The UFO story is not just an American one. As a new era of drone war rages in Eastern Europe, strange sightings in the skies invite questions about an overlooked Cold War mystery in the same region. Archive records beg an urgent question: why did the Soviets seriously investigate an alleged crashed UFO behind the Iron Curtain, and why can't anyone close the case today? NewsNation takes you on the ground to Estonia with the scientists pushing for answers, and the man who claims to have a piece of the mysterious "Object M." Features new interviews between Ross Coulthart and Dennis Asberg, Dr. Beatriz Villarroel, and Mart Sander.
Watch the full interview with Mart Sander here: https://youtu.be/OQULI6QqIhY?si=LahZm4UFT_lF4PmY
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CHAPTER SUMMARY
0:00 The Drone Wars
2:49 Stalin and the Soviet Union
4:56 George Knapp smuggles Soviet KGB files out of Russia
13:08 David Grusch: U.S. in UFO Cold War with Russia & China
15:47 Dennis Asberg and Beatriz Villarroel investigating 'Object M'
19:24 Why KGB flooded this Estonian suburb
26:30 Meet Igor Volke, Estonian UFOlogist
28:43 NewsNation visits the so-called 'UFO House'
33:17 Meet Mart Sander & where is 'Object M' today?
46:10 Can testing results on 'Object M' be trusted?
50:05 Estonia's long history of UFO sightings
54:28 How NATO nations monitor airspace today in former Soviet Union
57:22 Russian drone incursions
1:00:07 Ross Coulthart's Closing Message
CREDITS:
Host: Ross Coulthart
Executive Producer: Andy Gipson
Editorial Producer: Meagan Medick
Associate Producer: Will Tomasi
Research Producer: Robert Jones
Editor: Kanyon Lyons
Photographer: Augustin ‘Gus’ Chauvet
Designers: Lauren Cowin, Doug Howell
Additional footage and images provided by: Getty, Associated Press, Enigma Labs, Mart Sander, Timo Tahvanainen | YT Shadow Camera, Jesse Michels, KLAS-TV
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