INSIDE THE EFFORTS TO FIND
LIFE BEYOND EARTH.
BETWEEN A HALF MILE AND A
MILE AWAY.
IT WAS BIG AND QUIET.
Reporter: DID HUDSON VALLEY
RESIDENT ROBERT STRONG SEE A
UFO?
THERE IS SOMETHING GOING ON.
Reporter: WITH THOUSANDS OF
SIMILAR ACCOUNTS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY EACH YEAR.
MILITARY PILOTS, ARMY
PERSONNEL, THE U.S. NAVY ALL
HAVE REPORTED DIFFERENT
SIGHTINGS.
Reporter: EVEN NASA IS
CONCEDING IT IS POSSIBLE THE
UNIVERSE CONTAINS DIFFERENT
LIFE FORM.
WE KNOW ISRAEL.
Reporter: THE RACE IS
HEATING UP TO FIND ANSWERS AS
TO WHO THEY ARE WHERE THEY ARE
FROM AND WHAT THEY WANT FROM
US.
GOING THIS WAY HERE.
Reporter: SAM FALVO.
I'M AND I MANAGER BY TRADE.
Reporter: AND KRISTA
BURNELL.
I'M A RETIRED MAJOR CRIME
SCENE TECHNICIAN.
Reporter: INVESTIGATE
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS FOR
THE U.S. CHAPTER OF THE MUTUAL
UFO NETWORK, A GLOBAL
ORGANIZATION ESTABLISHED IN
1969.
95% ARE SO IDENTIFIED FIVE
OR 6% THAT REALLY STIR YOUR
INTEREST.
WE CAN EXPLAIN.
Reporter: WHAT THEY DO HAS
LONG BEEN CONSIDERED A FRINGE
FIELD OF SCIENCE BUT TODAY THE
SEARCH FOR ANSWERS HAS GONE
MAINSTREAM WITH PRODIGIOUS
UNIVERSITIES INCLUDING HARVARD
AND PENN STATE DEDICATING SOME
OF THE BRIGHTEST MINDS TO THIS
AS A NEW FIELD OF STUDY.
WE WANT TO GET THE REPLY.
Reporter: THEN THERE IS THE
PRIVATE SECTOR FUNDING
EVERYTHING FROM DIGITAL
INTERSTELLAR COMMUNICATION TO A
DISH THAT EMITS RADIO WAVES.
THESE ATTEMPTS TO COMMUNICATE
WITH THE EXTRATERRESTRIAL WORLD
ARE A BIT MORE HIGH-TECH THAN
THE RECORDING OF UNIQUE SOUND
SCIENTISTS PLAYED FROM THE TWO
SPACE PROBES IN THE 1970s.
ACTIVITY IN THE PINE BUSH
AREA IS SO COMMON.
Reporter: COULD SON ANSWERS
LIKE CLOSER TO HOME?
AUTHOR RESEARCHER LINDA
ZIMMERMAN HAS INVESTIGATED SOME
500 EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS OF UFOS
IN THE HUDSON VALLEY.
THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THE
ARE DROPPED IN WATER HERE.
THE RIVER AND LAKES BUT ALSO
THIS AREA HAS A VERY UNIQUE
MAGNETIC FIELD AND
GRAVITATIONAL FIELD.
Reporter: THE ORGANIZATION
HAS NOW FORMED A JOINT VENTURE
CALLED PROJECT AREAS WITH THE
HOPE OF COLLECTING AS MUCH
HUMAN INTELLIGENCE AND DATA AS
POSSIBLE WITH YOUR HELP.
