Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files Season 2, Episode 8: Area 51 / Cajun Apparition

The Real Battle of LA / Queen Mary Menace

After reviewing the week's finds, Devin goes with Ben and Jael to attempt to unearth the truth behind a famous photo taken by an LA Times photographer in 1942, just after the Pearl Harbor attack and five years before the Roswell incident, of an object flying through the night sky. Chi-Lan, Bill and Austin, meanwhile, investigate the Queen Mary Ghost in Long Beach, where the famous ship has been moored since the '60s.

43 min

Thermal Theater Ghost / Fire In The Sky

One of the hottest cases this week comes from Jacksonville, Florida, from the historic Florida Theatre. Bill, Austin and Chi-Lan head to this reported hotbed of paranormal activity to get to the bottom of an amazing video: A local expert, Steve Christian, was conducting a paranormal investigation in the theater when he caught, on camera, a figure seated in the balcony - waving. Ben, Devin and Jael, meanwhile, have also been down south, searching for the truth behind a reported UFO sighting. What's special about this one is that there's video of a flare descending toward Earth, splitting into three lights, and then hovering for a period.

43 min

Raining Ufo's / Ectoplasmic Pic

Ben, Jael and Austin head to Long Beach, CA, where the video of an unidentified object flying over the harbor, seeming to drop glowing seeds into the water, was recorded. Chi-Lan, Bill and Devin, meanwhile, have been digging into a decades-old mystery of a Winnipeg man who claimed to have captured ectoplasm - a ghostly substance said to be produced by a medium during a séance - on camera at the turn of the last century.

43 min

Playground Poltergeist / Alien Intruder

To get the truth, sometimes you have to travel halfway around the world. That's why this week, Jael, Austin and Bill fly to the small town of Firmat, Argentina to uncover the explanation of a swing that, for four years, has appeared to be moving on its own. Ben, Chi-Lan and Devin, meanwhile, have been speaking with a Florida man, David Eckhart, and his wife, Jean, about their frequent experiences with unknowable forces. The couple say they've been visited by aliens for years, citing loss of time and mass migrations of worms in their driveway. They have two videos to back up their claims, and Ben and his team intend to discover their authenticity.

43 min

Dashcam Chupacabra / Nightly News Alien

Ben, Chi-Lan and Devin head to Texas on a hunt for the blood-sucking cryptid known as the chupacabra. The local sherrif saw a strange, unidentifiable animal running down a country road, and murmurs of the chupacabra swelled up around the video she shot from her vehicle. Jael, Austin and Bill, meanwhile, are looking into what seems to be an alien walking plainly through a shot from a local news segment in Patagonia, Argentina, where UFO and alien sightings are frequent.

43 min

Whaley Ghost House / Muck Monster

One team travels to San Diego to investigate claims of paranormal activity in the Whaley House, which some say is the most haunted home in the US. Meanwhile, the other team looks into footage captured by a local family of an unknown creature which is said to inhabit Florida's Loxahatchee River.

43 min

UFO Crash Landing / Graveyard Ghost

A purported UFO crash is investigated in New Mexico; a graveyard ghost sighting in Nevada is probed.

43 min

Sinister Spirals / Flying Saucers

A flying saucer case from Santa Ana, Cal., is investigated; claims attributed to "flying rods" in Joplin, Mo., are probed.

42 min

Asylum Apparition / Mystery Over Mexico

Visiting Waverly Hills Sanatorium in Louisville to investigate a video of a purported ghost sighting; UFO sightings over Mexico are probed.

42 min

Old West Haunting / Freeway Flyer

Footage from the Bird Cage Theater in Tombstone, Ariz., is scrutinized; a UFO sighting over a Los Angeles freeway is probed.

42 min

Bar Fright; Mexico City Cave Witch

Purported poltergeist activity in a Texas bar is probed; footage of a flying witch is scrutinized in Mexico.

42 min

The Grim Sleeper / The Real Mr. Freeze

Among the cases brought in by the team this week are two Fact or Faked firsts: A video of a paranormal force causing a woman to levitate from her bed, and a case of a human performing paranormal feats.

42 min

Bay Area Hysteria / Jersey Shore Haunting

A mystery over California's Bodega Bay is probed. Also: a purported ghost encounter captured on a thermal camera at New Jersey's Paramount Theatre is scrutinized.

42 min

Vanishing Victim / Sky Serpent

The team visits England to examine footage of an alleged alien abduction and a flaming, serpentine object in the sky.

42 min

Pride House Specter / Bluegrass Bigfoot

Photographic evidence of paranormal activity at the Pride House in Jefferson, Texas, is scrutinized. Also: Tests are conducted in Kentucky concerning the state's purported Bigfoot sightings.

42 min

Battleship Ghost / Scouting UFO

Evidence of a ghost lurking on the USS North Carolina is examined, also A purported UFO sighting in Michigan is investigated.

42 min

Reptile Rampage / Gasoline Ghoul

Evidence to support sightings of a reptilian creature in South Carolina is sought. Also: Footage of alleged paranormal activity captured at a gas station in Ohio is scrutinized.

42 min

Glowing Gargoyle / Phantom Feline

Josh Gates helps the team examine evidence of a gargoyle sighting in the U.K. Also: Claims concerning a spectral cat are investigated in Kentucky.

42 min

Florida Woodland UFO / Black Forrest Entity

A purported UFO sighting in Florida is investigated. Also: Evidence of a haunting in Colorado is scrutinized.

42 min

Graveyard Lightning / Truck Stop Terror

Evidence of purported paranormal activity documented at a Mississippi graveyard and an abandoned Missouri truck stop is scrutinized.

42 min

Into The Vortex / Tavern Shapeshifter

The Oregon Vortex is probed. Also: An English pub is visited after a security camera captures the image of what may be a ghost.

43 min

Surveillance Spectre / Morgue Mystery

Probes in England and Kentucky unfold. (First episode of a two episode season finale, with a special 8 pm start time.)

Stonehenge Secrets / Iceland Worm Monster

Josh Gates joins the team in Iceland to examine footage of what may be an aquatic creature. Also: Pro wrestler Kofi Kingston helps with a Stonehenge investigation in the Season 2 finale.