1 00:00:02,042 --> 00:00:03,167 We don't know what it is, there's a big anomaly 2 00:00:03,333 --> 00:00:05,250 in the ground-penetrating radar right there. 3 00:00:06,042 --> 00:00:08,000 THOMAS: What the heck? 4 00:00:08,167 --> 00:00:10,000 BRYANT: What in the hell is that? 5 00:00:10,125 --> 00:00:12,750 That pink rock doesn't look natural. 6 00:00:12,875 --> 00:00:15,000 THOMAS: We've never done a mortar shell 7 00:00:15,125 --> 00:00:17,417 where it's got a big percussion. 8 00:00:17,542 --> 00:00:18,667 TRAVIS: There we go. 9 00:00:19,542 --> 00:00:21,000 Whoa, what was that purple light over there? 10 00:00:21,167 --> 00:00:22,750 I'm gonna head down. We need to know 11 00:00:22,875 --> 00:00:24,833 if this is a reaction to that rocket. 12 00:00:24,958 --> 00:00:25,750 TRAVIS: What is that? 13 00:00:25,875 --> 00:00:26,833 It looks like 14 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:28,625 this thing's following Thomas. 15 00:00:29,542 --> 00:00:33,167 NARRATOR: There is a ranch in Northern Utah. 16 00:00:33,292 --> 00:00:35,542 It is considered the epicenter 17 00:00:35,667 --> 00:00:40,542 of the strangest and most disturbing phenomena on Earth: 18 00:00:40,708 --> 00:00:43,250 animal mutilations, 19 00:00:43,375 --> 00:00:45,833 bizarre UFO sightings 20 00:00:45,917 --> 00:00:50,042 and unusual energies that have proven harmful to humans. 21 00:00:50,167 --> 00:00:53,083 For 20 years, the federal government 22 00:00:53,208 --> 00:00:56,083 tried to find answers and failed. 23 00:00:56,208 --> 00:01:00,333 Now a new team of dedicated scientists, 24 00:01:00,500 --> 00:01:04,250 researchers and experts has taken over. 25 00:01:04,375 --> 00:01:08,292 They are determined to solve the mystery and reveal... 26 00:01:10,917 --> 00:01:14,292 ...The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch. 27 00:01:21,833 --> 00:01:24,000 Clearly, um... 28 00:01:24,083 --> 00:01:26,250 you guys saw something, a purple light. 29 00:01:26,375 --> 00:01:28,333 THOMAS: Yeah, I saw it multiple times, right? 30 00:01:28,417 --> 00:01:30,250 The way that it correlated with the timing 31 00:01:30,375 --> 00:01:33,042 of the launches was very interesting. 32 00:01:33,208 --> 00:01:35,292 -It was really bright. -Okay. 33 00:01:35,375 --> 00:01:37,833 Last night we were hoping to zero 34 00:01:37,958 --> 00:01:40,125 in on the cause of all the energy spikes, 35 00:01:40,250 --> 00:01:43,667 GPS anomalies and UAPs that we keep seeing 36 00:01:43,792 --> 00:01:47,417 in the so-called triangle here on Skinwalker Ranch. 37 00:01:48,667 --> 00:01:51,500 But instead, the rockets and mortars that we launched 38 00:01:51,625 --> 00:01:54,417 seemed to have triggered two new phenomena that we've never 39 00:01:54,542 --> 00:01:58,833 seen before hundreds of yards away in the south field. 40 00:01:58,958 --> 00:02:00,833 THOMAS: Whoa, what was that purple light over there? 41 00:02:00,917 --> 00:02:03,875 TRAVIS: Thomas Winterton saw what he described as a purple 42 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:05,667 flashing light in the south field, 43 00:02:05,792 --> 00:02:08,167 but when he went over there to investigate it 44 00:02:08,292 --> 00:02:11,292 with Tom Lewis and Kandus Linde, it disappeared. 45 00:02:11,375 --> 00:02:13,167 Neither one of us has seen 46 00:02:13,292 --> 00:02:15,000 anything to account for that purple light. 47 00:02:15,125 --> 00:02:17,083 TRAVIS: And then Kaleb Bench and I 48 00:02:17,208 --> 00:02:19,167 saw a UAP above him 49 00:02:19,292 --> 00:02:21,583 in our night vision scope that seemed to be 50 00:02:21,708 --> 00:02:24,583 tracking his movements, like it was stalking him. 51 00:02:24,708 --> 00:02:27,333 If you've got the, the footage of that light, 52 00:02:27,417 --> 00:02:28,667 I'd love to see it 'cause I never 53 00:02:28,833 --> 00:02:30,000 did get to actually see it. 54 00:02:30,167 --> 00:02:31,833 So I've... I've got the video up here. 55 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:35,000 So, guys, look there. We've got our familiar landmarks. 56 00:02:35,083 --> 00:02:37,000 We know what those lights are. 57 00:02:37,083 --> 00:02:38,917 TRAVIS: They're security lights at the houses, 58 00:02:39,042 --> 00:02:40,375 you know, far enough away. 59 00:02:40,500 --> 00:02:42,042 Okay, I'll continue playing. 60 00:02:42,208 --> 00:02:43,792 For purple. 61 00:02:43,875 --> 00:02:45,167 TRAVIS: Whoa, whoa, whoa! 62 00:02:45,333 --> 00:02:46,667 -ERIK: There, right there. -TRAVIS: Whoa, right. 63 00:02:46,750 --> 00:02:47,708 That's it, though. 64 00:02:48,667 --> 00:02:50,958 ERIK: The first takeaway for me looking at this is, 65 00:02:51,083 --> 00:02:54,458 okay, it is at the same level in our shot 66 00:02:54,583 --> 00:02:58,250 as those known terrestrial, uh, light sources. 67 00:02:58,375 --> 00:03:00,833 -Exactly. -So it's down low. 68 00:03:00,917 --> 00:03:02,875 -It was not in the sky. -Right. 69 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:04,250 Now the question is, what is it? 70 00:03:06,375 --> 00:03:09,167 So, when you compare the size and the brightness 71 00:03:09,250 --> 00:03:11,208 and the intensity of the light 72 00:03:11,333 --> 00:03:13,833 to the amber yard lights and the white ones off there, 73 00:03:13,917 --> 00:03:17,917 you know, those lights are big, big lights-- bright... 74 00:03:18,042 --> 00:03:20,375 -Mm-hmm. -...and this is just as big. 75 00:03:20,542 --> 00:03:23,333 And-and the fact that it's purple, maybe I'm wrong, 76 00:03:23,500 --> 00:03:25,500 but purple lights don't carry as far as...? 77 00:03:25,667 --> 00:03:28,000 No, it's, uh, your eye doesn't respond to purple. 78 00:03:28,125 --> 00:03:30,083 In fact, your eye responds best to a greenish yellow color. 79 00:03:30,208 --> 00:03:33,000 For it to be a purple light and you to see it, 80 00:03:33,125 --> 00:03:35,500 it had to be, have a lot of energy in it. 81 00:03:35,625 --> 00:03:37,333 And so I find that really interesting. 82 00:03:37,500 --> 00:03:39,667 As an optical scientist, I've studied 83 00:03:39,750 --> 00:03:41,417 the light spectrum that the human eye 84 00:03:41,542 --> 00:03:43,833 can see for more than 30 years. 85 00:03:43,958 --> 00:03:46,417 Purple is near the edge of that spectrum. 86 00:03:46,542 --> 00:03:50,167 So, for it to be as bright as this, it had to have been 87 00:03:50,292 --> 00:03:52,667 created by something emitting a lot of energy. 88 00:03:52,792 --> 00:03:55,333 I'm not sure what that could have been. 89 00:03:55,500 --> 00:03:57,333 While you're chasing this purple light, 90 00:03:57,417 --> 00:04:00,333 uh, we've got what appears to be 91 00:04:00,500 --> 00:04:03,042 something blinking over your heads 92 00:04:03,208 --> 00:04:05,000 only a couple hundred feet above you 93 00:04:05,083 --> 00:04:06,542 and following your motion. 94 00:04:06,708 --> 00:04:08,875 -That is odd. -Can you point it out to me? 95 00:04:09,042 --> 00:04:10,417 -Yeah, I'll-I'll show you. -Okay. 96 00:04:10,542 --> 00:04:12,292 Kaleb and I could tell this thing 97 00:04:12,417 --> 00:04:14,125 was moving and it was right over your head. 98 00:04:14,208 --> 00:04:17,667 -THOMAS: I see it right there. -Yeah, you see it right here. 99 00:04:18,958 --> 00:04:20,667 It was right over your heads, 100 00:04:20,833 --> 00:04:23,000 and it moved with you. It was, like, a couple 101 00:04:23,125 --> 00:04:25,583 -hundred feet, at most, above the ground. -Okay. 102 00:04:25,708 --> 00:04:28,875 -See it right there, how bright it was? -I'm seeing it. 103 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:31,875 You can't, you can't miss it. 104 00:04:33,958 --> 00:04:36,625 Why is that happening at the exact same time 105 00:04:36,708 --> 00:04:39,333 we're doing these, uh, stimulation experiments, 106 00:04:39,458 --> 00:04:43,375 and there is a-a strange purple, 107 00:04:43,542 --> 00:04:46,333 uh, light or object appearing on the property? 108 00:04:46,458 --> 00:04:47,958 I don't like that. 109 00:04:48,042 --> 00:04:49,667 -I-I don't like that either. -I don't like the fact 110 00:04:49,792 --> 00:04:53,583 that there was something following me as I was out there. 111 00:04:53,708 --> 00:04:55,833 If it was a human doing it, it's a bad thing, 112 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:58,167 and if it wasn't a human doing it, it's-- I don't know 113 00:04:58,292 --> 00:04:59,500 if that's a good thing or not. 114 00:04:59,667 --> 00:05:01,125 -Yeah. -ERIK: Well, guys, 115 00:05:01,208 --> 00:05:03,500 thanks for helping me look through this today. 116 00:05:03,625 --> 00:05:06,042 -Yeah, man. -Yeah, we'll get back to work. 117 00:05:09,542 --> 00:05:11,625 THOMAS: We got the hole empty, so we ready to drill again? 118 00:05:11,708 --> 00:05:15,000 -Yeah. -TRAVIS: After our meeting in the command center, 119 00:05:15,083 --> 00:05:18,167 Erik Thomas and I headed out to the mesa where Aaron Blunt 120 00:05:18,333 --> 00:05:20,333 and his team from Straight Shot Drillers 121 00:05:20,417 --> 00:05:23,333 were about to continue another major investigation 122 00:05:23,417 --> 00:05:24,708 that we recently started. 123 00:05:24,833 --> 00:05:27,083 Would this drill, would it drill through 124 00:05:27,208 --> 00:05:28,375 steel-reinforced concrete? 125 00:05:28,542 --> 00:05:30,250 -Yes. -It would? 126 00:05:30,375 --> 00:05:32,000 Yeah, we do it quite a few times. 127 00:05:32,125 --> 00:05:33,083 Okay. 128 00:05:33,208 --> 00:05:34,417 Last year... 129 00:05:35,375 --> 00:05:36,625 ...Aaron drilled at this location 130 00:05:36,750 --> 00:05:39,000 and his bit scraped along the bottom 131 00:05:39,167 --> 00:05:41,625 of a 400-foot-long dome-shaped, 132 00:05:41,708 --> 00:05:43,708 possibly metal, object... 133 00:05:43,875 --> 00:05:46,458 Yeah, I'm up against something pretty hard right now. 134 00:05:46,542 --> 00:05:48,292 TRAVIS: The bit couldn't penetrate it, 135 00:05:48,375 --> 00:05:50,458 but scientific analysis that we had 136 00:05:50,542 --> 00:05:52,417 conducted on small fragments of metal 137 00:05:52,542 --> 00:05:55,000 that were in the spoils showed 138 00:05:55,083 --> 00:05:58,167 they were composed of the same type of materials 139 00:05:58,250 --> 00:06:00,583 that NASA uses on the space shuttle. 140 00:06:03,083 --> 00:06:04,625 That's actually very interesting. 141 00:06:04,708 --> 00:06:06,667 And then, three weeks ago, 142 00:06:06,833 --> 00:06:09,625 we conducted new ground-penetrating radar scans 143 00:06:09,708 --> 00:06:11,833 in this area and found that there appears 144 00:06:11,917 --> 00:06:13,458 to be a second, 145 00:06:13,542 --> 00:06:16,083 120-foot-tall vertical anomaly sitting 146 00:06:16,208 --> 00:06:19,667 just behind whatever this dome-shaped object is. 147 00:06:19,833 --> 00:06:22,583 Whatever this is is as tall as the mesa. 148 00:06:23,500 --> 00:06:25,375 So now we're having Aaron drill 149 00:06:25,542 --> 00:06:27,375 from above the dome-shaped anomaly 150 00:06:27,542 --> 00:06:29,125 in the hopes that from this angle, 151 00:06:29,208 --> 00:06:32,542 he can penetrate it and reach the vertical object behind it 152 00:06:32,667 --> 00:06:35,833 to help us figure out what in this world they could be. 153 00:06:35,958 --> 00:06:38,667 I have one more question. The, uh, the beacon 154 00:06:38,792 --> 00:06:40,667 on the end of the drill-- is it always on, 155 00:06:40,792 --> 00:06:43,208 or do you guys just turn it on when you're looking to find it? 156 00:06:43,375 --> 00:06:44,958 It's always on while we're drilling. 157 00:06:45,083 --> 00:06:46,708 And you're at 33 megahertz? 158 00:06:46,875 --> 00:06:47,958 -Yeah. -Okay. 159 00:06:48,083 --> 00:06:52,000 So, when we're out drilling, we have a beacon 160 00:06:52,125 --> 00:06:54,708 that you run in with the bit, 161 00:06:54,875 --> 00:06:57,667 and the locator will be up on top of the mesa. 162 00:06:57,792 --> 00:06:59,875 So it'll send a signal up to the locator 163 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:02,458 and it'll tell how deep it is, where it's at, 164 00:07:02,583 --> 00:07:04,250 what direction it's going, so we know 165 00:07:04,375 --> 00:07:06,167 where that bit is at all times. 166 00:07:06,292 --> 00:07:07,583 We're gonna look for that. 167 00:07:07,708 --> 00:07:09,250 -We got to look for it? -Yeah. 168 00:07:09,375 --> 00:07:11,250 TRAVIS: Aaron's drill beacon transmits 169 00:07:11,375 --> 00:07:13,250 at a frequency of 33 megahertz 170 00:07:13,375 --> 00:07:14,833 in order for the rig to track 171 00:07:14,958 --> 00:07:16,833 the drill bit's progress underground. 172 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:19,792 That's good to know. We will also monitor that signal 173 00:07:19,875 --> 00:07:22,167 with the spectrum analyzer as they drill. 174 00:07:22,333 --> 00:07:24,000 Thomas, I want you to, uh, keep an eye 175 00:07:24,125 --> 00:07:28,167 on the, uh, the gamma ray detector fairly periodically. 176 00:07:28,292 --> 00:07:31,042 -Okay. -TRAVIS: In the past, when we've drilled here, 177 00:07:31,167 --> 00:07:34,500 we detected strange radiation and energy frequencies, 178 00:07:34,583 --> 00:07:37,750 most notably one measuring 1.6 gigahertz, 179 00:07:37,875 --> 00:07:40,833 which I think could be some kind of communication signal. 180 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:42,875 I just don't know who or what could be 181 00:07:43,042 --> 00:07:45,583 trying to communicate or how it might be related 182 00:07:45,708 --> 00:07:47,833 to these strange anomalies in the mesa. 183 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:49,333 Yeah, I say let's start drilling. 184 00:07:49,417 --> 00:07:50,708 (others assent) 185 00:07:55,292 --> 00:07:56,333 Did you get that one working? 186 00:07:56,417 --> 00:07:57,667 Yeah, I got 'em all working now. 187 00:07:57,792 --> 00:07:59,333 TRAVIS: During the drilling operation 188 00:07:59,458 --> 00:08:01,667 we were using our spectrum analyzer 189 00:08:01,750 --> 00:08:03,292 to detect various energy signals... 190 00:08:03,417 --> 00:08:04,250 That's the beacon. 191 00:08:04,375 --> 00:08:05,500 Now, this included 192 00:08:05,667 --> 00:08:07,750 the drill beacon's 33-megahertz signal, 193 00:08:07,875 --> 00:08:10,542 which we were monitoring for any changes 194 00:08:10,708 --> 00:08:13,833 that might suggest some kind of phenomena was affecting it. 195 00:08:15,208 --> 00:08:18,333 THOMAS: Uh, just a minor note to let you guys know 196 00:08:18,458 --> 00:08:19,958 as we're about 160 feet in. 197 00:08:20,083 --> 00:08:22,000 I'm gonna head up the mesa to where I can get eyes 198 00:08:22,125 --> 00:08:25,167 on Gavin and find out how deep they are. 199 00:08:25,333 --> 00:08:27,583 Understood, copy and thanks. 200 00:08:28,917 --> 00:08:30,875 THOMAS: I'm getting more and more excited with every foot 201 00:08:31,042 --> 00:08:32,667 that we're drilling into the mesa. 202 00:08:32,792 --> 00:08:34,833 Last year during our drilling exercise, 203 00:08:34,917 --> 00:08:37,958 we discovered metal that was forged, 204 00:08:38,042 --> 00:08:40,667 that's not natural, 300 feet into the hill. 205 00:08:40,792 --> 00:08:42,792 Really, I'm most excited about finding out 206 00:08:42,917 --> 00:08:44,750 what that metal is inside the mesa. 207 00:08:44,875 --> 00:08:46,500 Right now we're just about right here, 208 00:08:46,625 --> 00:08:48,125 -right below your feet. -The drill bit's right here? 209 00:08:48,250 --> 00:08:50,375 Yep. That's where it's at. He's trying to work it down, 210 00:08:50,500 --> 00:08:52,792 but it's... it'll let him drill forward, 211 00:08:52,917 --> 00:08:55,333 but he's not able to work it down as much as he'd like. 212 00:08:55,500 --> 00:08:57,500 Okay. What-what causes that? 213 00:08:57,625 --> 00:08:59,500 Um, just really tight ground 214 00:08:59,583 --> 00:09:01,958 or, um, other... 215 00:09:02,083 --> 00:09:04,333 objects pushing him in certain directions. 216 00:09:04,458 --> 00:09:05,667 -So... -Okay. 217 00:09:05,750 --> 00:09:07,333 Guys. You got a copy? 218 00:09:07,500 --> 00:09:09,208 Go ahead, Thomas. We hear you. 219 00:09:09,333 --> 00:09:11,542 I'm up here on top with Gavin. 220 00:09:11,708 --> 00:09:13,875 The drill bit is approximately 40 feet 221 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:16,000 below where we're standing right now. 222 00:09:16,167 --> 00:09:18,625 There's something that's been pushing the drill up. 223 00:09:18,708 --> 00:09:20,542 If you remember last year, 224 00:09:20,667 --> 00:09:22,292 there was something pushing it down. 225 00:09:22,417 --> 00:09:25,708 So he's been trying to turn that drill and level it out, 226 00:09:25,875 --> 00:09:28,333 and it's just pushing him up higher and higher. 227 00:09:28,458 --> 00:09:30,208 Similar to what we experienced last year. 228 00:09:30,375 --> 00:09:32,000 Just other direction. 229 00:09:32,125 --> 00:09:33,875 Maybe we're on top of it 230 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:36,208 instead of the bottom of it this time. 231 00:09:36,333 --> 00:09:37,750 That could be. 232 00:09:37,875 --> 00:09:39,833 Think Erik's gonna come up and, uh, do some 233 00:09:39,917 --> 00:09:41,542 experiments up there with you. 234 00:09:41,667 --> 00:09:43,042 He'll be there in a few minutes. 235 00:09:43,167 --> 00:09:45,042 Copy that. 236 00:09:45,208 --> 00:09:47,167 Be careful. 237 00:09:50,458 --> 00:09:52,833 TRAVIS: When Thomas told us the drill bit was being pushed up 238 00:09:52,958 --> 00:09:54,500 by something inside the mesa, 239 00:09:54,625 --> 00:09:56,667 Erik and I wondered if Aaron was just 240 00:09:56,792 --> 00:09:59,250 scraping along the top of the dome-shaped object. 241 00:09:59,375 --> 00:10:02,917 So Erik took a handheld spectrum analyzer up to Thomas. 242 00:10:03,042 --> 00:10:06,167 We wanted to see if any strange energy signals could be detected 243 00:10:06,292 --> 00:10:10,042 when the drill made contact with the anomaly inside the mesa. 244 00:10:10,958 --> 00:10:13,125 When we try to approach that point, 245 00:10:13,250 --> 00:10:15,792 our bit is getting pushed down or it's getting pushed up. 246 00:10:15,917 --> 00:10:17,833 ERIK: So he's hitting resistance right now? 247 00:10:17,958 --> 00:10:20,167 You can hear that drill's hitting something hard. 248 00:10:20,292 --> 00:10:21,167 Oh, yeah. 249 00:10:21,333 --> 00:10:24,125 (clanking) 250 00:10:25,708 --> 00:10:27,833 What's going on, Thomas? 251 00:10:27,917 --> 00:10:31,500 After drilling more than 270 or 280 feet 252 00:10:31,625 --> 00:10:33,708 of going through sandstone like butter, 253 00:10:33,875 --> 00:10:36,292 the drill has encountered a hard object 254 00:10:36,375 --> 00:10:38,667 that it cannot penetrate. 255 00:10:38,750 --> 00:10:41,667 -Wow. -Well, if that's the case... 256 00:10:41,792 --> 00:10:44,667 um, what I want to do is see if I can pick up that beacon... 257 00:10:44,833 --> 00:10:46,875 Travis, you hear me? 258 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:49,500 Copy that, Erik, I got you. 259 00:10:49,625 --> 00:10:51,292 I'm looking for the beacon signal 260 00:10:51,375 --> 00:10:53,208 at 33 megahertz right now. 261 00:10:53,375 --> 00:10:54,875 Copy that. 262 00:10:55,042 --> 00:10:58,667 Let me go to that signal and see... where it is. 263 00:10:58,792 --> 00:11:01,000 All right. I think that's him. 264 00:11:01,167 --> 00:11:04,375 See all that activity right there? 265 00:11:05,375 --> 00:11:07,167 Oh, what is that? 266 00:11:09,583 --> 00:11:11,333 Something's going nuts there. 267 00:11:11,500 --> 00:11:13,042 You see the small peak in the middle, 268 00:11:13,208 --> 00:11:15,292 that's the beacon from the drill bit. 269 00:11:15,375 --> 00:11:17,042 -Yeah. -But these other-- 270 00:11:17,208 --> 00:11:19,333 the three peaks on either side were not there 271 00:11:19,458 --> 00:11:22,625 until the drill bit hit whatever it can't go through. 272 00:11:25,250 --> 00:11:26,583 Hey, Thomas. 273 00:11:26,708 --> 00:11:29,500 Tell Erik that when the drill bit hit 274 00:11:29,583 --> 00:11:31,667 whatever you guys hit up at the top, 275 00:11:31,792 --> 00:11:33,875 that the 33-megahertz signal 276 00:11:34,042 --> 00:11:37,792 coming from the drill bit amplified and spread out 277 00:11:37,875 --> 00:11:40,917 all around it like something was rebroadcasting it. 278 00:11:41,042 --> 00:11:44,333 I see the peak at 33 megahertz. 279 00:11:44,500 --> 00:11:46,208 As soon as the drill bit 280 00:11:46,375 --> 00:11:47,750 hit whatever stopped it, 281 00:11:47,875 --> 00:11:50,500 six other peaks appeared on the spectrum analyzer 282 00:11:50,625 --> 00:11:52,792 around the 33-megahertz peak. 283 00:11:52,917 --> 00:11:54,500 And we've seen this before. 284 00:11:54,583 --> 00:11:56,542 What's going on here? 285 00:11:56,667 --> 00:11:57,917 There's a phenomenon occurring 286 00:11:58,042 --> 00:11:59,667 right now that we don't understand. 287 00:12:11,500 --> 00:12:13,333 This small peak in the middle-- 288 00:12:13,458 --> 00:12:15,667 that's the, that's the beacon from the drill bit. 289 00:12:15,792 --> 00:12:17,167 KALEB: Yeah. 290 00:12:17,333 --> 00:12:18,708 TRAVIS: But these other-- the three peaks 291 00:12:18,875 --> 00:12:20,333 on either side were not there 292 00:12:20,458 --> 00:12:23,167 until the drill bit hit whatever it can't go through. 293 00:12:23,333 --> 00:12:26,333 Right after Aaron Blunt informed us that his drill bit 294 00:12:26,500 --> 00:12:29,333 couldn't penetrate what we believed to be the top side 295 00:12:29,458 --> 00:12:33,333 of the massive dome-shaped object inside the mesa... 296 00:12:33,458 --> 00:12:36,500 Erik and I noticed that the 33-megahertz radio signal 297 00:12:36,667 --> 00:12:39,875 from the drill's tracking beacon was being rebroadcast 298 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:42,000 into our spectrum analyzer. 299 00:12:42,125 --> 00:12:46,000 The question was, what could have been rebroadcasting it? 300 00:12:47,208 --> 00:12:48,833 THOMAS: What are you thinking right now? 301 00:12:48,917 --> 00:12:51,667 I'm thinking metal. 302 00:12:51,792 --> 00:12:54,417 Especially what, what we just heard from Travis. 303 00:12:54,542 --> 00:12:57,333 He said that when that drill bit contacted whatever this is 304 00:12:57,458 --> 00:12:59,833 that we can't get through, all of a sudden 305 00:12:59,958 --> 00:13:02,083 that beacon signal was coming, blasting out 306 00:13:02,208 --> 00:13:04,750 to his instruments. Think about what that means. 307 00:13:04,875 --> 00:13:07,958 He said he's hitting something that's rebroadcasting. 308 00:13:08,042 --> 00:13:10,167 Well, something that behaves like a large antenna 309 00:13:10,333 --> 00:13:11,667 would do that. 310 00:13:11,792 --> 00:13:14,167 So, when it pushes up against something metal, 311 00:13:14,292 --> 00:13:17,917 it would actually act like a big antenna and amplify it out? 312 00:13:18,042 --> 00:13:19,917 Yeah, or a reflector, I don't know. 313 00:13:20,042 --> 00:13:22,958 Makes me want to pull the bit back and do it again. 314 00:13:23,083 --> 00:13:24,792 Try it over and over and see if, in fact, 315 00:13:24,917 --> 00:13:26,458 that same thing happens with, 316 00:13:26,542 --> 00:13:28,292 with the instruments down there where we're set up. 317 00:13:28,417 --> 00:13:31,208 Well, it sounds like a, uh, quick experiment. 318 00:13:31,333 --> 00:13:33,708 -That something we could coordinate with you guys? -For sure. 319 00:13:33,833 --> 00:13:36,833 -Oh, perfect, perfect. -See if we can get Travis on board with that. 320 00:13:36,958 --> 00:13:39,250 THOMAS: Hey, Travis. 321 00:13:39,375 --> 00:13:41,000 Yeah, go ahead, Thomas. 322 00:13:41,083 --> 00:13:43,292 We would like to do an experiment 323 00:13:43,417 --> 00:13:47,250 based on what you are seeing with that amplifying. 324 00:13:47,375 --> 00:13:49,542 We want to try something where the driller goes 325 00:13:49,667 --> 00:13:53,167 and pushes up against it, let you see it, then backs off, 326 00:13:53,292 --> 00:13:55,833 then pushes up against it and then backs off. 327 00:13:55,917 --> 00:13:58,875 And let you look at that and see what you see. 328 00:13:59,042 --> 00:14:01,458 I like that experiment a lot. Let's do it. 329 00:14:02,750 --> 00:14:04,250 All righty, so what we're gonna have you do is 330 00:14:04,375 --> 00:14:05,708 just pull back your bit. 331 00:14:05,875 --> 00:14:07,833 TRAVIS: Erik's idea was the perfect way 332 00:14:07,917 --> 00:14:10,083 for us to test if whatever the drill was hitting 333 00:14:10,208 --> 00:14:13,250 inside the mesa really was altering-- 334 00:14:13,375 --> 00:14:16,042 or rebroadcasting-- the 33-megahertz signal. 335 00:14:16,167 --> 00:14:18,125 GAVIN: Okay, and then 336 00:14:18,208 --> 00:14:20,458 come back into contact with what you're hitting. 337 00:14:22,667 --> 00:14:23,833 AARON: Here we go. 338 00:14:25,125 --> 00:14:26,958 GAVIN: He's going. 339 00:14:27,042 --> 00:14:29,958 He should be coming back into contact with it here right now. 340 00:14:35,750 --> 00:14:38,292 Boy, it's suddenly gotten strong as crap. 341 00:14:38,417 --> 00:14:42,000 -KALEB: Hmm. -Look how strong that is. 342 00:14:42,167 --> 00:14:43,542 All right, so let's back away. 343 00:14:43,667 --> 00:14:45,000 All righty, Aaron, 344 00:14:45,125 --> 00:14:47,000 go ahead and back it off completely 345 00:14:47,167 --> 00:14:49,833 and then hold there for a second. 346 00:14:51,250 --> 00:14:53,708 Well, I can tell you, when they pushed the drill forward, 347 00:14:53,833 --> 00:14:55,625 the peaks went really high, 348 00:14:55,750 --> 00:14:57,500 and now it seems like they've backed off 349 00:14:57,625 --> 00:14:59,542 and they've dropped really low. 350 00:14:59,667 --> 00:15:02,500 That is exactly what we're looking for, Travis. 351 00:15:02,583 --> 00:15:05,167 Okay, Travis, we're going to instruct him 352 00:15:05,250 --> 00:15:06,750 to bring it back into contact. 353 00:15:06,875 --> 00:15:07,833 Watch for that. 354 00:15:07,917 --> 00:15:09,417 Copy that. 355 00:15:10,667 --> 00:15:12,208 -All right, so now look, look. -See, there it goes. 356 00:15:12,333 --> 00:15:13,875 Look, look, look, look, look! 357 00:15:14,042 --> 00:15:15,500 Holy cow, look at that! 358 00:15:15,625 --> 00:15:17,958 Sure enough, when Aaron pulled his drill bit 359 00:15:18,042 --> 00:15:20,000 away from the obstruction in the mesa, 360 00:15:20,167 --> 00:15:22,333 the 33-megahertz signal returned 361 00:15:22,458 --> 00:15:24,417 to normal frequency on the spectrum analyzer. 362 00:15:24,542 --> 00:15:27,125 But then each time it made contact 363 00:15:27,208 --> 00:15:29,125 with whatever is inside there, 364 00:15:29,208 --> 00:15:31,708 the signal would be amplified again. 365 00:15:31,833 --> 00:15:33,208 Look how strong it got. 366 00:15:33,375 --> 00:15:35,750 Man, it just really started broadcasting. 367 00:15:35,875 --> 00:15:39,125 I have no idea what could be in there that would do that. 368 00:15:39,208 --> 00:15:41,208 Could it be a response? 369 00:15:42,417 --> 00:15:46,167 ERIK: What could cause the RF spectrum to suddenly change 370 00:15:46,250 --> 00:15:50,000 as the drill bit encounters this apparently impenetrable object? 371 00:15:50,125 --> 00:15:52,750 We want to know, is this, is this aggression? 372 00:15:52,875 --> 00:15:55,000 Uh, is this an attempt to communicate? 373 00:15:55,125 --> 00:15:57,667 At this point it's speculation, but it is certainly 374 00:15:57,792 --> 00:15:59,958 very suggestive that we're dealing with something 375 00:16:00,042 --> 00:16:02,292 that isn't native to that mesa. 376 00:16:02,417 --> 00:16:04,667 -There's something in there. -KALEB: And we hit it. 377 00:16:04,833 --> 00:16:06,542 And the drill cannot punch through it. 378 00:16:06,667 --> 00:16:08,375 There is something in there. 379 00:16:08,542 --> 00:16:10,042 (metal squeaking) 380 00:16:11,250 --> 00:16:14,417 Now, you hear that high-pitched sound it's making? 381 00:16:14,542 --> 00:16:15,625 Yeah. 382 00:16:15,708 --> 00:16:17,167 AARON: So, we're just hitting 383 00:16:17,292 --> 00:16:19,875 something really, really hard. 384 00:16:20,042 --> 00:16:22,833 I don't know if I'm getting through this. 385 00:16:22,958 --> 00:16:26,958 See, and we're at 8,000 pounds of push. 386 00:16:27,042 --> 00:16:29,875 -Yeah. -Hardly any rotation off of it. 387 00:16:30,042 --> 00:16:32,542 So either my bits broke off or it's just 388 00:16:32,708 --> 00:16:35,500 spinning on something smooth. 389 00:16:40,042 --> 00:16:42,542 I've just been sitting here, rotating on it. 390 00:16:42,708 --> 00:16:44,583 -No movement? -Nope. 391 00:16:44,708 --> 00:16:47,625 And he even put his augers down so he'd have more push. 392 00:16:47,750 --> 00:16:49,292 So he can't push any harder? 393 00:16:49,375 --> 00:16:51,083 Uh, not right now, nope, not without breaking something. 394 00:16:51,208 --> 00:16:53,292 -I got to tell Travis. -Oh, my gosh. 395 00:16:53,417 --> 00:16:56,458 THOMAS: He's officially at the point he cannot go any further. 396 00:16:56,583 --> 00:16:58,583 Well, that's exciting. It means there is something 397 00:16:58,708 --> 00:17:02,208 different in there, and it does match the GPR data. 398 00:17:02,333 --> 00:17:05,625 We need to figure out how to get to it and see what it is. 399 00:17:05,708 --> 00:17:06,958 Precisely. 400 00:17:07,042 --> 00:17:08,333 We know we're on track. 401 00:17:08,458 --> 00:17:10,833 And what we didn't know from the GPR data 402 00:17:10,917 --> 00:17:13,000 was how far south and north it went. 403 00:17:13,125 --> 00:17:15,125 I think we just got our answer. 404 00:17:17,375 --> 00:17:19,708 TRAVIS: Well, I guess, uh, we need to look at the spoils bin 405 00:17:19,875 --> 00:17:21,333 and see what's in there. 406 00:17:21,458 --> 00:17:23,125 THOMAS: I agree with you. 407 00:17:23,208 --> 00:17:26,250 I'm completely baffled as to what it was 408 00:17:26,375 --> 00:17:29,042 that was so hard, we couldn't drill through it. 409 00:17:29,167 --> 00:17:31,833 I'm eager to get this drill bit pulled out of the hill 410 00:17:31,917 --> 00:17:34,167 and see what kind of condition the drill bit's in. 411 00:17:34,292 --> 00:17:38,250 I'm also really eager to look at this spoils pile 412 00:17:38,375 --> 00:17:40,667 and see, do we have any metal shavings in there 413 00:17:40,792 --> 00:17:42,375 like we found last year? 414 00:17:44,500 --> 00:17:46,125 I want to hear from this guy right here. 415 00:17:46,208 --> 00:17:49,458 I mean, you do this every day, all day. 416 00:17:49,542 --> 00:17:52,500 AARON: It's hitting something really hard and smooth. 417 00:17:52,625 --> 00:17:55,167 8,000 pounds of push, and it wasn't budging. 418 00:17:55,333 --> 00:17:57,167 That's a lot of pressure. 419 00:17:57,292 --> 00:17:58,667 What could be hard enough to be pushing back on that? 420 00:17:58,750 --> 00:18:01,333 I don't know, 'cause we cut through everything 421 00:18:01,458 --> 00:18:03,542 all the way up to the top just fine. 422 00:18:03,708 --> 00:18:06,625 I didn't move even a little bit through it, so... 423 00:18:06,708 --> 00:18:10,125 That's the thing. What in the world is that? 424 00:18:10,250 --> 00:18:11,500 Well, I want to see what's in that pit, 425 00:18:11,625 --> 00:18:13,042 'cause you might have got some chips off of it 426 00:18:13,167 --> 00:18:14,708 that it'd be nice to see what it is. 427 00:18:14,833 --> 00:18:16,500 I think we ought to get this sucked out and go look at it. 428 00:18:16,583 --> 00:18:18,542 Yeah, and I'd like to see the end of the bit, too, 429 00:18:18,708 --> 00:18:21,042 to see if it dulled it or what happened to it. 430 00:18:21,208 --> 00:18:23,875 (truck beeping) 431 00:18:24,042 --> 00:18:28,042 Once we were done drilling, we vacuumed all the spoils out 432 00:18:28,208 --> 00:18:30,167 of the pit where the drill bit entered the mesa 433 00:18:30,250 --> 00:18:32,167 so they could be screened for possible clues 434 00:18:32,250 --> 00:18:35,083 of what this dome-shaped object could be. 435 00:18:36,125 --> 00:18:38,458 Meanwhile, Aaron began retracting the drill bit 436 00:18:38,583 --> 00:18:41,417 so we could see what kind of damage it incurred 437 00:18:41,542 --> 00:18:43,833 after grinding away on that huge 438 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:46,167 impenetrable object for so long. 439 00:18:46,292 --> 00:18:48,667 AARON: Here she comes! 440 00:18:51,333 --> 00:18:53,250 TRAVIS: Here you go, Thomas. 441 00:18:57,125 --> 00:18:59,167 Getting this cleaned off... 442 00:18:59,292 --> 00:19:03,125 these teeth are all perfectly intact. 443 00:19:04,333 --> 00:19:06,375 -It's not missing a single tooth. -Yeah. 444 00:19:06,542 --> 00:19:10,542 I mean, it, it looks like it's in perfect condition. 445 00:19:10,667 --> 00:19:13,167 TRAVIS: You'd think, if you were grinding that against 446 00:19:13,292 --> 00:19:16,667 something for a half hour, that it would dull it at least. 447 00:19:16,792 --> 00:19:20,375 It should have heated up and at least wore it down flat. 448 00:19:21,500 --> 00:19:23,708 -TRAVIS: That's crazy. -AARON: Yeah, that is. 449 00:19:29,792 --> 00:19:32,542 TRAVIS: After all the grinding did against 450 00:19:32,667 --> 00:19:34,458 the top of the dome-shaped anomaly inside the mesa, 451 00:19:34,542 --> 00:19:36,708 it showed no sign of damage at all. 452 00:19:36,833 --> 00:19:39,208 It was like it had been spinning on an invisible, 453 00:19:39,333 --> 00:19:41,417 frictionless force field. 454 00:19:41,542 --> 00:19:44,167 That's like the stuff of science fiction. 455 00:19:44,333 --> 00:19:46,208 It made no logical sense. 456 00:19:46,333 --> 00:19:48,583 That's good. 457 00:19:50,833 --> 00:19:52,500 Let's hope we have some. 458 00:19:52,625 --> 00:19:54,667 TRAVIS: So, as the drill team dumped the materials 459 00:19:54,792 --> 00:19:57,375 that were collected inside the spoils tank, 460 00:19:57,500 --> 00:19:59,542 we were hoping that once we sifted them 461 00:19:59,708 --> 00:20:02,417 through a screen, we'd find evidence that might 462 00:20:02,542 --> 00:20:05,167 tell us what the object inside the mesa could be. 463 00:20:05,250 --> 00:20:08,500 THOMAS: It doesn't look anything like what we did 464 00:20:08,583 --> 00:20:10,542 -last year. -KALEB: No. 465 00:20:10,667 --> 00:20:12,333 ERIK: I'm not seeing anything like those 466 00:20:12,500 --> 00:20:14,542 large flakes that we saw last year. 467 00:20:14,708 --> 00:20:16,708 It looks to me like it's something different. 468 00:20:16,833 --> 00:20:18,750 We're going to have to do some further analysis 469 00:20:18,875 --> 00:20:22,583 on that material to compare it or differentiate it 470 00:20:22,708 --> 00:20:25,042 from the material that we pulled out of the base 471 00:20:25,167 --> 00:20:26,417 of the mesa last year. 472 00:20:26,542 --> 00:20:28,625 I'll scoop what's left here in a bucket. 473 00:20:28,708 --> 00:20:31,208 If there's any trace of what we ran into that was so hard, 474 00:20:31,375 --> 00:20:32,500 if we got any of it. 475 00:20:33,542 --> 00:20:35,083 TRAVIS: The spoils didn't contain any 476 00:20:35,208 --> 00:20:36,875 pieces of metal like last year, 477 00:20:37,042 --> 00:20:39,583 but we'll still send samples of the muddy material to a lab 478 00:20:39,708 --> 00:20:43,542 for testing just in case they aren't natural to a rocky mesa. 479 00:20:43,667 --> 00:20:47,000 Hopefully, we can still learn something about what could be 480 00:20:47,125 --> 00:20:50,833 inside there, especially since we detected a possible 481 00:20:50,958 --> 00:20:53,917 communication signal when we were drilling up against it. 482 00:20:54,042 --> 00:20:56,000 This is a head scratcher, right? 483 00:20:56,083 --> 00:20:58,917 There's something in the mesa. 484 00:20:59,042 --> 00:21:01,125 The drill bit won't go through it, though. That's the thing. 485 00:21:01,250 --> 00:21:02,708 So I don't know, what in the world 486 00:21:02,833 --> 00:21:04,500 could that be that you're putting that much 487 00:21:04,625 --> 00:21:06,625 pressure on and you're not chipping pieces of it off? 488 00:21:06,750 --> 00:21:08,458 -Yeah. -There's clearly something there. 489 00:21:08,542 --> 00:21:10,708 We've got three tests now that tell us 490 00:21:10,833 --> 00:21:12,500 there's something there. 491 00:21:12,625 --> 00:21:14,958 We need to send these samples out to be tested. 492 00:21:15,042 --> 00:21:17,167 Appreciate you guys doing this. 493 00:21:17,250 --> 00:21:18,833 This was a lot of hard work. 494 00:21:18,958 --> 00:21:20,375 Thanks a lot, guys. 495 00:21:20,542 --> 00:21:22,208 -Yeah, we appreciate the call. -Well, let's do it. 496 00:21:22,333 --> 00:21:23,667 ERIK: I agree. 497 00:21:25,708 --> 00:21:27,875 KALEB: Ready to go? 498 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:30,208 Yeah, I've got the cameras. 499 00:21:30,333 --> 00:21:31,833 TRAVIS: While I was taking care of getting 500 00:21:31,958 --> 00:21:34,458 our drilling samples sent off to the University of Utah 501 00:21:34,542 --> 00:21:37,583 for testing, Erik Bard worked with Thomas Winterton 502 00:21:37,708 --> 00:21:40,750 and Kaleb Bench to help us try to get more data 503 00:21:40,875 --> 00:21:44,542 down in the south field where the purple light and the UAP 504 00:21:44,667 --> 00:21:47,333 appeared during our experiment a couple of nights ago. 505 00:21:47,417 --> 00:21:49,958 THOMAS: I know we've got that whole southern portion 506 00:21:50,083 --> 00:21:52,125 covered but not very well down in the trees, so... 507 00:21:52,250 --> 00:21:53,500 Not in the trees. 508 00:21:53,667 --> 00:21:56,000 This will help supplement what you've already got. 509 00:21:56,083 --> 00:21:58,292 All right, I'll keep eyes on you. 510 00:21:58,417 --> 00:21:59,958 All right, sounds good. 511 00:22:02,042 --> 00:22:04,458 ERIK: After our experience with this mysterious 512 00:22:04,583 --> 00:22:07,500 purple light in the southeast region of the property, 513 00:22:07,625 --> 00:22:09,667 we've decided that we need to increase 514 00:22:09,792 --> 00:22:12,000 our surveillance efforts down there. 515 00:22:12,125 --> 00:22:16,417 I've instructed our team to install additional cameras. 516 00:22:16,542 --> 00:22:20,917 These are motion-triggered cameras that should detect 517 00:22:21,042 --> 00:22:24,667 anything that emerges in the field of view 518 00:22:24,792 --> 00:22:26,917 should we see any more of these purple lights 519 00:22:27,042 --> 00:22:29,208 or any other light, for that matter, emerging 520 00:22:29,375 --> 00:22:31,333 in the space over the ranch. 521 00:22:33,250 --> 00:22:36,500 THOMAS: Let's see what we can do with this tree right here. 522 00:22:45,750 --> 00:22:48,167 So, when that flash happened, it was hard to tell 523 00:22:48,292 --> 00:22:50,000 whether it was coming from... 524 00:22:50,125 --> 00:22:51,583 up in the tree level or whether, 525 00:22:51,708 --> 00:22:53,208 whether it was on the ground level. 526 00:22:53,333 --> 00:22:55,083 And even though we could capture some of this 527 00:22:55,208 --> 00:22:58,458 with our other cameras, I think having a perspective 528 00:22:58,542 --> 00:23:00,458 right here at the ground, 529 00:23:00,542 --> 00:23:02,333 if we, if we see that flash again, 530 00:23:02,500 --> 00:23:05,000 we're gonna know whether it's coming from the trees 531 00:23:05,125 --> 00:23:07,875 or if it really is happening down on the ground. 532 00:23:09,417 --> 00:23:10,542 The purple light's something I just 533 00:23:10,708 --> 00:23:12,625 keep reflecting back on over and over. 534 00:23:12,708 --> 00:23:16,000 What was it doing there on the south end of the property, 535 00:23:16,125 --> 00:23:19,208 and why was that UAP we saw observing us? 536 00:23:19,333 --> 00:23:20,833 KALEB: If I remember right, 537 00:23:20,958 --> 00:23:22,667 you were the only one that really saw the flash. 538 00:23:22,792 --> 00:23:23,792 Yeah, I was. 539 00:23:23,875 --> 00:23:26,917 Is that why that UAP was following me? 540 00:23:27,042 --> 00:23:30,542 I'd really like to know what it was doing above me. 541 00:23:30,708 --> 00:23:33,083 We've been out here for years, 542 00:23:33,208 --> 00:23:35,958 and it just seems like there's always new questions. 543 00:23:36,792 --> 00:23:38,708 Hey, Erik, do you, uh, copy? 544 00:23:38,833 --> 00:23:40,167 Yeah. I've got you loud and clear. 545 00:23:40,333 --> 00:23:41,708 THOMAS: There's an entire 546 00:23:41,833 --> 00:23:43,667 big grove right here that I don't 547 00:23:43,750 --> 00:23:45,875 think that we have eyes on from our cameras. 548 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:47,833 So we're thinking about setting one up here, 549 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:49,333 facing the west. 550 00:23:49,458 --> 00:23:52,375 That way, if anything shows up, either tree level 551 00:23:52,542 --> 00:23:55,167 or on the ground, we'll be able to capture it. 552 00:23:55,333 --> 00:23:56,875 Thomas, that is perfect 553 00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:59,458 because where you're standing, I cannot see you 554 00:23:59,542 --> 00:24:02,542 from any of the assets up here. 555 00:24:02,667 --> 00:24:04,167 All right, well, we're gonna have to clean 556 00:24:04,250 --> 00:24:06,667 a couple branches real quick, and, uh, we'll put it up 557 00:24:06,792 --> 00:24:09,292 and then we'll make contact with you when we're done. 558 00:24:09,375 --> 00:24:10,958 Copy you. 559 00:24:15,625 --> 00:24:18,333 We've never really spent a lot of time 560 00:24:18,417 --> 00:24:20,125 investigating on the south side. 561 00:24:22,917 --> 00:24:25,125 So, at this point, it's an area of interest 562 00:24:25,208 --> 00:24:28,000 that we're definitely gonna want to follow up on. 563 00:24:28,083 --> 00:24:30,917 I think these trail cams are gonna be the first step 564 00:24:31,042 --> 00:24:33,583 in fully instrumenting out the ranch. 565 00:24:37,792 --> 00:24:40,208 I'm excited to see if we capture anything 566 00:24:40,375 --> 00:24:41,833 on these cameras down there. 567 00:24:41,958 --> 00:24:46,000 Okay. Is it, uh, all turned on and ready? 568 00:24:57,792 --> 00:24:59,333 Well, that's great. 569 00:24:59,458 --> 00:25:01,833 That gets us an entire area right here 570 00:25:01,958 --> 00:25:04,000 that we couldn't see down on the ground 571 00:25:04,125 --> 00:25:05,833 from our cameras, so, 572 00:25:05,958 --> 00:25:08,500 if anything happens here, we're gonna be able to capture it. 573 00:25:08,625 --> 00:25:11,417 And that light was right over this area, so... 574 00:25:11,542 --> 00:25:13,000 Yep. Okay. 575 00:25:13,125 --> 00:25:15,917 Well, let's go get the next one done. 576 00:25:18,958 --> 00:25:22,042 Whoa, what is that in front of us? 577 00:25:28,458 --> 00:25:31,042 What kind of animal is that? 578 00:25:33,625 --> 00:25:35,542 Looks like a deer. 579 00:25:38,917 --> 00:25:42,917 Yeah, you can tell that one's been torn apart by something. 580 00:25:45,333 --> 00:25:46,917 I wonder what the heck killed it. 581 00:25:48,542 --> 00:25:50,667 This is strange. 582 00:25:56,667 --> 00:25:58,833 Not seeing any cat tracks or bear tracks. 583 00:25:58,958 --> 00:26:02,042 You know, I don't, I don't know what caused it. 584 00:26:02,208 --> 00:26:04,583 TRAVIS: Mysterious animal deaths and mutilations 585 00:26:04,708 --> 00:26:07,333 have been documented on Skinwalker Ranch for decades. 586 00:26:07,417 --> 00:26:09,583 TRAVIS: What in the world? 587 00:26:09,708 --> 00:26:12,333 Four years ago, a healthy young cow 588 00:26:12,500 --> 00:26:14,875 died under very mysterious circumstances 589 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:16,625 not far from the south field. 590 00:26:16,750 --> 00:26:18,333 Was that black object the cow? 591 00:26:18,500 --> 00:26:20,833 -ERIK: Yeah. -TRAVIS: And later, 592 00:26:20,917 --> 00:26:23,792 when we reviewed surveillance footage, Erik noticed 593 00:26:23,917 --> 00:26:28,083 a UAP in the sky directly above the dying cow. 594 00:26:28,208 --> 00:26:30,833 TRAVIS: Oh, whoa, hey, look at that. 595 00:26:30,958 --> 00:26:34,417 THOMAS: I don't know. This is strange. 596 00:26:34,542 --> 00:26:37,583 Hey, Erik, do you have a copy? 597 00:26:38,875 --> 00:26:40,042 ERIK: Yeah, go ahead, Thomas. 598 00:26:40,167 --> 00:26:42,042 THOMAS: Uh, interesting thing. 599 00:26:42,167 --> 00:26:45,917 We got up here to the fence line and found a dead deer carcass. 600 00:26:46,042 --> 00:26:50,708 ERIK: Any idea how long that carcass has been there? 601 00:26:50,833 --> 00:26:52,375 THOMAS: I think that this animal 602 00:26:52,500 --> 00:26:54,500 has been there for a long time, 603 00:26:54,625 --> 00:26:56,708 but, uh, it's really hard to tell. 604 00:26:56,875 --> 00:26:57,958 Yeah. Understood. 605 00:26:58,042 --> 00:26:59,833 Okay. Well, we'll go and get this 606 00:26:59,917 --> 00:27:02,333 camera up, and then we'll check in with you. 607 00:27:02,417 --> 00:27:04,375 Copy you. 608 00:27:05,542 --> 00:27:07,250 Huh, well, look at this. 609 00:27:07,375 --> 00:27:09,458 We got a... 610 00:27:09,583 --> 00:27:11,208 burn mark. 611 00:27:11,375 --> 00:27:13,833 That's interesting. 612 00:27:13,958 --> 00:27:15,125 Just that one section. 613 00:27:15,250 --> 00:27:16,750 There's nothing burned around here. 614 00:27:16,875 --> 00:27:19,333 What the heck would have burned this post? 615 00:27:19,500 --> 00:27:21,583 This plant's untouched. 616 00:27:21,708 --> 00:27:25,583 I mean, there's not a burned branch on the shrub. 617 00:27:25,708 --> 00:27:28,042 Pretty fresh looking. 618 00:27:29,042 --> 00:27:31,583 And it's in the weirdest spot, too. 619 00:27:31,708 --> 00:27:33,542 This has me baffled. 620 00:27:33,708 --> 00:27:34,917 KALEB: We find a burnt post 621 00:27:35,042 --> 00:27:36,667 that's raising some questions. 622 00:27:36,750 --> 00:27:38,667 Just this one spot right here. 623 00:27:38,750 --> 00:27:42,500 And there just so happens to also be a deceased deer 624 00:27:42,625 --> 00:27:43,833 in this exact same area. 625 00:27:43,958 --> 00:27:45,542 THOMAS: That's definitely interesting. 626 00:27:45,708 --> 00:27:47,583 KALEB: Is a dead deer on the ranch 627 00:27:47,708 --> 00:27:50,458 really out of place? Not necessarily, 628 00:27:50,583 --> 00:27:53,250 but it's hard to say how this deer died, 629 00:27:53,375 --> 00:27:54,625 so are they connected? 630 00:27:54,708 --> 00:27:55,917 There's some circumstances here 631 00:27:56,042 --> 00:27:57,667 that do raise more questions. 632 00:27:57,750 --> 00:28:00,667 All right, so this is installed. It's turned on. 633 00:28:00,750 --> 00:28:03,458 So we're good. 634 00:28:03,542 --> 00:28:05,792 Hey, Travis, you got a copy? 635 00:28:08,042 --> 00:28:10,208 We found a dead deer carcass, and one 636 00:28:10,333 --> 00:28:11,500 fence post along 637 00:28:11,625 --> 00:28:13,458 this, uh, fence line 638 00:28:13,583 --> 00:28:16,417 has got a pretty severe burn scar on it, 639 00:28:16,542 --> 00:28:18,042 about three feet off the ground. 640 00:28:18,208 --> 00:28:21,375 But the plant around it doesn't show any signs of burn. 641 00:28:21,500 --> 00:28:23,750 There's no signs of fire out here. 642 00:28:23,875 --> 00:28:26,333 You probably ought to come our way. 643 00:28:26,500 --> 00:28:29,375 TRAVIS: Copy that, Thomas. See you in a minute. 644 00:28:30,583 --> 00:28:32,792 THOMAS: The fact that we're seeing this dead deer, 645 00:28:32,917 --> 00:28:34,958 along with this burn mark down on the south side, 646 00:28:35,042 --> 00:28:37,292 shows we really do need to get more eyes 647 00:28:37,417 --> 00:28:38,750 down on the south side. 648 00:28:38,875 --> 00:28:40,792 You can see, there's pieces of it 649 00:28:40,875 --> 00:28:42,500 strewn all over the place. 650 00:28:42,625 --> 00:28:44,208 Yeah. 651 00:28:44,375 --> 00:28:46,500 TRAVIS: After the cow died four years ago, 652 00:28:46,667 --> 00:28:49,542 we detected elevated levels of gamma rays around it. 653 00:28:49,667 --> 00:28:51,708 So I immediately wanted to scan the area 654 00:28:51,833 --> 00:28:53,000 for any signs of that. 655 00:28:53,125 --> 00:28:54,750 So, you picking up anything? 656 00:28:54,875 --> 00:28:58,000 TRAVIS: No higher levels of gamma rays 657 00:28:58,083 --> 00:29:00,083 -than usual. -That's good. 658 00:29:00,208 --> 00:29:03,000 TRAVIS: Now, obviously this deer was killed a while ago, 659 00:29:03,125 --> 00:29:06,042 but given the strange UAPs we had recently seen 660 00:29:06,167 --> 00:29:08,542 right in this area of the south field, 661 00:29:08,667 --> 00:29:10,500 it was only logical to wonder 662 00:29:10,625 --> 00:29:13,333 if something out of the ordinary might still be the cause. 663 00:29:13,417 --> 00:29:15,917 Show me this post you guys were talking about. 664 00:29:16,042 --> 00:29:19,000 Yeah, so this burned post is just right over here. 665 00:29:22,292 --> 00:29:24,000 So here's that post. 666 00:29:25,625 --> 00:29:26,958 TRAVIS: It's really burned. 667 00:29:27,083 --> 00:29:30,375 Let me look at it with this Geiger counter. 668 00:29:31,542 --> 00:29:33,000 Huh. 669 00:29:33,125 --> 00:29:35,875 Nothing out of the ordinary from radiation, 670 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:38,875 but that's real interesting, and there's no other 671 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:40,875 -signs of fire around here... -THOMAS: No signs. 672 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:42,083 ...or nothing, right? 673 00:29:42,208 --> 00:29:43,917 None of the trees have been burned. 674 00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:47,125 TRAVIS: If you were gonna do that... 675 00:29:47,250 --> 00:29:48,833 I mean, even if we took a torch... 676 00:29:48,917 --> 00:29:50,750 You'd have to torch that for a long time. 677 00:29:50,875 --> 00:29:52,708 -That'd be for hours. -And 678 00:29:52,875 --> 00:29:55,292 none of the rest of it's touched, right? 679 00:29:55,375 --> 00:29:56,917 So, just that one point. 680 00:29:57,042 --> 00:29:59,042 You know what it looks like? If something just flew 681 00:29:59,208 --> 00:30:01,583 -and went right through it. -KALEB: It's very localized 682 00:30:01,708 --> 00:30:03,125 in that one spot. 683 00:30:03,208 --> 00:30:04,833 That looks like, whatever it was, it was so hot, 684 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:06,958 it just went (buzzes) right through it. 685 00:30:07,083 --> 00:30:10,250 That is just weird. 686 00:30:10,375 --> 00:30:12,000 When I saw how burned 687 00:30:12,083 --> 00:30:13,917 that one section of the post was, 688 00:30:14,042 --> 00:30:15,667 all I could think about was how 689 00:30:15,792 --> 00:30:16,917 the purple light Thomas saw 690 00:30:17,042 --> 00:30:18,583 over here the other night 691 00:30:18,708 --> 00:30:20,958 must have been emitting a lot of energy. 692 00:30:21,042 --> 00:30:23,625 So, could it have burned this post? 693 00:30:23,708 --> 00:30:26,458 And could it be connected to whatever killed the deer? 694 00:30:26,542 --> 00:30:29,917 What's interesting, though, is, we saw this strange light, 695 00:30:30,042 --> 00:30:33,333 and right here the UAP was following you, 696 00:30:33,417 --> 00:30:34,750 and it led-led us 697 00:30:34,875 --> 00:30:38,167 to find this burned post that makes no sense. 698 00:30:38,333 --> 00:30:40,042 THOMAS: So, the one thing about this area is, 699 00:30:40,167 --> 00:30:41,958 we've got a lot of cameras up on the north side, 700 00:30:42,042 --> 00:30:44,167 they're facing this way, so we've got 701 00:30:44,250 --> 00:30:47,042 great coverage up in the sky here, 702 00:30:47,167 --> 00:30:48,875 but you see this tree line right here. 703 00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:52,167 I mean, if we had a lot of activity, 704 00:30:52,333 --> 00:30:53,917 we wouldn't capture it on our cameras 705 00:30:54,042 --> 00:30:55,500 because it would be hidden behind the tree line. 706 00:30:55,667 --> 00:30:57,500 Right here in this sort of valley between the tree lines, 707 00:30:57,625 --> 00:30:58,667 -right? -THOMAS: Exactly. 708 00:30:58,792 --> 00:31:00,000 So who knows what's been taking place 709 00:31:00,125 --> 00:31:01,500 on this side of the ranch. 710 00:31:01,625 --> 00:31:03,583 We-we know we've been watching the sky a lot, 711 00:31:03,708 --> 00:31:06,833 but we haven't been keeping as close an eye on the ground. 712 00:31:06,958 --> 00:31:08,667 Well, we've got this camera here now. 713 00:31:08,792 --> 00:31:10,667 Maybe we'll capture something with it. 714 00:31:10,792 --> 00:31:14,333 I don't know what else we can do here. I say we head back. 715 00:31:14,458 --> 00:31:17,250 Let's call a vet out to look at this deer. 716 00:31:17,375 --> 00:31:19,542 Sounds good. 717 00:31:32,417 --> 00:31:34,333 (car doors closing) 718 00:31:34,458 --> 00:31:36,208 -Hey, Kaleb. -KALEB: Hey, Bryant. 719 00:31:36,375 --> 00:31:38,167 So, this is Haleigh. She's one of our local vets. 720 00:31:38,333 --> 00:31:39,625 -Hi, Haleigh. Nice to meet you. -Hi. 721 00:31:39,708 --> 00:31:41,083 -I'm Bryant. -Nice to meet you. 722 00:31:41,208 --> 00:31:42,750 BRYANT: We all know that there's a history 723 00:31:42,875 --> 00:31:44,333 of cattle mutilation on this property. 724 00:31:44,458 --> 00:31:46,875 In our investigation here on Skinwalker Ranch, 725 00:31:47,042 --> 00:31:50,458 animals we have here have been attacked by something. 726 00:31:50,542 --> 00:31:53,083 We got a deer down on the south end of the property, 727 00:31:53,208 --> 00:31:55,083 -or the remains of a deer. -Okay. 728 00:31:55,208 --> 00:31:57,000 BRYANT: So, given the fact we found 729 00:31:57,125 --> 00:32:01,125 this mysterious burnt post next to this dead deer, 730 00:32:01,250 --> 00:32:03,917 we decided to bring Haleigh Lundgreen out. 731 00:32:04,042 --> 00:32:06,667 She's a veterinarian that is an expert 732 00:32:06,750 --> 00:32:09,292 in looking at animal remains. 733 00:32:09,375 --> 00:32:11,500 Let's head out. 734 00:32:11,583 --> 00:32:13,292 And it just so happens 735 00:32:13,375 --> 00:32:16,250 it's in the same area where we had this purple light. 736 00:32:16,375 --> 00:32:19,667 And so we want to know, are they related somehow? 737 00:32:19,833 --> 00:32:24,042 It's really strange, so we'd like an expert's opinion. 738 00:32:29,917 --> 00:32:32,542 So, pretty much everything's in this area. 739 00:32:35,083 --> 00:32:36,667 HALEIGH: It's really scattered, huh? 740 00:32:36,792 --> 00:32:37,833 KALEB: Yeah. 741 00:32:37,917 --> 00:32:40,042 Well, we'll start with the hide. 742 00:32:45,292 --> 00:32:48,375 There are some puncture holes here. 743 00:32:50,042 --> 00:32:51,750 KALEB: Are you thinking that's from predators? 744 00:32:51,875 --> 00:32:53,458 Or where do you think that's from? 745 00:32:53,542 --> 00:32:55,292 Uh, you know, likely from coyotes. 746 00:32:55,417 --> 00:32:57,542 -They're pretty close together. -Okay. 747 00:32:57,667 --> 00:33:00,208 HALEIGH: Uh, it wasn't the cause of death, though. 748 00:33:00,333 --> 00:33:02,000 -KALEB: Hmm. -I will say that much. 749 00:33:02,167 --> 00:33:04,167 There's no, no bruising under the skin 750 00:33:04,333 --> 00:33:05,833 which would indicate cause of death. 751 00:33:05,958 --> 00:33:07,375 KALEB: Okay. 752 00:33:07,542 --> 00:33:10,667 And so, coyotes likely, I mean, got after him. 753 00:33:10,792 --> 00:33:12,417 -Got it after it was dead? -Yep. 754 00:33:12,542 --> 00:33:17,500 But I'm not seeing any kind of bleeding or trauma 755 00:33:17,625 --> 00:33:20,958 on the hide that would have been while the deer was alive. 756 00:33:21,042 --> 00:33:22,500 BRYANT: Interesting. 757 00:33:22,667 --> 00:33:25,000 The puncture marks look like they had been done 758 00:33:25,083 --> 00:33:27,083 after this animal had died. 759 00:33:27,208 --> 00:33:29,417 What killed this animal? 760 00:33:29,542 --> 00:33:31,417 It wasn't a predator that killed it. 761 00:33:31,542 --> 00:33:32,792 The question remains, 762 00:33:32,917 --> 00:33:35,375 is it something we need to worry about? 763 00:33:37,875 --> 00:33:39,542 We have the pelvis here. 764 00:33:39,667 --> 00:33:43,042 The spine's actually really intact, all things considered. 765 00:33:43,208 --> 00:33:46,250 If a predator had gotten this when it was alive, 766 00:33:46,375 --> 00:33:48,375 I would have expected more damage to the spine as a whole. 767 00:33:48,542 --> 00:33:50,583 BRYANT: Okay. If you had to give me 768 00:33:50,708 --> 00:33:54,167 your forensic expert opinion as to what happened, 769 00:33:54,333 --> 00:33:56,792 what would you say took place here? 770 00:33:56,917 --> 00:34:00,042 HALEIGH: We have a, a young six-month 771 00:34:00,167 --> 00:34:05,000 or under, uh, fawn that died of something 772 00:34:05,125 --> 00:34:07,583 that we're not sure of and... 773 00:34:07,708 --> 00:34:09,458 -Not predator, though, correct? -Not predator. 774 00:34:09,542 --> 00:34:12,000 -Okay. -Died of something other than a predator. 775 00:34:12,125 --> 00:34:16,125 And then was scavenged on at least by coyotes, 776 00:34:16,208 --> 00:34:19,667 that we can confirm, and possibly some other animals. 777 00:34:19,750 --> 00:34:21,042 Okay. 778 00:34:21,208 --> 00:34:22,792 We're gonna have to really keep a watchful eye 779 00:34:22,917 --> 00:34:24,208 on everything in this area 780 00:34:24,375 --> 00:34:25,833 and try some different experiments 781 00:34:25,958 --> 00:34:28,833 to maybe see if we can really find out 782 00:34:28,958 --> 00:34:30,667 what's happening in this place. 783 00:34:30,792 --> 00:34:32,500 We're really grateful that you'd come out here, 784 00:34:32,625 --> 00:34:34,250 lend your expert opinion, and give us 785 00:34:34,375 --> 00:34:37,167 -a little bit more insight. -Sure. 786 00:34:37,292 --> 00:34:38,542 Well, should we get her back? Get her out of this heat? 787 00:34:38,708 --> 00:34:40,750 -Yeah. That sounds good. -Okay. Let's do it. 788 00:34:50,125 --> 00:34:52,417 ERIK: Now, this is what you guys imaged. 789 00:34:52,542 --> 00:34:54,917 TRAVIS: So, that's the pink rock inside the mesa. 790 00:34:55,042 --> 00:34:57,083 THOMAS: Yep. 791 00:34:57,208 --> 00:34:59,125 And I am still puzzled by... 792 00:34:59,250 --> 00:35:00,542 I mean, what are we looking at here? 793 00:35:00,667 --> 00:35:02,333 TRAVIS: A few days after we had to halt 794 00:35:02,458 --> 00:35:05,000 our drilling operation inside the mesa, 795 00:35:05,125 --> 00:35:07,000 we got lab results back for two items 796 00:35:07,167 --> 00:35:09,500 that we sent off to the geology department 797 00:35:09,625 --> 00:35:11,458 at the University of Utah for analysis. 798 00:35:11,583 --> 00:35:14,292 First was a photo of the pink rock 799 00:35:14,375 --> 00:35:17,667 that Dragon and Kaleb captured with a snake camera one week ago 800 00:35:17,750 --> 00:35:21,000 in a crevice between boulders near where the dome-shaped 801 00:35:21,167 --> 00:35:22,833 and vertical anomalies are buried. 802 00:35:22,958 --> 00:35:25,833 And the second was a sample of the spoils we obtained 803 00:35:25,917 --> 00:35:28,542 while drilling up against the top of the dome-shaped object. 804 00:35:28,708 --> 00:35:31,167 The geology, geophysics guys are-are giving us 805 00:35:31,333 --> 00:35:33,417 their best guess based upon these images. 806 00:35:33,542 --> 00:35:36,417 They have a couple of opinions on this. 807 00:35:36,542 --> 00:35:38,375 So, uh, one of the interesting comments 808 00:35:38,542 --> 00:35:40,292 was that the pink coloring seems to be like 809 00:35:40,417 --> 00:35:42,042 a deposit on the sandstone. 810 00:35:42,167 --> 00:35:45,292 -Really? -TRAVIS: Meaning it's not a mineral 811 00:35:45,375 --> 00:35:48,083 that's through and through, uh, like a chunk of it. 812 00:35:48,208 --> 00:35:49,333 -ERIK: Mm-hmm. -They think it's a coating. 813 00:35:49,500 --> 00:35:51,000 -ERIK: Right. -THOMAS: Mm-hmm. 814 00:35:51,167 --> 00:35:52,125 ERIK: Now, this is interesting. 815 00:35:52,250 --> 00:35:54,500 "Possibly from vapor," right? 816 00:35:54,667 --> 00:35:56,208 Oh, okay. 817 00:35:56,333 --> 00:35:58,458 Okay, so the rest of the comment was that the color 818 00:35:58,542 --> 00:36:03,167 reminds this individual of elemental selenium deposits. 819 00:36:03,292 --> 00:36:04,917 TRAVIS: Yes, it does. 820 00:36:05,042 --> 00:36:07,083 Selenium is, uh, a semiconductor material. 821 00:36:07,208 --> 00:36:09,333 You find it in almost every microprocessor chip, 822 00:36:09,500 --> 00:36:12,833 every computer, uh, you find it in solar panels. 823 00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:14,667 -Really? -Uh, and, in fact, 824 00:36:14,792 --> 00:36:18,333 if you mix selenium with zinc, and you get zinc selenide, 825 00:36:18,458 --> 00:36:21,417 it's an optical material that-that is being used 826 00:36:21,542 --> 00:36:24,708 in military experiments to bend light around objects 827 00:36:24,875 --> 00:36:28,500 to create, uh, metamaterials like a cloaking material 828 00:36:28,625 --> 00:36:31,667 on a plane to make them look invisible. 829 00:36:32,625 --> 00:36:33,583 Oh, wow. 830 00:36:37,292 --> 00:36:39,667 What would produce a vapor 831 00:36:39,792 --> 00:36:42,625 that could leave a selenium deposit... 832 00:36:42,750 --> 00:36:44,792 -Uh, I'm trying to-- I... -...on a rock? 833 00:36:44,917 --> 00:36:47,333 Selenium is a solid material 834 00:36:47,458 --> 00:36:49,333 -at room temperature and pressure. -ERIK: Uh-huh. 835 00:36:49,458 --> 00:36:53,042 So, you'd have to get it to whatever its boiling point is 836 00:36:53,167 --> 00:36:55,042 to create a vapor to do that, 837 00:36:55,208 --> 00:36:56,500 and that-that would have to be hot. 838 00:36:56,625 --> 00:37:00,542 So what would cause that, I don't know. 839 00:37:00,708 --> 00:37:03,333 And then let's say maybe the anomaly in the mesa 840 00:37:03,500 --> 00:37:05,208 may have been what caused that. 841 00:37:05,333 --> 00:37:06,708 -BRYANT: Really? -Yeah. 842 00:37:06,833 --> 00:37:09,083 TRAVIS: Zinc selenide is a compound 843 00:37:09,208 --> 00:37:10,750 that scientists and researchers at DARPA, 844 00:37:10,875 --> 00:37:14,750 the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, 845 00:37:14,875 --> 00:37:18,042 are currently experimenting with for possible optical stealth-- 846 00:37:18,167 --> 00:37:19,833 in other words, cloaking applications-- 847 00:37:19,958 --> 00:37:24,167 on a number of assets including soldiers' gear and uniforms, 848 00:37:24,250 --> 00:37:26,000 tanks and even fighter jets. 849 00:37:26,125 --> 00:37:29,000 But it's a pretty futuristic technology at this point. 850 00:37:29,125 --> 00:37:31,333 So, what the heck would similar kinds of materials 851 00:37:31,458 --> 00:37:35,500 be doing inside the mesa, especially since 852 00:37:35,625 --> 00:37:37,833 they appear to have been artificially placed there? 853 00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:40,667 Is it connected to the dome-shaped anomaly? 854 00:37:40,792 --> 00:37:43,667 What would cause that, I don't know. 855 00:37:43,792 --> 00:37:45,333 And I want to go dig the mesa out... 856 00:37:45,458 --> 00:37:46,708 -BRYANT: I know. -...and see what's in there. 857 00:37:46,875 --> 00:37:49,333 -I do, too. -ERIK: I do have another image. 858 00:37:49,500 --> 00:37:51,792 You guys all remember that stuff that we brought down 859 00:37:51,917 --> 00:37:54,083 from the drill site, the material from the, uh, 860 00:37:54,208 --> 00:37:55,833 the drill tip itself? 861 00:37:55,958 --> 00:37:57,833 I think you took that off of the, off of the drill bit... 862 00:37:57,917 --> 00:37:59,667 -Yeah, off-- right off the tip of the bit. -BRYANT: Yeah. 863 00:37:59,750 --> 00:38:03,750 I'll take you through the elemental, uh, analysis 864 00:38:03,875 --> 00:38:05,917 that was done from the University of Utah 865 00:38:06,042 --> 00:38:08,333 -geology department. -TRAVIS: There's two lines here, 866 00:38:08,458 --> 00:38:10,000 the drill tip mud is the bottom one. 867 00:38:10,083 --> 00:38:14,208 BRYANT: Is there anything that jumps out as if it doesn't belong? 868 00:38:14,333 --> 00:38:15,708 ERIK: Europium shows up. 869 00:38:15,875 --> 00:38:18,000 TRAVIS: Yeah, like when we got drilling 870 00:38:18,167 --> 00:38:20,667 from last year at the mesa, 871 00:38:20,792 --> 00:38:23,000 where we pulled out metal flakes. 872 00:38:23,167 --> 00:38:25,667 -Wow. -You've got sodium, magnesium 873 00:38:25,792 --> 00:38:28,833 and aluminum very abundant in the drill tip mud. 874 00:38:28,958 --> 00:38:34,333 This is, like, a very metallic, conductive kind of mixture. 875 00:38:34,458 --> 00:38:36,375 Which suggests to me again 876 00:38:36,500 --> 00:38:39,042 that the things that we got out of the bottom 877 00:38:39,208 --> 00:38:41,500 were part of a manufactured something. 878 00:38:41,667 --> 00:38:44,917 This mud is leached material, 879 00:38:45,042 --> 00:38:47,750 over time, right at the spot 880 00:38:47,875 --> 00:38:50,125 where the GPR says there's something there, 881 00:38:50,208 --> 00:38:52,333 and right where the drill bit couldn't go any further. 882 00:38:52,500 --> 00:38:55,208 So it suggests that whatever is there, 883 00:38:55,375 --> 00:38:56,583 and whatever that GPR anomaly is, 884 00:38:56,708 --> 00:38:58,875 is something highly metallic. 885 00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:01,708 -Yeah. -Jan told us that 886 00:39:01,833 --> 00:39:05,083 it didn't look like a natural-occurring anomaly. 887 00:39:05,208 --> 00:39:08,833 It looked like it was some other thing 888 00:39:08,917 --> 00:39:10,833 -that may be buried there or something. -Mm-hmm. 889 00:39:10,958 --> 00:39:15,000 So all this suggests there's a big metal object in the mesa, 890 00:39:15,083 --> 00:39:17,333 so how the heck do we get in there to-to tell for sure? 891 00:39:17,417 --> 00:39:18,958 ERIK: How do we feel 892 00:39:19,042 --> 00:39:22,708 about simply drilling with some portable apparatus 893 00:39:22,833 --> 00:39:26,958 from the top of the mesa down into that 40-foot-or-so level? 894 00:39:27,042 --> 00:39:28,333 That seems like the s... 895 00:39:28,417 --> 00:39:30,667 the first obvious thing, right, Erik? 896 00:39:30,833 --> 00:39:32,417 I mean, we could at least give it a shot. 897 00:39:32,542 --> 00:39:33,833 THOMAS: Maybe we see if we can 898 00:39:33,958 --> 00:39:35,750 -find us a portable drill... -BRYANT: Yeah. 899 00:39:35,875 --> 00:39:37,250 -...that we could carry up there. -I think-- I'm sure 900 00:39:37,375 --> 00:39:39,000 there's got-- there's got to be something. 901 00:39:39,125 --> 00:39:40,875 THOMAS: Okay. Well, I guess 902 00:39:41,042 --> 00:39:43,333 we have our next step, then, is, uh, focus on trying 903 00:39:43,458 --> 00:39:46,000 to find some way to drill down from the top. 904 00:39:46,125 --> 00:39:47,208 TRAVIS: Worth a shot. 905 00:39:47,375 --> 00:39:48,750 -Yeah. -All right. 906 00:39:48,875 --> 00:39:50,500 Well, I guess we got our work cut out for us. 907 00:39:50,583 --> 00:39:51,833 -Yep. Let's go... -And I've got my homework. 908 00:39:51,917 --> 00:39:53,875 ...see if we can find a drill, then, 909 00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:56,167 and how to haul that thing up the mesa. 910 00:39:59,708 --> 00:40:01,500 ERIK: We're seeing things that are 911 00:40:01,625 --> 00:40:04,542 very hard for us to explain inside the mesa. 912 00:40:04,667 --> 00:40:06,458 This part of the ranch continues 913 00:40:06,583 --> 00:40:08,833 to defy our efforts to characterize it. 914 00:40:08,958 --> 00:40:11,583 At least it's gonna make us work for the answers we get. 915 00:40:11,708 --> 00:40:14,583 TRAVIS: You name it, we've probably heard 916 00:40:14,708 --> 00:40:17,667 a story about what's inside the mesa here. 917 00:40:17,792 --> 00:40:22,167 Underground alien bases, UFOs crashed inside there. 918 00:40:22,292 --> 00:40:26,333 If there is an asset, an object, an artifact inside the mesa 919 00:40:26,458 --> 00:40:28,000 that could be of great importance, 920 00:40:28,125 --> 00:40:31,375 we need to know what it is, and I'm fired up to find out. 921 00:40:31,500 --> 00:40:34,375 BRANDON: Skinwalker Ranch continues to be 922 00:40:34,500 --> 00:40:37,042 the center of gravity for high strangeness. 923 00:40:37,167 --> 00:40:40,792 I believe that we've seen more evidence than ever before 924 00:40:40,875 --> 00:40:42,667 of the reality of the phenomenon, 925 00:40:42,792 --> 00:40:46,167 and we're emboldened to move forward to get the answers 926 00:40:46,292 --> 00:40:48,000 that we so desperately seek. 927 00:40:48,125 --> 00:40:51,500 As we move forward, the team is dedicated 928 00:40:51,667 --> 00:40:54,625 and focused on getting to the bottom of the truth. 929 00:40:59,333 --> 00:41:01,583 I want you all to meet Jay Stratton. 930 00:41:01,708 --> 00:41:03,167 We're gonna use you today 931 00:41:03,250 --> 00:41:05,292 as part of an experiment. 932 00:41:05,417 --> 00:41:06,833 The word "bait" comes to mind. 933 00:41:06,958 --> 00:41:08,667 MAN: This is not arson, this is not chemical, 934 00:41:08,750 --> 00:41:12,167 and this is not lightning. 935 00:41:12,292 --> 00:41:13,458 KALEB: So what is it, then? 936 00:41:13,583 --> 00:41:14,708 MAN: It would go back to 937 00:41:14,833 --> 00:41:16,708 what the ranch is named after. 938 00:41:16,833 --> 00:41:18,000 We just found something 939 00:41:18,083 --> 00:41:20,000 that we thought you guys might want to look at. 940 00:41:20,167 --> 00:41:21,667 TRAVIS: Whoa. 941 00:41:21,792 --> 00:41:23,875 Middle of the day, an orb like that showing up? 942 00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:25,000 That's crazy. 943 00:41:27,917 --> 00:41:29,667 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A+E NETWORKS