What Are UFOs? Preview
Preview: Season 52 Episode 1 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Can science reveal the secrets of mysterious objects seen in our skies?
After decades in the shadows, UFOs are being studied seriously. Are they weather balloons, optical illusions, secret military technology? Or something else? Follow scientists as they try to unravel the mystery of the strangest objects in our skies.
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What Are UFOs? Preview
Preview: Season 52 Episode 1 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
After decades in the shadows, UFOs are being studied seriously. Are they weather balloons, optical illusions, secret military technology? Or something else? Follow scientists as they try to unravel the mystery of the strangest objects in our skies.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship- [Speaker 1] Look at that thing.
It's rotating.
- [Narrator] It's time.
- [Speaker 2] I was an eyewitness.
- [Narrator] To talk.
- It defies current material science.
- [Narrator] About UFOs.
- We can't say it's aliens, but we can't say it's not aliens.
- [Narrator] What is known.
- [Speaker 3] The government does keep secrets.
.
There was a cover-up.
- [Narrator] And unknown.
- We can do scientific experiments.
The more data, the closer we get to answering that question.
- [Narrator] What are UFOs?
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