In the early 20th century, a man named Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd became one of the most
famous explorers of the Arctic and the Antarctic. This was a fearless pilot and the naval officer
who led multiple expeditions to the most desolate place on the Earth. Home from an historic
exploration of the Antarctic, Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd is in command. First man to
conquer the North and South Poles by air. But it was in 1926 when Byrd allegedly flew over the
North Pole, which was a historic first, a staple achievement of the modern times. Now, decades
later, whispers and declassified documents would hint that his flight might have uncovered something
extraordinary. A land beyond the ice, completely untouched by man. This is where these strange
flying air machines and unknown civilizations resided. Although there is no official records
of this, many conspiracy theories claim that Byrd had indeed seen something the world was simply
not ready to know. Okay, so fast forward to August 1946, just a year after the end of World War II.
The United States launched this operation named High Jump. Officially, it was named the United
States Navy Antarctic Developments Program. Once again, this would be led by Rear Admiral Richard
E. Byrd, but this was the largest military expedition to ever be sent to Antarctica. Of course,
the question is why? But if we do have a war, much of it will be fought across the top of the world.
Because with this fleet of 13 ships, 33 aircrafts, and over 4,700 personnel, their goal was simply
to establish a research base, to test military equipment, and to explore this frozen continent.
Over time, rumors, witness testimonies, and declassified documents have rather left more
questions than answers. This is Little America, the southernmost city in the world. Ever since,
people have speculated if the real purpose of Operation High Jump was something far more
sinister. Perhaps a confrontation with an unknown force beneath the Antarctic ice. Now,
when the fleet arrived in Antarctica and began operations, immediately, these strange incidents
get reported. Some accounts claim that the aircraft and ships encountered
fast-moving, highly advanced flying objects described as disc-shaped crafts, or
silver saucers, who in their words, simply defied known aerodynamics. This is how the witnesses
and some of the crew members described these attacks. They said it was a sudden attack from
the air. UFOs, these unidentified flying objects which emerged from beneath the ice, moving at
impossible speeds and disabling aircrafts and ships. Other ships and planes simply were destroyed.
At least one destroyer-class ship was heavily damaged. Several planes were lost without
any clear explanation. They mentioned electromagnetic interference,
malfunctions, and a loss of control as if the craft was emitting a powerful energy field.
Now, most notably, and unexplainably, this whole operation ended in a withdrawal.
Operation High Jump, which was supposed to last six to eight months, ended in two months. The
fleet would retreat with casualties and damage, leaving the very valid question of what happened.
No, it's pretty cold. There's only one permanent resident, that's the Emperor Penguin. The little
ones live further north. I tell you one reason they're interested. It's by far the most
valuable, important place left in the world for science.
Now, after Byrd returns home, he actually gave this rare interview in March of 1947
on a Chilean newspaper. What he said was that the U.S. must have been preparing for an enemy aircraft
that can fly pole-to-pole at incredible speeds, which at the time in 1947 was practically
impossible. The first successful pole-to-pole flight was done in 1965 with a Boeing 707,
which required multiple stops for refueling. This statement was shocking at the time. No one had
planes that were capable of this type of thing. On top of all of this, in a classic move, Byrd was
soon silenced. Press conferences were heavily censored, and his personal diary from the
operation were classified by the U.S. government. Moving on to 1959, and the world's most powerful
nation signed this treaty called the Antarctic Treaty, forbidding any military activity on the
continent. Officially, it was signed to make sure that Antarctica was only used for peaceful purposes,
exclusively for scientific cooperation, effectively banning all military activity or
territorial claims. But a lot of people still believe this was not meant for peace, but rather
to keep something hidden. To this day, the truth of what Admiral Byrd and his fleet had actually
encountered remains one of the greatest mysteries of the 20th century.
That's why the scientific groups all over the nation are really interested. But more important
than that, it has to do with the future of the nation, those to come after us, because
it happens to be an untouched reservoir of natural resources. The bottom of the world
will be important, not only to us, but to our allies. Now there's a couple theories of what
might have actually happened, and a very popular one is this idea that the Nazis had a base in
Antarctica called Base 211. See, in this theory, the Nazis would have allegedly developed advanced
aircrafts and were preparing for a future war, but there isn't any evidence that actually supports
that. But what is absolutely clear is that they did actually conduct an expedition there. In 1938
to 1939, they conducted this New Swabia expedition. It was meant to explore and map part of Antarctica,
but they never actually built a base there or maintained any presence there. Which leads me to
the second theory, this idea that they had encountered aliens with advanced technology,
some kind of highly advanced technology hidden beneath Antarctica. Now I know this sounds crazy,
but it's important to note that we live in a time where these UFOs and extraterrestrial beings are
actually being confirmed by entire governments. This is not a conspiracy theory, but rather some
sort of hypothesis at this point. Keep in mind that aliens and these UFOs have not been coming
from space, at least that's not what they have been saying. It seems like these UFOs are rather
coming from beneath the water. Which brings me to the last theory, probably one of the most popular
conspiracy theories, this idea that there is an underground civilization, the Hollow Earth Theory.
Admiral Byrd and his fleet encountered beings from an ancient underground civilization. You see,
governments have mentioned in the past that these USOs, or Unidentified Submerged Objects, have
actually been seen moving in and out of the ocean at insanely high speeds. You see, the US Navy and
Pentagon have already released reports and videos showing these objects flying in these ways that
are simply unknown to us. Technology far, far beyond what we are capable of today, which sometimes
appear to emerge or dive into the ocean. See, the government has not confirmed if they are
extraterrestrial or foreign tech or simply just natural things. Investigations are still ongoing,
and these declassified reports suggest that we genuinely don't know. We literally have no idea
what is happening. I truly believe that a lot of these questions that still remain could probably
be answered by uncovering the secrets of what happened with Admiral Byrd. Although there's no
way to tell for sure, this secret, if it ever did exist, died with him. But not his diary. Like I
said, Admiral Byrd had a diary which was classified, but interestingly, in 1996, this diary would be
discovered at the Ohio State University. Which is still super strange, because it was already open
for research in 1994, two years prior to when it was discovered. The question now is, can we actually
find them and read them today? Well, we can. It's just a lot of data, and it's all handwritten. So,
I'm going to leave a link to all the sources in the description if you want to dive into this
icy rabbit hole. Now, what blows my mind is that recently, there have been these rumors about an
egg-shaped object that was found in Antarctica, covered in hieroglyphs. None of this is actually
confirmed, but I definitely think this is something worth researching. Now, with this came a very
strange interview, which does indeed seem very fake, I must admit. But up until very recently,
aliens and UFOs were nothing but a tinfoil hat conspiracy theory. I do still think it's
worth looking into. Let's take a look at this interview, and see what happened.
But why? I mean, is it a form of stasis? We know it's not magic.