1 00:00:00,542 --> 00:00:01,958 ALEX: And I lost signal. There's something throwing interference 2 00:00:05,083 --> 00:00:06,708 inside the mesa. 3 00:00:06,917 --> 00:00:08,583 I got to try an entirely different beacon. 4 00:00:08,792 --> 00:00:12,458 PETE: This is the terrestrial laser scans we did. 5 00:00:12,667 --> 00:00:14,500 -TRAVIS: It does go into a cone. -KALEB: Whoa. Look at that. 6 00:00:14,708 --> 00:00:16,167 TRAVIS: We're all inside it. 7 00:00:16,333 --> 00:00:18,417 How many drones did you bring us this time? 8 00:00:18,625 --> 00:00:19,792 -A thousand. -A thousand! 9 00:00:19,958 --> 00:00:20,958 (drones whirring) 10 00:00:21,125 --> 00:00:22,792 They hit each other. 11 00:00:22,875 --> 00:00:24,167 -Did you hear 'em hit? -Yep. 12 00:00:24,375 --> 00:00:26,167 TRAVIS: What could be causing that? 13 00:00:26,375 --> 00:00:29,042 ERIK: There's a lot going on here, guys. 14 00:00:29,250 --> 00:00:30,375 I'm gonna play this through. 15 00:00:31,500 --> 00:00:33,792 -TRAVIS: Wow. -This is really interesting. 16 00:00:33,958 --> 00:00:35,792 -Yep. I saw it. Yep. -THOMAS: Oh, yes! Look, it's right there! 17 00:00:35,958 --> 00:00:37,792 TRAVIS: Yeah. There you go. I'm seeing 18 00:00:37,958 --> 00:00:39,750 maybe a formation flying event. 19 00:00:39,875 --> 00:00:42,875 That is just unbelievable. 20 00:00:43,917 --> 00:00:47,625 NARRATOR: There is a ranch in Northern Utah. 21 00:00:47,792 --> 00:00:50,208 It is considered the epicenter 22 00:00:50,333 --> 00:00:54,875 of the strangest and most disturbing phenomena on Earth: 23 00:00:55,042 --> 00:00:57,208 animal mutilations, 24 00:00:57,375 --> 00:00:59,458 bizarre UFO sightings 25 00:00:59,625 --> 00:01:04,458 and unusual energies that have proven harmful to humans. 26 00:01:04,625 --> 00:01:07,292 For 20 years, the federal government 27 00:01:07,458 --> 00:01:10,542 tried to find answers and failed. 28 00:01:10,708 --> 00:01:14,917 Now a new team of dedicated scientists, 29 00:01:15,042 --> 00:01:18,750 researchers and experts has taken over. 30 00:01:18,958 --> 00:01:22,708 They are determined to solve the mystery and reveal... 31 00:01:25,375 --> 00:01:28,583 ...The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch. 32 00:01:32,583 --> 00:01:34,542 ♪ ♪ 33 00:01:37,542 --> 00:01:39,833 ERIK: There's a lot riding on this. 34 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:41,792 THOMAS: So, this new beacon, 35 00:01:41,917 --> 00:01:43,917 supposedly able to go deeper, then? 36 00:01:44,042 --> 00:01:46,333 ALEX: Deeper and a stronger signal. 37 00:01:47,792 --> 00:01:49,250 ERIK: That's encouraging. 38 00:01:50,333 --> 00:01:51,792 Wow. 39 00:01:53,042 --> 00:01:54,958 -Definitely a lot different. -Yeah. 40 00:01:55,125 --> 00:01:56,667 And so is this the component 41 00:01:56,875 --> 00:01:58,708 -that goes into the actual drilling... -This is 42 00:01:58,875 --> 00:02:00,708 -what's gonna go into the drill head. Yes. -Okay. 43 00:02:00,875 --> 00:02:02,792 ALEX: So, a transmitter. 44 00:02:02,958 --> 00:02:04,208 THOMAS: Cool. Well, I say 45 00:02:04,375 --> 00:02:06,042 we get it installed and get it back up 46 00:02:06,208 --> 00:02:07,292 -in that hole. -Yeah. 47 00:02:07,417 --> 00:02:09,125 -We'll do that right now. -Okay. 48 00:02:09,208 --> 00:02:12,375 TRAVIS: This morning, the team from Mark Construction Drilling 49 00:02:12,542 --> 00:02:15,167 needed to make another repair to the drill 50 00:02:15,292 --> 00:02:18,125 that we hope will finally help us figure out 51 00:02:18,292 --> 00:02:21,708 just what is buried in the mesa on Skinwalker Ranch. 52 00:02:21,875 --> 00:02:24,250 For nearly two months, we've been struggling to drill 53 00:02:24,417 --> 00:02:27,583 the first of two boreholes up through the mesa 54 00:02:27,750 --> 00:02:30,333 on either side of a massive, dome-shaped object 55 00:02:30,500 --> 00:02:32,792 that is surrounded by several smaller anomalies 56 00:02:32,917 --> 00:02:35,125 that may all be composed of metal. 57 00:02:36,125 --> 00:02:37,833 And once these holes are completed, 58 00:02:38,042 --> 00:02:41,167 we'll insert scanning devices to better study and determine 59 00:02:41,333 --> 00:02:43,542 what these anomalies are. 60 00:02:44,958 --> 00:02:46,167 ALEX: Full battery. 61 00:02:46,375 --> 00:02:48,083 Uh, calibrated. Everything should be 62 00:02:48,208 --> 00:02:50,125 -good to go on it. -THOMAS: Awesome. 63 00:02:50,250 --> 00:02:52,083 Hey, guys, you got a copy down there? 64 00:02:52,208 --> 00:02:54,167 Yeah, Thomas, go ahead. 65 00:02:54,333 --> 00:02:56,208 THOMAS: Just letting you guys know 66 00:02:56,375 --> 00:02:58,583 they're just about ready to continue drilling. 67 00:02:58,792 --> 00:03:02,208 -Copy you, Thomas. -TRAVIS: Let's hope this new beacon works. 68 00:03:03,708 --> 00:03:05,833 During our drilling operation in the mesa, 69 00:03:05,958 --> 00:03:09,167 the drilling team has been plagued with strange setbacks, 70 00:03:09,375 --> 00:03:12,375 including drill rods breaking 71 00:03:12,542 --> 00:03:14,667 after making contact with the anomalies. 72 00:03:16,083 --> 00:03:19,958 And their drilling beacon has quit working over and over, 73 00:03:20,125 --> 00:03:21,417 right when the drill bit reaches a spot 74 00:03:21,583 --> 00:03:24,167 nearly 200 feet inside the mesa. 75 00:03:26,042 --> 00:03:27,417 That's perfect. 76 00:03:27,583 --> 00:03:29,958 Go ahead and just keep corkscrewing it on up, bud. 77 00:03:30,125 --> 00:03:31,917 10-4. 78 00:03:33,875 --> 00:03:37,667 TRAVIS: The drilling beacon is a device inside the drill head 79 00:03:37,833 --> 00:03:40,792 that sends a signal to a receiver on the surface. 80 00:03:40,958 --> 00:03:42,542 This allows the team to track 81 00:03:42,708 --> 00:03:44,167 the direction they're drilling in, 82 00:03:44,375 --> 00:03:46,042 which is critical to our plan 83 00:03:46,208 --> 00:03:47,958 to further study these anomalies. 84 00:03:48,083 --> 00:03:50,542 So, hopefully, this new beacon will work 85 00:03:50,708 --> 00:03:52,875 and we can get our first borehole completed. 86 00:03:54,375 --> 00:03:56,375 Are you still showing good connectivity? 87 00:03:56,542 --> 00:03:58,208 I'm showing good signal on it, yeah. 88 00:03:59,292 --> 00:04:00,583 It's moving forward. 89 00:04:04,458 --> 00:04:06,250 Yeah, I'm seeing that, dude. 90 00:04:07,292 --> 00:04:10,125 ALEX: We definitely have been doing this a long time. 91 00:04:10,292 --> 00:04:12,625 So, when we came down to Skinwalker Ranch 92 00:04:12,750 --> 00:04:16,458 with full intentions of quickly punching through the mesa, 93 00:04:16,625 --> 00:04:18,875 we sure didn't anticipate 94 00:04:19,042 --> 00:04:20,917 snapping off rods and problems 95 00:04:21,042 --> 00:04:22,958 with the receivers and transmitters. 96 00:04:23,042 --> 00:04:25,583 I feel there's definitely something going on here. 97 00:04:25,708 --> 00:04:28,375 I don't know exactly what it is, 98 00:04:28,583 --> 00:04:31,750 but there's some activity here that can't be explained. 99 00:04:31,875 --> 00:04:34,750 (grunts) This locator's a lot harder to carry. 100 00:04:34,875 --> 00:04:36,792 THOMAS: I'll update you guys as soon as we get on top 101 00:04:36,958 --> 00:04:39,333 and we see whether or not he can still get a signal. 102 00:04:39,542 --> 00:04:41,375 Copy you, Thomas. Thank you. We're all encouraged down here. 103 00:04:41,542 --> 00:04:44,125 We'll, uh, we'll stand by for your word. 104 00:04:44,292 --> 00:04:45,667 In recent drilling attempts, 105 00:04:45,875 --> 00:04:47,542 we have lost contact with the beacon 106 00:04:47,708 --> 00:04:50,583 at close to 200 feet inside of the mesa. 107 00:04:50,750 --> 00:04:52,333 From what we've seen in the past, 108 00:04:52,458 --> 00:04:54,500 I'm tempted to speculate that perhaps 109 00:04:54,667 --> 00:04:57,125 that dome-shaped, impenetrable object 110 00:04:57,292 --> 00:04:59,083 inside of the mesa itself 111 00:04:59,208 --> 00:05:00,500 is acting like some kind 112 00:05:00,708 --> 00:05:02,875 of electromagnetically active structure. 113 00:05:03,875 --> 00:05:06,583 It could be interfering with our ability 114 00:05:06,750 --> 00:05:09,667 to receive the beacon's signal and continue forward. 115 00:05:09,833 --> 00:05:12,333 THOMAS: Hey, guys. You got a copy down there? 116 00:05:12,500 --> 00:05:14,583 Yeah, Thomas, go ahead. 117 00:05:14,750 --> 00:05:16,375 We have reached the last known spot 118 00:05:16,542 --> 00:05:18,083 that they had a signal with the other one. 119 00:05:18,208 --> 00:05:19,875 They're making better progress. 120 00:05:20,042 --> 00:05:21,042 They're happy with their angle. 121 00:05:21,250 --> 00:05:22,542 So far, so good. 122 00:05:23,583 --> 00:05:27,375 TRAVIS: As the drilling operation inched closer and closer to that point 123 00:05:27,542 --> 00:05:29,333 about 200 feet inside the mesa 124 00:05:29,542 --> 00:05:31,500 where the other beacon just stopped working, 125 00:05:31,667 --> 00:05:34,292 we were all anxious as hell to see if this new one 126 00:05:34,417 --> 00:05:36,375 would finally get us past it. 127 00:05:36,500 --> 00:05:40,167 We've been able to punch past that 240-foot mark. 128 00:05:40,333 --> 00:05:42,500 It's struggling pretty hard 129 00:05:42,708 --> 00:05:44,667 to, uh, drill through it. 130 00:05:44,833 --> 00:05:46,500 It's real slow going right now, 131 00:05:46,708 --> 00:05:49,333 but we are making progress and inching forward. 132 00:05:49,542 --> 00:05:50,792 Copy you. That's good to know. 133 00:05:52,208 --> 00:05:53,583 TRAVIS: What a relief to finally 134 00:05:53,750 --> 00:05:56,542 drill past that spot inside the mesa. 135 00:05:56,708 --> 00:05:58,917 Did we simply have mechanical failures 136 00:05:59,083 --> 00:06:00,667 with the other beacons? 137 00:06:00,833 --> 00:06:02,083 Who knows? 138 00:06:02,250 --> 00:06:04,333 But with the power of this drill rig, 139 00:06:04,500 --> 00:06:07,292 if this new beacon stays connected to the rig, 140 00:06:07,458 --> 00:06:10,333 we're hopeful to get through the next 300 or so feet 141 00:06:10,542 --> 00:06:13,083 and complete this first borehole very quickly. 142 00:06:14,792 --> 00:06:17,667 -THOMAS: It'd be cool to finally punch through after all this. -ALEX: I know. 143 00:06:17,875 --> 00:06:19,875 THOMAS: You guys have earned a victory. 144 00:06:20,042 --> 00:06:21,958 ALEX: We want it, for sure. 145 00:06:29,875 --> 00:06:32,833 (loud rattling) 146 00:06:37,292 --> 00:06:39,958 Hold on one sec. My screen froze up. 147 00:06:40,125 --> 00:06:42,750 Nothing's working right now. 148 00:06:43,833 --> 00:06:45,583 (beeping) 149 00:06:47,375 --> 00:06:49,292 -Is he being serious? -Yep. (chuckles softly) 150 00:06:49,417 --> 00:06:51,625 (whirring) 151 00:06:53,875 --> 00:06:56,750 (loud rattling) 152 00:06:56,917 --> 00:06:59,875 You going through something real hard right now or what? 153 00:07:00,875 --> 00:07:04,375 JARED: Feels like we, uh, broke a rod or something. 154 00:07:09,667 --> 00:07:12,792 Hey, buddy, the head's not moving. Are you pulling back? 155 00:07:13,833 --> 00:07:16,875 Yeah, I'm about five feet back already. 156 00:07:18,417 --> 00:07:20,083 We broke somewhere. 157 00:07:21,708 --> 00:07:24,042 We got to figure out where we broke now. 158 00:07:25,042 --> 00:07:27,792 -Broke a ro... another rod? -Bro-Broke a rod, yeah. 159 00:07:28,875 --> 00:07:31,833 So, we have, like, 480 feet of steel in the ground 160 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:33,583 with the head. 161 00:07:33,750 --> 00:07:35,375 10-4. I'll start pulling this rod back 162 00:07:35,500 --> 00:07:36,708 and we'll see where we sit. 163 00:07:36,875 --> 00:07:38,500 10-4. 164 00:07:43,208 --> 00:07:45,708 THOMAS: You probably don't have any idea where it broke. 165 00:07:45,917 --> 00:07:48,500 ALEX: That's... Yeah, just gonna have him pull back. 166 00:07:51,208 --> 00:07:52,500 Hey, guys, you copy? 167 00:07:52,667 --> 00:07:54,625 Yeah, Thomas, what's up? 168 00:07:54,792 --> 00:07:57,083 Can you guys meet us up by the spoils pit? 169 00:07:57,250 --> 00:07:58,292 Yeah. 170 00:07:58,500 --> 00:07:59,958 We'll be right over. 171 00:08:01,500 --> 00:08:03,458 Yeah, we got problems. 172 00:08:03,625 --> 00:08:05,292 TRAVIS: This rig is designed 173 00:08:05,500 --> 00:08:07,708 to drill through solid rock with ease. 174 00:08:07,875 --> 00:08:10,458 So, did it hit one of the anomalies in there? 175 00:08:10,542 --> 00:08:11,875 And if so, 176 00:08:12,083 --> 00:08:14,542 how much of a setback is this going to be? 177 00:08:15,583 --> 00:08:17,458 Is that supposed to look like that? 178 00:08:18,625 --> 00:08:20,667 ALEX: No, it is not, no. 179 00:08:20,833 --> 00:08:22,500 TRAVIS: That used to go all the way to the other piece, right? 180 00:08:22,708 --> 00:08:24,000 ALEX: Yeah. 181 00:08:24,125 --> 00:08:26,167 We were hitting something pretty hard 182 00:08:26,333 --> 00:08:27,500 somewhere right up in here. 183 00:08:27,667 --> 00:08:29,500 So, the entire string with those rods 184 00:08:29,667 --> 00:08:31,333 and with the drill head and everything 185 00:08:31,458 --> 00:08:32,583 is in the mountain right now. 186 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:36,042 KALEB: How far in from right here are we? 187 00:08:36,167 --> 00:08:38,125 ALEX: Uh, we're about four... 188 00:08:38,292 --> 00:08:41,125 480, 500 feet. Right around there. 189 00:08:41,292 --> 00:08:44,000 -So you'd have to dig a hole or what to get to it? -ALEX: Uh, 190 00:08:44,167 --> 00:08:45,417 we have a fishing tool. 191 00:08:45,583 --> 00:08:47,250 -Um... -A fishing tool. How's that work? 192 00:08:47,458 --> 00:08:48,667 ALEX: It's shaped like a cone, 193 00:08:48,833 --> 00:08:50,583 and it's got threads on the inside of it. 194 00:08:50,708 --> 00:08:52,667 -Ah. -So I put it on the end of that 195 00:08:52,833 --> 00:08:54,167 and I can run up in there and hopefully 196 00:08:54,333 --> 00:08:55,875 catch a bite on the rod. 197 00:08:56,875 --> 00:09:00,292 Assuming you can fish that bit out with th-this fishing tool, 198 00:09:00,417 --> 00:09:03,042 what do you think is the time delay that that's creating now? 199 00:09:03,208 --> 00:09:04,333 A day? 200 00:09:04,458 --> 00:09:05,750 -Two days? -It's hard to say. 201 00:09:05,958 --> 00:09:07,542 Just like everything else that's happened, 202 00:09:07,708 --> 00:09:09,208 I guess we, uh, we-we wait. 203 00:09:09,375 --> 00:09:11,458 But we're gonna get the steel out. That's what we're gonna do. 204 00:09:11,667 --> 00:09:13,917 -Get it out. -JARED: We're gonna pull that out, get that broken rod off 205 00:09:14,083 --> 00:09:16,833 and then continue to drill a hole through this mountain. 206 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:19,125 THOMAS: The more experiments we do, 207 00:09:19,292 --> 00:09:22,208 the more we realize that whatever's in this mesa 208 00:09:22,375 --> 00:09:24,917 is of extreme significance. 209 00:09:25,083 --> 00:09:26,292 So, we have 210 00:09:26,500 --> 00:09:28,708 more resolve than ever to figure out 211 00:09:28,875 --> 00:09:31,125 what it is that lies inside that mesa. 212 00:09:31,333 --> 00:09:33,083 Hopefully we won't be down long. 213 00:09:33,292 --> 00:09:34,875 Because, at this point, 214 00:09:35,042 --> 00:09:36,917 we could be on top of discovering 215 00:09:37,125 --> 00:09:39,917 a long-held secret here at Skinwalker Ranch. 216 00:09:40,125 --> 00:09:41,417 ERIK: Well, 217 00:09:41,542 --> 00:09:43,000 we got some other things we need to work on. 218 00:09:43,167 --> 00:09:45,292 TRAVIS: Yeah. We've got a major drone experiment tonight 219 00:09:45,458 --> 00:09:47,750 that we've got to go get ready for. 220 00:09:47,875 --> 00:09:49,500 All right. Good luck. 221 00:09:49,667 --> 00:09:51,542 -Thank you, guys. -Yeah, thank you, guys. 222 00:09:57,208 --> 00:09:59,000 KALEB: Hey, guys. I've got Sky Elements down here 223 00:09:59,167 --> 00:10:01,333 by the front gate. I'm gonna be bringing 'em down 224 00:10:01,542 --> 00:10:03,375 -to the triangle. -TRAVIS: Copy that. 225 00:10:03,542 --> 00:10:05,500 Dragon and I will meet y'all over there. 226 00:10:05,708 --> 00:10:08,500 While we were waiting for the drilling operation 227 00:10:08,667 --> 00:10:09,917 to get going again at the mesa... 228 00:10:11,167 --> 00:10:13,333 ...Tyler Johnson, Preston Ward and their team 229 00:10:13,500 --> 00:10:16,417 from a drone-based light show company named Sky Elements 230 00:10:16,583 --> 00:10:18,292 came back out to the ranch. 231 00:10:20,375 --> 00:10:22,792 -Here's Travis and Bryant. -TRAVIS: Their equipment was perfect 232 00:10:22,917 --> 00:10:25,500 to help us with another major experiment we designed 233 00:10:25,708 --> 00:10:27,583 to collect more data 234 00:10:27,750 --> 00:10:30,000 where we've experienced a number of stunning phenomena 235 00:10:30,167 --> 00:10:32,625 between the triangle and the east field canyon, 236 00:10:32,833 --> 00:10:35,333 including a UAP 237 00:10:35,542 --> 00:10:37,667 entering the mesa in the east field 238 00:10:37,875 --> 00:10:40,500 and exiting moments later near the triangle. 239 00:10:40,708 --> 00:10:42,958 -Oh! Right there! -Oh, my gosh! 240 00:10:43,125 --> 00:10:46,333 TRAVIS: A month ago, using an infrared lidar scanner, 241 00:10:46,542 --> 00:10:47,917 technologist Pete Kelsey 242 00:10:48,083 --> 00:10:50,208 detected a massive cone-shaped anomaly 243 00:10:50,417 --> 00:10:53,250 that covered an area stretching from the east field 244 00:10:53,417 --> 00:10:55,042 all the way to Homestead Two 245 00:10:55,250 --> 00:10:57,000 on the western side of the property 246 00:10:57,208 --> 00:10:59,833 that was centered nearly 2,000 feet high 247 00:11:00,042 --> 00:11:02,500 directly above the triangle. 248 00:11:02,583 --> 00:11:05,042 Three, two, one. 249 00:11:05,208 --> 00:11:07,667 And just last week, we had Sky Elements 250 00:11:07,875 --> 00:11:10,125 attempt to launch a swarm of 1,000 drones 251 00:11:10,292 --> 00:11:13,250 in a preprogrammed pattern of straight lines 252 00:11:13,417 --> 00:11:15,167 right above the triangle. 253 00:11:15,292 --> 00:11:18,000 -You see that? -BRYANT: What the hell is up there? 254 00:11:18,167 --> 00:11:20,625 TRAVIS: But just after a UAP appeared in the sky, 255 00:11:20,833 --> 00:11:23,625 only 200 of the drones could launch, and then struggled 256 00:11:23,833 --> 00:11:25,125 -to keep their formations. -TYLER: We got a few 257 00:11:25,292 --> 00:11:27,750 on the west side that seem to be misbehaving. 258 00:11:27,875 --> 00:11:29,458 So when the sun goes down tonight, 259 00:11:29,667 --> 00:11:31,667 we want to split the drones into two groups 260 00:11:31,875 --> 00:11:33,417 and, along with our own instruments, 261 00:11:33,625 --> 00:11:35,542 see if we can get more data on some 262 00:11:35,708 --> 00:11:37,833 or all of these phenomena and figure out 263 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:40,000 if they are somehow related to one another. 264 00:11:40,167 --> 00:11:43,500 So, I think the game plan is that, uh, 265 00:11:43,625 --> 00:11:45,792 unlike the way we've done in the past, 266 00:11:45,917 --> 00:11:49,167 where we've picked one site and we have, uh, 267 00:11:49,375 --> 00:11:51,083 all the drone, uh, experiment 268 00:11:51,208 --> 00:11:53,875 in one location, either here or in the east field, 269 00:11:54,083 --> 00:11:57,500 tonight, we'd like to split it, and do both simultaneously. 270 00:11:57,708 --> 00:11:59,542 -Yeah. -Got it. Easy. 271 00:11:59,708 --> 00:12:01,583 TRAVIS: Okay, so, tell us what you brought for us. 272 00:12:01,792 --> 00:12:03,292 TYLER: We've got 600 drones 273 00:12:03,458 --> 00:12:05,167 that we're gonna fly directly overtop of the triangle. 274 00:12:05,333 --> 00:12:07,833 Preston's gonna be the pilot over here. 275 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:09,667 We've got 400 drones that we're gonna take over 276 00:12:09,792 --> 00:12:11,292 to the east field and we're gonna take KC over there 277 00:12:11,500 --> 00:12:12,833 and he's gonna pilot over there and I'll be roving 278 00:12:12,958 --> 00:12:14,875 back and forth to support both teams. 279 00:12:17,625 --> 00:12:19,208 TRAVIS: Tonight, 280 00:12:19,417 --> 00:12:22,667 the Sky Elements team will launch two drone swarms 281 00:12:22,792 --> 00:12:24,833 equipped with specialized GPS tracking 282 00:12:25,042 --> 00:12:27,625 above the triangle and the east field 283 00:12:27,792 --> 00:12:30,708 in preprogrammed cylindrical formations. 284 00:12:30,875 --> 00:12:32,833 Then, we plan to launch rockets 285 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:35,667 directly up through the center of each swarm 286 00:12:35,833 --> 00:12:38,333 to see if the rockets or the drones themselves 287 00:12:38,500 --> 00:12:41,292 make contact with anything strange in the air. 288 00:12:41,458 --> 00:12:44,000 To look even closer for any anomalies, 289 00:12:44,167 --> 00:12:46,708 Kaleb McEwen will be flying an FPV drone 290 00:12:46,875 --> 00:12:48,792 all around the swarms, 291 00:12:48,917 --> 00:12:51,292 which is equipped with an onboard camera. 292 00:12:51,458 --> 00:12:53,000 While all that's going on, 293 00:12:53,167 --> 00:12:56,042 Jim Royston will fly his infrared lidar drone 294 00:12:56,208 --> 00:12:58,167 between the triangle and the east field 295 00:12:58,375 --> 00:13:00,583 along the same path that we witnessed 296 00:13:00,708 --> 00:13:03,167 the UAP fly in and out of the mesa 297 00:13:03,375 --> 00:13:05,500 back in 2022. 298 00:13:05,708 --> 00:13:07,750 And during the entire experiment, 299 00:13:07,875 --> 00:13:10,458 we'll be using infrared and thermal cameras 300 00:13:10,542 --> 00:13:14,250 which can visualize anomalies with temperature variations 301 00:13:14,417 --> 00:13:17,000 that we might not be able to see with the naked eye. 302 00:13:17,167 --> 00:13:20,958 Finally, we'll be monitoring an array of spectrum analyzers 303 00:13:21,125 --> 00:13:22,875 to look out for strange energy spikes 304 00:13:23,042 --> 00:13:25,167 and signals in the field while Erik 305 00:13:25,375 --> 00:13:29,000 does the same thing from the command center. 306 00:13:29,083 --> 00:13:31,125 Tonight, we're using more tools than ever 307 00:13:31,250 --> 00:13:33,167 to figure out this place's secret. 308 00:13:33,333 --> 00:13:35,500 So, hopefully, the effort will pay off 309 00:13:35,708 --> 00:13:37,667 with some incredible revelations. 310 00:13:37,792 --> 00:13:39,500 Well, I'm really excited. 311 00:13:39,667 --> 00:13:42,375 The thought of putting that spiral, uh, drone configuration 312 00:13:42,542 --> 00:13:45,958 up in the air at the same time at two locations that seem to, 313 00:13:46,125 --> 00:13:47,875 for whatever reason, be connected-- 314 00:13:48,042 --> 00:13:49,833 who knows what we're gonna see when that takes place. 315 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:51,333 TRAVIS: Yeah. Okay, all right, let's go. 316 00:13:51,542 --> 00:13:52,917 -Great. -All right. 317 00:14:00,583 --> 00:14:02,708 I have all the drones connected, 318 00:14:02,917 --> 00:14:04,375 I have their flight paths on them. 319 00:14:04,542 --> 00:14:05,958 I also was able to set the time, 320 00:14:06,125 --> 00:14:08,417 so now we have a manual start time. 321 00:14:08,542 --> 00:14:10,250 Perfect. 322 00:14:10,417 --> 00:14:12,083 TRAVIS: Well, I've got the standard kit going. 323 00:14:12,250 --> 00:14:13,667 I've got my gamma ray detector running, 324 00:14:13,833 --> 00:14:15,458 I've got the spectrum analyzers going 325 00:14:15,667 --> 00:14:16,917 and we've got the FLIR. 326 00:14:17,042 --> 00:14:18,208 I got it set up on top of the Jeep. 327 00:14:18,417 --> 00:14:20,542 We're-we're looking almost due north, 328 00:14:20,708 --> 00:14:22,125 a little bit east. 329 00:14:22,250 --> 00:14:25,000 So we're looking at the place on the mesa here 330 00:14:25,167 --> 00:14:27,083 where we saw that UAP come in 331 00:14:27,292 --> 00:14:28,833 -and go into the mesa -Oh, yeah. Yep. 332 00:14:28,958 --> 00:14:30,583 and, you know, fly out down by the triangle. 333 00:14:30,708 --> 00:14:32,750 So, I was hoping if something flies into the-into the mesa 334 00:14:32,917 --> 00:14:33,833 while we're doing this, we'll catch it 335 00:14:34,042 --> 00:14:36,167 -on the FLIR. -Perfect. 336 00:14:37,333 --> 00:14:38,625 Whoa, what is that? 337 00:14:38,792 --> 00:14:40,208 BRYANT: Whoa. 338 00:14:40,375 --> 00:14:42,167 TRAVIS: Holy cow. 339 00:14:42,333 --> 00:14:44,958 Oh. We got... Look right there, right there. 340 00:14:45,125 --> 00:14:47,875 Just as we were getting ready to start the experiment, 341 00:14:48,042 --> 00:14:50,417 I saw a UAP that looked very similar 342 00:14:50,583 --> 00:14:52,000 to one that appeared in the sky 343 00:14:52,208 --> 00:14:54,750 right before everything went haywire 344 00:14:54,917 --> 00:14:57,458 with our drone experiment at the triangle last week. 345 00:14:59,958 --> 00:15:01,458 BRYANT: I think it's gone now. 346 00:15:01,625 --> 00:15:03,167 Hey, Erik, you copy? 347 00:15:03,333 --> 00:15:05,333 Yeah, go ahead. 348 00:15:05,542 --> 00:15:06,875 Hey, we just saw 349 00:15:07,042 --> 00:15:10,500 kind of the same UAP fly across the sky 350 00:15:10,667 --> 00:15:13,000 from, uh, west to east 351 00:15:13,208 --> 00:15:14,875 right over the mesa here, 352 00:15:15,042 --> 00:15:17,958 uh, as we saw the last time we were with these guys. 353 00:15:18,167 --> 00:15:20,042 I was wondering if you had anything on the ADSB 354 00:15:20,208 --> 00:15:23,458 or if you saw anything on any of the cameras. 355 00:15:23,625 --> 00:15:26,750 Okay, let me tell you what we got on the ADSB. Um... 356 00:15:26,958 --> 00:15:29,833 The closest aircraft would be about 357 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:33,292 24 nautical miles out at 35,000 feet. 358 00:15:33,417 --> 00:15:35,375 And, uh... 359 00:15:35,542 --> 00:15:39,208 I doubt that's a good match for what you're describing. 360 00:15:39,375 --> 00:15:41,667 ERIK: Our ADSB transponder data receiver 361 00:15:41,875 --> 00:15:43,292 receives the signals directly 362 00:15:43,500 --> 00:15:46,125 from the aircraft in our airspace. 363 00:15:46,292 --> 00:15:50,000 This object, whatever it is, is not broadcasting a signal. 364 00:15:50,167 --> 00:15:52,500 In other words, it doesn't appear to be an airliner. 365 00:15:52,667 --> 00:15:55,667 It is, in fact, at least, for the moment, unidentified. 366 00:15:55,833 --> 00:15:57,958 Yeah, I-I don't think that's it, 367 00:15:58,167 --> 00:16:00,417 and, uh, we don't see any other aircraft, either. 368 00:16:00,542 --> 00:16:02,458 All right, well, uh, just letting you know. 369 00:16:02,583 --> 00:16:05,375 Hey, we're getting close to, uh, getting started. 370 00:16:05,542 --> 00:16:08,583 I'll let you know when we, uh, turn the trackers on 371 00:16:08,750 --> 00:16:11,792 and, uh, when we're ready to launch rockets and drones. 372 00:16:11,958 --> 00:16:14,333 Copy you. Thank you, Travis. 373 00:16:14,500 --> 00:16:17,208 PRESTON: We are all set up and ready to go on this end. 374 00:16:17,375 --> 00:16:18,833 KC: Copy. 375 00:16:18,958 --> 00:16:20,542 I take that back. As soon as I said that, 376 00:16:20,708 --> 00:16:23,333 I lost 168. 377 00:16:23,542 --> 00:16:26,875 TYLER: And we just lost 200 drones at the east field as well. 378 00:16:27,042 --> 00:16:30,167 What the hell? 379 00:16:30,375 --> 00:16:32,958 TRAVIS: It's like a repeat of our last experiment 380 00:16:33,125 --> 00:16:35,333 with the Sky Elements drone team. 381 00:16:35,542 --> 00:16:38,708 Just as we were about to start our dual drone experiment 382 00:16:38,875 --> 00:16:40,958 between the triangle and the east field, 383 00:16:41,167 --> 00:16:44,083 a UAP suddenly appeared over the east field mesa, 384 00:16:44,250 --> 00:16:46,208 and just vanished into thin air. 385 00:16:46,375 --> 00:16:47,708 And literally, 386 00:16:47,875 --> 00:16:49,833 right after that, hundreds of drones 387 00:16:50,042 --> 00:16:52,042 in both locations malfunctioned. 388 00:16:52,208 --> 00:16:55,583 Did the UAPs that appeared tonight and last week 389 00:16:55,750 --> 00:16:57,417 interfere with the drones? 390 00:16:57,625 --> 00:17:01,083 If so, what were they, how did they do it, 391 00:17:01,208 --> 00:17:04,958 and then, where the heck did they go? 392 00:17:05,083 --> 00:17:07,125 THOMAS: The fact that we fought through this 393 00:17:07,292 --> 00:17:09,542 last time you were here, and then, tonight, 394 00:17:09,708 --> 00:17:11,917 the closer that we're getting to launch time, 395 00:17:12,083 --> 00:17:13,667 the more unstable it's becoming 396 00:17:13,833 --> 00:17:16,000 and the harder that it is to-to keep these connected-- 397 00:17:16,167 --> 00:17:18,667 yeah, i-it's just... it's-it's interesting to me. 398 00:17:18,792 --> 00:17:20,333 PRESTON: Yeah, it's weird. 399 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:23,417 THOMAS: I don't know what's going on, 400 00:17:23,583 --> 00:17:25,792 but it makes me wonder if what we're seeing 401 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:29,625 is electromagnetic interference or some type of radio frequency 402 00:17:29,833 --> 00:17:31,958 that's jamming the signal at both locations. 403 00:17:32,125 --> 00:17:34,042 These sights have shown that they could 404 00:17:34,208 --> 00:17:36,542 possibly be connected through some of our experiments, 405 00:17:36,708 --> 00:17:38,083 and they're both sights 406 00:17:38,208 --> 00:17:40,292 where we've seen a lot of anomalous activity. 407 00:17:40,417 --> 00:17:42,167 If these two locations are connected, 408 00:17:42,375 --> 00:17:44,167 we're gonna have to get to the bottom of it. 409 00:17:46,417 --> 00:17:47,625 Hey, Travis? 410 00:17:47,792 --> 00:17:49,000 We can only get 200 of our drones connected 411 00:17:49,208 --> 00:17:50,750 over here at east field. 412 00:17:50,875 --> 00:17:52,958 Copy that. Okay. 413 00:17:53,125 --> 00:17:55,958 When Tyler said that only 200 of the drones in the east field 414 00:17:56,125 --> 00:17:57,583 were staying connected to the system, 415 00:17:57,708 --> 00:17:59,375 I couldn't believe it. 416 00:17:59,542 --> 00:18:02,167 The same thing happened last week at the triangle. 417 00:18:02,333 --> 00:18:06,375 What could possibly explain only 200 drones-- exactly-- 418 00:18:06,542 --> 00:18:09,333 staying connected while the others went haywire? 419 00:18:10,958 --> 00:18:13,208 KC, this is Preston. Do you have a copy? 420 00:18:13,375 --> 00:18:16,250 -KC: Go for KC. -We reconfigured some things, 421 00:18:16,375 --> 00:18:18,333 I put more access points on, that seemed to solve it. 422 00:18:18,542 --> 00:18:20,125 They're slowly coming back. 423 00:18:20,250 --> 00:18:23,167 So, we should be good, though. 424 00:18:23,292 --> 00:18:25,000 Okay, so we still good to go? 425 00:18:25,167 --> 00:18:27,000 PRESTON: Gonna go ahead and arm. 426 00:18:27,167 --> 00:18:29,750 Thomas, Kaleb, can you guys hear me? 427 00:18:29,875 --> 00:18:31,667 Uh, Travis, we hear you. 428 00:18:31,875 --> 00:18:33,333 TRAVIS: We've only got 200 429 00:18:33,542 --> 00:18:35,417 of the 400 drones connected. 430 00:18:35,583 --> 00:18:37,500 How are the 600 that you guys have 431 00:18:37,625 --> 00:18:39,500 over there at the triangle doing? 432 00:18:39,625 --> 00:18:42,250 THOMAS: Uh, he is arming the drones now. 433 00:18:42,417 --> 00:18:44,292 Kaleb's over at the launchpad, uh, 434 00:18:44,458 --> 00:18:47,833 ready with the rocket, and we're all systems go. 435 00:18:48,042 --> 00:18:50,458 Hey, Erik, do you copy? 436 00:18:50,583 --> 00:18:52,333 ERIK: Yeah, go ahead, Travis. 437 00:18:52,500 --> 00:18:57,292 They're a matter of minutes from starting the drone launch. 438 00:18:57,458 --> 00:19:00,167 We've got a rocket on the pad ready to go. 439 00:19:00,292 --> 00:19:03,250 Hey, everybody, keep clear of the grid. 440 00:19:03,417 --> 00:19:04,875 KC: Clear the field. 441 00:19:05,042 --> 00:19:06,083 Arming, arming, arming. 442 00:19:08,125 --> 00:19:10,000 Good arm on 200 drones. 443 00:19:10,167 --> 00:19:12,250 TYLER: Good arm, 200 drones, east field. 444 00:19:12,458 --> 00:19:14,667 Good arm, 200 drones. 445 00:19:14,833 --> 00:19:17,500 Okay, we're going hot here. 446 00:19:17,667 --> 00:19:19,083 Ten seconds. 447 00:19:19,292 --> 00:19:20,958 Ten seconds, ten seconds. 448 00:19:21,083 --> 00:19:22,583 TRAVIS: My rocket is hot. 449 00:19:22,708 --> 00:19:23,875 Rocket is hot. 450 00:19:24,042 --> 00:19:27,083 TYLER: Three, two, one. 451 00:19:27,250 --> 00:19:28,792 KC: Here we go. 452 00:19:31,083 --> 00:19:32,458 Solid... 453 00:19:32,542 --> 00:19:34,458 grid forming. 454 00:19:38,042 --> 00:19:39,667 PRESTON: We are ready to go on this end. 455 00:19:46,083 --> 00:19:47,792 THOMAS: Whoa! 456 00:19:52,417 --> 00:19:53,667 What... 457 00:19:54,833 --> 00:19:56,333 What the heck's going on? 458 00:19:56,542 --> 00:19:58,500 It's raining drones over here. 459 00:19:58,667 --> 00:20:01,167 Heads up! Heads up! They're coming down! 460 00:20:04,792 --> 00:20:06,458 THOMAS: Heads up! Heads up! They're coming down! 461 00:20:06,625 --> 00:20:08,292 Holy crap. 462 00:20:08,458 --> 00:20:10,708 PRESTON: FPV drone is in the sky. 463 00:20:12,583 --> 00:20:15,167 THOMAS: When these drones got 30 feet off the ground, 464 00:20:15,375 --> 00:20:17,208 they just started to drop out of the sky. 465 00:20:17,375 --> 00:20:20,125 We got them coming right down on top of the tents. 466 00:20:20,292 --> 00:20:22,875 For these brief moments, 467 00:20:23,042 --> 00:20:26,000 everything is complete chaos. 468 00:20:26,167 --> 00:20:27,958 It's raining drones over here. 469 00:20:28,083 --> 00:20:30,042 Raining drones. 470 00:20:30,208 --> 00:20:32,500 Raining drones? Is that what he said? 471 00:20:32,708 --> 00:20:35,167 Raining drones in the... at the triangle. 472 00:20:35,333 --> 00:20:37,000 BRYANT: We're raining drones here, too. 473 00:20:37,083 --> 00:20:38,583 TRAVIS: We're raining drones here, too. 474 00:20:38,708 --> 00:20:40,833 We've had strange equipment failures 475 00:20:41,042 --> 00:20:42,500 on Skinwalker Ranch before, 476 00:20:42,667 --> 00:20:44,833 but it was insane that so many of the drones 477 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:46,542 were dropping out of the sky 478 00:20:46,708 --> 00:20:49,000 just after both swarms launched at the triangle 479 00:20:49,208 --> 00:20:50,833 and the east field. 480 00:20:50,958 --> 00:20:52,625 KC: Cylinder forming. 481 00:20:52,792 --> 00:20:55,000 Two more dropped. 482 00:20:55,167 --> 00:20:57,500 TRAVIS: Several seconds later, our swarm in the east field 483 00:20:57,708 --> 00:21:00,375 finally started to move into its cylinder formation, 484 00:21:00,500 --> 00:21:02,750 but then, more drones continued to fall 485 00:21:02,958 --> 00:21:04,667 every couple of seconds. 486 00:21:04,875 --> 00:21:07,167 KC: Look at 'em. 487 00:21:07,292 --> 00:21:09,708 -TRAVIS: It's raining drones. -BRYANT: We got drones dropping like crazy. 488 00:21:09,875 --> 00:21:12,417 TRAVIS: We've had several fall, we got several 489 00:21:12,625 --> 00:21:14,583 that are missing out of the formation. 490 00:21:15,708 --> 00:21:17,833 Look at that! 491 00:21:17,958 --> 00:21:19,667 PRESTON: Everybody stay back. 492 00:21:19,833 --> 00:21:22,458 Everybody get back behind the vehicle. 493 00:21:23,708 --> 00:21:26,375 -THOMAS: Oh, (bleep)! -PRESTON: Holy mackerel. 494 00:21:26,542 --> 00:21:29,625 We have a massive amount being lost. 495 00:21:29,708 --> 00:21:31,292 Oh, my God. 496 00:21:31,458 --> 00:21:34,250 THOMAS: We just had catastrophic failure. 497 00:21:34,417 --> 00:21:37,250 They're gonna hit the tent. 498 00:21:38,417 --> 00:21:39,667 THOMAS: Holy crap. 499 00:21:39,875 --> 00:21:43,125 It looks like we're having major problems. 500 00:21:43,250 --> 00:21:45,583 -No, won't work. -Here, let me get... 501 00:21:45,792 --> 00:21:48,542 We have one drone that literally comes down 502 00:21:48,708 --> 00:21:51,417 and starts to come inside the tent towards us. 503 00:21:51,625 --> 00:21:52,917 So I took my coat off, 504 00:21:53,083 --> 00:21:55,000 and as this drone was coming down, 505 00:21:55,125 --> 00:21:56,958 I had to swat it to the ground 506 00:21:57,083 --> 00:21:58,333 to keep it from hitting us. 507 00:21:59,792 --> 00:22:02,792 Stay under the tent. Stay under the tent. 508 00:22:02,917 --> 00:22:04,875 Holy crap. 509 00:22:05,042 --> 00:22:06,958 Still got one right there. 510 00:22:07,125 --> 00:22:08,708 Yeah, we still have... 511 00:22:08,875 --> 00:22:10,708 -They're coming down behind us. -Yeah, yeah. 512 00:22:10,875 --> 00:22:13,750 THOMAS: Where-where the hell's that one going? 513 00:22:15,792 --> 00:22:17,375 TRAVIS: They're just coming out of... 514 00:22:17,542 --> 00:22:19,167 They're fall... There's... Look at that one! 515 00:22:19,375 --> 00:22:21,667 That one just fell right out of the sky. 516 00:22:21,875 --> 00:22:24,333 -BRYANT: -Oh, my God. -TRAVIS: Oh, it hit hard, too. Heads up! 517 00:22:24,542 --> 00:22:27,292 -Heads up! You see that? -I don't want to be underneath this. 518 00:22:28,625 --> 00:22:31,208 TRAVIS: Was the massive cone causing all this, 519 00:22:31,333 --> 00:22:33,500 or something else that we couldn't see? 520 00:22:33,708 --> 00:22:36,167 There was no way to tell in the moment, 521 00:22:36,333 --> 00:22:37,583 so I wanted to start 522 00:22:37,708 --> 00:22:39,667 launching rockets to see if it would reveal 523 00:22:39,833 --> 00:22:41,167 whatever was affecting the drones. 524 00:22:41,333 --> 00:22:42,750 BRYANT: Dude, it could clobber us, dude. 525 00:22:42,875 --> 00:22:44,375 Just keep a watch, just keep a watch. 526 00:22:44,542 --> 00:22:45,958 I'll watch, you launch. 527 00:22:46,125 --> 00:22:47,833 If I say run, we're running 528 00:22:47,958 --> 00:22:50,583 to the west, okay? 529 00:22:52,417 --> 00:22:55,000 We're about to launch. 530 00:22:55,208 --> 00:22:56,833 -BRYANT: Dude, I don't... I don't know -TRAVIS: Get ready, get ready. 531 00:22:57,042 --> 00:22:59,750 -if this is gonna be a good idea. -TRAVIS: Get ready. 532 00:22:59,917 --> 00:23:02,542 -Do not let me get clobbered. -Get ready, get ready, get ready. 533 00:23:02,708 --> 00:23:05,417 So we prepped our rocket at the east field as a cylinder 534 00:23:05,583 --> 00:23:08,500 formation moved into position directly above our launchpad, 535 00:23:08,708 --> 00:23:11,583 while Kaleb prepped another one over at the triangle. 536 00:23:11,792 --> 00:23:13,292 TYLER: Travis, I'll let you know 537 00:23:13,458 --> 00:23:14,458 as soon as we're centered over top. 538 00:23:14,667 --> 00:23:17,500 -Show me 2D, please. -2D's up. 539 00:23:17,708 --> 00:23:19,625 We're set. Almost in position. 540 00:23:19,792 --> 00:23:23,167 -TYLER: Travis, I got five, four, -Almost there. 541 00:23:23,333 --> 00:23:25,958 -three, two, one. -Almost there. 542 00:23:26,125 --> 00:23:27,083 TYLER: You're good, send it. 543 00:23:27,250 --> 00:23:29,708 TRAVIS: Do it, Dragon! Do it! 544 00:23:30,708 --> 00:23:32,917 BRYANT: We just blew our igniter out. 545 00:23:33,083 --> 00:23:33,958 TRAVIS: Crap! 546 00:23:35,500 --> 00:23:37,708 Oh, heads up! Let's get out! Get out! Get out! 547 00:23:42,458 --> 00:23:44,250 Look, you can see over there, they are, like, 548 00:23:44,417 --> 00:23:45,708 dropping like flies. 549 00:23:50,250 --> 00:23:51,167 KALEB: I'm gonna send our rocket in 550 00:23:51,375 --> 00:23:53,792 three, two, one. 551 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,167 (device beeping) 552 00:23:57,875 --> 00:24:00,083 Malfunction on our rocket as well. 553 00:24:00,250 --> 00:24:02,000 Give me a couple minutes. 554 00:24:02,083 --> 00:24:04,583 Their rocket didn't go either. Grab an igniter. 555 00:24:05,542 --> 00:24:08,792 TRAVIS: When the rockets failed to launch in both locations, 556 00:24:08,917 --> 00:24:11,167 as drones were still falling out of the sky, 557 00:24:11,375 --> 00:24:13,125 it honestly seemed like the ranch-- 558 00:24:13,333 --> 00:24:15,000 or something on the ranch-- 559 00:24:15,208 --> 00:24:16,583 was completely shutting us down. 560 00:24:16,708 --> 00:24:18,667 Nothing made any sense. 561 00:24:18,833 --> 00:24:20,792 We're too close, we're too close. 562 00:24:20,958 --> 00:24:22,167 BRYANT: I don't know if I want to run over there 563 00:24:22,375 --> 00:24:23,542 -and put another... -I'll do it. 564 00:24:23,708 --> 00:24:24,708 Give me an igniter. Give it, give it. 565 00:24:24,875 --> 00:24:26,333 I'll do it. 566 00:24:26,417 --> 00:24:29,500 TRAVIS: But while what was left of the drone swarm cylinder 567 00:24:29,667 --> 00:24:31,417 was still directly over the launchpad 568 00:24:31,583 --> 00:24:32,792 in the east field, 569 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:34,167 I wanted to get a rocket 570 00:24:34,250 --> 00:24:35,875 launched up through there before the swarm began 571 00:24:36,042 --> 00:24:38,833 its preprogrammed flight back to the landing area. 572 00:24:39,042 --> 00:24:41,375 You go, I'll watch. 573 00:24:41,542 --> 00:24:44,542 Let's go. Move, move, move! 574 00:24:51,792 --> 00:24:55,542 You go, I'll watch. Let's go. 575 00:24:55,708 --> 00:24:57,958 After our first attempt to launch rockets at the triangle 576 00:24:58,167 --> 00:25:00,917 and the east field ended with inexplicable, 577 00:25:01,125 --> 00:25:03,208 simultaneous rocket malfunctions, 578 00:25:03,375 --> 00:25:04,333 I wanted to make another attempt 579 00:25:04,542 --> 00:25:06,208 to launch a rocket up through 580 00:25:06,375 --> 00:25:07,500 the drone swarm cylinder 581 00:25:07,667 --> 00:25:09,417 in the east field. 582 00:25:09,542 --> 00:25:11,917 After all these crazy drone failures, I wanted to see 583 00:25:12,083 --> 00:25:15,083 if the rocket would hit or be affected by whatever 584 00:25:15,208 --> 00:25:18,292 might be up in the air causing these things to happen. 585 00:25:18,417 --> 00:25:20,458 Watch out-- another one coming down! 586 00:25:23,875 --> 00:25:26,583 It's gonna take us ten seconds, 20 seconds. 587 00:25:26,750 --> 00:25:28,792 We were quickly running out of time before 588 00:25:28,917 --> 00:25:30,875 the cylinder would move away from its position 589 00:25:31,042 --> 00:25:33,000 and complete its preprogrammed flight 590 00:25:33,167 --> 00:25:35,042 back to the landing area. 591 00:25:36,542 --> 00:25:37,667 we got to move, got to move. 592 00:25:37,792 --> 00:25:38,792 BRYANT: Dude, I'm working on it. 593 00:25:38,917 --> 00:25:40,875 I know, I know. 594 00:25:41,042 --> 00:25:43,750 -TYLER: Let me know as soon as it starts to move off, KC. -KC: Copy. 595 00:25:45,917 --> 00:25:48,042 TYLER: Travis, they're starting to move out of position now. 596 00:25:51,333 --> 00:25:53,125 -BRYANT: They're moving out of position. -TRAVIS: It's okay. 597 00:25:55,250 --> 00:25:56,583 You good? 598 00:25:56,792 --> 00:25:58,625 Go, go, go, go, go. 599 00:25:58,833 --> 00:26:00,750 Don't count down. Don't count, just launch. 600 00:26:00,917 --> 00:26:02,042 Don't count, just launch. 601 00:26:07,542 --> 00:26:08,875 TRAVIS: We'll go up the side. 602 00:26:09,042 --> 00:26:10,792 Even though the cylinder had moved away 603 00:26:10,958 --> 00:26:14,458 from its position directly above the launch tower, 604 00:26:14,625 --> 00:26:16,792 we still wanted to get a rocket up into the air 605 00:26:16,958 --> 00:26:20,000 close to the drone swarm to see what would happen. 606 00:26:26,042 --> 00:26:28,333 Uh, it's coming down. Something's wrong! 607 00:26:28,458 --> 00:26:29,667 It's coming down! 608 00:26:30,583 --> 00:26:31,833 I don't see a chute yet. 609 00:26:32,042 --> 00:26:34,375 Looked like it was in two pieces, though. 610 00:26:34,500 --> 00:26:35,708 What the hell happened there? 611 00:26:35,917 --> 00:26:38,500 I don't know! We just rebuilt that rocket! 612 00:26:38,708 --> 00:26:40,542 It broke apart. How? 613 00:26:40,708 --> 00:26:43,750 'Cause the chute came out. There's another piece somewhere. 614 00:26:43,917 --> 00:26:46,292 I have no idea what caused the rocket 615 00:26:46,458 --> 00:26:47,667 to break up in the air. 616 00:26:47,875 --> 00:26:49,958 It sure didn't appear to hit anything. 617 00:26:50,125 --> 00:26:51,542 So, did it collide with something 618 00:26:51,708 --> 00:26:53,625 that just wasn't visible? 619 00:26:54,708 --> 00:26:56,833 BRYANT: Oh, my hell, what just happened? 620 00:26:57,000 --> 00:26:58,542 Oh, man. 621 00:26:58,708 --> 00:27:00,917 -What happened? -Look. 622 00:27:04,250 --> 00:27:07,333 There's a nose cone with a chute attached to it somewhere. 623 00:27:07,500 --> 00:27:09,125 Yeah, look. 624 00:27:09,250 --> 00:27:12,875 TRAVIS: It just blew... it broke through the line. 625 00:27:15,417 --> 00:27:16,875 They're coming down. 626 00:27:18,917 --> 00:27:22,500 Now that all the drones are on the ground, 627 00:27:22,708 --> 00:27:24,375 we finally have time to come out of the tent 628 00:27:24,542 --> 00:27:25,958 and start examining. 629 00:27:26,125 --> 00:27:28,167 And I have to say it looked like a battlefield 630 00:27:28,292 --> 00:27:29,667 out on the triangle. 631 00:27:29,833 --> 00:27:32,958 -Look at that-- pulverized. -PRESTON: Yeah. 632 00:27:33,042 --> 00:27:35,333 THOMAS: There are crashed drones everywhere. 633 00:27:35,542 --> 00:27:37,875 Honestly, I'm in shock right now. 634 00:27:38,042 --> 00:27:39,917 I can't believe what I just witnessed. 635 00:27:40,083 --> 00:27:42,208 Look-- you've got 'em in the tents. 636 00:27:42,417 --> 00:27:44,708 I mean, this is like mass chaos. 637 00:27:46,083 --> 00:27:49,375 Landing now, yes. 638 00:27:49,542 --> 00:27:51,042 All down. 639 00:27:51,208 --> 00:27:52,625 TYLER: This year we thought we were ready. 640 00:27:52,750 --> 00:27:54,250 We brought out some new technology, 641 00:27:54,417 --> 00:27:56,333 but even with all the experience we have, and all the shows 642 00:27:56,458 --> 00:27:58,250 we do, I just couldn't believe what I was seeing. 643 00:27:58,375 --> 00:28:00,167 We've never seen drones fall out of the sky like that, 644 00:28:00,375 --> 00:28:04,208 and drones start to return to home in random waves. 645 00:28:04,375 --> 00:28:05,542 We're clear over here. 646 00:28:05,750 --> 00:28:07,167 Everything looks good on our end. 647 00:28:07,375 --> 00:28:08,875 Copy. 648 00:28:09,042 --> 00:28:10,792 PRESTON: We do shows all over the country. 649 00:28:10,917 --> 00:28:13,375 We never have these kind of issues that we get 650 00:28:13,542 --> 00:28:14,833 here at Skinwalker Ranch. 651 00:28:14,958 --> 00:28:16,542 There's definitely something going on here 652 00:28:16,708 --> 00:28:17,917 that's unexplained, so once we can get the data, 653 00:28:18,083 --> 00:28:19,750 I can't wait to see what actually happened. 654 00:28:19,875 --> 00:28:23,542 -Hey, guys. -What a night. 655 00:28:23,708 --> 00:28:24,667 What a night, huh? 656 00:28:24,750 --> 00:28:29,292 So, there was a really odd... 657 00:28:29,458 --> 00:28:30,958 phenomenon taking place today. 658 00:28:31,167 --> 00:28:34,833 RF, electromagnetic, uh, maybe software. 659 00:28:35,042 --> 00:28:37,292 You know, uh, who knows what? 660 00:28:37,417 --> 00:28:40,208 I can't wait to see, though, how all this pans out. 661 00:28:40,333 --> 00:28:42,458 Man, we got a bunch of data, we got to wrap up. 662 00:28:42,583 --> 00:28:44,167 -I say we pack it up and get out of here. -TRAVIS: Let's do it. 663 00:28:44,292 --> 00:28:45,833 -I'm 100% percent ready. -Let's get out. All right. 664 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:47,833 TRAVIS: Great work, guys. Thank y'all. 665 00:28:53,542 --> 00:28:55,833 -TRAVIS: Hey, guys. -ERIK: Come on in, have a seat. 666 00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:59,417 I've got, uh, Preston and Kaleb from Sky Elements. 667 00:28:59,583 --> 00:29:00,667 -Oh, wow. -Good. 668 00:29:00,833 --> 00:29:02,500 For a video call. 669 00:29:03,542 --> 00:29:05,333 TRAVIS: Two days later, after scouring through all 670 00:29:05,542 --> 00:29:08,542 the video that we collected during the drone experiment, 671 00:29:08,708 --> 00:29:10,625 Erik called us into the command center 672 00:29:10,750 --> 00:29:12,500 for a video conference with Preston Ward 673 00:29:12,667 --> 00:29:14,375 and Kaleb McEwen from Sky Elements 674 00:29:14,542 --> 00:29:16,167 to review what he found 675 00:29:16,333 --> 00:29:17,875 and to compare data. 676 00:29:18,083 --> 00:29:20,458 You know, I... I've been thinking about this day 677 00:29:20,625 --> 00:29:24,167 a lot, and we've got a ton of stuff to share with you guys. 678 00:29:24,375 --> 00:29:26,833 We've learned a lot. So, we took 679 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:29,583 the-the logs, and we were able to plot where 680 00:29:29,792 --> 00:29:31,708 the drones thought they ended up. 681 00:29:34,542 --> 00:29:36,250 So, this is from the triangle. 682 00:29:36,417 --> 00:29:39,542 Uh, you're gonna see them lift off here in a second. 683 00:29:39,708 --> 00:29:41,500 And, ultimately, what happened 684 00:29:41,667 --> 00:29:44,042 is the GPSs were spoofed, right? 685 00:29:44,208 --> 00:29:47,833 So, they lift up, and then, immediately, 686 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:50,500 they thought they were over here. 687 00:29:50,708 --> 00:29:52,583 -ERIK: What?! -TRAVIS: Whoa! 688 00:29:52,750 --> 00:29:54,833 ERIK: Gosh. 689 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:57,000 That's the in... that's the in spot. 690 00:29:57,208 --> 00:29:59,125 TRAVIS: That is the in point. 691 00:30:00,208 --> 00:30:03,625 What are the odds that the GPS devices in the drones 692 00:30:03,792 --> 00:30:06,542 at the triangle would reveal messed-up data 693 00:30:06,708 --> 00:30:07,542 that showed the swarm 694 00:30:07,708 --> 00:30:08,792 literally teleported 695 00:30:08,958 --> 00:30:10,792 over to the east field canyon, 696 00:30:10,958 --> 00:30:13,750 right at a spot we call the in point? 697 00:30:15,125 --> 00:30:18,042 That's the exact spot where we witnessed a UAP entering 698 00:30:18,208 --> 00:30:22,875 the mesa before exiting it near the triangle back in 2022. 699 00:30:23,792 --> 00:30:24,958 It made no sense. 700 00:30:25,125 --> 00:30:27,708 Except that it pointed, once again, 701 00:30:27,875 --> 00:30:29,083 to a place on the ranch 702 00:30:29,292 --> 00:30:31,000 where strange things keep happening. 703 00:30:31,208 --> 00:30:34,750 Of all the places on the ranch for them to think they were-- 704 00:30:34,917 --> 00:30:37,292 exactly over the spot that we think is the possible 705 00:30:37,458 --> 00:30:39,708 -in spot. -TRAVIS: Well, but here's-here's... Wait, here's 706 00:30:39,875 --> 00:30:40,833 the important question. 707 00:30:41,042 --> 00:30:43,708 At what height were these drones 708 00:30:43,875 --> 00:30:46,708 when they immediately jumped to the other location? 709 00:30:46,875 --> 00:30:49,333 So, it was right after they started moving 710 00:30:49,500 --> 00:30:52,083 from that 30-feet mark is when 711 00:30:52,250 --> 00:30:53,667 they really started to have issues. 712 00:30:53,875 --> 00:30:54,875 -ERIK: Whoa. -THOMAS: Incredible. 713 00:30:55,042 --> 00:30:56,500 TRAVIS: Unbelievable. That's 714 00:30:56,667 --> 00:30:58,167 right where we detected the blob 715 00:30:58,333 --> 00:31:01,208 31 feet in the air above the triangle. 716 00:31:02,875 --> 00:31:05,958 Dude, you cannot make this up. 717 00:31:10,708 --> 00:31:12,125 TRAVIS: Oh, my goodness. 718 00:31:12,333 --> 00:31:14,000 Preston, we got to go through this one more time. 719 00:31:14,208 --> 00:31:18,125 So, the drones' GPS show they basically teleported 720 00:31:18,292 --> 00:31:21,333 over to the east field mesa when they got 721 00:31:21,458 --> 00:31:23,042 30-something feet? 722 00:31:23,250 --> 00:31:25,708 Correct, correct. They instantly thought they were over here. 723 00:31:25,875 --> 00:31:29,458 -Instantly. -The ranch is 512 acres. 724 00:31:29,625 --> 00:31:32,500 If it was gonna be random, it could have put 'em anywhere. 725 00:31:32,667 --> 00:31:33,708 Why did it put it there? 726 00:31:33,917 --> 00:31:36,125 And at the exact same height 727 00:31:36,208 --> 00:31:38,292 where we had the rocket blow up and we see the blob 728 00:31:38,458 --> 00:31:40,208 -in the high-speed camera. -TRAVIS: That's right. 729 00:31:41,208 --> 00:31:42,583 This is one for the books. 730 00:31:42,750 --> 00:31:44,000 Two nights ago, 731 00:31:44,125 --> 00:31:45,750 when the drone swarm that was launched 732 00:31:45,875 --> 00:31:48,000 at the triangle reached an altitude of 30 feet, 733 00:31:48,167 --> 00:31:50,333 which is right where we detected 734 00:31:50,542 --> 00:31:53,667 a blob-like anomaly in 2022, 735 00:31:53,833 --> 00:31:57,292 the drones' GPS data shows that they instantly moved 736 00:31:57,458 --> 00:31:59,833 to a location more than half a mile away 737 00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:03,000 in the east field near the so-called in point. 738 00:32:04,042 --> 00:32:05,917 The spot where we recorded video 739 00:32:06,125 --> 00:32:08,208 of a UAP passing through the mesa 740 00:32:08,333 --> 00:32:10,542 and flying toward the triangle. 741 00:32:13,250 --> 00:32:16,750 This is fantastic data. Absolutely fantastic. 742 00:32:16,917 --> 00:32:18,083 ERIK: Yeah. So, Preston, 743 00:32:18,250 --> 00:32:19,458 we have some additional material 744 00:32:19,583 --> 00:32:20,750 that we want to share with you. 745 00:32:20,917 --> 00:32:21,875 Let's check it out. 746 00:32:22,042 --> 00:32:23,833 ERIK: Okay. 747 00:32:23,958 --> 00:32:26,292 This is footage from the camera that's positioned 748 00:32:26,500 --> 00:32:28,667 at the east field looking off towards the west. 749 00:32:28,792 --> 00:32:30,292 PRESTON: All right. 750 00:32:31,667 --> 00:32:32,750 TRAVIS: There goes the rocket. 751 00:32:32,875 --> 00:32:33,958 BRYANT: Yep. 752 00:32:34,125 --> 00:32:35,708 KALEB: Why did it disappear? 753 00:32:35,833 --> 00:32:37,667 It went off of the camera angle. 754 00:32:37,875 --> 00:32:39,750 No, no, no, in the middle of its flight. 755 00:32:39,917 --> 00:32:42,000 -Oh, I didn't see that. -Go back. 756 00:32:42,958 --> 00:32:44,500 ERIK: I'm gonna play through this. 757 00:32:44,667 --> 00:32:45,833 So, watch the rocket, guys. 758 00:32:46,042 --> 00:32:47,417 Watch its path. 759 00:32:49,625 --> 00:32:51,667 -TRAVIS: Oh, crap. -KALEB: Why does it disappear? 760 00:32:51,833 --> 00:32:52,875 TRAVIS: Where did it go? 761 00:32:53,042 --> 00:32:55,375 And look at where that's at. 762 00:32:55,542 --> 00:32:58,708 It's right in that same area above the petroglyph. 763 00:32:58,917 --> 00:33:02,042 Well, that's actually right above 764 00:33:02,167 --> 00:33:04,208 -the photogrammetry anomaly. -Yes. 765 00:33:05,958 --> 00:33:07,333 TRAVIS: I couldn't believe it. 766 00:33:07,542 --> 00:33:09,667 The rocket that was launched in the east field 767 00:33:09,833 --> 00:33:14,083 disappeared for a moment right near the in point too. 768 00:33:14,208 --> 00:33:16,083 And as Kaleb and Dragon pointed out, 769 00:33:16,250 --> 00:33:18,833 this is also where we detected 770 00:33:18,917 --> 00:33:21,625 a strange column-shaped spire in 2021 771 00:33:21,792 --> 00:33:23,667 using photogrammetry, 772 00:33:23,875 --> 00:33:25,833 which is right near 773 00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:27,625 an ancient petroglyph on the mesa 774 00:33:27,792 --> 00:33:31,125 that's meant to depict an interdimensional portal. 775 00:33:31,250 --> 00:33:34,208 I'm not sure yet what the heck any of this means, 776 00:33:34,375 --> 00:33:38,292 but holy crap, we got incredible data from this experiment. 777 00:33:39,292 --> 00:33:41,500 Why does it disappear right there? 778 00:33:41,667 --> 00:33:42,583 What did it go behind? 779 00:33:42,792 --> 00:33:45,333 Where did the light go? 780 00:33:45,542 --> 00:33:47,542 -Yeah, where did the light go? Yes, right. -ERIK: Mm-hmm. 781 00:33:47,750 --> 00:33:49,333 So, walk it through there. 782 00:33:49,542 --> 00:33:52,375 ERIK: Yeah, so I'm frame-advancing. 783 00:33:55,250 --> 00:33:57,000 TRAVIS: Right there-- it's just gone. 784 00:33:57,167 --> 00:33:58,625 This is fascinating. 785 00:33:58,792 --> 00:34:00,958 It's a-a... a kinetic projectile 786 00:34:01,125 --> 00:34:03,042 going through a spot 787 00:34:03,208 --> 00:34:05,375 and it's blacked out so that we can't see it 788 00:34:05,542 --> 00:34:08,625 and the light from it is redirected to who knows where. 789 00:34:09,708 --> 00:34:12,500 ERIK: I'm gonna show you something that gives us a chance to get 790 00:34:12,667 --> 00:34:15,667 an additional perspective on what we just watched. 791 00:34:15,875 --> 00:34:19,583 This is the camera perspective from the triangle 792 00:34:19,708 --> 00:34:21,875 looking back over the drone swarm on the ground 793 00:34:22,042 --> 00:34:24,750 and here we have the cylinder in the air. 794 00:34:24,917 --> 00:34:27,042 TRAVIS: Ah, yeah. I see, okay. 795 00:34:27,208 --> 00:34:28,833 The rocket goes. 796 00:34:29,042 --> 00:34:31,417 The rocket vanished. 797 00:34:31,583 --> 00:34:33,000 And it comes back. 798 00:34:33,208 --> 00:34:35,375 That's really weird. 799 00:34:35,542 --> 00:34:39,125 Okay, back up down through that, Erik. 800 00:34:39,292 --> 00:34:41,708 All right, I'm gonna take us backwards. 801 00:34:44,208 --> 00:34:46,333 Gone. Comes back. 802 00:34:46,458 --> 00:34:47,792 TRAVIS: It vanished behind something. 803 00:34:47,917 --> 00:34:48,917 ERIK: Yeah. 804 00:34:49,125 --> 00:34:51,292 There's something there. 805 00:34:51,458 --> 00:34:52,667 -(chuckling) What the hell? -TRAVIS: Play it again. 806 00:34:52,792 --> 00:34:53,833 ERIK: Yeah. 807 00:34:55,083 --> 00:34:56,917 TRAVIS: Oh, what is that? Is that a drone? 808 00:34:57,042 --> 00:34:59,417 -That's got to be the FPV right there. -Yeah, that's got to be 809 00:34:59,583 --> 00:35:02,250 Kaleb's FPV drone flying right there. 810 00:35:02,417 --> 00:35:04,625 ERIK: Watch-watch... watch the drone. 811 00:35:04,750 --> 00:35:06,333 Gone and comes back. 812 00:35:06,542 --> 00:35:08,458 It-it vanished behind something. 813 00:35:08,667 --> 00:35:10,167 ERIK: Yeah. I'm going to look at that again. 814 00:35:11,167 --> 00:35:13,333 I want to see what's happening here. 815 00:35:16,042 --> 00:35:17,667 BRYANT: Look where it's going. 816 00:35:17,875 --> 00:35:19,125 -Right above the launch tower. -TRAVIS: Over the launch tower. 817 00:35:19,292 --> 00:35:22,292 It is right over the launch tower. 818 00:35:22,500 --> 00:35:24,083 Oh, my God. 819 00:35:24,250 --> 00:35:25,667 And I'd bet you anything that's about 820 00:35:25,875 --> 00:35:28,333 -that 30-feet mark, too. -Oh, yeah. 821 00:35:29,292 --> 00:35:31,333 -I'm gonna zoom in. -Yes. 822 00:35:31,542 --> 00:35:33,208 -ERIK: Okay. -TRAVIS: Oh, my God. 823 00:35:34,375 --> 00:35:37,458 ERIK: Let me manipulate the brightness controls. 824 00:35:38,500 --> 00:35:40,125 -Gone. -TRAVIS: It looks like... Wait, wait, wait. 825 00:35:40,292 --> 00:35:41,792 There was something up right there. 826 00:35:41,917 --> 00:35:42,875 TRAVIS: Something flashed when you did it, but 827 00:35:43,042 --> 00:35:44,292 play it through again, 828 00:35:44,458 --> 00:35:46,375 'cause I swore I saw something. 829 00:35:48,542 --> 00:35:50,250 Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, right there. 830 00:35:50,417 --> 00:35:52,042 -That was real time? -ERIK: Yeah. 831 00:35:52,208 --> 00:35:53,125 -Where it went like this? -Yes. 832 00:35:53,292 --> 00:35:54,500 What did we just see? 833 00:35:57,875 --> 00:35:59,792 THOMAS: Oh, my gosh! 834 00:36:03,750 --> 00:36:04,667 TRAVIS: Wait, wait, wait. 835 00:36:04,833 --> 00:36:06,708 I swore I saw something. 836 00:36:08,708 --> 00:36:10,792 Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, right there. 837 00:36:10,917 --> 00:36:12,542 -That was real time? -ERIK: Yeah. 838 00:36:12,708 --> 00:36:14,583 -Where it went like this? -Yes. What did we just see? 839 00:36:16,875 --> 00:36:19,667 TRAVIS: We may have documented our best evidence 840 00:36:19,875 --> 00:36:22,542 of high strangeness yet on Skinwalker Ranch 841 00:36:22,708 --> 00:36:25,417 during our drone experiment two nights ago. 842 00:36:26,500 --> 00:36:28,625 Right after a rocket disappeared from site 843 00:36:28,750 --> 00:36:31,708 for several seconds near the mesa in the east field, 844 00:36:31,875 --> 00:36:35,500 the Sky Elements FPV drone did the same thing 845 00:36:35,708 --> 00:36:38,292 at about 30 feet high above the center of the triangle, 846 00:36:38,458 --> 00:36:40,167 right where we captured images 847 00:36:40,375 --> 00:36:43,333 of the blob-like anomaly in 2022. 848 00:36:44,375 --> 00:36:47,583 Did these devices pass behind invisible aerial phenomena? 849 00:36:47,708 --> 00:36:50,500 Or did they disappear into them for brief moments? 850 00:36:50,667 --> 00:36:54,167 And then, just seconds later, we captured a flash coming out 851 00:36:54,375 --> 00:36:56,083 and then going back into the mesa. 852 00:36:56,292 --> 00:36:57,792 What could explain all of this? 853 00:36:58,792 --> 00:37:00,792 Especially given that these things happened 854 00:37:00,958 --> 00:37:03,833 within the area where we recently detected 855 00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:05,667 a massive cone-shaped anomaly 856 00:37:05,875 --> 00:37:08,500 that encompassed the triangle and stretched all the way 857 00:37:08,708 --> 00:37:12,000 from Homestead Two over to the east field. 858 00:37:13,042 --> 00:37:15,167 -I got to take it backwards so I don't miss it. -Yeah, sure. 859 00:37:15,375 --> 00:37:17,875 There's so much going on right now. 860 00:37:18,958 --> 00:37:20,333 -ERIK: Something here. -TRAVIS: Keep-Keep going, 861 00:37:20,542 --> 00:37:22,333 see what direction it's going in. 862 00:37:22,500 --> 00:37:24,333 There's something coming out of and going back into the mesa. 863 00:37:24,542 --> 00:37:25,833 Yeah, it looks like the out point. 864 00:37:25,958 --> 00:37:27,042 TRAVIS: It is... Yes. 865 00:37:27,208 --> 00:37:28,667 That is at the out point. 866 00:37:28,792 --> 00:37:32,167 Just when you think it can't get stranger out here, 867 00:37:32,333 --> 00:37:34,833 right as our rocket and the FPV drone disappeared 868 00:37:35,042 --> 00:37:39,333 for a split second, a UAP-- or some kind of light-- 869 00:37:39,500 --> 00:37:42,708 jumped out of the mesa and then immediately back in 870 00:37:42,875 --> 00:37:46,500 right at the out point where the UAP exited the mesa 871 00:37:46,667 --> 00:37:49,875 and flew toward the triangle in 2022. 872 00:37:51,625 --> 00:37:52,667 That's crazy. 873 00:37:52,875 --> 00:37:55,000 So, the rocket goes up. 874 00:37:55,208 --> 00:37:56,625 KALEB: Disappears. 875 00:37:56,792 --> 00:37:59,083 TRAVIS: Right, and then it gets to apogee, 876 00:37:59,208 --> 00:38:01,125 got a motor burn out then. 877 00:38:01,292 --> 00:38:02,500 That's probably the chute charge. 878 00:38:04,167 --> 00:38:05,250 KALEB: The drone disappears right there. 879 00:38:05,417 --> 00:38:07,833 The drone disappears right there. 880 00:38:08,875 --> 00:38:10,708 Then, boom, look at that, how fast that is. 881 00:38:10,875 --> 00:38:13,208 -That's at the exit point. -It is the exit point. 882 00:38:13,417 --> 00:38:15,000 That is absolutely the exit point. 883 00:38:15,208 --> 00:38:17,583 What in the hell are we seeing? 884 00:38:17,708 --> 00:38:21,542 Something's obscuring objects in both locations. 885 00:38:22,542 --> 00:38:24,792 And while that's happening, we have drones 886 00:38:24,958 --> 00:38:27,500 that suddenly appear over there. 887 00:38:27,708 --> 00:38:29,417 -Or think they do. -ERIK: Yeah. 888 00:38:29,583 --> 00:38:32,333 Preston, I think this is absolutely amazing. 889 00:38:32,417 --> 00:38:33,833 And, uh, Kaleb, you flew your drone 890 00:38:34,042 --> 00:38:35,417 right behind whatever it was. 891 00:38:35,542 --> 00:38:37,542 You didn't see anything in the virtual goggles? 892 00:38:37,750 --> 00:38:39,167 I didn't see anything through the goggles. 893 00:38:39,375 --> 00:38:41,667 Everything was on that flight to normal. 894 00:38:41,875 --> 00:38:43,250 Wow. Wow. 895 00:38:43,417 --> 00:38:44,708 PRESTON: Yep. 896 00:38:44,875 --> 00:38:46,083 It's very interesting. 897 00:38:46,250 --> 00:38:47,167 ERIK: I did not expect 898 00:38:47,292 --> 00:38:48,792 anything quite like this. 899 00:38:48,958 --> 00:38:50,292 Not at all. 900 00:38:50,500 --> 00:38:52,083 This was pretty spectacular. 901 00:38:52,250 --> 00:38:54,458 -Yeah. -Thanks, guys. Thanks a lot. 902 00:38:54,625 --> 00:38:56,542 -This was amazing. -PRESTON: Absolutely. Anything 903 00:38:56,708 --> 00:38:58,042 we can do to help you guys out 904 00:38:58,208 --> 00:38:59,542 and test and improve our safety systems, 905 00:38:59,708 --> 00:39:01,167 we're always ready to do it. 906 00:39:01,375 --> 00:39:02,375 -Fantastic. -Awesome. -Amazing. 907 00:39:02,542 --> 00:39:04,167 Okay, well, we'll be in touch, guys. 908 00:39:04,375 --> 00:39:05,083 PRESTON: Sounds great. 909 00:39:05,250 --> 00:39:06,583 Thanks, guys. 910 00:39:06,750 --> 00:39:08,667 ERIK: Gosh. There was so much in that. 911 00:39:08,792 --> 00:39:11,250 -BRYANT: Yeah. -TRAVIS: Yeah. What if we're 912 00:39:11,417 --> 00:39:15,500 seeing something here that is a doorway for signals 913 00:39:15,667 --> 00:39:17,667 to go through, like blinky lights, 914 00:39:17,875 --> 00:39:19,208 right? 915 00:39:19,333 --> 00:39:21,500 Or communication signals or GPS signals. 916 00:39:22,542 --> 00:39:25,000 ERIK: Exactly. The things we've seen this year 917 00:39:25,167 --> 00:39:26,833 have, you know, convinced me 918 00:39:27,042 --> 00:39:29,375 there's a connection between east field canyon and triangle. 919 00:39:29,583 --> 00:39:31,125 I think we have to follow up on that. 920 00:39:31,292 --> 00:39:32,417 TRAVIS: That's a great point, Erik. 921 00:39:32,542 --> 00:39:34,125 And I would include Homestead Two 922 00:39:34,292 --> 00:39:36,542 and the mesa drill site as well. 923 00:39:36,708 --> 00:39:38,375 ERIK: You know, I'm thinking, 924 00:39:38,542 --> 00:39:40,167 given the possible connectivities 925 00:39:40,375 --> 00:39:41,875 between different regions of the ranch, 926 00:39:42,042 --> 00:39:43,625 you know, we really need to put something together 927 00:39:43,792 --> 00:39:46,750 that spans as much of the ranch as possible. 928 00:39:46,917 --> 00:39:48,417 -Yeah. -TRAVIS: Yeah. 929 00:39:48,583 --> 00:39:51,000 If the east field's connected to the triangle, 930 00:39:51,167 --> 00:39:54,167 if the drill site's somehow connected to all of this, 931 00:39:54,292 --> 00:39:55,542 the homesteads, everything, 932 00:39:55,708 --> 00:39:57,833 then, uh, that's-that's a great idea 933 00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:01,958 to do a complete east to west experiment. 934 00:40:02,125 --> 00:40:05,417 -I like it. -THOMAS: I like the logic of that because 935 00:40:05,542 --> 00:40:08,667 as the weather turns and our investigation for the year 936 00:40:08,875 --> 00:40:10,958 starts coming down to the... to the wire, 937 00:40:11,042 --> 00:40:13,583 how would you pick one spot to really study? 938 00:40:13,750 --> 00:40:16,583 And we've seen so much ranch-wide. 939 00:40:16,750 --> 00:40:18,875 Well, that means we've got a lot of work to do in the meantime. 940 00:40:19,042 --> 00:40:21,042 So I say we get to it. 941 00:40:21,208 --> 00:40:22,625 -Let's do it. 942 00:40:25,208 --> 00:40:27,500 ♪ ♪ 943 00:40:28,708 --> 00:40:30,292 THOMAS: No matter how you look at it, 944 00:40:30,458 --> 00:40:32,000 the data that we got from this exercise 945 00:40:32,167 --> 00:40:35,333 is definitely strange and, so far, unexplainable. 946 00:40:35,542 --> 00:40:39,833 What took place to make those drones just fall out of the sky? 947 00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:41,875 We definitely need to find some answers. 948 00:40:42,042 --> 00:40:45,167 But I will tell you that we've witnessed and experienced 949 00:40:45,375 --> 00:40:46,667 some of the most incredible things 950 00:40:46,833 --> 00:40:49,167 I've ever seen on Skinwalker Ranch. 951 00:40:50,375 --> 00:40:53,958 TRAVIS: As riddled with malfunctions as this drone experiment was, 952 00:40:54,083 --> 00:40:57,583 it produced some of the most incredible data yet 953 00:40:57,750 --> 00:41:00,000 that suggests there may be a connection between 954 00:41:00,167 --> 00:41:03,583 all these hot spots where we keep documenting phenomena. 955 00:41:04,625 --> 00:41:07,333 So, if we can incorporate all of these locations 956 00:41:07,500 --> 00:41:09,250 into one grand experiment, 957 00:41:09,375 --> 00:41:11,333 we might be able to finally reveal 958 00:41:11,500 --> 00:41:13,375 just what that connection is. 959 00:41:13,500 --> 00:41:16,417 ERIK: As we continue to witness 960 00:41:16,542 --> 00:41:18,542 and to document these unusual phenomena, 961 00:41:18,708 --> 00:41:21,333 these outlier events, 962 00:41:21,458 --> 00:41:24,125 our search for a unifying explanation 963 00:41:24,250 --> 00:41:25,875 will also continue. 964 00:41:26,042 --> 00:41:28,833 We're operating under time constraints. 965 00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:32,167 So, hopefully, our final experiment 966 00:41:32,375 --> 00:41:34,583 will help us to put all of these different phenomena 967 00:41:34,750 --> 00:41:36,792 under one umbrella, if you will, 968 00:41:36,958 --> 00:41:40,000 and help us finally get some better informed answers. 969 00:41:45,625 --> 00:41:47,042 TRAVIS: Three... 970 00:41:47,208 --> 00:41:48,000 There it goes, rocket's up. 971 00:41:48,125 --> 00:41:49,208 ...two... 972 00:41:49,375 --> 00:41:50,708 THOMAS: He's airborne. 973 00:41:50,875 --> 00:41:52,833 -BRYANT: Another drone going up. -TRAVIS: ...one. Go. 974 00:41:53,042 --> 00:41:55,042 ERIK: This experiment is one of the biggest, 975 00:41:55,208 --> 00:41:57,208 if not the biggest, that we've ever attempted. 976 00:41:57,375 --> 00:42:00,458 Cameron, you need to go up to 5,000 feet. 977 00:42:02,833 --> 00:42:04,875 THOMAS: Does he think he's directly over the truck? 978 00:42:05,042 --> 00:42:06,500 Something's going on. 979 00:42:10,542 --> 00:42:11,958 TRAVIS: Holy crap. What is that? 980 00:42:12,083 --> 00:42:14,875 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A+E NETWORKS