1 00:00:01,627 --> 00:00:03,462 All right, you can drill. 2 00:00:03,670 --> 00:00:05,255 So, much the same as we've done in previous runs. 3 00:00:05,422 --> 00:00:08,258 How far down in the ground will this one allow us to see? 4 00:00:08,467 --> 00:00:10,219 At least a hundred feet, if not more. 5 00:00:10,427 --> 00:00:11,720 - Oh, that's great. Okay. Kaleb and I -[Jan] Yeah. 6 00:00:11,845 --> 00:00:14,348 are starting our first run with the GPR. 7 00:00:14,514 --> 00:00:17,643 [Art] I would like to start off with doing a ceremony. 8 00:00:17,768 --> 00:00:19,937 This is just crazy. The tree's hotter than the house. 9 00:00:20,145 --> 00:00:22,689 Yeah, it doesn't make any sense. 10 00:00:22,856 --> 00:00:24,358 None of this makes any sense. 11 00:00:24,525 --> 00:00:26,652 Just watch what happens right there. 12 00:00:26,818 --> 00:00:29,363 - So you see that feature right here? -[Kaleb] Yeah. 13 00:00:29,529 --> 00:00:31,281 I'm not sure what this is. 14 00:00:31,406 --> 00:00:32,991 [Travis ] What in the world is that? 15 00:00:33,158 --> 00:00:35,035 That's got to be hundreds of feet in the air. 16 00:00:35,160 --> 00:00:36,745 Wow. 17 00:00:38,705 --> 00:00:42,376 [Narrator] There is a ranch in Northern Utah. 18 00:00:42,543 --> 00:00:45,003 It is considered the epicenter 19 00:00:45,170 --> 00:00:50,175 of the strangest and most disturbing occurrences on Earth. 20 00:00:50,384 --> 00:00:51,677 For two decades, 21 00:00:51,843 --> 00:00:53,387 the federal government 22 00:00:53,553 --> 00:00:55,514 investigated the property. 23 00:00:55,681 --> 00:00:59,017 Their findings have never been made public. 24 00:00:59,226 --> 00:01:00,519 [Travis] Right there! We got something! 25 00:01:00,686 --> 00:01:02,479 [Narrator] Now a new team 26 00:01:02,604 --> 00:01:06,775 of independent scientists and researchers are taking over. 27 00:01:06,984 --> 00:01:08,360 They are uncovering evidence 28 00:01:08,485 --> 00:01:10,320 that the countless stories... 29 00:01:10,445 --> 00:01:12,281 It came right out of the mesa. 30 00:01:12,406 --> 00:01:14,783 ...of unidentified aerial phenomena... 31 00:01:14,950 --> 00:01:16,285 UAP right there! 32 00:01:16,451 --> 00:01:18,036 ...bizarre energies... 33 00:01:18,203 --> 00:01:19,955 It looks like there's a heat source right above 'em. 34 00:01:20,122 --> 00:01:22,749 ...and portals that lead to other dimensions... 35 00:01:22,916 --> 00:01:24,126 We're maybe looking at the anomaly 36 00:01:24,293 --> 00:01:25,544 for the first time, guys. 37 00:01:25,711 --> 00:01:28,046 ...might actually be true. 38 00:01:28,213 --> 00:01:30,841 They will stop at nothing to reveal... 39 00:01:33,552 --> 00:01:37,055 ...The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch. 40 00:01:42,185 --> 00:01:43,854 [Erik] Hey, Jan. Thanks for jumping on with us. 41 00:01:44,021 --> 00:01:46,523 Hey, guys. How are you? 42 00:01:46,690 --> 00:01:48,025 We're in suspense here. 43 00:01:48,191 --> 00:01:49,443 I can't wait to find out what you got 44 00:01:49,568 --> 00:01:52,154 out of those scans that you did in the mesa. 45 00:01:53,238 --> 00:01:55,907 For the past several days, Jan's been crunching data 46 00:01:56,074 --> 00:01:58,368 from two new ground-penetrating radar scans. 47 00:01:58,535 --> 00:02:02,539 We ran one inside the mesa through Borehole 1 48 00:02:02,748 --> 00:02:06,668 and then did a second scan along the surface of the mesa. 49 00:02:06,835 --> 00:02:10,464 The hope is to get better images of the large object 50 00:02:10,630 --> 00:02:14,509 and smaller anomalies that we think are buried inside there. 51 00:02:15,594 --> 00:02:17,888 [Jan] Well, we got interesting data, 52 00:02:18,055 --> 00:02:21,767 and, uh, as always, just is a, is a head scratcher. 53 00:02:23,060 --> 00:02:25,020 Wow, you got us on the edge of our seats. 54 00:02:25,228 --> 00:02:30,400 So, here's the first one from inside Borehole 1. 55 00:02:30,525 --> 00:02:32,944 And look, if this was anywhere else other than 56 00:02:33,111 --> 00:02:35,530 Skinwalker Ranch, you know, a sandstone mesa 57 00:02:35,697 --> 00:02:37,783 in Utah, we'd see basically nothing. 58 00:02:37,949 --> 00:02:39,576 It would be a gray screen. 59 00:02:39,743 --> 00:02:41,828 If there was a specific anomaly, well, 60 00:02:41,995 --> 00:02:45,248 we'd see some specific returns from it, but this data, 61 00:02:45,415 --> 00:02:48,001 this is so overwhelmed with interference 62 00:02:48,126 --> 00:02:50,337 that I can't make anything out of it. 63 00:02:50,545 --> 00:02:55,592 - Jan, dude, that data is a mess. - Yep. Yep, so the dataset 64 00:02:55,759 --> 00:02:58,345 is overwhelmed with 65 00:02:58,512 --> 00:03:01,848 interference that is confusing the signal. 66 00:03:02,015 --> 00:03:03,433 Are you kidding me? 67 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:04,893 As we go down, 68 00:03:05,060 --> 00:03:06,853 there is this central zone 69 00:03:07,020 --> 00:03:09,064 that seems to be, well, 70 00:03:09,231 --> 00:03:10,982 I mean, somewhere from about, 71 00:03:11,149 --> 00:03:14,403 say, 150 to 200 feet in. 72 00:03:14,528 --> 00:03:16,363 We have a higher amplitude 73 00:03:16,530 --> 00:03:19,866 interference that is occurring inside the mesa. 74 00:03:20,033 --> 00:03:22,160 And it just completely prevents me from getting 75 00:03:22,327 --> 00:03:24,287 anything useful from this data. 76 00:03:24,454 --> 00:03:25,997 [Thomas] Well, that doesn't make any sense. 77 00:03:26,164 --> 00:03:28,083 Well, let me show you the data 78 00:03:28,250 --> 00:03:30,210 from the surface scan that we did. 79 00:03:30,377 --> 00:03:32,712 - Okay. - This is the hard work 80 00:03:32,879 --> 00:03:36,925 that you and-and, uh, Kaleb did going down the face of the mesa. 81 00:03:37,092 --> 00:03:39,428 - Yeah. - And this is your path. 82 00:03:42,347 --> 00:03:45,851 We had some nice, straight runs here. 83 00:03:46,017 --> 00:03:47,352 And when we go and look at 84 00:03:47,519 --> 00:03:50,105 the data, it's the same issue. 85 00:03:50,272 --> 00:03:53,275 Just interference. Again, we're 86 00:03:53,442 --> 00:03:54,609 not getting energy into the ground. 87 00:03:54,776 --> 00:03:56,403 Something's just blocking us. 88 00:03:56,528 --> 00:03:58,655 Now, are there any natural sources 89 00:03:58,822 --> 00:04:00,365 of interference that could account for this? 90 00:04:00,532 --> 00:04:03,702 Absolutely nothing natural that I know of. 91 00:04:06,204 --> 00:04:09,624 You know, the only way that I've seen this sort of-of 92 00:04:09,791 --> 00:04:12,335 interference on surface radar, um, 93 00:04:12,502 --> 00:04:15,213 around airports or military installations. 94 00:04:15,380 --> 00:04:17,132 [Travis] That is crazy. 95 00:04:17,298 --> 00:04:18,757 [Erik] Oh, wow, yes, yes. 96 00:04:18,884 --> 00:04:21,720 It's crazy that Jan mentioned the interference 97 00:04:21,845 --> 00:04:24,598 possibly being connected to a military installation. 98 00:04:24,765 --> 00:04:27,184 There's been rumors for years that there's 99 00:04:27,350 --> 00:04:30,353 some kind of secret base buried underneath the ranch. 100 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:32,647 And last year, when we were looking at 101 00:04:32,814 --> 00:04:34,649 aerial photos of the mesa, 102 00:04:34,816 --> 00:04:38,236 we found evidence that some of the pictures from the 1960s 103 00:04:38,403 --> 00:04:41,406 were actually doctored right at the drill site. 104 00:04:41,573 --> 00:04:43,408 I don't know if that interference could suggest 105 00:04:43,575 --> 00:04:46,495 those rumors are true, but it sure makes you wonder. 106 00:04:46,661 --> 00:04:49,790 Well, do you think whatever's buried in there did this? 107 00:04:49,956 --> 00:04:51,291 Now, that's a good question. 108 00:04:51,458 --> 00:04:54,002 It would have to be pretty powerful. 109 00:04:54,127 --> 00:04:57,756 [Travis] All we can say for sure from this data is the sandstone 110 00:04:57,923 --> 00:05:01,593 isn't sending a signal that would create this interference. 111 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:03,637 As frustrating as this is, 112 00:05:03,804 --> 00:05:05,972 it's also really freaking intriguing. 113 00:05:06,139 --> 00:05:08,141 Just what the heck is in there? 114 00:05:08,350 --> 00:05:10,727 [Erik] So, Jan, what next steps can we take? 115 00:05:10,894 --> 00:05:13,188 Is there something we can do to get good data? 116 00:05:13,355 --> 00:05:16,233 So, guys, I want to come out and try these scans again, 117 00:05:16,399 --> 00:05:18,693 but this time, I got to figure out a way to block 118 00:05:18,860 --> 00:05:21,363 whatever is causing this interference. 119 00:05:21,488 --> 00:05:24,533 So to do that, I've come up with something called 120 00:05:24,699 --> 00:05:26,409 a coded sequence radar, 121 00:05:26,576 --> 00:05:28,620 and this is what I made you. 122 00:05:28,829 --> 00:05:30,455 - Mm. - They're used 123 00:05:30,622 --> 00:05:34,459 in military settings, usually, to overcome interference. 124 00:05:34,668 --> 00:05:36,711 When we use a GPR device like this, 125 00:05:36,878 --> 00:05:41,591 it sends out an encrypted signal that only we can decode, 126 00:05:41,758 --> 00:05:44,135 and that should eliminate this interference 127 00:05:44,302 --> 00:05:47,806 - and finally give us some clear data. -Wow. 128 00:05:47,973 --> 00:05:49,683 So, I'd like to try that out in the borehole. 129 00:05:49,808 --> 00:05:51,560 That's impressive. 130 00:05:51,685 --> 00:05:54,521 I think that if anything is gonna get through, 131 00:05:54,646 --> 00:05:56,106 it needs to be a coded radar. 132 00:05:56,273 --> 00:05:57,732 Yep, yep. 133 00:05:57,899 --> 00:05:59,693 - Wow. - Yep. 134 00:05:59,860 --> 00:06:01,695 [Travis] Well this is fantastic, sounds great. 135 00:06:01,862 --> 00:06:04,739 Well... [stammers] Look, we know you've got a lot of work 136 00:06:04,948 --> 00:06:06,491 to do, and, uh, we appreciate the time 137 00:06:06,658 --> 00:06:08,743 you've set aside to walk us through the data. 138 00:06:08,952 --> 00:06:10,495 Yeah, I'll be back out in a couple weeks. 139 00:06:10,662 --> 00:06:13,748 Sounds great, Jan. Can't wait to get you back out. 140 00:06:13,915 --> 00:06:15,208 [Erik] I'm excited. 141 00:06:15,375 --> 00:06:17,711 [Jan] All right, take care, guys. 142 00:06:27,304 --> 00:06:28,638 [Travis] After meeting with Jan, 143 00:06:28,805 --> 00:06:30,473 we made a beeline for the mesa 144 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:32,809 to check in with the guys from Triple A Drilling. 145 00:06:32,976 --> 00:06:34,603 This is the day, I think. 146 00:06:34,769 --> 00:06:37,314 - We hope. - I like that optimism. 147 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:39,024 [Thomas] So, at this point, you guys have drilled down 148 00:06:39,190 --> 00:06:41,443 - to 28 feet. - Yes, sir. 149 00:06:41,610 --> 00:06:43,278 [Thomas] And then, really, you've only got five feet left 150 00:06:43,445 --> 00:06:45,238 until you hopefully run into that hard object 151 00:06:45,405 --> 00:06:47,115 - we hit last year. - Right. 152 00:06:47,282 --> 00:06:48,992 When you look at the 153 00:06:49,159 --> 00:06:50,994 four-foot-diameter hole these guys have been drilling 154 00:06:51,161 --> 00:06:52,829 for almost two weeks now, 155 00:06:52,996 --> 00:06:56,791 it gets you pumped for what we're gonna find 33 feet deep. 156 00:06:56,958 --> 00:06:59,794 That's right where our horizontal drill 157 00:06:59,961 --> 00:07:03,673 was destroyed last year by something harder than granite. 158 00:07:03,840 --> 00:07:06,426 And it's also where we discovered the ceramics 159 00:07:06,593 --> 00:07:09,179 that appear to be machine-made and also 160 00:07:09,387 --> 00:07:11,473 seem to have heat-resistant properties 161 00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:14,517 similar to the shield tiles used on modern spacecraft. 162 00:07:14,684 --> 00:07:16,728 - So, you think that'll take all day? -Yeah. 163 00:07:16,895 --> 00:07:20,023 - Let's get to work. Got a lot to do. -All right. Let's go. 164 00:07:23,735 --> 00:07:26,780 [Erik] Hey, Pete. Just in time. 165 00:07:31,534 --> 00:07:33,578 So, uh, we'll just start on your word. 166 00:07:33,745 --> 00:07:35,080 [Thomas] We're good to go over here, 167 00:07:35,205 --> 00:07:37,040 so I'll tell 'em to go ahead and crank it up. 168 00:07:37,165 --> 00:07:39,292 Thanks for that. 169 00:07:41,753 --> 00:07:43,505 [Travis] This borehole is just 170 00:07:43,672 --> 00:07:45,757 five feet shy of hitting whatever object 171 00:07:45,924 --> 00:07:49,969 might be giving up the signal that messed with Jan's GPR data, 172 00:07:50,136 --> 00:07:54,057 so we're all excited to see what today's drilling turns up. 173 00:07:54,265 --> 00:07:56,726 Meanwhile, archeologist Chris Roberts 174 00:07:56,893 --> 00:07:59,854 will be carefully searching the spoils for any signs 175 00:08:00,021 --> 00:08:02,899 of the hard object or more of those strange ceramics. 176 00:08:10,615 --> 00:08:13,034 [Thomas] Oh. Now he's on something. 177 00:08:15,745 --> 00:08:18,456 - [Jed] 33? - 32 and a half right now. 178 00:08:23,420 --> 00:08:25,338 [Thomas] How-how hard does this feel? Can... 179 00:08:25,547 --> 00:08:27,340 Do you have a sense on what you're grinding on? 180 00:08:27,549 --> 00:08:29,801 - I-I don't know. -[Thomas] I mean, that could be it. 181 00:08:31,553 --> 00:08:32,804 Could be. 182 00:08:32,971 --> 00:08:34,722 [Thomas] Any abnormal sound 183 00:08:34,889 --> 00:08:36,307 from the drill makes us jump. 184 00:08:36,474 --> 00:08:37,726 And we're wondering, 185 00:08:37,892 --> 00:08:39,144 are we finally hitting that hard object? 186 00:08:39,309 --> 00:08:41,104 Let's do put the auger on. 187 00:08:41,270 --> 00:08:43,063 Let's see if we can pull something up. 188 00:08:43,231 --> 00:08:45,150 Because even if you chip the top, 189 00:08:45,316 --> 00:08:46,693 it might-- when you bring the auger up, 190 00:08:46,860 --> 00:08:48,194 - if we can look at the bottom... - [Bo] Yeah. 191 00:08:48,361 --> 00:08:50,071 ...there might be pieces of whatever it is. 192 00:08:50,238 --> 00:08:51,865 - Sure. - [Travis] So far, 193 00:08:52,032 --> 00:08:54,576 we'd been using a core drilling bit to get the best 194 00:08:54,743 --> 00:08:56,786 samples out of this borehole. 195 00:08:56,953 --> 00:09:00,248 But because Brandon wants us to be real careful not to destroy 196 00:09:00,415 --> 00:09:01,750 whatever the object is, 197 00:09:01,916 --> 00:09:03,960 right now, we need to be cautious. 198 00:09:04,085 --> 00:09:07,464 Using an auger bit lets us drill a much smaller sample. 199 00:09:07,630 --> 00:09:10,759 Hopefully, what it brings up is interesting. 200 00:09:10,884 --> 00:09:12,594 There we go. 201 00:09:12,761 --> 00:09:14,888 - Bo, everybody's ready to go. - Okay. 202 00:09:15,055 --> 00:09:16,473 - You're good to turn it up. - [Bo] All right. 203 00:09:21,853 --> 00:09:23,772 I want to see unnatural material 204 00:09:23,938 --> 00:09:25,565 - coming out of there. - Absolutely. 205 00:09:25,732 --> 00:09:27,233 If we have unnatural material on the bottom of there, 206 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:28,610 I'm doing a, I'm doing a happy dance. 207 00:09:28,777 --> 00:09:30,737 Yes. Yeah, absolutely. 208 00:09:42,373 --> 00:09:43,958 Thomas, how far do you want 209 00:09:44,084 --> 00:09:45,710 - to dig into it is what I'm asking. -[Thomas] Not a lot. 210 00:09:45,877 --> 00:09:47,378 Clean-clean it out. 211 00:09:47,587 --> 00:09:50,173 So, go ahead and come out, and then we'll go in again 212 00:09:50,340 --> 00:09:52,050 and do a clean out. 213 00:10:08,066 --> 00:10:10,568 [Chris] I've got Kaleb and Thomas actually helping me 214 00:10:10,735 --> 00:10:12,612 do some screenings, just in case we had something 215 00:10:12,779 --> 00:10:14,739 magnetic come out. We're running the magnet 216 00:10:14,948 --> 00:10:16,866 over the deposits and trying to see 217 00:10:17,033 --> 00:10:19,911 if we can find something, and, uh, I'm just excited 218 00:10:20,078 --> 00:10:21,371 that we're actually getting to a depth 219 00:10:21,538 --> 00:10:23,164 where I think we might run into something. 220 00:10:23,331 --> 00:10:25,041 Oh, man. 221 00:10:26,084 --> 00:10:27,585 Anything? 222 00:10:30,463 --> 00:10:33,967 - You find something? - Yeah. 223 00:10:34,134 --> 00:10:37,011 [Thomas] Wow. What is that? 224 00:10:47,647 --> 00:10:50,692 [Travis] Way back in 2021, we found metal flakes 225 00:10:50,859 --> 00:10:52,277 in our drilling spoils. 226 00:10:52,443 --> 00:10:53,820 [Erik] Oh, my. 227 00:10:54,028 --> 00:10:55,655 [Travis] We were working near the center 228 00:10:55,822 --> 00:10:57,407 of the buried object in the mesa. 229 00:10:57,574 --> 00:11:00,743 And after we found the flakes, we ran tests that showed 230 00:11:00,910 --> 00:11:04,497 they contained rare elements that are also being used 231 00:11:04,664 --> 00:11:06,916 in the manufacturing of advanced electronics 232 00:11:07,083 --> 00:11:08,918 and even the aerospace industry. 233 00:11:10,211 --> 00:11:12,755 Thomas to science tent, do you guys copy? 234 00:11:12,922 --> 00:11:14,716 Yeah, Thomas, go ahead. 235 00:11:14,883 --> 00:11:16,050 [Thomas] I want to know if you guys could come over 236 00:11:16,217 --> 00:11:18,469 to the drill. We've got something to show you. 237 00:11:18,636 --> 00:11:20,847 [Erik] Absolutely. We'll step right over. 238 00:11:21,014 --> 00:11:23,975 [Thomas] Finding metal fragments in the spoils 239 00:11:24,142 --> 00:11:26,186 further validates that there's 240 00:11:26,352 --> 00:11:28,354 artificial artifacts 241 00:11:28,521 --> 00:11:31,482 deep down inside the mesa. 242 00:11:31,608 --> 00:11:33,484 I'm hoping, as we sift through the spoils, 243 00:11:33,651 --> 00:11:36,613 we can find some more of that ceramic-like material. 244 00:11:36,779 --> 00:11:40,241 But at this point, each time that we learn something more 245 00:11:40,366 --> 00:11:41,993 about what's down in that hole, 246 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:44,871 we're gonna get closer to finally finding the answer 247 00:11:45,038 --> 00:11:46,789 of what lies beneath our feet. 248 00:11:46,956 --> 00:11:49,250 - Check out what we found. -Oh. - Look at that. 249 00:11:49,417 --> 00:11:50,710 W-Where'd that come from? 250 00:11:50,877 --> 00:11:52,795 - All in that pile. - All right, 251 00:11:52,962 --> 00:11:54,464 that's what I was expecting to see. 252 00:11:54,631 --> 00:11:57,133 That's a lot of metal. It looks like iron filings. 253 00:11:57,300 --> 00:11:58,635 Look at that, how they're standing up. 254 00:11:58,801 --> 00:12:01,429 - That is clear metal shavings man. -Yeah. 255 00:12:01,596 --> 00:12:04,265 You just ground something off of a piece of steel or something. 256 00:12:04,432 --> 00:12:07,685 - These are planar fragments of magnetic material. -Yes. 257 00:12:07,852 --> 00:12:09,771 Probably shaved off with this thing right here 258 00:12:09,938 --> 00:12:11,814 - of whatever it's hitting. - Yeah. 259 00:12:11,981 --> 00:12:14,275 Yeah, this is not your typical magnetic dust that you pull 260 00:12:14,442 --> 00:12:15,777 - out of the sand. - No, it's not just mud. 261 00:12:15,985 --> 00:12:17,904 Well, this is cool. 262 00:12:18,071 --> 00:12:21,157 - Can't wait to see what else we found. -[Thomas] yeah. 263 00:12:21,324 --> 00:12:22,784 [Travis] And I need to get back to the science tent. 264 00:12:22,951 --> 00:12:25,495 [Erik] Yeah. Let us know if you find anything else. 265 00:12:25,662 --> 00:12:28,122 - All right? All right. This is cool. -[Thomas] Okay. 266 00:12:28,289 --> 00:12:31,167 Yeah, so we're hitting metal now. 267 00:12:31,334 --> 00:12:33,670 We still haven't hit the ceramic-like material. 268 00:12:33,836 --> 00:12:36,631 That'll be interesting if any pieces of that come out. 269 00:12:36,798 --> 00:12:40,260 But this is a huge indication we are in the right spot. 270 00:12:40,468 --> 00:12:41,678 Well, let's drill a little deeper 271 00:12:41,844 --> 00:12:43,972 - and see what comes up. - Yeah. 272 00:12:45,473 --> 00:12:46,641 [Travis] Since we're only finding 273 00:12:46,808 --> 00:12:48,476 little bits of this metal, 274 00:12:48,643 --> 00:12:50,645 we're switching back to the bigger core barrel. 275 00:12:50,812 --> 00:12:52,772 That will allow us to pull up larger amounts 276 00:12:52,939 --> 00:12:55,400 of spoils, which hopefully contain 277 00:12:55,525 --> 00:12:57,110 more samples of whatever's down there. 278 00:12:57,277 --> 00:12:59,195 We'll just have to go slow 279 00:12:59,362 --> 00:13:01,072 to make sure we don't damage whatever 280 00:13:01,239 --> 00:13:04,242 - the object is. - All right. 281 00:13:04,409 --> 00:13:07,328 - We're gonna spin that drill up. - Copy that. 282 00:13:17,130 --> 00:13:20,800 [staccato rattling] 283 00:13:20,967 --> 00:13:22,885 Listen to that. 284 00:13:23,052 --> 00:13:26,556 I think that drill's on something big. 285 00:13:26,723 --> 00:13:27,932 It sounds like it's skipping. 286 00:13:28,099 --> 00:13:30,351 Or something, like, fanning across the teeth. 287 00:13:30,518 --> 00:13:33,021 - That sounds different. I can hear it. -[Travis] Yeah. 288 00:13:33,229 --> 00:13:36,399 [Bo] Hey, Jed, this feels different down there. 289 00:13:36,524 --> 00:13:38,443 - Oh, yeah? - [Bo] Yeah, it feels shaky. 290 00:13:38,568 --> 00:13:40,445 We're at 33 foot, and it's more grabby. 291 00:13:40,611 --> 00:13:43,573 - Yeah, I can hear it. Hey, Tom, - [Jed] Hey, Thomas... 292 00:13:43,740 --> 00:13:45,158 you hear that difference in the drill? 293 00:13:45,324 --> 00:13:46,576 There's something different. 294 00:13:46,743 --> 00:13:49,287 He just hit 33, maybe 33-foot, one inch. 295 00:13:49,454 --> 00:13:50,830 Listen to this. 296 00:13:50,997 --> 00:13:52,290 [staccato rattling] 297 00:13:52,457 --> 00:13:54,125 [Thomas] Whoa! 298 00:13:54,292 --> 00:13:56,836 [Jed] That's something different that we haven't seen before. 299 00:13:57,003 --> 00:13:58,755 Look at that. 300 00:13:58,921 --> 00:14:00,256 [Jed] Holy smokes. 301 00:14:00,423 --> 00:14:02,550 [Chris] Look at it, it's shaking the drill. 302 00:14:02,717 --> 00:14:04,093 Feels like you're hitting metal. 303 00:14:06,220 --> 00:14:07,805 [Thomas] As we hit this hard object, 304 00:14:07,972 --> 00:14:10,516 I have Brandon's voice in the back of my mind telling me, 305 00:14:10,683 --> 00:14:12,393 "I don't want to damage what it is 306 00:14:12,560 --> 00:14:13,811 that we're trying to observe." 307 00:14:13,978 --> 00:14:16,189 [Erik] I don't like the way that's sounding. 308 00:14:16,355 --> 00:14:19,984 I mean, it sounds like metal under stress. 309 00:14:20,151 --> 00:14:22,361 I think we're gonna have to stop this down. 310 00:14:23,613 --> 00:14:25,615 You know, we've been engaging with this anomaly for so long, 311 00:14:25,782 --> 00:14:28,743 I think it's reasonable that we're all in suspense. 312 00:14:28,910 --> 00:14:32,830 But it's absolutely essential to continue to take a very careful 313 00:14:32,997 --> 00:14:37,460 approach to intersecting with that anomaly in the mesa. 314 00:14:38,669 --> 00:14:40,088 Hey, Thomas, you copy? 315 00:14:40,254 --> 00:14:42,632 Go for Thomas. 316 00:14:42,799 --> 00:14:44,008 [Erik] I really don't want to tear this up. 317 00:14:44,175 --> 00:14:45,885 I'm thinking we might want to pull out, 318 00:14:46,052 --> 00:14:47,637 uh, sample what we can. 319 00:14:47,804 --> 00:14:49,972 We need to stop. We need to, uh, reassess. 320 00:14:50,139 --> 00:14:51,557 Copy that. 321 00:14:52,558 --> 00:14:54,185 Bo, they're-they're wanting us 322 00:14:54,352 --> 00:14:56,187 - to pull out. - Okay, sounds good. 323 00:14:56,354 --> 00:14:59,899 [Thomas] I think Erik was right to stop the drillers. 324 00:15:00,108 --> 00:15:02,652 Well, there's the core. We didn't lose it. 325 00:15:02,819 --> 00:15:05,363 [Thomas] The last thing we want to do is damage it 326 00:15:05,488 --> 00:15:06,823 before we're able to study it. 327 00:15:06,989 --> 00:15:09,325 [Bo] Oh, that's awesome. 328 00:15:09,492 --> 00:15:11,994 Hey, Erik, Travis, you copy? 329 00:15:12,161 --> 00:15:14,122 [Travis] Yeah, Kaleb. Go ahead. 330 00:15:14,247 --> 00:15:15,873 [Kaleb] We got that core out, 331 00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:17,500 if you guys want to come over and take a look. 332 00:15:17,708 --> 00:15:18,960 Oh, absolutely. 333 00:15:19,085 --> 00:15:21,129 Yeah, we're on our way. 334 00:15:21,295 --> 00:15:25,007 This core sample came right from that 33-foot spot 335 00:15:25,174 --> 00:15:26,843 we've been trying to get to 336 00:15:27,009 --> 00:15:28,594 since our drill got stopped here last year. 337 00:15:28,761 --> 00:15:31,389 So, we were all on pins and needles 338 00:15:31,556 --> 00:15:33,099 to see what was in there. 339 00:15:35,309 --> 00:15:36,936 Sounds like concrete. 340 00:15:37,937 --> 00:15:39,355 [Jed] That's sandstone. 341 00:15:39,522 --> 00:15:42,900 [Chris] It is about as dense as concrete. 342 00:15:43,109 --> 00:15:46,070 Thomas, you want to give it a test? That's a magnet. 343 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:48,614 Anything? 344 00:15:48,781 --> 00:15:51,159 - Nothing. - Okay. 345 00:15:51,284 --> 00:15:54,120 I don't think that is responsible 346 00:15:54,245 --> 00:15:57,123 - for what we saw before. - No. It ain't adding up. 347 00:15:57,290 --> 00:15:58,583 This is not our target. 348 00:15:58,749 --> 00:16:00,710 Yeah, that's the point. 349 00:16:00,877 --> 00:16:02,795 Yeah, I agree, I agree. 350 00:16:02,962 --> 00:16:04,714 We saw a little metal come out 351 00:16:04,881 --> 00:16:06,757 of the borehole, but the question 352 00:16:06,924 --> 00:16:10,261 on all our minds was where was the rest of this hard object 353 00:16:10,469 --> 00:16:13,890 that destroyed our drill last year at around 33 feet? 354 00:16:14,056 --> 00:16:17,476 Or why not more of those strange ceramics? 355 00:16:17,643 --> 00:16:19,228 [Erik] What's our depth now? 356 00:16:19,395 --> 00:16:20,605 [Thomas] They're down to 38 feet. 357 00:16:20,771 --> 00:16:24,192 So we passed it? What do we do now? 358 00:16:24,358 --> 00:16:26,819 [Erik] Well, we got to think about that strategically. 359 00:16:27,028 --> 00:16:29,197 That would definitely involve a discussion with Brandon. 360 00:16:29,363 --> 00:16:30,823 Yeah. 361 00:16:31,032 --> 00:16:33,201 [Thomas] I can't wait to see what he says. 362 00:16:36,495 --> 00:16:38,706 [Erik] Hey, Brandon. 363 00:16:38,873 --> 00:16:40,917 [Brandon] Hey, greetings, gentlemen. 364 00:16:41,083 --> 00:16:44,629 I am eager to hear what the current status is. 365 00:16:44,795 --> 00:16:47,298 We ended up going down to 38 feet, 366 00:16:47,506 --> 00:16:50,843 and we did hit something really hard at 33 feet. 367 00:16:51,010 --> 00:16:53,596 We found a few metal pieces in the spoils, 368 00:16:53,763 --> 00:16:55,598 but absolutely nothing that would explain 369 00:16:55,723 --> 00:16:57,225 the hard object we hit last year. 370 00:16:57,391 --> 00:17:00,603 Wow. That's crazy. It sounds like 371 00:17:00,770 --> 00:17:02,146 we may have missed the mark. 372 00:17:02,313 --> 00:17:05,523 So, spoils-wise, 373 00:17:05,691 --> 00:17:08,694 the potentially interesting material we had 374 00:17:08,861 --> 00:17:13,199 were some very tiny magnetic pieces. 375 00:17:13,324 --> 00:17:15,826 What would you advise at this juncture, 376 00:17:15,992 --> 00:17:19,329 uh, given kind of the-the continued mystery? 377 00:17:19,497 --> 00:17:23,041 If you recall, Brandon, we drilled Borehole 1 378 00:17:23,209 --> 00:17:27,964 and Borehole 2 to be on either side of this big GPR anomaly. 379 00:17:28,130 --> 00:17:30,883 So, we're thinking of going right between 380 00:17:31,050 --> 00:17:33,719 the two boreholes on the mesa up there. 381 00:17:33,844 --> 00:17:36,556 We might hit whatever this is in the dead center. 382 00:17:36,722 --> 00:17:38,015 Okay. 383 00:17:39,141 --> 00:17:40,601 [Travis] So far, we've been drilling 384 00:17:40,768 --> 00:17:42,687 on the edge of this anomaly. 385 00:17:42,853 --> 00:17:46,148 But we know from our past GPR that this thing is positioned 386 00:17:46,315 --> 00:17:49,485 right between Borehole 1 and Borehole 2. 387 00:17:50,611 --> 00:17:53,281 So, the plan now is to drill right down 388 00:17:53,406 --> 00:17:56,659 the center between the two boreholes, and hopefully, 389 00:17:56,867 --> 00:18:00,496 we'll have our best chance yet to reveal what this thing is. 390 00:18:01,539 --> 00:18:05,501 Well, to the degree possible, I'd like to proceed forward. 391 00:18:05,710 --> 00:18:09,922 But make sure that we do so with great care. 392 00:18:10,047 --> 00:18:11,632 - Sounds good to me. - [Thomas] Okay, yeah. 393 00:18:11,799 --> 00:18:13,926 [Erik] The drillers will need some time to prepare, 394 00:18:14,093 --> 00:18:17,138 so it'll be a couple of days before we get back to drilling. 395 00:18:17,346 --> 00:18:19,849 Very good. Thank you for your efforts. 396 00:18:20,016 --> 00:18:22,310 - See you later, Brandon. - See you. 397 00:18:22,476 --> 00:18:23,978 [Erik] All right, guys thanks. 398 00:18:24,145 --> 00:18:25,771 [Thomas] We got a lot of planning to do. 399 00:18:30,318 --> 00:18:33,362 [Erik] Preston, welcome back to the ranch. 400 00:18:33,487 --> 00:18:35,448 Always willing to come back. We have fun out here. 401 00:18:35,615 --> 00:18:38,576 Yeah. Well, we're gonna do some things differently this time. 402 00:18:38,743 --> 00:18:39,994 [Travis] While the drillers get ready to break 403 00:18:40,161 --> 00:18:41,787 ground on a new borehole, 404 00:18:41,954 --> 00:18:44,415 we decided to switch our attention back to the bubble. 405 00:18:45,499 --> 00:18:48,210 We suspect the bubble and the mesa are connected, 406 00:18:48,377 --> 00:18:51,005 but we still don't know how or why. 407 00:18:51,172 --> 00:18:53,049 We want to learn more about the triangle, 408 00:18:53,215 --> 00:18:55,843 which is the center of the bubble and a region 409 00:18:55,968 --> 00:18:57,637 where a lot of our instruments 410 00:18:57,803 --> 00:18:59,805 tend to fail when they're trying to record data. 411 00:18:59,972 --> 00:19:03,267 Just like our GPR issues inside the mesa. 412 00:19:03,434 --> 00:19:05,853 So, we invited Preston Ward and his team 413 00:19:06,020 --> 00:19:08,356 from Sky Elements back for a new experiment. 414 00:19:09,398 --> 00:19:11,317 [Brian] Okay, taking off. 415 00:19:11,484 --> 00:19:13,444 [Travis] A few weeks ago, we flew drone swarms 416 00:19:13,611 --> 00:19:16,530 back and forth through the bubble's western boundary. 417 00:19:16,697 --> 00:19:21,077 That helped us figure out that its width is about 120 feet. 418 00:19:21,243 --> 00:19:23,829 So tonight, we're hoping they can help us 419 00:19:23,996 --> 00:19:26,165 learn more about the dead center of the bubble. 420 00:19:27,083 --> 00:19:28,668 [Allen] Come on. 421 00:19:28,834 --> 00:19:30,628 [Travis] Last year, we launched a rocket 422 00:19:30,795 --> 00:19:32,838 straight up above the triangle that released a huge cloud 423 00:19:32,963 --> 00:19:35,174 of powder at about 1,000 feet high. 424 00:19:35,341 --> 00:19:36,717 - [Thomas] Oh, there's the powder. -[Allen] Yep. 425 00:19:36,884 --> 00:19:39,303 [Travis] As it descended, the cloud froze 426 00:19:39,512 --> 00:19:41,972 around 800 feet for a few seconds, 427 00:19:42,139 --> 00:19:44,350 almost like there was an invisible structure. 428 00:19:44,517 --> 00:19:46,811 Y'all got some weird mojo out here. 429 00:19:46,977 --> 00:19:50,314 So, one of the things we'll be concentrating on tonight 430 00:19:50,481 --> 00:19:53,150 will be to confirm if there's something there, 431 00:19:53,317 --> 00:19:55,820 and hopefully, map out the size of it. 432 00:19:56,028 --> 00:19:58,489 Preston, talk to us about the different 433 00:19:58,656 --> 00:20:00,282 configurations we plan to fly tonight. 434 00:20:00,408 --> 00:20:02,576 So, we have 100 drones. Is that right? 435 00:20:02,743 --> 00:20:04,161 So, it's gonna be 100 drones, 436 00:20:04,286 --> 00:20:06,163 and it's gonna stay in a horizontal plane. 437 00:20:06,330 --> 00:20:08,499 And it's gonna work its way, 438 00:20:08,708 --> 00:20:11,377 zigzagging up all the way to 1,000 feet. 439 00:20:11,585 --> 00:20:13,212 So, that way, we can get good data 440 00:20:13,379 --> 00:20:15,297 all the way through as it goes up and down. 441 00:20:15,464 --> 00:20:17,466 [Travis] Okay. 442 00:20:17,633 --> 00:20:19,218 [Erik] Guys, we've engaged with this space 443 00:20:19,427 --> 00:20:21,429 in so many different ways. This is exactly the experiment 444 00:20:21,595 --> 00:20:22,847 that I was hoping we'd be able to do. 445 00:20:23,013 --> 00:20:24,306 We're gonna unload and start 446 00:20:24,473 --> 00:20:25,975 - getting set up. - All right, let's do it. 447 00:20:26,142 --> 00:20:27,601 - Thanks, guys. - All right. 448 00:20:29,061 --> 00:20:32,815 [Erik] As is often the case, for tonight's experiment, 449 00:20:33,023 --> 00:20:34,483 I'll be monitoring the ranch 450 00:20:34,650 --> 00:20:37,027 surveillance cameras from the command center. 451 00:20:37,194 --> 00:20:40,614 We'll also be using all of our standard instrumentation, 452 00:20:40,781 --> 00:20:43,409 lidar and spectrum analyzers. 453 00:20:43,576 --> 00:20:46,412 And also using the Meta-Frame 454 00:20:46,579 --> 00:20:49,039 video processing tool to observe 455 00:20:49,165 --> 00:20:52,001 any curious deviations in the behavior of these drones. 456 00:20:53,836 --> 00:20:55,713 How's it going? 457 00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:57,339 [Preston] I want to do a test flight before 458 00:20:57,548 --> 00:20:59,633 we do that first full drone swarm. 459 00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:01,552 So, we're setting our four corners here. 460 00:21:01,719 --> 00:21:05,473 [Travis] Before Preston and his team launch all 100 drones, 461 00:21:05,639 --> 00:21:08,601 they want to do a smaller test flight of the four drones 462 00:21:08,726 --> 00:21:11,020 that will fly at the corners of the full swarm. 463 00:21:12,021 --> 00:21:14,482 This is expensive equipment, so they want to make sure 464 00:21:14,607 --> 00:21:17,568 these drones behave like normal once they're in the air. 465 00:21:17,735 --> 00:21:20,446 I mean, this is Skinwalker Ranch after all, 466 00:21:20,613 --> 00:21:23,324 and we've seen drones fall out of the sky here. 467 00:21:23,491 --> 00:21:25,284 I'll run to the triangle right now. 468 00:21:25,451 --> 00:21:27,077 During this test, Kaleb and I 469 00:21:27,244 --> 00:21:29,997 were gonna be watching from the ground at the Triangle. 470 00:21:30,164 --> 00:21:32,666 That way, we could be sure whether the drones were flying 471 00:21:32,833 --> 00:21:35,586 directly overhead or if they were moving off course. 472 00:21:36,670 --> 00:21:39,882 So you ready to do a test flight all the way up to 1,000 feet? 473 00:21:40,007 --> 00:21:42,510 [Preston] No, we're just doing a lower height at 60 feet 474 00:21:42,676 --> 00:21:44,762 so we can verify the positioning to make sure that we're 475 00:21:44,929 --> 00:21:47,640 right over the center of the triangle, and if we're not, 476 00:21:47,765 --> 00:21:49,850 then we're gonna adjust again before we run the big one. 477 00:21:50,017 --> 00:21:52,770 - Perfect. -[Preston] Launch the four corners test. 478 00:21:52,937 --> 00:21:54,438 Ten seconds to launch. 479 00:21:54,563 --> 00:21:56,148 Five, four, 480 00:21:56,315 --> 00:21:58,275 three, two, 481 00:21:58,442 --> 00:22:00,736 one. Drones are rolling. 482 00:22:09,078 --> 00:22:11,914 - They're staying in formation pretty good. -Yeah. 483 00:22:18,212 --> 00:22:20,339 They definitely seem... 484 00:22:20,548 --> 00:22:22,967 - too far this way. - Yeah, they're way west. 485 00:22:24,677 --> 00:22:28,556 They missed the triangle by 40 feet west. 486 00:22:28,722 --> 00:22:31,934 - Is that a GPS error? Is that a software error? -It's GPS. 487 00:22:32,101 --> 00:22:35,312 Yeah, it seems to be a GPS, uh, anomaly if you will, inaccuracy. 488 00:22:35,479 --> 00:22:37,815 - [Thomas] That's, yeah, that's interesting. -Quite strange. 489 00:22:37,982 --> 00:22:39,567 They're gonna hit the mesa. 490 00:22:39,733 --> 00:22:41,402 Yeah, they're gonna-- Bring 'em home, bring 'em home. 491 00:22:41,527 --> 00:22:43,320 They're gonna hit the mesa. They're gonna hit the mesa. 492 00:22:43,445 --> 00:22:45,239 [Matt] Bring 'em home. They're going to hit the mesa. 493 00:22:45,406 --> 00:22:47,032 [Travis] These drones were on a pre-programmed flight, 494 00:22:47,199 --> 00:22:49,326 which was supposed to go directly over the triangle. 495 00:22:49,493 --> 00:22:51,954 So what the heck could be causing the drones to veer 496 00:22:52,121 --> 00:22:56,292 so far off course and almost fly directly into the mesa? 497 00:22:57,918 --> 00:22:59,795 [Matt] Oh... 498 00:22:59,962 --> 00:23:01,130 We got two of 'em coming back. 499 00:23:01,297 --> 00:23:03,507 Two. Three. One. 500 00:23:05,801 --> 00:23:07,553 [Travis] Look, those two are stuck. 501 00:23:11,223 --> 00:23:13,601 There it goes, there it goes. Then they got it. 502 00:23:22,526 --> 00:23:24,445 [Preston] During the test run, the placement of the swarm 503 00:23:24,612 --> 00:23:26,280 on the map in flight showed it to be 504 00:23:26,405 --> 00:23:27,948 exactly where it should be: 505 00:23:28,115 --> 00:23:29,491 right over the triangle. 506 00:23:29,658 --> 00:23:31,827 But we all saw, with our own eyes, 507 00:23:31,994 --> 00:23:34,246 it wasn't over the triangle. 508 00:23:34,413 --> 00:23:36,123 It really doesn't make a lot of sense because 509 00:23:36,248 --> 00:23:38,083 once they enter their pre-programmed flight path, 510 00:23:38,250 --> 00:23:39,835 they should be rock solid. 511 00:23:40,002 --> 00:23:42,254 I imagine you guys are gonna make a few adjustments. 512 00:23:42,421 --> 00:23:44,965 Yeah, so I'm gonna rotate the whole show a bit 513 00:23:45,132 --> 00:23:46,842 to the-the right here, um, 514 00:23:46,967 --> 00:23:48,177 to kind of line it up better with the triangle. 515 00:23:48,385 --> 00:23:49,678 We missed kind of far that way. 516 00:23:49,845 --> 00:23:51,430 Um, so we're gonna rotate the whole thing. 517 00:23:51,597 --> 00:23:54,183 [Thomas] Okay, sounds good. 518 00:24:01,357 --> 00:24:03,317 [Travis] Let's light this candle, y'all. 519 00:24:03,442 --> 00:24:06,236 Okay. Sounds like everybody's ready. 520 00:24:06,403 --> 00:24:09,031 [Travis] It wound up taking a few hours 521 00:24:09,198 --> 00:24:11,825 for Preston and his team to make the adjustments. 522 00:24:11,992 --> 00:24:14,078 Now it's time to launch and go. 523 00:24:15,162 --> 00:24:17,247 During the swarm, we're gonna be watching 524 00:24:17,414 --> 00:24:19,291 from several different vantage points 525 00:24:19,458 --> 00:24:22,628 to make sure the drones are exactly where we think they are. 526 00:24:22,795 --> 00:24:25,297 Thomas will be over with the Sky Elements team 527 00:24:25,506 --> 00:24:27,716 at their tent just south of the triangle, 528 00:24:27,883 --> 00:24:31,428 while Kaleb watches directly beneath where the swarm will be. 529 00:24:31,595 --> 00:24:33,514 Meanwhile, Jim and I will be keeping 530 00:24:33,681 --> 00:24:35,975 an eye out just south of the mesa. 531 00:24:36,141 --> 00:24:39,019 Let's go ahead and do the 15-second countdown. 532 00:24:39,228 --> 00:24:40,646 All right, I'm gonna do 30-second offset 533 00:24:40,813 --> 00:24:42,231 and I'll count them in at 15. 534 00:24:43,524 --> 00:24:45,359 Five, four, 535 00:24:45,484 --> 00:24:47,236 three, two, 536 00:24:47,403 --> 00:24:49,613 one. Drones are rolling. 537 00:24:54,410 --> 00:24:56,078 [Cameron] Drones are up. 538 00:24:57,538 --> 00:24:59,039 [Preston] One failed to lift. 539 00:25:05,629 --> 00:25:07,506 Okay, let's go. 540 00:25:07,673 --> 00:25:09,216 Launching. 541 00:25:12,928 --> 00:25:14,805 [Travis] Brian Woodward of Sky Elements 542 00:25:14,972 --> 00:25:17,349 was following close behind the swarm 543 00:25:17,516 --> 00:25:20,310 with his first-person view drone, or FPV. 544 00:25:20,477 --> 00:25:22,563 That way, we could get a close-up view 545 00:25:22,730 --> 00:25:24,857 of any unusual behavior from these drones 546 00:25:25,065 --> 00:25:26,692 during their programmed flight. 547 00:25:31,196 --> 00:25:33,824 From our perspective to the west, 548 00:25:33,991 --> 00:25:36,744 I can't see anything out of alignment yet. 549 00:25:38,454 --> 00:25:41,373 It actually looks like one of the drones did not take off. 550 00:25:41,540 --> 00:25:44,293 [Thomas] Yeah, one of them did not take off. 551 00:25:44,460 --> 00:25:45,919 [Travis] We can see the hole. 552 00:25:50,299 --> 00:25:52,593 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. I totally lost it. 553 00:25:54,595 --> 00:25:57,806 Shoot, shoot. I lost it. I lost it. 554 00:25:57,973 --> 00:26:00,184 [Thomas] The FPV drone just hit the ground 555 00:26:00,350 --> 00:26:03,395 - south of the science tent. - Oh, my god. 556 00:26:03,562 --> 00:26:04,897 [Brian] Shoot. 557 00:26:11,236 --> 00:26:13,155 [Travis] FPV drone crashed. 558 00:26:13,322 --> 00:26:15,282 Oh, my God. 559 00:26:15,407 --> 00:26:16,867 [Erik] Guys, did we have a drone 560 00:26:17,034 --> 00:26:18,994 hit the ground just now? 561 00:26:19,161 --> 00:26:20,496 [Thomas] Yes. The FPV drone 562 00:26:20,662 --> 00:26:22,915 just hit the ground. 563 00:26:23,082 --> 00:26:25,292 [Travis] First, one of the 100 drones 564 00:26:25,459 --> 00:26:27,419 failed to launch with the swarm. 565 00:26:27,628 --> 00:26:30,923 But then, the FPV drone fell right out of the sky 566 00:26:31,090 --> 00:26:32,966 for no apparent reason. 567 00:26:33,133 --> 00:26:35,427 Did it crash into something invisible 568 00:26:35,594 --> 00:26:36,929 right above the triangle or did something 569 00:26:37,096 --> 00:26:38,388 chase it down and knock it 570 00:26:38,555 --> 00:26:40,974 out of the sky? And in either case, 571 00:26:41,141 --> 00:26:42,851 what the heck could it be? 572 00:26:43,018 --> 00:26:45,145 It made us nervous about what might happen 573 00:26:45,312 --> 00:26:49,358 to the rest of our drone swarm as it flew up to 1,000 feet. 574 00:26:49,525 --> 00:26:53,529 The drone swarm came over the center of the triangle. 575 00:26:54,863 --> 00:26:57,616 [Thomas] The drones look like they're spinning in circles. 576 00:26:59,284 --> 00:27:00,953 [Kaleb] Yeah, look, there they go. 577 00:27:02,121 --> 00:27:03,872 Yeah, they look wonky. 578 00:27:04,039 --> 00:27:06,708 [Travis] Thomas, what elevation are the drones at? 579 00:27:07,793 --> 00:27:10,003 [Thomas] They're 50 feet from hitting that thousand-foot mark. 580 00:27:10,170 --> 00:27:12,506 But the drones are now spinning in place. 581 00:27:12,673 --> 00:27:14,758 Something's definitely wrong. 582 00:27:15,884 --> 00:27:17,594 [Travis] The drones started moving in circles 583 00:27:17,761 --> 00:27:21,598 as soon as they passed into that 800 to 1,000-foot zone. 584 00:27:21,723 --> 00:27:23,433 That's right where we saw that cloud of powder 585 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:25,227 get stuck last year. 586 00:27:25,394 --> 00:27:28,480 So, could the same thing be affecting our drone swarm? 587 00:27:28,647 --> 00:27:31,024 And if so, what was it? 588 00:27:31,191 --> 00:27:33,068 They're coming down. 589 00:27:33,235 --> 00:27:34,570 Drones are descending. 590 00:27:35,571 --> 00:27:38,782 The formation is south of the triangle now. 591 00:27:41,076 --> 00:27:42,744 They're descending for landing. 592 00:27:42,911 --> 00:27:44,246 [Ellis] We're at 600 feet right now. 593 00:27:44,413 --> 00:27:46,290 [Thomas] 600 feet and descending. 594 00:27:47,249 --> 00:27:49,418 Yeah, they seem to have stabilized. 595 00:27:50,460 --> 00:27:53,255 [Travis] As soon as the swarm descended to a lower altitude, 596 00:27:53,422 --> 00:27:56,133 the drones started flying like normal again. 597 00:27:56,300 --> 00:27:59,261 It's like whatever was affecting them was concentrated 598 00:27:59,469 --> 00:28:02,347 right in that 800 to 1,000 foot zone. 599 00:28:04,057 --> 00:28:05,517 [Preston] Eight seconds. 600 00:28:08,186 --> 00:28:09,688 Landing mode engaged. 601 00:28:10,689 --> 00:28:12,274 Ninety-nine back down. 602 00:28:12,441 --> 00:28:14,109 [Travis] Drones are on the ground. 603 00:28:14,276 --> 00:28:17,404 Hey, Thomas, let's go over here and check these. 604 00:28:17,571 --> 00:28:19,323 [Thomas] Yeah. 605 00:28:19,448 --> 00:28:21,950 So, they should be right back on the mats, right? 606 00:28:22,117 --> 00:28:24,328 [Preston] They should directly centered on the mats. 607 00:28:24,494 --> 00:28:26,121 [Thomas] Oh, look at this. 608 00:28:26,246 --> 00:28:28,498 That one's almost completely off. 609 00:28:28,707 --> 00:28:30,792 It looks like they all shifted the same way. 610 00:28:30,959 --> 00:28:32,544 [Preston] Well, and if you look at that one, 611 00:28:32,711 --> 00:28:34,546 they were all pointed this direction, 612 00:28:34,713 --> 00:28:35,964 so that one's almost pointed 613 00:28:36,131 --> 00:28:37,633 - 90 degrees the wrong way. - Yeah. 614 00:28:38,634 --> 00:28:40,344 So, typically, when they twist like that, 615 00:28:40,510 --> 00:28:43,180 it indicates, um, a magnetic anomaly. 616 00:28:45,015 --> 00:28:46,475 [Preston] After the drones were on the ground, 617 00:28:46,642 --> 00:28:48,310 we went and inspected how they landed, 618 00:28:48,477 --> 00:28:51,688 both terms of their position as well as what their heading was. 619 00:28:51,855 --> 00:28:54,691 That would tell us where they thought they were facing, 620 00:28:54,858 --> 00:28:58,111 and it looks like there was both GPS differences-- 621 00:28:58,278 --> 00:29:00,489 so they were about a foot off on certain areas-- 622 00:29:00,656 --> 00:29:02,491 and then there were also heading differences-- 623 00:29:02,658 --> 00:29:05,535 so they turned to the position they thought was north 624 00:29:05,744 --> 00:29:07,913 but they were severely off. 625 00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:09,998 - [Thomas] Boy, that's interesting. -The only time 626 00:29:10,165 --> 00:29:12,376 we really see a twist in the drone heading like this 627 00:29:12,542 --> 00:29:13,835 is, like, if we're on a parking garage, 628 00:29:14,002 --> 00:29:15,587 or structure that has a lot of steel, 629 00:29:15,754 --> 00:29:17,464 - something that has a lot of metal... -[Ellis] Rebar. 630 00:29:17,631 --> 00:29:19,007 [Preston]...that causes magnetic interference 631 00:29:19,174 --> 00:29:20,634 to the magnetometers. 632 00:29:20,801 --> 00:29:22,803 We don't expect to see that same behavior here 633 00:29:22,970 --> 00:29:24,471 in a grass field. 634 00:29:24,638 --> 00:29:26,765 Grass fields usually have zero issues. 635 00:29:26,932 --> 00:29:28,433 But this is Skinwalker Ranch, 636 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:31,061 and it seems that the unexpected always happens. 637 00:29:31,269 --> 00:29:34,106 Hey, guys, uh, we're over here looking at the drones 638 00:29:34,272 --> 00:29:37,067 and how closely they came down on these mats. 639 00:29:37,234 --> 00:29:39,861 Uh, we've got some pretty misaligned drones, 640 00:29:40,070 --> 00:29:42,739 indicating a lot of magnetic interference. 641 00:29:42,948 --> 00:29:44,658 Guys are saying the only time they really see this 642 00:29:44,866 --> 00:29:46,868 is, like, when they're on a parking garage 643 00:29:47,035 --> 00:29:48,412 that's got a lot of steel in it. 644 00:29:49,871 --> 00:29:51,581 [Travis] Well, that solves it. 645 00:29:51,790 --> 00:29:55,127 We now know there's a parking garage there at the triangle. 646 00:29:55,293 --> 00:29:58,005 - [laughter] - [Preston] Mystery solved. 647 00:29:58,130 --> 00:29:59,923 [Travis] I mean, sometimes you have to laugh 648 00:30:00,048 --> 00:30:02,801 because things just don't make any sense. 649 00:30:02,926 --> 00:30:05,971 What in the world could act like a giant magnetic field 650 00:30:06,138 --> 00:30:08,890 between 800 and 1,000 feet in the air? 651 00:30:09,057 --> 00:30:10,726 Is it something generated inside the bubble? 652 00:30:10,892 --> 00:30:14,563 And could it be related to all the UAPs, 653 00:30:14,730 --> 00:30:16,523 weird signals and equipment malfunctions 654 00:30:16,690 --> 00:30:18,400 we keep encountering, 655 00:30:18,525 --> 00:30:22,279 including what happened during Jan's most recent GPR test? 656 00:30:22,446 --> 00:30:24,197 [Matt] We are ready over on our end. 657 00:30:24,322 --> 00:30:25,615 Uh, we're gonna do an arm check. 658 00:30:25,782 --> 00:30:27,617 Let me know when you guys are ready. 659 00:30:27,784 --> 00:30:30,162 [Travis] Preston and the team reset their program 660 00:30:30,287 --> 00:30:31,621 to launch another swarm 661 00:30:31,830 --> 00:30:33,832 to help us get more data up there. 662 00:30:35,083 --> 00:30:37,002 - [Thomas] You guys ready? - [Preston] We're ready. 663 00:30:37,169 --> 00:30:40,297 [Thomas] Okay. It's on your go, Preston. 664 00:30:40,505 --> 00:30:42,966 [Preston] Setting start time, authorizing show. 665 00:30:43,925 --> 00:30:45,802 Five, four, 666 00:30:45,969 --> 00:30:47,554 three, two, 667 00:30:47,721 --> 00:30:49,056 one. 668 00:30:49,222 --> 00:30:50,640 Drones are rolling. 669 00:30:54,603 --> 00:30:56,104 [Ellis] Hundred up. 670 00:30:58,523 --> 00:31:00,025 [Brian] Okay, taking off. 671 00:31:10,410 --> 00:31:11,745 Oh, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot. 672 00:31:11,912 --> 00:31:13,163 [Ellis] It's going down. 673 00:31:13,330 --> 00:31:14,748 FPV down. 674 00:31:16,458 --> 00:31:18,585 Dude. 675 00:31:18,752 --> 00:31:20,670 Totally lost visual again. 676 00:31:20,837 --> 00:31:22,881 That's crazy. 677 00:31:23,006 --> 00:31:24,758 - [Preston] FPV down again. - What? 678 00:31:24,883 --> 00:31:27,010 [Brian] Oh, wow. 679 00:31:27,177 --> 00:31:30,138 As I circled around the swarm, I started to lose video feed, 680 00:31:30,347 --> 00:31:32,015 and it started to glitch. 681 00:31:32,182 --> 00:31:33,975 And I was expecting it to come back, 682 00:31:34,184 --> 00:31:35,769 but then it crashed. 683 00:31:35,936 --> 00:31:37,938 I have no idea why my drone did that. 684 00:31:38,146 --> 00:31:39,940 That's nuts, bro. 685 00:31:40,148 --> 00:31:41,983 My drone has connection for miles. 686 00:31:42,150 --> 00:31:44,820 The only way that I would really lose connection like that 687 00:31:45,028 --> 00:31:47,072 is if I went behind a mountain. 688 00:31:47,239 --> 00:31:49,866 It's unexplainable. 689 00:31:50,867 --> 00:31:52,619 Okay, let's get this baby up. 690 00:31:52,786 --> 00:31:53,995 [Travis] This was the second time 691 00:31:54,162 --> 00:31:56,248 the FPV drone crashed tonight. 692 00:31:56,414 --> 00:31:58,458 And just moments after it took off. 693 00:31:58,667 --> 00:32:01,419 What was knocking it out so close to the ground? 694 00:32:01,628 --> 00:32:02,963 [Brian] Taking off. 695 00:32:07,342 --> 00:32:08,802 [Preston] Hundred drones up, 100 drones up. 696 00:32:08,969 --> 00:32:11,763 - Cameron, you have the conn. - Yep, yep. 697 00:32:13,265 --> 00:32:15,058 [Kaleb] Looks like all the drones took off this time. 698 00:32:15,267 --> 00:32:18,270 We got a good formation coming into the triangle. 699 00:32:20,522 --> 00:32:22,858 They are directly over the triangle, 700 00:32:23,066 --> 00:32:25,026 the western tower. 701 00:32:26,111 --> 00:32:29,197 [Thomas] They are at 600 feet and climbing. 702 00:32:30,198 --> 00:32:31,700 Starting to see wiggle on that third one 703 00:32:31,908 --> 00:32:33,660 on the outside ring. 704 00:32:33,869 --> 00:32:35,996 Cameron, what's the altitude? 705 00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:39,791 They're sitting at 900 feet. 706 00:32:39,958 --> 00:32:41,668 Nine hundred feet and climbing. 707 00:32:42,669 --> 00:32:44,379 Looks like the swarm is getting movement 708 00:32:44,588 --> 00:32:46,882 all throughout the formation. 709 00:32:47,007 --> 00:32:48,967 We're getting drones doing circular patterns 710 00:32:49,134 --> 00:32:50,427 all throughout. 711 00:32:50,594 --> 00:32:52,304 [Thomas] Oh, yeah. Look at that. 712 00:32:53,388 --> 00:32:54,806 Wow. 713 00:32:59,436 --> 00:33:00,979 [Kaleb] We're getting drones doing 714 00:33:01,188 --> 00:33:02,939 circular patterns all throughout. 715 00:33:03,982 --> 00:33:05,483 [Thomas] Wow. 716 00:33:05,609 --> 00:33:07,194 [Travis] As our second drone swarm 717 00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:09,779 got to the 800-foot level above the triangle, 718 00:33:09,988 --> 00:33:11,531 we were seeing even more evidence 719 00:33:11,698 --> 00:33:15,410 of that magnetic interference causing them to spin like crazy. 720 00:33:15,577 --> 00:33:19,664 So, now, we had nearly 200 drones all confirming 721 00:33:19,831 --> 00:33:23,126 that something really strange is in that airspace. 722 00:33:24,127 --> 00:33:25,879 We're at 1,000 feet. 723 00:33:27,380 --> 00:33:29,591 [Preston] It's very strange to have both 724 00:33:29,758 --> 00:33:32,636 magnetic interference and GPS anomalies 725 00:33:32,802 --> 00:33:34,137 in a grass field. 726 00:33:34,346 --> 00:33:36,181 If we were in some city environment 727 00:33:36,389 --> 00:33:38,683 that has a lot of things that could be interfering with us, 728 00:33:38,808 --> 00:33:40,518 you might see some of these differences, 729 00:33:40,644 --> 00:33:43,772 but typically, you're not gonna get that in an open field. 730 00:33:45,523 --> 00:33:48,693 Drones are starting their descent. 731 00:33:49,736 --> 00:33:51,571 [Preston] There's a little bit of swaying to them. 732 00:33:51,738 --> 00:33:54,115 [Thomas] It does look like there's a little bit of a wave 733 00:33:54,282 --> 00:33:56,034 - going through it. - [Preston] Yeah. 734 00:33:56,201 --> 00:33:57,911 [Travis] At that point, Sky Elements 735 00:33:58,078 --> 00:34:00,497 just wanted to get their equipment to land safely. 736 00:34:07,837 --> 00:34:10,465 Erik, we're on the ground here. Everything's done. 737 00:34:10,632 --> 00:34:12,884 You want to meet out here and let's discuss what happened? 738 00:34:13,051 --> 00:34:14,761 Okay. I'll head over. 739 00:34:15,804 --> 00:34:18,181 It strikes me that every time we engage in 740 00:34:18,389 --> 00:34:19,724 some of these large-scale drone swarm activities 741 00:34:19,891 --> 00:34:21,351 with Sky Elements, 742 00:34:21,518 --> 00:34:23,395 we are seeing disruptions 743 00:34:23,561 --> 00:34:26,063 and we don't have an assignable cause. 744 00:34:27,107 --> 00:34:29,150 [Thomas] The further we get down here, the more off base 745 00:34:29,317 --> 00:34:30,944 they seem to be. 746 00:34:31,152 --> 00:34:32,279 [Erik] I'm looking forward to bringing 747 00:34:32,404 --> 00:34:33,737 all of the data together 748 00:34:33,947 --> 00:34:35,156 so that we can better understand what's happening 749 00:34:35,322 --> 00:34:38,034 in that space above the triangle. 750 00:34:38,201 --> 00:34:39,661 - Hey. - [Matt] Hey. 751 00:34:39,869 --> 00:34:42,871 So, I'm hearing a lot about, uh, magnetic effects. 752 00:34:43,039 --> 00:34:45,417 It seemed to be a lot more magnetic interference 753 00:34:45,625 --> 00:34:47,293 this time than normal. 754 00:34:47,460 --> 00:34:49,795 Well, I will tell you something that did happen repeatedly. 755 00:34:49,963 --> 00:34:52,507 Every single time the drones flew through 756 00:34:52,674 --> 00:34:55,635 that 800 to 1,000 foot zone, 757 00:34:55,802 --> 00:34:59,723 they started wiggling and the formation was inaccurate. 758 00:34:59,848 --> 00:35:02,601 And I mean, that happened every single time. 759 00:35:02,726 --> 00:35:04,227 [Preston] Wow. 760 00:35:04,394 --> 00:35:06,438 Yeah, so, obviously, a lot of data to look at. 761 00:35:06,605 --> 00:35:09,441 I think what we do is we put our heads together, 762 00:35:09,566 --> 00:35:12,068 and make some plans to follow up. 763 00:35:12,235 --> 00:35:13,445 - All right, let's do it. - All right. Sounds good. 764 00:35:13,612 --> 00:35:15,572 [Travis] See y'all later. Good stuff. 765 00:35:21,620 --> 00:35:23,163 [Thomas] Hi, Preston. Hey, Matt. 766 00:35:23,288 --> 00:35:24,623 Thanks for jumping on with us. 767 00:35:24,789 --> 00:35:26,207 Thanks for having us, guys. 768 00:35:26,374 --> 00:35:28,376 So, I know you've got a lot of data that was collected 769 00:35:28,543 --> 00:35:31,171 on each and every one of the drones in the swarm. 770 00:35:31,338 --> 00:35:32,839 So, what do you got to show us? 771 00:35:32,964 --> 00:35:34,215 [Matt] Yeah, absolutely. 772 00:35:34,382 --> 00:35:37,594 So, I'll share my screen up here. 773 00:35:39,512 --> 00:35:40,889 [Erik] Yeah, so, we see all those positions 774 00:35:41,056 --> 00:35:42,432 with numbers on them, and I think 775 00:35:42,599 --> 00:35:44,267 - [Matt] Yeah. - you call those slots? 776 00:35:44,434 --> 00:35:46,144 [Matt] That's right. So that's the slot position 777 00:35:46,311 --> 00:35:48,021 that the drone will sit in. 778 00:35:48,229 --> 00:35:50,774 First drone we're gonna look at is drone number seven here. 779 00:35:50,940 --> 00:35:52,859 [Erik] Got it. 780 00:35:53,068 --> 00:35:54,319 [Matt] This graph with the blue line above 781 00:35:54,444 --> 00:35:55,862 represents the altitude of the swarm 782 00:35:56,029 --> 00:35:57,739 as it runs through its program. 783 00:35:57,947 --> 00:36:00,992 And right here is our 1,000-foot peak. 784 00:36:01,159 --> 00:36:03,662 The interesting things we were seeing here 785 00:36:03,870 --> 00:36:06,081 uh, was in the magnetic spectrum. 786 00:36:06,206 --> 00:36:07,916 [Travis] Right. We can't wait 787 00:36:08,083 --> 00:36:09,959 to see all the details on that. 788 00:36:10,085 --> 00:36:11,920 [Matt] This orange line in the top graph 789 00:36:12,045 --> 00:36:15,173 represents the magnetometer data coming from the drone. 790 00:36:15,340 --> 00:36:18,259 And the quadrant below represents the drone itself. 791 00:36:18,468 --> 00:36:21,513 So, when we get to this point here, 792 00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:25,308 you'll notice that there's a huge magnetic field 793 00:36:25,475 --> 00:36:29,187 that caused the drone to swirl around 794 00:36:29,354 --> 00:36:30,939 because its heading wasn't accurate. 795 00:36:31,940 --> 00:36:34,526 Where did you start running into these magnetic issues? 796 00:36:34,693 --> 00:36:35,985 At what altitude? 797 00:36:36,152 --> 00:36:39,531 Prevalent around 750 feet above ground level. 798 00:36:39,698 --> 00:36:41,491 Yeah, got it. 799 00:36:41,658 --> 00:36:43,159 So, that magnetic interference 800 00:36:43,284 --> 00:36:46,496 is continuing for almost 250 feet? 801 00:36:46,663 --> 00:36:48,039 - [Matt] Correct. - Wow. 802 00:36:48,164 --> 00:36:49,541 [Travis] So, this magnetic region 803 00:36:49,749 --> 00:36:52,043 could be even bigger than we thought? 804 00:36:53,128 --> 00:36:54,671 - Wow. - That's crazy. 805 00:36:57,507 --> 00:36:59,217 [Erik] So, that magnetic interference is continuing 806 00:36:59,426 --> 00:37:01,469 for almost 250 feet? 807 00:37:01,636 --> 00:37:03,763 - [Matt] Correct. - Wow. 808 00:37:03,888 --> 00:37:05,849 [Travis] According to the drones' data, 809 00:37:06,015 --> 00:37:09,310 whatever is floating in the sky directly above the triangle 810 00:37:09,477 --> 00:37:12,230 seems to be even bigger, vertically, than we thought. 811 00:37:12,397 --> 00:37:15,316 But is it one large, invisible thing 812 00:37:15,483 --> 00:37:17,986 smack dab in the middle of the bubble 813 00:37:18,153 --> 00:37:21,030 or multiple things covering that zone? 814 00:37:21,197 --> 00:37:23,032 And how does it connect to the mesa? 815 00:37:23,199 --> 00:37:26,536 [Erik] Can you show us how many of the drones were affected? 816 00:37:26,661 --> 00:37:28,163 [Matt] Yes. 817 00:37:29,205 --> 00:37:32,500 Now, when you take some 2D slices of both flights, 818 00:37:32,709 --> 00:37:34,794 it kind of gives you a side profile here, 819 00:37:34,961 --> 00:37:38,882 of where we're seeing hot spots of this activity. 820 00:37:39,007 --> 00:37:41,676 What would you expect this exact graph to look like? 821 00:37:41,843 --> 00:37:43,261 It'd be a straight line, it wouldn't have 822 00:37:43,470 --> 00:37:44,929 - the squiggles, right? - Correct. 823 00:37:45,096 --> 00:37:46,389 [Preston] Once you get into flight, 824 00:37:46,556 --> 00:37:49,058 then you shouldn't have magnetic issues. 825 00:37:49,267 --> 00:37:51,478 - [Matt] Yep. - [Erik] Yeah, that's helpful. 826 00:37:51,644 --> 00:37:53,521 [Travis] So, each one of these lines 827 00:37:53,646 --> 00:37:55,231 - is a different drone? - [Matt] It's all of the drones 828 00:37:55,398 --> 00:37:57,317 from the entire night overlaid. 829 00:37:57,484 --> 00:37:58,693 [Erik] Wow. 830 00:37:58,860 --> 00:38:01,154 That's on multiple drones. 831 00:38:02,113 --> 00:38:04,199 So, this is not just a one-off event. 832 00:38:04,324 --> 00:38:05,909 That's fantastic. 833 00:38:06,075 --> 00:38:07,744 We were afraid that the drone swarms 834 00:38:07,911 --> 00:38:09,871 wouldn't get us any good data. 835 00:38:10,038 --> 00:38:12,123 But man, they helped confirm 836 00:38:12,248 --> 00:38:16,085 that there is a huge invisible electromagnetic thing 837 00:38:16,252 --> 00:38:18,880 between 750 and 1,000 feet 838 00:38:19,005 --> 00:38:21,508 right in the middle of the bubble. 839 00:38:21,674 --> 00:38:23,384 This is really interesting. 840 00:38:23,551 --> 00:38:24,803 So, once again, 841 00:38:24,969 --> 00:38:29,474 we've done a very precise magnetometry mapping 842 00:38:29,641 --> 00:38:31,726 right in the center of the bubble, 843 00:38:31,893 --> 00:38:34,729 and we absolutely see 844 00:38:34,896 --> 00:38:38,149 there is something there in the magnetic field. 845 00:38:39,150 --> 00:38:40,944 - There's a structure to it. - There is a structure to it. 846 00:38:42,362 --> 00:38:44,239 [Travis] That shows that there is a big 847 00:38:44,364 --> 00:38:47,242 magnetic anomaly floating up there. 848 00:38:47,367 --> 00:38:48,827 Right over the triangle. 849 00:38:50,495 --> 00:38:52,330 - Are you seeing this? - Yes. 850 00:38:52,497 --> 00:38:54,958 [Travis] We've detected so many strange radio signals 851 00:38:55,124 --> 00:38:57,418 inside of the bubble and seen so many UAPS 852 00:38:57,627 --> 00:39:01,464 flying through this airspace over the triangle. 853 00:39:01,631 --> 00:39:04,676 What if we've now identified something 854 00:39:04,843 --> 00:39:06,803 that might be related to them? 855 00:39:06,970 --> 00:39:09,055 Or even where they might be coming from? 856 00:39:09,222 --> 00:39:11,808 We need to study that region even more. 857 00:39:11,975 --> 00:39:13,810 We only flew to 1,000 feet. 858 00:39:13,977 --> 00:39:16,271 So who knows how far this thing goes. 859 00:39:16,437 --> 00:39:19,607 Well, I don't know what the rule 860 00:39:19,774 --> 00:39:23,695 or legal altitude limit is, but, uh, the bubble 861 00:39:23,862 --> 00:39:26,322 is roughly 2,000 feet high 862 00:39:26,447 --> 00:39:27,949 at the center of the triangle. 863 00:39:28,116 --> 00:39:30,243 So, boy, it'd be awesome if we could get drones 864 00:39:30,368 --> 00:39:32,787 up to where you're touching the top of the bubble 865 00:39:32,954 --> 00:39:34,163 at 2,000 feet, 866 00:39:34,330 --> 00:39:36,207 to see if these electromagnetic anomalies 867 00:39:36,374 --> 00:39:38,877 could be detected up there, too. 868 00:39:39,043 --> 00:39:42,171 Yeah. I've done a lot of, uh, precedent-setting things 869 00:39:42,338 --> 00:39:44,924 with the FAA, so I'll-I'll talk to my people there 870 00:39:45,091 --> 00:39:46,467 and see how high they'll let us go. 871 00:39:46,634 --> 00:39:47,844 [Travis] That'd be fantastic. 872 00:39:48,011 --> 00:39:49,596 - [Erik] Yeah. - Yeah. 873 00:39:49,762 --> 00:39:51,180 [Erik] Well, guys, uh, appreciate your collaboration 874 00:39:51,389 --> 00:39:53,224 on this, as-as always, and I look forward 875 00:39:53,391 --> 00:39:55,101 to the next time we, uh, get a chance 876 00:39:55,310 --> 00:39:57,937 to, uh, put our heads together and get some drones in the air. 877 00:39:58,146 --> 00:39:59,606 Absolutely. We can't wait to be back 878 00:39:59,772 --> 00:40:01,107 and see what else we can find. 879 00:40:01,274 --> 00:40:02,650 - Thank you so much. - All right. 880 00:40:02,817 --> 00:40:04,986 - See you guys. - [Travis] See you guys. 881 00:40:10,116 --> 00:40:11,534 [Erik] A question that has been raised 882 00:40:11,701 --> 00:40:13,745 every time we do these drone exercises 883 00:40:13,912 --> 00:40:16,748 is why are certain regions of the sky affected 884 00:40:16,915 --> 00:40:18,708 while we experience more interference 885 00:40:18,875 --> 00:40:20,209 while others are not. 886 00:40:20,376 --> 00:40:22,045 It remains a mystery, 887 00:40:22,211 --> 00:40:23,963 but every time we do these exercises, 888 00:40:24,130 --> 00:40:25,548 it affords us a chance to get 889 00:40:25,715 --> 00:40:28,468 a picture-- a map, if you will-- of what's happening, 890 00:40:28,635 --> 00:40:32,263 not just in the triangle but of the whole bubble. 891 00:40:33,890 --> 00:40:36,184 [Travis] We just collected hard data 892 00:40:36,351 --> 00:40:38,269 that shows there is something strange 893 00:40:38,436 --> 00:40:40,271 going on high above the triangle. 894 00:40:40,438 --> 00:40:44,484 Possibly even higher than we've been able to confirm so far. 895 00:40:44,651 --> 00:40:47,528 Now we have to figure out what it is, 896 00:40:47,695 --> 00:40:50,615 because it might help us crack the mystery of the bubble. 897 00:40:50,782 --> 00:40:53,201 [Brandon] One hallmark of our investigation 898 00:40:53,326 --> 00:40:57,038 is our ability to push boundaries, 899 00:40:57,205 --> 00:41:00,458 to bring people and capabilities to the table 900 00:41:00,625 --> 00:41:03,044 that have never been tried before. 901 00:41:03,211 --> 00:41:06,339 Seeing equipment malfunction upon encountering 902 00:41:06,547 --> 00:41:08,508 this region of the triangle 903 00:41:08,675 --> 00:41:11,511 is confirmation that a strange anomaly 904 00:41:11,678 --> 00:41:14,180 not only exists but is a key feature 905 00:41:14,389 --> 00:41:18,142 on the property that is involved with the strange anomalies 906 00:41:18,309 --> 00:41:20,979 that we are trying to get the answers to. 907 00:41:24,107 --> 00:41:25,900 [Cameron] Commencing first run. 908 00:41:26,109 --> 00:41:28,444 [Royston] We'll map across the bubble and see if drilling 909 00:41:28,611 --> 00:41:31,531 may actually cause phenomena to appear. 910 00:41:31,698 --> 00:41:33,074 Fire the Tesla guns. 911 00:41:33,241 --> 00:41:34,826 Oh, Erik, look at this. 912 00:41:34,993 --> 00:41:37,495 Thirty-three megahertz. This is coming from the sky. 913 00:41:37,662 --> 00:41:40,707 There it goes! Whoa, that one just changed direction. 914 00:41:40,873 --> 00:41:43,167 - Let's see what's going on here. - Immediately, it turns. 915 00:41:43,334 --> 00:41:45,420 - Something pushed the tail of the rocket. -No way. 916 00:41:45,628 --> 00:41:48,548 - [Travis] What is that? -I don't know what to make of it. 917 00:41:49,632 --> 00:41:52,677 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A+E NETWORKS