned out to be something very different.

Executive officers said to him, "How fast is it moving?"

"Several hundred knots, sir."

And I'm like, "What?" You know? I was just stunned.

There's no biological objects that move several hundred knots underwater.

No country on this planet makes anything like this.

And the XO said, "Log it and dog it."

Basically, log it and then bury it.

There are very fast-moving objects that we don't know about.

We don't know whose technology it is. We don't know where they come from.

Several years later, I had to do a job for

a very, very high-ranking naval official down in Washington.

And I took him aside, and I said to him,

"What can you tell me about this Fast Mover Program?"

He looked at me, and he could've said,

"What program? But he didn't. He said,

"I'm not at liberty to talk about that program. I'm sorry."

You know, by saying nothing, he said everything.

Since Project Blue Book,

the government's official position has been

that they are not actively researching aliens.

But in 2017, leaked classified documents and video

revealed the existence of a 22 million-dollar government program

investigating UFO threats

that has been running in secret for over a decade.

From my background, and what happened on the boat,

I'm thinking that it's probably a case

where the US Government knows more than it's telling.

It makes me wonder and really think,

"Is it possible aliens are here?"

The fact that the government is no longer denying

its research into the existence of aliens,

it makes me wonder about Kyle's abduction story,

and if it can be proven.

Kyle asked to take a polygraph test to prove

that he is telling the truth about his alien encounters.

And while the results of polygraph tests are often debated,

and can even produce false positives if the subject is anxious,

I arranged for him to have the chance.

Polygraph expert Rachel Levy has administered

over 2,500 tests in her career.

Kyle, the four measurements that this instrument will be taking

is your upper and your lower respiratory,

your blood pressure,

and then the most important, which is your electrodermal activity,

which is the sweat at your fingertips.

Relax your arm, please.Okay.

I can feel my heart beating.

Kind of stressful for me, and I'm not even getting tested.

All right, Kyle. We're now gonna begin the test.

Is your name Kyle?

Yes.

Is today Monday?

No.

Did you see a UFO outside of your home as a child?

To prove he is telling the truth about his alien encounters,

Kyle has asked to take a polygraph test.

Will it finally confirm the accuracy of his story?

Is your name Kyle?Yes.

Is today Monday?

No.