in 2012 they are finally ready to start looking
we went down to Honduras and we brought
we went down to Honduras and we brought down a plane with this million dollar
down a plane with this million dollar
down a plane with this million dollar light our gear in it and the crew and
light our gear in it and the crew and
light our gear in it and the crew and every morning you get up and go to the
every morning you get up and go to the
every morning you get up and go to the airport get in the airplane I didn’t go
airport get in the airplane I didn’t go
airport get in the airplane I didn’t go in the plane to light it was the only
in the plane to light it was the only
in the plane to light it was the only room for two people to light our
room for two people to light our
room for two people to light our engineer and a pilot weed plot out where
engineer and a pilot weed plot out where
engineer and a pilot weed plot out where they’re gonna go and they would fly
kind of like mowing the lawn maybe just
kind of like mowing the lawn maybe just go back and forth and back and forth
go back and forth and back and forth
go back and forth and back and forth having no idea whether or not this was
having no idea whether or not this was
having no idea whether or not this was gonna work this is really a crapshoot
gonna work this is really a crapshoot
gonna work this is really a crapshoot the scan begins
and then it happens I’m having breakfast
and then it happens I’m having breakfast with Doug Preston who was writing an
with Doug Preston who was writing an
with Doug Preston who was writing an article about it for The New Yorker and
article about it for The New Yorker and
article about it for The New Yorker and all of a sudden one of the light our
all of a sudden one of the light our
all of a sudden one of the light our engineers comes bounding out of his room
engineers comes bounding out of his room
engineers comes bounding out of his room the scientist who was analyzing these
the scientist who was analyzing these
the scientist who was analyzing these images came racing out of his bungalow
images came racing out of his bungalow
images came racing out of his bungalow and his flip-flops waving his arms and
and his flip-flops waving his arms and
and his flip-flops waving his arms and screaming he grabs me by the neck going
screaming he grabs me by the neck going
screaming he grabs me by the neck going Steve Steve Steve this is it this is it
Steve Steve Steve this is it this is it
Steve Steve Steve this is it this is it this is the okk moment there’s something
this is the okk moment there’s something
this is the okk moment there’s something in the valley
in the valley
in the valley he said it’s here it’s here it is his
he said it’s here it’s here it is his
he said it’s here it’s here it is his eyes are bulging out and bingo right
eyes are bulging out and bingo right
eyes are bulging out and bingo right where we thought it would be were these
where we thought it would be were these
where we thought it would be were these rectangular features that you know you
rectangular features that you know you
rectangular features that you know you had to be an idiot not to know these
had to be an idiot not to know these
had to be an idiot not to know these were man-made I mean I couldn’t believe
were man-made I mean I couldn’t believe
were man-made I mean I couldn’t believe it at that moment I get all tingly I was
it at that moment I get all tingly I was
it at that moment I get all tingly I was like a little kid I said I can’t believe
like a little kid I said I can’t believe
like a little kid I said I can’t believe this actually really worked but how can
this actually really worked but how can
this actually really worked but how can you stop there now we have to go on the
you stop there now we have to go on the
you stop there now we have to go on the ground and actually prove 100% like hold
ground and actually prove 100% like hold
ground and actually prove 100% like hold up a stone or something and say this is
up a stone or something and say this is
up a stone or something and say this is what we saw on lidar this is it
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