On this episode of Expedition X,
my team investigates a mysterious cult in Thailand!
How did you know the Fukushima disaster was gonna happen?
They claim their knowledge of the future.
Comes from extra-terrestrials.
What was that? What was that? What was that?
And now the group's latest prediction.
A series of volcanic eruptions like the world has never seen.
Ignore this message at your own peril.
This is real.
But a crackdown from law enforcement.
You cannot be here.
What are you hiding?
Is sparking real fear of what they insist
is already heading our way.
My name is Josh Gates.
In my travels, I've experienced strange things
that defy logic and made me question everything.
Oh my God!
Now, I've put together a team
to investigate the stranger side of the unknown.
Let's go.
Phil Torres is a scientist who hunts for rational explanations.
Jessica Chobot's paranormal research has made her a true believer.
Phil, do you see that?
I just saw something run across.
Together, we're searching for answers.
What is that?
To the world's most extraordinary mysteries.
This is...
Between the three of us,
we have investigated a lot of very strange cases around the world,
but the topic of today's investigation
is quite literally out of this world.
So, I want to start by getting your take on a topic
that has been the subject of spirited debate.
Do you think that earth has been contacted
by extra-terrestrial intelligence?
Yeah, I do.
I think out of all the reports you hear,
some of those reports could be legit.
-You find some of them plausible? -Yeah, absolutely.
And Phil?
No. I think it's theoretically possible,
but have I seen any evidence saying that
intelligent aliens have been here?
Not yet.
You believe in life elsewhere in the universe?
I do. Absolutely.
It may not be humanoid like us.
It may be microscopic.
But I do think we're not alone in the universe.
I think we're all in agreement.
Life is out there somewhere.
But there's a group in Thailand
who, not only thinks there's extra-terrestrial intelligence
in the universe,
they believe that intelligent life has come here to earth.
They even believe
that intelligence is communicating with us and issuing
warnings about humanity's future.
A Bangkok based financial planner named Mark Kuntamestha
uploads a video to You Tube.
In it, he warns that Asia is in imminent danger
of a devastating natural disaster.
An earthquake and tsunami.
March 11, the very next day,
an earthquake just off the east coast of Japan,
measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale,
unleashes the second deadliest tsunami in recorded history.
When Mark is pressed for details on how he predicted the event,
his answer is almost as shocking as the event itself.
He says "Aliens told him."
Mark was a member of a group called Khao Kala UFO,
whose members claim to receive messages
from extra-terrestrials via meditation.
They say they receive information telepathically,
hearing messages and seeing powerful images in their mind's eye.
They also claim to see orbs of light overhead
and in some cases, even descending to earth.
In addition to the Fukushima disaster,
members say they were warned about other catastrophes,
including the 2004 tsunami in Indonesia.
Despite their out of this world philosophy,
Khao Kala's membership is on the rise
and these aren't the stereotypical loving oddballs.
These are business executives, doctors, scientists.
Some of whom are quitting their jobs
and flocking to the group's remote hilltop shrine
in a town known as the City of Heaven.
But the group has also become secretive.
One of their leaders, Somjit Raepeth,
has avoided the spotlight since law enforcement
began investigating Khao Kala about six months ago.
Attempting to ban their gatherings altogether.
But members of the group insist they are in contact
with an alien intelligence that speaks to them telepathically
and that a series of volcanic eruptions are headed our way.
All right, so, a lot to unpack here.
Let's put the aliens aside for a second.
First of all, do you think the human mind can traverse space and time?
Yeah, I mean, I do think it's a possibility.
The United States Government, as a great example,
spent millions of dollars in the '70s and '80s
to study remote viewing,
which is basically you meditate and try to "See" a different location.
I mean, it sounds crazy but I do think that
theoretically there's some ways that the mind
can actually reach across
locations and possibly even time.
-So, who's to say? -Probably Phil.
-Yeah. -Probably.
-What do you think? -I mean,
I mean, when I see this group, it, it worries me a little bit...
-Yeah. -When a group thinks that
they're getting instructions or communication from another realm,
that could turn dangerous or even deadly.
They could become a cult.
That's right. And there are some real examples of this.
The Heaven's Gate group.
-Yeah. -Now, this was a cult that in 1997,
39 people killed themselves because they were trying
to board a spaceship
that they thought was trailing
-the Hale Bopp comet, right? -Yeah. And it makes you wonder is
this Khao Kala group heading in the same direction?
Well, we don't know.
This guy Mark, who supposedly predicted the Fukushima disaster,
he isn't speaking on the record with anyone and so,
this is what I want the two of you to investigate.
This is a fascinating story.
So, I'd like you to go to Thailand, try to find members of this group,
talk to them.
See if you can go to this place
where they supposedly connect with extra-terrestrials
and find out what's the real story here,
because whatever's going on, it's fascinating.
To me, this is a big one, because either these people are right
and they're actually communicating with aliens,
which would be just mind-boggling news.
-Sure. -Or
they're completely delusional and therefore potentially dangerous.
That's right.
So, definitely want to exercise caution here.
This is a real thing.
These are real people who really believe this.
See what evidence you can find.
Okay.
The team travels more than 8,600 miles
to the Thai capital of Bangkok.
Welcome to the future, or is it the past.
Bangkok is a city that spills out in all directions.
A humid maze of temples and tuk-tuks,
enlightenment and dark desires.
It's known as the land of smiles but this place also has an edge.
From Muay Thai fighters to food that has its own kind of kick.
It's also brimming with more than 10,000,000 people.
One way of avoiding some of the world's worst traffic
is to avoid roads altogether.
Along the Chao Phraya River,
Phil and Jess navigate their way past hundreds of other boats.
Their destination, a meeting with the man who claims
to have predicted the future.
We've convinced a very cautious Mark Kuntamestha
who posted the YouTube video
warning about the Fukushima disaster,
to share his inside knowledge on Khao Kala
and how its members receive their prophetic messages.
-We've got a lot of questions. -Yeah.
We want to hear your story first.
I heard about Khao Kala in 2010 and was curious.
I had heard that they receive messages from
some sort of intelligence.
I wanted to see if I could receive those messages as well.
When I joined, the leader of Khao Kala showed me
how to use Buddhist meditation,
to use my brain almost like an antenna
and since then I have been able to receive messages.
What types of messages were your first receiving?
It was really intense.
Like a voice speaking to me along with vivid images.
Almost like seeing a movie in my mind.
I received information about a great wave that was about to hit
a nearby country.
I uploaded the message to warn people and the next day
the earthquake and tsunami occurred in Fukushima, Japan.
What do you say to people who say this sounds crazy
and you just got lucky uploading your video on the right day?
It sounded crazy to me too but it was accurate.
I cannot deny that. Nobody can.
This message came to me from an alien source
and there are more messages being received now.
So, what has been some of the latest predictions?
Recently, many members of Khao Kala observed
a mysterious circle of light descending from the sky.
When it hit the ground, they received a vision of a great circle
of volcanoes erupting all over the world.
The vision seems to focus on the so called Ring of Fire.
A 25,000 mile arc of tectonic hot spots around the Pacific,
with 452 volcanoes.
This area contains 75 percent of the world's active volcanoes
and 90 percent of the planet's earthquake.
I mean, that sounds kind of terrifying.
Very scary.
The messages are real and I can prove it.
How are Khao Kala members in general preparing for the future?
The Khao Kala group is named for the remote village that acts
as a home base.
In the middle of town is the mountain
where we gather to receive messages.
It is a kind of stargate portal.
This is where people have recently been seeing strange orbs of light.
It also acts as high ground to protect them
from the coming natural disasters.
Who leads the group?
The group was started by a former Thai military officer.
He received the initial messages but has since passed away.
Now the group is led by his daughter,
a woman named Somjit Raepeth.
Can you connect us with her? Will she talk on camera?
I'm not sure.
The authorities have become concerned by Khao Kala
and are cracking down,
so everyone is being very cautious.
Recently, local authorities raided
the Khao Kala Mountain meditation area.
Despite rising suspicion,
the group claims their activities are peaceful.
I can put in a call to see if she will meet you.
Recently, she has been meditating north of Khao Kala
at a place known as the Five Buddha Temple.
I have a contact named Ann who is traveling with her.
She is your best hope for meeting Somjit.
Thank you very much for your time.
We really appreciate you sitting down and talking with us.
-Yeah. Thank you. -Thank you.
We leave our meeting with Mark and head back into the city
to digest what we've just heard.
Wow!
You know, as a person that believes in extra-terrestrials,
I want to make sure that we don't discount what other believers think,
just because it seems far-fetched.
You know, you talk to any scientist at NASA,
they will tell you we're gonna have our first contact
with extra-terrestrials sometime soon.
I just don't think it's gonna look like this.
I don't think you can discount it.
Consciousness is infinite, so who's to say they're not making contact?
I don't know.
Our next stop is nearby landmark Wat Arun,
or the Temple of the Dawn.
First constructed in the 17th Century,
it is now one of the most visited sites in Thailand,
as well as one of its most holy.
We are here to meet Leah Carter.
Investigative Journalist for the Bangkok Post.
Leah is one of the few non-Khao Kala members to gain access to the group.
So, what do you think in regards to Khao Kala's claims
that the extra-terrestrials are talking to them?
I think they're actually very sincere about their beliefs.
I think they believe it wholeheartedly.
They have this 134 page book
called 'Messages From Extra-terrestrials.'
By Khao Kala coordination for disasters warning group.
It outlines all of their exact beliefs...
-Okay. -Like they believe that they're_
The aliens have chosen about 5,000 people to receive messages.
The book outlines what the group believes will happen.
A series of volcanic eruptions, as well as what their leader,
Somjit Raepeth believes people need to do.
So, I understand the authorities have started to look into them?
Do you know why?
They haven't stated a formal reason.
You don't think that the authorities are somewhat...
Wary of this fringe group
-becoming more popular? -Yes, I think there might be
some concern about the group growing.
Do you think there's some risk to a group
that thinks Doomsday may be coming
and says they're getting instructions from aliens.
Like, if, if they're all believers,
what if those instructions kinda go awry?
Whenever you have groups with a very set of beliefs,
that can lead to a certain group mentality
which can be potentially dangerous.
The book goes on to say
Do you think there's a lot more to learn
about them that's not yet uncovered?
I think, I think there might be a lot more below the surface
that might not always be shared with everyone.
While we wait for Mark to get in touch with his contact,
Jess and I hop in a tuk-tuk,
eager to debrief as we head back into central Bangkok.
What do you think?
I definitely think it's worth tracking down this temple
-Yeah. -and talking to Khao Kala
and seeing what's going on.
I think we do got to go to the temple.
They're, they're taking it very seriously.
It's been shown that people who meditate are capable of some,
some truly extraordinary things.
Absolutely.
That are really hard for us to comprehend and accept.
So, here in Bangkok, there's this guy, Dr. U-Yen.
He's one of the few people studying this entirely
under-studied neuroscience of meditation.
And I think if we talk to him we might be able to get some answers
as to what these people are doing
and if they're doing something special.
If they are doing something special
in order to talk to aliens and receive messages,
I want to know how they do that,
because I am totally down to chat with some greys.
We motor over to Bangkok's Chulalongkorn University Centre
For Neuroscience to find out whether Khao Kala's claims
of telepathic communication are even theoretically possible.
We've arranged to meet with Dr. Kongpop U-Yen
a former engineer turned neuroscientist,
who's researching how humans can unlock
the full potential of our brains through meditation.
And while it might look like science fiction,
his lab is doing serious work.
This device is an EEG or electroencephalography reader.
Electrodes all over the headset
measure the electrical activity inside a person's brain.
So, what is happening right now?
So, we are measuring brainwave over months
to look at different state of the mind.
Dr. U-Yen's work with Buddhist monks, the all stars of meditation,
is revealing that brain function is significantly altered an enhanced
during the deepest states of relaxation.
When the mind is calm, peaceful,
we open up to answers
that can flow into us when the mind is clear.
It's like removing a cloud from the sky.
Is it possible for someone to use meditation
to reach out past space and time?
To make contact with something beyond?
We can try something even closer
or try to communicate with someone on earth.
How about that?
-But it still... -Phil do you hear me?
Yeah.
I'm kidding!
-You want another cheeseburger? -I do.
-That's crazy. -Oh my God, it works.
All joking aside, Dr. U-Yen is referring to a 2014 study
where two subjects in a Barcelona based lab
were able to achieve brain to brain communication,
thanks to a computer brain interface.
Scientists theorise that because human thought can be broken down
into bioelectric signals,
ideas may some day be transmittable
through a kind of mental Wi-Fi network.
But could an advanced form of intelligence have already mastered
this kind of communication?
Khao Kala members would say yes.
We're actually headed up to investigate the group Khao Kala,
who say that they're able to speak with aliens through meditation.
Is it possible?
It's very interesting.
That's gonna require some scientific proof.
But, you know, we, we always open up to the possibility,
so I can give you my EG device
and it would be interesting to see what you come up with.
If we can record the brainwaves of Khao Kala members
while they're supposedly communicating with aliens,
Dr. U-Yen can then analyse the scans and tell us if anything
other-worldly is happening.
But getting access to the secretive group is well, a work in progress.
All right. So, we've got a little mission to collect some data.
Yeah, that's perfect.
-Thank you. -You're welcome.
The next day we get a break in our investigation.
Former Khao Kala member Mark Kuntamestha
has arranged a meeting for us with his contact,
a current Khao Kala member named Ann,
who might be able to introduce us to the group's enigmatic leader Somjit.
X To get to the meeting point,
we're taking back roads from Bangkok to Khaem Son.
It's one step closer to our ultimate goal of witnessing
the group's controversial conversations with ET.
It seems like Khao Kala is a pretty secretive group.
I find these groups always have the best of intentions
and then it just takes one incident to have it all head south.
That's so true.
The temple where we're told we will find Mark's contact Ann
is in a remote area with little infrastructure and supposedly,
where Khao Kala had their very first interaction with UFOs.
Based on this road, they chose one heck of a remote place
to build their extra-terrestrial inspired doomsday temple.
Well, you don't want to build it at a shopping mall.
As we reach the perimeter of the temple complex though,
we realise there isn't exactly a welcome mat to greet us.
Shoot!
Yeah.
Based on the barbed wire fence and the chain here,
I don't think they want anyone going in here.
Maybe there's a spot that's opened up
-where they -Yeah.
they haven't closed it off yet.
Oh, here's a good snake tip.
When you're stepping over a log you want to kinda like,
tap it first, so if there's snake on the other side it scurries away.
What do you mean snakes?
There's a lot of venomous snakes around here.
That's one of my favourite things about this rain forest.
(GRONS)
Hey, it opens up over here.
-Hi. -Hello.
(SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
We're here to meet with Ann or Somjit, if she's here.
(SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE) You cannot be here.
Can we meet with Somjit?
Remain here.
Okay. All right.
Clearly we're nearby their compound / temple.
Oh, here's someone.
(SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
-Hi. -Hi.
-Hello. -Hello.
-Hi.
-Oh, you speak English? - Yes.
Stroke of good luck alert!
The woman turns out to be Mark's contact Ann.
We'd like to speak to Somjit and maybe see the temple.
Oh, Somjit is not here.
We're interested in learning more about Khao Kala.
And seeing the temple. Is that possible?
Yes, sure.
-Okay. -Okay.
All right, we'll follow you.
She explains that Somjit has returned to the town of Khao Kala,
but Ann is still willing to show us the temple where the group claims
to have had their initial contact with extra-terrestrials,
and the location is nothing short of spectacular.
This is the so-called Temple on the Glass Cliff.
Constructed in 2004,
it features nested statues of the five Buddha's that visited earth.
It is also covered in more than 5,000,000 mosaic tiles
and strange mirrored orbs that supposedly show
planetary alignments.
The rumour is that the monks who helped design it were inspired by,
you guessed it, extra-terrestrials.
So, what's been your experience with Khao Kala?
-Yeah. -Yes.
So, that's how this place was chosen to build the temple?
Yes.
In fact, during the temple's construction,
Khao Kala members even photographed
what they claim is a hovering above the site.
But the real hot spot of sightings is the town of Khao Kala itself
where, on a remote mountain,
members have reportedly been receiving messages from UFOs.
The group's leader, Somjit, is at the centre of all of this.
Is there any way you could arrange an introduction for us?
We would love to meet with Somjit, in order to get an education.
It would be my pleasure to take you guys to see Somjit.
-Okay. -That would be great.
-That would be amazing. -That would be a huge honour.
Thank you.
A meeting with Somjit will hopefully get us access
to the group's secret meditation
where they claim to communicate with aliens.
We drive 150 miles to the town of Khao Kala,
not really knowing what to expect.
-Hello. -Hello.
-(SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE) -(SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
Shall we go inside?
-Thank you. -Thank you.
Meeting the leader of a group,
I wasn't exactly sure what to expect
but as Somjit invites us in, she seems surprisingly open
and that wasn't the only surprise waiting for us.
She some evidence and she wants to show you guys.
Phil and Jess have travelled to Thailand
to investigate a group known as Khao Kala UFO,
that claims to be able to meditate
and receive messages from extra-terrestrials.
Now, they're in the group's headquarters
in the town of Khao Kala,
where they've been invited to meet
with the group's reclusive leader named Somjit.
She have some evidence and she wants to show you guys.
Somjit tells us that in order to understand Khao Kala
we need to know how it started.
So, that's your father?
-Yes. -That is father.
He was a former sergeant major in the army and in 1997
he was deep in Buddhist meditation
when he started receiving messages.
A few months later, he predicted that there would be a
UFO that would appear on the third of the month
on a nearby peak that we call Khao Kala Mountain.
10,000 people went up there
and it appeared at the exact moment he said it would.
You can see how it kind of looks like a flying saucer
but I just have a really hard time believing
that that's actually what it is.
It kind of looks like just clouds that are shaped like that.
I mean, but there's no other clouds in the sky
and you have everybody else
-also seeing the same thing. -How many people were there?
10,000 people.
When her father said it would happen.
That's the kicker to me.
-Were you there? -Yes.
And you saw it?
We all did.
At first people thought we were crazy but as people started
to learn how to communicate with the aliens,
they started having more sightings and getting warnings
about impending natural disasters.
So, how much is the group growing?
We are growing fast.
We now have thousands and thousands of members.
So, we've heard that the authorities have kind of looked into
and even arrested some members of Khao Kala.
The authorities are threatened because
they don't want the messages getting out and starting a panic.
But the world needs to hear this message.
We have seen volcanoes erupting and great earthquakes shaking cities.
We'd love to try and go to the top of Khao Kala Mountain.
We would love permission to observe the meditation
to study the effects for ourselves.
Is that possible?
I'm not sure.
We have a major gathering there tomorrow
but the authorities are still giving us trouble
and they might not take well to seeing cameras.
We'd really love to go.
We promise to be respectful.
Is that okay? Could we go to the top?
If you have good intentions you can come.
-Okay. -That would be great.
So, tomorrow I will take you guys to Khao Kala Mountain.
-Thank you so much. Thank you. -Thank you.
By the light of a new day,
we prepare for our journey to the top of Khao Kala Mountain.
Before we depart, we head over to the local temple
to check in with Josh about how to proceed.
So, update me?
Have you been able to make contact with members of this group?
Yes. And listen. This group is interesting.
Their ideas are obviously pretty out there.
They are like an apocalyptic group, so are they dangerous?
Are they strange? What, what's your vibe on them?
I think when you meet them one-on-one they're very polite,
they're very nice, they're very accommodating.
But you take a group that thinks the world's gonna end
and is getting specific instructions from extra-terrestrials,
you just kinda don't know what they might do.
To date, Khao Kala has been a totally peaceful movement,
steeped in Buddhist meditation traditions.
But there is also historic precedent
for groups predicting apocalyptic events to turn deadly.
In the 1970s, Jim Jones formed the Jonestown Cult in Guyana.
I came to show you that the only thoughts you need is within you.
Orchestrating the mass suicide of more than 900 cult members.
The Branch Davidians created a compound in Waco, Texas
and in 1993 engaged in a fatal standoff with federal agents.
And in 1996, 39 members
of the Heaven's Gate group killed themselves,
believing they would be transported to an extra-terrestrial spacecraft.
For these reasons, the authorities are wary of Khao Kala
and their mass gatherings atop the local peak.
They're not dangerous yet.
-Totally. -I think there's more going on
beneath the surface of these people.
-Yeah. -And so, what's your plan of attack?
We've got pretty access to one of their meditation sites.
This is an area that they all go to train,
to meditate and mass and to try to basically
communicate with extra-terrestrials.
The plan is to go there and to document in every way possible.
You guys are in uncharged territory here, obviously.
You know, look, even though this does have Buddhist underpinnings
and it's ostensibly peaceful, these are a group of people
who believe the world is coming to an end,
so I'm really intrigued to, to hear what you discover up there.
Obviously, be careful.
We travel with Ann to the base of the mountain,
which sits surrounded by remote farmland and forest.
We proceed on foot through the fields towards the summits.
-It's getting thick up here. -Yeah.
We need to go there.
-Go up there? -Yes.
Inside the dense brush, Ann guides us to an obscured dirt road
that leads to the shrine where the members claim
to receive extra-terrestrial communications.
And this is the entry to Khao Kala Mountain.
Okay.
At least it is, most of the time.
(SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
-(SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE) -What are they saying Ann?
What are they saying?
They are not allow us to go to the hill.
Cameras down, cameras down.
-(SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE) -(SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
And what's, what's happening?
They say we need to leave now or we will be arrested.
And is it because of Khao Kala? What's happening here?
Yeah, okay, we're going.
-Yeah, we'll, we'll, we'll go down. -(SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
While the police have cordoned off the main road,
Ann tells us that there is another way up to the compound
but it's definitely off the beaten path.
In other words, through the wild jungle.
With daylight fading, we strap on snake gaiters
to protect us and get ready to start the climb.
So, Ann, up here?
Okay.
-Let's go. -All right.
All right, watch yourself over here.
-A lot of rocks things can hide in. -All right.
Oh great!
I can barely bend my leg because of the snake gaiters.
Yeah. Well, you'll probably want them because we've got
-all sorts of deadly vipers. -Oh great!
We have king cobras.
Which, mind you, is the largest deadly venomous snake in the world.
Oh, lovely!
Wow! A big hole to the right.
-Hey, we've got a cave. -Really? Okay.
We've got a cave.
-Look at this. -Okay.
Wow! This place is amazing.
Let me check for snakes
-first before we go in. -Yeah.
Well, it looks like we have a little shrine in here.
Wow! Look at this thing.
Since Khao Kala members say they receive their prophesies
through some kind of energy transfer.
Okay, let me get this out.
I use an electromagnetic field detector or AMF reader,
to check for any unusual energy signatures in the cave.
Almost immediately I get a spike.
I might try over here by the shrine.
This is so weird.
There's nothing electronic down here,
so we shouldn't be seeing spikes like this, but...
It looks like we're getting some
electromagnetic field readings.
It seems to be concentrated around this shrine.
That's so strange.
Okay, it's getting late.
-We've got to head up, yeah -Yeah.
Oh, this is a long hike.
You can hold onto this.
-Yeah, it's all good. -Yeah.
We keep climbing into an eerie twilight
and before long darkness is upon us.
Suddenly, this place feels very spooky.
As we approach the peak,
the mountain offers us an ominous welcome.
Got a storm coming in. Let's keep moving.
Finally, we see structure ahead
and to our amazement, it's filled with people.
So, welcome you guys to Khao Kala.
This place is huge.
As we approach,
it looks like the members are already starting their meditation.
How do you know when somebody receives a message?
Do they raise their hand?
Is their a signal they give off?
Got it.
It's time for us to investigate.
Since members here claim to regularly see UFOs
above the mountain,
I set up cameras in strategic points around the compound.
If anything flies overhead tonight, these cameras should catch it.
Okay, how's it looking?
It's looking good.
I've got one wide shot set up on the whole group
and then now that the rains have cleared,
I'm gonna be filming the skies
and then we'll see if anything flies over.
The Khao Kala group members claim they enter meditation
so deep that they receive telepathic messages from aliens.
Ann introduces us to one member willing
to let us measure her brainwaves in real time.
Hi.
Do you mind if we have you wear this?
This is an EEG reader.
Back at Bangkok, at his lab,
Dr. U-Yen showed us how cognitive thought reveals itself
in the EEG monitor as the colour red.
While the colour blue indicates a difficult to reach deep
meditative state of mind.
-Wow! Now it's going deep. -There it goes.
And look, we're getting tons of blue at this frequency here.
This represents a low frequency and indicates a
really intense meditative state.
These levels are much higher than back at the lab.
To me, this is the data we need to figure out
if anything special is happening.
Just look at the deep blue here.
I mean, this is a level of concentration
that I just have not seen before.
Ann tells us that Khao Kala members often become intensely warm
as they're receiving a message.
So, I activate a mobile thermal camera to see
if I can detect an increase in anyone's body temperature.
At these settings, the yellow and red signatures
indicate normal body heat.
But, amazingly, one man in the back is registering completely white,
meaning the surface temperature of his face must be over 103 degrees.
Look at this.
He is absolutely glowing.
Something was different with him and we've got to talk to him.
Yeah, absolutely.
I filmed everybody here.
This was the guy who stood out.
-Hi. -Hello.
Everybody else was very red and then that is you.
-White. Which means hot. -Hot.
To me, I felt normal but in a deep trance-like state
I could hear a message
but haven't been able to understand it.
But there's no doubt the UFOs are here.
He was the only one of the group who was glowing like this.
-Well, and he received the message. -And he said he received a message.
Yeah. So, you think they're here?
Oh, what was that?
What was that? What was that? What was that?
-Did you see it? -Wow!
-It is right there. -Yeah. There.
Oh, it's, oh, I think it's going down.
It went behind that hill.
Oh dude, that's so close. Let's go check it out.
Let's go.
Did you see it? Did you lose it?
No, I think I've got him here.
It's got to be right around here, right around here.
Right around the corner. To the left, to the left.
-Do you see that? -Wow!
It looks like it's going right over the hill.
-That's going in front of the hill. -That is super close.
Go on, keep going.
Hold up!
(MECHANICAL WHOOSH SOUND)
Do you hear that?
That whooshing.
Yeah, I'm hearing it, but I don't know what I'm hearing right now.
I mean, that sounds mechanical.
Now, it's moving off.
It's headed that way.
It stopped.
Where is this thing?
I don't know.
I'm just trying to figure out what did we just see?
Oh, the sound. There it is. (MECHANICAL WHOOSH SOUND)
-I hear it. -It's up ahead.
Every time we get close it, it disappears.
All right, well, we're seeing lights over there,
hearing sounds over here.
Why don't you go and track it that way and I'll go this way?
-All right. Splitting up? -Yeah.
-Have you got your walkie? -Yeah. Channel one?
-Channel one. -Got it.
(MECHANICAL WHOOSH SOUND)
It's kind of mechanical.
It moves.
I don't know what this is.
I'm gonna get out the audio recorder
so that we don't fight about what we actually heard
when we review our footage.
Jess are you getting anything.
Yeah, I mean, the sound's coming and going.
It's that pulsing noise we heard before.
Yeah, I can't pin down what I'm actually chasing right now.
Hang on, hang on! Stand by!
The light is back. Moving off to the right.
Jess, Jess, I think I've got something.
It's moving off to the right.
Stay with it.
It went around the corner.
Phil?
Phil, where are you?
I was looking up at the light,
then I fell in a ditch and the light just vanished. It's gone.
Are you okay?
Physically fine. Pride injured.
Meet me over by the hill where we split up.
All right. Coming back.
We regroup in the clearing,
which seemed to be directly under the light we observed.
Do you smell that?
Yeah.
That is so weird. What is that?
It smells like ozone, honestly.
Something smells really weird in the air right now.
Let's get the reader out.
How's it looking?
-Wow! Check it out. -Wow!
Actually, that's a pretty strong reading.
That's very strong. Especially right here.
See, look at that.
This measures electromagnetic fields and there's nothing on this hill
that should be spiking the readings.
But some investigators have theorised
that a light orb or alien craft
might leave behind an energy disturbance in its wake.
Those reading are pretty strange
but Jess what are we talking about here?
These Khao Kala people think they are getting
messages from extra-terrestrials.
That's a big leap from just a strange reading.
But you saw stuff?
I mean, how can you explain that?
We're in the middle of nowhere in Thailand.
We don't even get cell service out here
and we've got readings that were off the chart.
I think it's a huge leap to say that's alien.
I'm not saying it's aliens.
I'm not saying that Khao Kala is actually getting these messages.
I'm just saying you've got to admit that it's weird.
And we did capture other evidence as well.
I bring out the audio recorder so Phil can listen
to an isolated playback of the sound we both heard.
-Ready? -All right, hit me.
See that, hear that?
It does have a rhythm to it but I just don't know.
We could be hearing anything.
Yeah, like a UFO.
Well, I think we've got a lot of great evidence out here
and back at the compound and where the *bleep* is the compound?
Lucky for you,
I have a GPS. Get this on.
Let's get out of here.
As the team makes the long trip home,
it's fair to say that they did encounter
a in the strictest definition of the term.
They've seen a flying object
that they can't identify and captured it on camera.
In addition, the strangely mechanical sound they heard
seemed to move away from them as they approached.
Where is this thing?
And what about the members of Khao Kala themselves.
Phil captured an extreme heat signature on the thermal camera.
He is absolutely glowing.
Something was different with him.
As well as unusual brain activity picked up on the EEG reader.
After returning to Bangkok,
the team shares the scans with Dr. U-Yen's lab.
His analysis, the practitioners of Khao Kala appear
to be in an extremely deep state of meditation.
And while the readings are dominated by theta brainwaves,
that certainly doesn't prove
that they're receiving messages telepathically.
In the end, Khao Kala is reminiscent of many other
supposedly prophetic groups to come before them.
Their leaders are seemingly welcoming.
I will take you guys to Khao Kala Mountain.
Thank you so much.
Their followers unwavering in their beliefs and the authorities,
understandably nervous about their presence.
But the idea that their messages
are being delivered by an
extra-terrestrial intelligence is a claim so out there,
that it will take more than strange lights to convince most of us.
Having said that, it probably couldn't hurt to keep our eyes,
not only on the stars but on the continued activity
of the peaceful prophets of Khao Kala.
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