In 2024, a drone flight over an undisclosed area of the Amazon rainforest captured something strange moving between the trees, with some comparing the grey-colored figure to an unknown, possibly alien-like presence. Did you catch it? See more in this clip from Season 5, Episode 3, "Amazonian Aliens, White Sands UFO Crash, and Vampire Meat."
Watch full episodes of The Proof Is Out There, and stay up to date on all of your favorite The HISTORY Channel shows at http://history.com/schedule.
The Proof Is Out There investigates the world’s most mysterious videos, photos, and audio recordings, and uses the best technology and experts to render a credible verdict. Each episode analyzes and passes verdicts on several seemingly impossible things “caught on film,” including giant beasts, UFOS, apocalyptic sounds, hairy humans, alleged mutants from the deep, conspiracies, and many other cases. Host and veteran journalist Tony Harris takes nothing for granted in a quest for answers, tracking down eyewitnesses, putting each photo or film through a battery of tests, calling out the hoaxes, and highlighting the most credible evidence in an attempt to better understand our world.
HISTORY® is the leading destination for award-winning original series and specials that connect viewers with history in an informative, immersive, and entertaining manner across all platforms. The network’s all-original programming slate features a roster of hit series, premium documentaries, and scripted event programming.
AI Generated·May contain errors
Video Summary
AI Generated
A drone video from the Amazon rainforest captured a mysterious, gray, bulbous-headed figure, sparking theories about extraterrestrial presence. While some link the sighting to UFO reports and the legendary \"Lost City of Z,\" experts conclude the creature is actually a harpy eagle, with lighting and foliage creating an alien-like illusion.
We know the Amazon rainforest is home to some of the planet's most exotic creatures,
but could it also be sheltering life forms not of this earth?
April 23rd, 2024. A group of conservationists flies a drone over an undisclosed location
in the Amazon. Later, when the team reviews the footage, something odd appears. A spooky,
alien-like creature seems to be hiding among the green canopy of the forest.
Did you catch it? The footage is blurry, but when we enhance it, we see what appears to be
a gray-colored being nestled between the trees. It looks to have a large, bulbous head, a long,
thin body, and with these oversized, almond-shaped eyes, it immediately invites comparison to the
classic gray aliens described by alleged abductees. The footage adds to a long pattern
of strange Amazonian sightings. Brazilian researcher Rony Vernet recently documented UFOs
near the villages of Amazonian indigenous tribes. Videos our experts still can't explain.
The objects start to descend very, very low on the top tree level and start to go inside the
forest. After some minutes, I started to realize that, oh, okay, this is not something normal.
This is something really anomalous. It makes sense that a hyper-intelligent alien species
might use the Amazon to their advantage. If you were an alien species that didn't want to panic
the local human beings living on the planet, I think that is a reasonable spot to hide out.
Another theory is that this creature is returning to a place where aliens had prior contact with
humans. In the early 1920s, there was a British explorer named Percy Fawcett, and he actually
uncovered an ancient Portuguese manuscript that described an absolutely wondrous Amazonian city.
The city supposedly had crazy advanced architecture and also very advanced knowledge
of astronomy and mathematics. In his cryptic journals, Fawcett hinted that the city of Z
was built by a long lost advanced civilization of spiritually evolved entities.
Some believe he was referring to beings not of this earth. It's rumored that he actually
believed this to be an outpost for some sort of extraterrestrial beings that had visited earth
millions of years ago. Some people have speculated that perhaps that's why there
are so many UFO sightings and such alien interests in the Amazon. After years of
searching for the lost city of Z, Percy Fawcett and his son vanished deep in the Amazon. While
many believe they were killed by hostile tribes or succumbed to disease, others speculate Fawcett
may have made first contact with beings not of this world. Could this creature be connected?
Let's see what our experts think.
Are we just not seeing the forest for the trees? Some foliage can look like animals,
like this supposed dogman creature that turned out to be a bush.
As I rewatched it, I did see something move, and I do think that it is actually
something living in the forest. This is what we're seeing. Here you can detect the creature's
head turning to the left, but could this really be an incognito extraterrestrial? Before we run
too far with that notion, we need to rule out some other potential explanations. Although I
do see resemblance physically to an alien, I think there are much more plausible and logical
answers as to what this is. This could be a young bird perched high up in the canopy,
and perhaps a nest. The Amazon has many bird species. One of them is the harpy eagle,
which is a really large bird of prey. It looks like its eyes and mouth are opening or changing,
but I think shadow effects from light, because remember we're in the canopy here,
there's sun going through leaves, so I think that's what we're seeing that's creating that
appearance rather than an actual alien with a mouth and eyes.
Our verdict? This is no alien, but a harpy eagle, one of the largest and most powerful
eagles in the world. While it may not be extraterrestrial, the harpy eagle is a legend
unto itself. Named after the harpies of Greek mythology, these birds can build nests about
five feet wide and have talons as long as a grizzly bear's claws.
