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00:00Transcription by ESO. Translation by —
00:30Hey, Aaron, it's me again.
00:32Look, I'm just calling to say I do understand.
00:36Do you think that...
00:37You think you need to do this on your own, but you don't.
00:41Lucas is in the fucking hospital.
00:42The next time I see you, I don't want to see you in a morgue.
00:45I just, I care about you.
01:00We have to sedate him.
01:02But his CT scans look promising.
01:05There's no sign of bleeding,
01:07and the fact that he's verbal lucid is positive.
01:10So he'll be okay?
01:12We're monitoring him, but his blood pressure is stabilizing.
01:16The rib should heal on in time.
02:18What the hell were you thinking?
02:33When Aaron contacted me,
02:36he told me to look into someone.
02:38Rabin Twerksun,
02:42Kazakh mother and a Chinese father.
02:45But Twerksun's American-educated is a scientist.
02:48What kind of scientist?
02:50Rare earth metal.
02:51Colton.
02:52And I never thought he would actually follow that jet, never.
02:58And I think I know where that plane is going.
03:00So the Telfin number was in one of the pictures, I imagine.
03:09Yes.
03:10And you tracked his destination?
03:14Yes.
03:14Oh, my God, Etienne, where?
03:20I'm in Roblast.
03:22It's in East Russia.
03:25Aaron's gone to East Russia.
03:27Yes.
03:27Hello, where?
03:32Lucas.
03:33Chris.
03:34Hey.
03:34Yeah.
03:35Hey, are you okay?
03:37How are you feeling?
03:38I don't want to go.
03:40What did you see?
03:42Never better.
03:43I don't see the other guy.
03:44You should see the other guy.
03:48Do you want me to go get someone?
03:50I was a nurse.
03:51You want some help?
03:54Excuse me, excuse me.
03:58Be careful.
03:59Do you remember what happened?
04:00No.
04:01You were in the apartment.
04:03I really appreciate that you guys are here.
04:06But if you really want to help me, then...
04:11Follow it where?
04:12No.
04:16Um...
04:19Okay.
04:22Okay, so, during the Soviet era,
04:26the most interesting places in the USSR were the Zatos.
04:32Oh, the closed cities.
04:33Yeah.
04:33Zatos.
04:34They were effectively military bases,
04:36where they would develop weapons
04:38and work on the Soviet space program.
04:41And look.
04:43These are cargo trucks
04:45transporting Congolese Colton, okay?
04:48How do we know that?
04:50I checked the ID numbers on the container,
04:53then I checked them against
04:55the open source shipping manifest
04:57and finally tracked them back to their source.
04:59Well, it's good to have you back, Etienne.
05:02Thank you very much.
05:04So, these satellite pictures,
05:05they're all of, uh, Scovorodino.
05:08Scovorodino.
05:08Yes.
05:09And look, a few hours later...
05:14Voilà.
05:15Would the trucks return, but they're empty?
05:19Yeah.
05:20So, you reckon that they unloaded the Colton in Scovorodino?
05:25It's just a theory.
05:26Well, that's not stopping Aaron.
05:27He's gone and chased your theory.
05:30Uh, Etienne.
05:31When you looked at the satellite data,
05:34did you also look at the other part of the dome, did you?
05:37Do you look south?
05:39Yes.
05:40Oh, what is that?
05:43It's hard to tell, isn't it?
05:45It looks like a forest.
05:46So, what are they hiding?
05:47I don't know, but Congolese Colton
05:49traveling to a remote location in East Russia,
05:51former USSR military research town.
05:53So, maybe it is a good place for Aaron to start looking.
05:56Yeah.
06:09Hey, I know where you're going.
06:11Uh, I'm not sure about this.
06:13Just, uh, try and get on them when you can.
06:23We're guessing to accident
06:28because we are traveling to this blurred area on the map.
06:32There is an adoption agency in Scovorodino,
06:36so you're going to pretend to adopt a kid,
06:38so you have a good reason to be there.
06:42Just try to be as convincing as possible
06:44and be careful, okay?
06:45Uh-huh.
06:49No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
06:51You want some help?
06:52Uh, no.
06:52No?
06:52No, no, no, no, no, no.
06:54Kick your ass in no time.
06:56Yeah.
06:57You want to kick my ass?
06:58Come on, kick my ass.
06:59I have to kick my ass.
07:00You can even move your leg.
07:02Oh, so please don't.
07:03Why did you come back?
07:05Hey.
07:08Hey.
07:08Hey, hey.
07:10I am.
07:10I knew they wouldn't keep you down for long.
07:14It's so nice to have you back, Etienne.
07:17Thank you very much.
07:18Revin Tvershen.
07:20He majored in aerospace and...
07:21Excuse me.
07:22He may have, but we already found that.
07:24Yeah, but did you know he went on to work for NASA?
07:27The rockets and spaceships NASA.
07:29Full security clearance.
07:31Well, if he worked for the Americans, what's he doing with Kuzmin now?
07:34The simplest explanation is he defected, but maybe he was always working for the Russians.
07:40He did a couple of stints with specialist communications companies, designing commercial satellite systems.
07:46He even did one for some obscure Russian company, uh, Yegorovich Manufacturing.
07:53Anyway, his, his employment record, it was pretty regular until he joins NASA.
07:58And eight months into the job, he quits.
08:03When was that?
08:04Five years ago.
08:05And ever since, to all intents and purposes,
08:08Tjotchen, he has become a ghost.
08:10Tjotchen, he has become a ghost.
08:11Tjotchen, he has become a ghost.
08:12I could run a ghost.
08:13A ghost.
08:14He has become a ghost.
08:15Tjotchen, he can run a ghost.
08:46Are you lost?
08:53I'm sorry?
08:57You need a room?
09:01Why are you here?
09:07For the adoption agency.
09:10But you are here alone.
09:13I have the application form.
09:16My wife, she got sick today before we were due to leave, so...
09:23We decided that I should go on ahead alone.
09:28I'm Nicolás, by the way.
09:30Hello. Very nice to meet you.
09:32I'm Nicolás.
09:40I hope you like the room.
09:42Yes, it's wonderful.
09:46Hello.
09:47Hello.
09:48Hello.
09:49Hello.
09:50Hello.
09:51You can come in.
09:52Hello.
09:53Hello.
09:54You can come in.
09:59I'm Nicholas.
10:00I'm Nicholas.
10:01I'm Nicholas.
10:02Hello.
10:03Hello.
10:04You can come in.
10:08I'm Nicholas.
10:09Hello.
10:10Hello.
10:12You can come in.
10:18I'm Nicholas.
10:40I'm Nicholas.
11:10I'm Nicholas.
11:40I'm Nicholas.
12:10I'm Nicholas.
12:40I'm Nicholas.
13:04I'm going to send you some pictures I took this afternoon.
13:08Oh, ma'am?
13:09Yes.
13:10The forest hides a factory.
13:12Guards.
13:14Yeah, with guns.
13:15There's no way I'll get past them to see what's inside.
13:18There's still nothing that ties this factory to the Colton trucks,
13:21let alone Darkshen or Kuzmin.
13:23Can you go back a few photos?
13:27Stop.
13:29That one.
13:30No.
13:31No.
13:32No.
13:33No.
13:34No.
13:35No.
13:36No.
13:37No.
13:38No.
13:39No.
13:40No.
13:41No.
13:42No.
13:43No.
13:44No.
13:45No.
13:46No.
13:47No.
13:48No.
13:49No.
13:50No.
13:51I'm poor man.
13:53No.
13:54No.
13:55No.
13:56No.
13:57No.
13:58Well, no.
13:59We'veaged.
14:00Very well fits that.
14:01It's us.
14:02No.
14:03Right?
14:04spies directly into the iranian factory so they had to come up with another idea a computer virus
14:14was called the stuxnet world look they managed to get this malware inside the iranian factory
14:18on a usb stick it completely sabotaged their systems what i'm trying to say is if we can
14:24manage to get a usb stick inside the factory and if we can get someone to put it into their system
14:30then we can program it to connect to the factory's network and maybe broadcast it to a dedicated
14:35server close by so we have a receiver outside the factory connected to a laptop okay then we
14:41let the malware download whatever files it can find yeah okay we'd be crossing the line again
14:49it's hacking it's not journalism delia look steve lush died when he found out the truth
14:55if we give up now joshua died for nothing
15:11okay
15:11still it could take weeks to ship that device to me and i highly doubt that this cover will last
15:23that long okay well what if one of us brought the usb device to you no way it's way too dangerous for
15:30you to come here didia after st petersburg it will be difficult for you to enter russia it's dangerous
15:35for you to be there alone aaron we started this thing together let's finish it together
15:45right i guess we need to to go shopping yeah yeah
16:00look at lucas sent me because yeah for for the materials
16:11not sure
16:20excuse me
16:22yeah
16:25your receiver
16:27and a microcontroller with hidden wi-fi capabilities standard bed usb architecture
16:32no returns oh no no problem with that
16:38many excuses been drained okay
16:48now we just load the malware and program it to run when they plug this in
16:51done
17:03receiver thank you
17:06now we just need to get you into russia you'll find a way
17:10we think that the best access is gonna be through china
17:13to wash me luck so you would fly to beijing and then you would get domestic flights to the
17:20sino-russian border thank you from there sergey says he's gonna be able to pull some strings
17:25to beijing and then you'll find a way to do it please please be vigilant
17:46please be vigilant
17:50Oh, you must be Katja, yes?
18:14Yes, nice to meet you.
18:16Nicolai, your wife is around.
18:19Nice to meet you.
18:25Nicholas.
18:26Katie.
18:30Well, this is my wife.
18:33This is Ludmilla and Yvonne.
18:36I've already told them everything about you, about us.
18:39Our hopes.
18:40Yes, exactly.
18:42Well, I can't wait to finally start with our new life.
18:47Neither can I.
18:55Nicolai, tell me.
18:57How did you realize, how do you say, that Katja was the one?
19:04What do you think?
19:05Well, it's funny, because it took me quite a while to realize.
19:12Because in the beginning, she really, really annoyed me.
19:16Oh, yeah.
19:17Yeah.
19:18But then I started to see the small things.
19:20She opens her mouth when she's concentrating.
19:23I love that.
19:25And then she has this thing where she, like, when she's getting annoyed, she, like, has the wrinkles on her nose.
19:31And then she does, she doesn't really laugh.
19:33She does like a, like she just did.
19:35I love it.
19:37Um, I never ever have to explain myself.
19:41And I think she sees me.
19:43And that's how I knew she's the one.
19:48And you, Katja?
19:53Well, he calls me a tsunami and says I'm stubborn and obsessive.
20:03He, he's stubborn and obsessive.
20:05I mean, like me.
20:08But he's now the person I go to for everything.
20:13And when you're not with me, I realize that I need you.
20:18Your perspective and instincts.
20:23You see, people and things were what they really are.
20:27And you did that.
20:37Lucky man.
20:38So, for moments like this, we need to drink vodka.
20:42Yes.
20:43Vodka we need.
20:45So, let us toast.
20:46Our leaders also speak of strength and progress.
20:49But they make their decisions.
20:51They choose their wars.
20:53But we are the ones too left with the consequences.
20:58For example, our other son, Ilia.
21:02They sent him to Syria.
21:05They said they had the reasons.
21:08But they just sent him there to die.
21:11Vodka?
21:12Yes, reason.
21:14Ilya's a beautiful name.
21:15Ilya.
21:16Ilya.
21:17Ilya.
21:18Ilya.
21:20Mama!
21:22Me!
21:23Sorry.
21:25Please.
21:26Sit down.
21:27Please.
21:28Please.
21:34Sit down please.
21:35Sit down please.
21:36Sit down somebody.
21:37Sit down.
21:40I Molti.
21:41I'm sorry.
21:43.
21:46.
21:51.
21:53.
21:55.
21:57.
21:59.
22:01.
22:03.
22:05.
22:07.
22:11.
22:15.
22:17.
22:19.
22:21.
22:23.
22:25.
22:27.
22:29.
22:36Going without you was irresponsible.
22:43Well, if we're honest, there's probably a time I would have done the same.
23:05I don't know.
23:35Don't shut me out again.
23:48What?
23:49Don't shut me out again.
23:52I won't.
24:05What do you mean, their package?
24:27How did you get this?
24:29The Delia Evermill package has a unique tracking number, and we figured out their format.
24:33The last five digits are always a zip code.
24:37So we look for packages going to Skorvorodino, and we found some that were going to the Gregorovitch factory.
24:44Oh, thank you.
24:46Ah, shit. It's actually working.
24:51Coffee mugs and computer keyboards.
24:56Keyboards?
24:59Aaron's address.
25:01So we changed the address and divided them to you.
25:04This is perfect.
25:06Now listen, you just have to switch one of the normal USBs with the one with the malware.
25:12And then you take off the old label, get it to the post office,
25:16there it gets a whole shiny new label, this time with the right address,
25:20and then it will be sent to our friends at Gregorovitch Manufacturing.
25:23And they'll never know their package took a little detour.
25:26Once you're done, go get online near the factory. Then we'll remote access your computer and we'll take it from there.
25:41And the package is in.
25:47Okay, that's the receiver.
25:53Should I access the laptop?
25:54Yeah, I see it. We're in.
25:56Okay, I'm gonna take over and I'm gonna try to brute force their Wi-Fi password.
26:03Bye.
26:06Okay, all or nothing.
26:08Got it!
26:15Sorry Luke.
26:17I got it, I got it.
26:20Here you go.
26:21Got it, save the password.
26:23Okay, now we're in their network.
26:25Let's hope that someone plucks in their keyboard and the USB.
26:29Can you see this?
26:30Can you see it?
26:31First of all, let's take a look for the device.
26:32Good.
26:33You're recording?
26:34It's recording?
26:35Yeah.
26:36We're recording.
26:37Yeah.
26:38Everything's here.
26:39Today's video is a poppy video.
26:41That's the location of the camera.
26:43I will see them in a bottom.
26:45How else is your Flakes?
26:48Where's the camera?
26:50You're recording?
26:51What are you doing?
26:52Your camera?
26:53The camera's in a full camera.
26:54People are rolling.
26:56Robert, listen to me, I spoke to Alexander and he said that you bring you in great difficulties
27:07and could not be honest with you.
27:10I'm worried about you. Come back home.
27:14Please.
27:17I'm fine. Don't worry about me.
27:25I can't say anything, but I'll call you if I'm back.
27:30Okay?
27:47They plugged in the USB.
28:08So, what do we have?
28:11There must be thousands of files.
28:13Everything from payroll, accounting, through to employment contracts.
28:18Has Torxon made an appearance?
28:20Yeah, he's chief engineer, if my translation is right.
28:24Okay. In what exactly?
28:26Well, that's where things get really interesting.
28:30There are a bunch of schematics and blueprints for various subsystems,
28:34but if you combine them all together, they form some sort of satellite.
28:40Let's have a look.
28:43If this is a satellite, where are the wings?
28:46That's where the solar panels would be, right?
28:48So, how's this getting power?
28:49Look.
28:50These plants must show the tunnels.
28:53Look how good this is.
28:56That's the inside.
29:00Yeah.
29:01Yeah, there must be thousands of microprocessors.
29:04A satellite with a computer system this dense, this complex, would require a lot of raw material.
29:11Yeah, precisely. And then there is this.
29:17What is this?
29:19I guess it's some sort of payload.
29:23These are microwave rays.
29:24Extremely high-power lasers.
29:26Possibly some signal jamming equipment and other stuff.
29:29TBC.
29:30Guys, satellites are Torxon's specialty, so I do think we know now what they're building.
29:37We just don't know why.
29:38So we're going to need more files.
29:51We should go.
29:52We've got like 30 gigs of data.
29:54Um, so far it's just more of the same.
29:57Payroll, accounting, a whole bunch of scientific papers.
30:01Papers on what?
30:06Look at this.
30:07These are decay rates of uranium.
30:11A mystery payload?
30:12You think it's a nuclear weapon?
30:14Guys, please let's not jump to any conclusions.
30:17Yeah, it would explain why everything is blacked out in the schematics.
30:21It would go against every international agreement.
30:25But, Lucas, you cannot get past those guards. You can't.
30:29Guys, look at this.
30:33What is this document about?
30:38Is this a tunnel underneath the checkpoint?
30:42I don't think there are any guards from there.
30:44There's an entrance.
30:47Maybe we'll find out more about how they control these satellites.
30:53We have to know for sure.
30:56It would be dangerous.
30:58Aaron, Aaron, please.
31:00Let's not cross that line again.
31:02Please.
31:04We agreed we'd make decisions together now, so...
31:07I'm not doing this without you.
31:10We are citizen journalists behind the desk.
31:12Not secret agents.
31:15We're so close.
31:16All we've lost.
31:17All we've lost.
31:18It has to be worth something.
31:19Right?
31:20It's worth a shot.
31:25Say we go in.
31:27I mean, what are we...
31:28What are we even looking for?
31:31Large centrifuges.
31:32Industrial equipment.
31:33Industrial equipment.
31:34Just anything.
31:35Anything that proves they are processing uranium.
31:38Pretty hard to hide this stuff.
31:41Okay, guys.
31:45I'm gonna call you now.
31:47And as soon as we're in, we're gonna stream live to the chat.
31:50Just make sure you're recording.
31:52Guys.
31:53We should think about this before.
31:54Just keep downloading the files.
31:55Get what you can.
31:59Send me the blueprint, please.
32:05Okay, guys.
32:06I will try to find a way to track you.
32:07Up the ladder and down the chimney.
32:12Right.
32:13I'm uploading the building's plan to my Forensic Architecture Software.
32:14So if you keep your phone on, you'll be able to find a way to find a way to track you.
32:19Okay, guys.
32:20I will try to find a way to track you.
32:22Up the ladder and down the chimney.
32:33Right.
32:35I'm uploading the building's plan to my Forensic Architecture Software.
32:39So if you keep your phone on, I should be able to track you inside the factory.
32:44And please make sure your phone is on silent.
32:47You sure we want to do this?
32:49I mean, it should bring us behind those gates.
32:52You might lose phone signals.
32:54Do you have the Wi-Fi password?
32:56Yes, I've got it.
32:58Okay, call us back from the network.
33:03Better safe than sorry.
33:17Good.
33:18Great.
33:19Great.
33:45Great.
33:49Nice, I put him a pocket.
34:19Okay, so centrifuges, they're typically steel, like big metal tubes, a few meters long.
34:28Let's see if you can find anything like that.
34:50Oh, wait, wait, wait, it's that...
34:52Klaxon.
34:57Try to follow him.
34:59Get a closer look.
35:01Look at this, the satellites.
35:17Aaron.
35:18Look at this, the satellites.
35:20Aaron, get out of there.
35:24Aaron, get out of there.
35:31Go, go now, Aaron.
35:35We are recording everything, so get out now.
35:39Get out!
35:40Keep on walking.
35:41Keep on walking.
35:42We are recording everything, so get out now.
35:45Get out!
35:46Keep on walking.
35:50Is he still following you?
35:51Don't look, but is he still following you?
36:05Guys?
36:06Yeah?
36:07Guys, do you see this?
36:08Yep.
36:09We see it.
36:10I'm in an elevator.
36:11Uh, yeah.
36:12Where are you going?
36:13I don't know, but I'm going down.
36:15When the idiot go out.
36:16Aaron.
36:17Aaron, I'm not sure about this.
36:18I told you this was a bad idea.
36:19No, no.
36:20No, no.
36:21No.
36:22No.
36:23No.
36:24No.
36:25No.
36:26No.
36:27No.
36:28No.
36:29No.
36:30No.
36:31No.
36:32No.
36:33No.
36:34No.
36:35No.
36:36No.
36:37No.
36:38No.
36:39No.
36:40No.
36:41No.
36:42No.
36:43No.
36:44No.
36:45No.
36:46No.
37:02No.
37:03Guys, I think Turks and satellites are weapons.
37:08Where is this place?
37:09No.
37:10I don't know.
37:11They're aiming at satellites all over the world.
37:13Why are they targeting other satellites?
37:16Alone.
37:18I admire the spirit.
37:21Ah, my friend from St. Petersburg.
37:24You left an hour.
37:27You can't blame me for trying.
37:31You know about the payload in a satellite?
37:35What is it? A nuclear weapon?
37:38A nuclear weapon.
37:41We could have done that decades ago.
37:44Lucas.
37:45We need to get him out of here.
37:48How?
37:49I don't know.
37:50I followed him down.
37:54Is that what Joshua meant?
37:56That you needed all of the Colton for your satellites?
37:59Your friend was simply collateral damage.
38:03And Steve Lausch.
38:06And Claude.
38:08You murdered them.
38:10Why?
38:11Why are your satellites targeting other satellites?
38:14Huh?
38:15Do you wanna start a war?
38:16We don't need to wage war against you.
38:19We just shut down your systems.
38:25Hospitals, transportation, telecommunications, banking.
38:32And when the world as you know it collapses.
38:37Very quickly you will realize we're all the same in the dark.
38:44And after the darkness, we will turn the telecommunications systems back on.
38:50And your disinformation will have filled in the blanks.
38:53The uranium is powering the jamming equipment on your satellites and that's how you create the blackout.
38:57The greatest victories are those that require no battles.
39:02No one has the monopoly on truth.
39:04Truth belongs to all of us.
39:05Truth belongs to all of us.
39:09We will see.
39:19Truth belongs to all of us.
39:21Guys.
39:22Guys.
39:23I think I've found the password to their internal security system.
39:26But I need a minute.
39:28So this is how you do it, all that real-time disinformation, a quantum computer.
39:57Yes.
40:04Now, give me your phone.
40:08No, no, no, no, Lucas, hurry up!
40:10Guys, what do I do?
40:12Aaron, I'm gonna need you out of that room in three seconds.
40:15Three, two, one.
40:19No!
40:22Oh, shit, we need another way out!
40:29The elevator's on its way down, Lucas!
40:31Just a second, merci.
40:32It's in, we don't have a second!
40:34Aaron, stay with me!
40:36Find a solution now!
40:37Okay, we see you.
40:39Take a look at the right of the elevator doors.
40:42You should see a vent.
40:46Get inside it.
40:52You should see a service ladder.
40:58Keep climbing up.
41:01Whoa, wait, wait, you're on the wrong side of the building.
41:03You're gonna need another way out.
41:04Um, uh, let me give you some cover.
41:06Okay, hold on, just a second.
41:08We're still climbing up.
41:10Slap liquor.
41:11All right.
41:24You know who it did?
41:28I don't know.
41:29It's dark now.
41:30You see something strange.
41:31Hey, check light, go.
41:34Hey, you know what?
41:39We're on the truck, but we don't know where we're moving to.
41:53Guys!
41:56Oh my god, where are you going?
41:58Uh, you're heading west.
42:01Bad news. According to these blueprints, there's an army barracks that way.
42:09What's your turn on?
42:13Oh, my gosh!
42:14Oh, my gosh!
42:15Oh, my gosh!
42:16Oh, my gosh, my gosh!
42:18Oh, my gosh, they're flying to the border.
42:23Hey!
42:26But I'm scared!
42:28And I can go to the street from the toward the net!
42:32Come here again, guys!
42:34And I'll see you in the matter where it is,енс.
42:37It's you, aren't you?
42:40I'm for it.
43:06Thank you, Boris. Thank you very much.
44:08The truth lies hidden within these documents. If you want to help, click here.
44:14The citizen journalist group known as The Collective have published a video in which a Russian agent appears to describe a new uranium-based space weapon.
44:30The weapon allegedly has the capacity to destroy satellites on which the world depends for internet, air traffic control, and the stock market.
44:40This would be in violation of the space treaty to which 130 countries are signatories, including Russia.
44:47The Russian government has, however, denied any involvement, claiming the agent to be a rogue operative.
44:54If I get scared, yes, yes, all the time. But what's the alternative? The important thing is that we don't let it stop us. That's all. That's what I wanted to say.
45:17If we give in to fear, we give in to them. And that's not something we are willing to do. We believe uncovering the truth can make a difference.
45:24What happens next doesn't have to be left up to these competing narratives. It can be up to you. So if you find something that you care about, it can be something local. Find something that matters to you and then start to investigate.
45:49Start to investigate.
46:06The documents we posted were downloaded by almost 1.8 million people. Each one of you give me hope.
46:13I believe if Joshua was still alive, he would say, what we do matters.
46:22If things had gone any other way, there's a chance that we wouldn't be here today. Well, that I'd be here alone.
46:31It didn't go that way. And you're not alone. None of us are.
46:38Bye.
46:59I'll see you online.
47:08Bye.
47:09Bye.
47:38Bye.
47:39Bye.
47:40Bye.
47:41Bye.
48:01Bye.
48:05Oh
48:12Oh
48:20Oh
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