 
TIME TO 
HOLD CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS INTO
THE MYSTERY SURROUNDING UFOS. 
((DENISE VALDEZ)) 
>> IN HIS ONLY TELEVISION 
INTERVIEW, REID TOLD THE I-TEAM 
ABOUT THE PIVOTAL ROLE HE PLAYED
IN AUTHORIZING A SECRET PENTAGON
STUDY OF UFOS THAT ENDED FIVE 
YEARS AGO.
((JOHN LANGELER)) 
>>> THE PROJECT WAS BASED 
HERE IN NEVADA, CARRIED OUT BY A
LAS VEGAS BUSINESSMAN WHO 
IS NO STRANGER TO PARANORMAL
INVESTIGATIONS. 
((DENISE VALDEZ)) 
>> TONIGHT, GEORGE KNAPP
TELLS US HOW ROBERT BIGELOW'S 
MYSTERIOUS RANCH PLAYED A ROLE
IN THE PENTAGON INVESTIGATION.
((GEORGE KNAPP))
A PICTURESQUE RANCH IN
NORTHEASTERN UTAH, SHUNNED BY 
ITS NATIVE AMERICAN NEIGHBORS 
AND LONG CONSIDERED A HOTBED OF 
UFO SIGHTINGS AND OTHER 
UNEXPLAINED PHENOMENA, PLAYED A 
PIVOTAL ROLE IN THE CREATION OF 
THE ONCE-SECRET PENTAGON STUDY
OF UNKNOWN AERIAL OBJECTS.
IN THE MID 90'S, LAS VEGAS
BILLIONAIRE ROBERT BIGELOW
BOUGHT THE
PROPERTY AND SENT IN HIS
RESEARCH TEAM, THE NATIONAL 
INSTITUTE FOR DISCOVERY SCIENCE,
TO STUDY THE RANCH AND THE
LARGER UINTAH BASIN.
OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS, NIDS 
SCIENTISTS HAD DRAMATIC 
ENCOUNTERS WITH THE UNKNOWN,
INCLUDING DAYIGHT MUTILATIONS OF
LIVESTOCK, MYSTERIOUS AIRCRAFT, 
AND 
DISCARNATE ENTITIES.
ROBERT BIGELOW/LAS
VEGAS BUSINESSMAN: THE RANCH IS 
NOT JUST UFOS.
PERFORMANCES OF ANOMALIES GO
BACK MANY YEARS.
((GEORGE KNAPP))
OUR 2007 CONVERSATION 
WITH BIGELOW, HIS FIRST 
ON-CAMERA INTERVIEW ON ANY
SUBJECT, NEVER AIRED BUT HE TOLD
US THAT HIS NIDS TEAM 
EXPERIENCED MORE THAN 100 
BAFFLING ENCOUNTERS, THOUGH THEY
HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS BEHIND IT. 
HARRY REID/FORMER U.S.
SENATOR 
AND THAT WE DONT HAVE 
TO WORRY ABOUT ALIENS COMING AND
TAKING US AWAY. 
THAT'S FOR SOMEBODY ELSE TO TALK
ABOUT.
((GEORGE KNAPP))
WHEN SENATOR HARRY REID AND 
COLLEAGUES AUTHORIZED FUNDING 
FOR A PENTAGON STUDY, THEY MADE 
A POINT OF SAYING IT WAS NOT A
SEARCH FOR LITTLE GREEN MEN.
THE PRIMARY AIM WAS TO IDENTIFY,
ANALYZE, AND EVENTUALLY 
DUPLICATE THE OTHERWORDLY 
TECHNOLOGY THAT HAD BEEN
DEMONSTRATED IN MULTIPLE
DRAMATIC ENCOUNTERS INVOLVING 
THE U.S.
MILITARY. 
LUIS LIZONDO/FMR. 
PENTAGON OFFICIAL: THE
PHENOMENON IS REAL. 
((GEORGE KNAPP))
THE MAN WHO RAN THE PENTAGON'S
STUDY, LUIS ELIZONDO, RESIGNED
IN OCTOBER AND HAS SINCE SAID 
THE TECHNOLOGY OF THESE CRAFT IS
BEYOND ANYTHING 
KNOWN ON EARTH, BUT HE DECLINES 
TO
GUESS WHERE IT ORIGINATES.
NO ONE INVOLVED WANTS TO MENTION
SPACE ALIENS, FOR OBVIOUS 
REASONS.
REID: 
I'M NOT INTO THAT.
I'M 
INTERESTED IN SCIENCE, WHAT'S 
GOING ON IN OUR WORLD.
((GEORGE KNAPP))
INVESTIGATING THE SOURCE OF THE 
UFOS IS THE 800 POUND GORILLA IN
THE ROOM. 
ALTHOUGH BOB
BIGELOW DISSOLVED HIS NIDS TEAM 
AND ENDED THE STUDY OF THE UTAH 
RANCH, IN 2007, THE PROPERTY
CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF THE 
DIA AND SENATOR REID. 
BIGELOW'S 
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IN PUTTING
TOGETHER A TEAM TO
INVESTIGATE WEIRD PHENOMENA WAS 
LIKELY A FACTOR IN THE DECISION 
TO AWARD HIM THE CONTRACT TO
STUDY UFOS. 
AND SOURCES FAMILAIR WITH THE 
STUDY SAY, PENTAGON 
INVESTIGATORS RETURNED TO THE 
UTAH RANCH SEVERAL TIMES DURING 
A 3 YEAR PERIOD.
WHEN THE NEW YORK TIMES BROKE 
ITS STORY,
IT REPORTED THAT BIGELOW' BUILT 
A SPECIAL SECURE FACILITY AT HIS
AEROSPACE PLANT TO STORE UNKNOWN
MATERIALS SUPPOSEDLY OBTAINED 
DURING THE UFO STUDY. 
REID: 
I DON'T KNOW. 
I DON'T 
KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT EXOTIC
MATERIALS, BUT I KNOW THERE'S 
BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT IT.
((GEORGE KNAPP))
WHAT HE DOES KNOW IS THAT THE 
EXPLOSION OF NEWS COVERAGE ABOUT
THE UFO ISSUE HAS CAUGHT THE
ATTENTION OF CONGRESS.
REID'S PHONE STARTED RINGING
IMMEDIATELY, HE SAYS, PEOPLE
FROM CONGRESS AND THE BUSINESS
COMMUNITY WHO'VE ALWAYS BEEN
INTERESTED IN THE SUBJECT BUT 
WERE AFRAID TO ADMIT IT.
REID THINKS THE TIME MAY BE 
RIGHT TO RE-LAUNCH A FORMAL 
INQUIRY.
GK IS THIS SOMETHING
THAT DESERVES CONGRESSIONAL 
HEARINGS? 
REID: 
YES, GEORGE, NOW THAT 
IT'S OUT, WHY SHOULDN'T THEY DO 
THIS? YOU TAKE AN AIRPLANE, THE 
COST OF ONE MILITARY
AIRPLANE. 
THE CHEAPEST ONE WE HAVE. 
GIVE THAT MONEY TO THIS 
RESEARCH. 
IT'S MORE 
IMPORTANT THAN ONE AIRPLANE.
WE HAVE 
ENOUGH BOMBS AND BULLETS TO TAKE
CARE
OF US FOR A LONG TIME, BUT NOT
ENOUGH
INFORMAITON FOR OUR CHILDREN AND
GRANDCHILDREN TO UNDERSTAND THE 
FUTURE? 
GEORGE KNAPP 8 NEWS NOW.
((JOHN LANGELER)) 
>>> IN ALL, ABOUT 22 MILLION
DOLLARS WAS SPENT BETWEEN 2007
AND 2012 BEFORE THE STUDY ENDED.
ROBERT BIGELOW SOLD HIS RANCH 
LAST YEAR.
((DENISE VALDEZ)) 
>> IF YOU WANT TO SEE OUR 
OTHER STORIES BASED ON THE
INTERVIEW WITH HARRY REID, YOU
CAN FIND THEM ON OUR WEBSITE. 
LAS VEGAS NOW DOT COM./// 
((DENISE VALDEZ)) 
>>> A MISTRIAL WAS DECLARED IN
THE BUNDY TRIAL - BUT A RETRIAL 
IS
