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Mysterious Crashes of the Comet, Have Aliens Ever Landed On Earth, Disappearance of Amelia Earhart and Who Kidnapped Lindbergh's Son?
The Mysterious Crashes of the Comet
Britain's deHavilland Comet was unveiled as a technological milestone in civil animation engineering, and the bright hope of that country's air travel industry. However, a series of increasingly serious accidents - which grew to include Comets exploding in midair - led to the sleek planes being grounded. The Comet's history and successive generations of aircraft captures the excitement of the early jet age. Developments from World War Two jet fighters and bombers to the Comet are covered in fascinating detail. Why was Britain's pride of the jet age falling out of the sky? The search for answers proves to be a compelling journey.
Have Aliens Ever Landed On Earth?
Throughout history, people have turned to the heavens and wondered at strange lights in the sky. Since the arrival of photography, film and video, these mysterious objects have been recorded in huge numbers. Astounded witnesses have identified them as spacecraft from other worlds. This thought-provoking an exciting feature offers abundant testimony and powerful visual records of flying saucers visiting our world. The program delivers a concise history of the UFO phenomenon, including many famous sightings which hit the headlines and captured people's imagination. This is a thoughtful attempt to provide evidence both for and against the credibility of UFO sightings as a whole. Both skeptics and believers will find this treatment of the subject entertaining, informative and utterly fascinating.
The Disappearance of Amelia Earhart
The disappearance of pioneering female pilot Amelia Earhart is shrouded in mystery. An adoring public eagerly followed the progress of Earhart's flying career, which culminated with her epic flight around the world in 1937. The trip ended tragically: Earhart's final series of radio transmissions told of her plane being lost in the skies over the South Pacific, her fuel running out. Then, Earhart vanished into history. An impressive and complete visual record of Earhart's public life and her final voyage is created from film footage of the era. This documentary explores the possible reasons for her disappearance, the lingering possibilities that she may have been flying a secret spy mission, survived a plane crash, and was captured by the Japanese!
Who Kidnapped Lindbergh's Son?
Why was one man blamed for the abduction and death of Charles Lindbergh's son when the evidence points to a mysterious gang? Lindbergh, famous for his solo flight across the Atlantic, went to desperate lengths to contact his baby boy's unknown kidnappers. A sympathetic doctor helped reach the gang, who then accepted a ransom payment. Some of that money was traced to a German immigrant. Lacking any other clear suspects, the justice system eagerly fell on the man. This tense story of tantalizing clues, a fruitless search and a vengeful prosecution is brought to life through an array of fascinating visual records. Photographs and plentiful archival film trace the mysterious events which ended in the twisted "Trial of the Century."
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