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Season 1 Episode 2 - Pearl Harbor: Surprise Attack or Anticipated Event?
December 7, 1941: The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii devastates the U.S. Pacific Fleet and pushes America into World War II. . The history books fail to explain if the ‘surprise’ attack was really a surprise. This program addresses that question.
Directed by:David M. Priest
Season 1
S01:E01 - Princess Diana: Car Wreck or Conspiracy?
By official accounts the event seems straightforward: On 31 August 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales, died of injuries sustained in a car crash in Paris. However, there are still unanswered questions. Is there something the authorities have yet to reveal?
S01:E02 - Pearl Harbor: Surprise Attack or Anticipated Event?
December 7, 1941: The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii devastates the U.S. Pacific Fleet and pushes America into World War II. . The history books fail to explain if the ‘surprise’ attack was really a surprise. This program addresses that question.
S01:E03 - Butch Cassidy: Demise by Bullet or Old Age?
Legend says the famous bank and train robbers Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid fled to South America and were killed in a gun battle with Bolivian soldiers. Legend also says they survived. This program examines fact and folklore to resolve this debate.
S01:E04 - Modern Innovations: Ancient Discoveries or Contemporary Creations?
Is anything really new? Does every innovation already exist, waiting to be found? Is the future buried in the past? Plato observed ‘Necessity is the mother of invention.’ Was he right? This show examines if today’s inventions are actually ancient history.
S01:E05 - Coral Castle: Eccentric Immigrant or Pyramid Imitator?
Controversy has surrounded the construction of the Great Pyramid in Egypt for over four thousand years. The ‘Coral Castle’, built in 1923 by one man using crude tools and no mortar may hold the answers as this intriguing program explores.
S01:E06 - Lincoln Assassination: Disgruntled Murderer or Political Adversaries?
Did John Wilkes Booth act alone in assassinating President Lincoln? Was he aided by Confederate sympathizers? Was there a larger conspiracy at the highest levels of government? This program asks these questions and presents newly discovered evidence.
S01:E07 - Super-Brain Kids: Products of Parents or Surroundings?
News stories report elementary school aged scholars who earn college degrees, even doctorates. Are these children the vanguard of a new generation of intelligent human beings or the product of genetic coincidence? This program examines the question.
S01:E08 - Phoenix Lights: UFO Flyovers or Military Test Flights?
The strange sighting over the southwestern United States in March 1997 called the ‘Phoenix Lights’ lasted for three hours. Investigators found no plausible explanation. This program presents new footage of the Phoenix Lights that continue to appear.
S01:E09 - Human Origins: Five Thousand Years or Older?
The 1991 discovery of the 5,200 year old remains of a Copper Age man frozen in Italy’s Alpine mountains altered the scientific community’s view of the history of man and may aid scientists in determining how long the human race has lived on planet Earth
S01:E10 - American POWs and MIAs: Dead or Imprisoned?
Official U.S. government policy is that there is no credible evidence that any POWs or those listed as MIA are still alive from World War II, the Korean War or the Vietnam War. Is that a true fact? What is the truth about the fate of our POWs and MIAs?
S01:E11 - JFK Assassination: Lone Gunman or High Level Conspiracy?
Fifty years after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated there are still questions: Was Lee Harvey Oswald the lone gunman? Was there a conspiracy? Why were the Warren Commission findings sealed for 75 years? This program examines these questions.
S01:E12 - Egyptian Pyramids: Amazing Artifacts or Alien Edifices?
The pyramids at Giza near Cairo, Egypt are among the most extraordinary structures ever built. The pyramids have stood for thousands of years yet remain shrouded in mystery including the question were the Egyptians truly the builders?
S01:E13 - Roswell UFO: Weather Balloon or Flying Disc?
What happened at Roswell in July 1947? Did an alien spacecraft crash and the bodies retrieved or was it a weather balloon as authorities later claimed? Could this be the most shocking cover-up of the 20th century? This program examines that question.
S01:E14 - Area 51 Base: Experimental Aircraft or Extraterrestrial Evidence?
The U.S. Government says Area 51 is just an Air Force ‘operating location’. Planes are warned they'll be shot down if they fly over. Signs authorizing deadly force surround the base. Helicopters and Humvees are on constant patrol. What are they guarding?
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