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TRAVIS:
I'm Dr. Travis Taylor.
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As an astrophysicist,
aerospace engineer
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and an optical scientist
with over 30 years
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of experience working with NASA
and the Department of Defense,
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I've always been
intensely curious about
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the unknowns in the universe.
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So, in 2021,
when our own government
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acknowledged that unidentified
aerial phenomena--
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or UAPs-- are real...
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...it was no surprise to see
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how the media, the public
and Congress
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wanted answers.
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Right now,
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I'm headed back
to a place called
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Skinwalker Ranch
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to rejoin the team
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as we begin our third year
investigating
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a number of
unexplained phenomena.
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It is going nuts.
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TRAVIS:
We've experienced
everything from dangerous spikes
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- in radiation...
- It just jumped to 18.
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- We need to get out
of here, guys.
- Let's get out of here.
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TRAVIS:
...evidence of mysterious
underground structures...
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This thing
is a thousand feet long.
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TRAVIS:
...to inexplicable
equipment failures.
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Something's turning this off.
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North is that way,
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- and it's pointing south.
- This is crazy.
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TRAVIS:
But the most
extraordinary thing
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we've witnessed so far
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are numerous UAPs.
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- Look. Look. Look.
- What is that?
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Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
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There's something here.
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TRAVIS:
Just like the public,
our team wants answers, too.
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And this 512-acre property
just might have them.
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NARRATOR:
There is a ranch
in Northern Utah.
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It is considered the epicenter
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of the strangest and most
disturbing phenomena on Earth:
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animal mutilations,
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bizarre UFO sightings
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and unusual energies that have
proven harmful to humans.
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For 20 years,
the federal government
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tried to find answers
and failed.
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Now a new team
of dedicated scientists,
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researchers and experts
has taken over.
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They are determined to solve
the mystery and reveal...
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...The Secret
of Skinwalker Ranch.
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CAMERON:
Skinwalker command center,
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Dragon, this is Cameron.
We're entering the airspace
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of the Skinwalker Ranch
at this time.
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BRANDON: I'm Brandon Fugal,
the owner of Skinwalker Ranch.
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One of the reasons
why I acquired the ranch
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in the first place
was due to the mystery.
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With Skinwalker Ranch,
truth is stranger than fiction.
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And the reality of the phenomena
at Skinwalker Ranch
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has become even more compelling.
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Governor Herbert,
it is a privilege to be entering
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Skinwalker Ranch with you today
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to meet with the team
and to be fully briefed.
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GARY:
Well, Brandon,
thank you very much.
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We're honored
to be here with you.
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BRANDON:
As our investigation
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has progressed,
I felt it important
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to bring in a higher level
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of oversight.
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Governor Herbert
has very real interest
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in what is happening
at Skinwalker Ranch
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and is committed to assist us.
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You can see ahead of us,
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you know, what many refer to
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as Skinwalker Ridge, which is
a main point of interest
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that runs the entire expanse
of the property.
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We're also, you know, flying
over the infamous triangle area
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that, uh, seems to also be
a center of gravity for
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strange activity and events.
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Welcome to Skinwalker Ranch,
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I think the greatest
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scientific investigation
of our time.
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ERIK:
Our team has reassembled
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to resume our investigation
for the summer,
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and our plans are as ambitious
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as any we have ever formed
together as a group.
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I really am excited
about this work.
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Well, looks like they're here.
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TRAVIS:
I can't wait to get
this investigation underway.
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Not only is there so much
unfinished business
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from last year,
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but the world has literally
changed overnight,
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and now we have
even more to uncover
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with the connection
between the ranch
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and UAPs from around the world.
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And with government officials
involved,
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it's going to be
an exciting summer.
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Here we go.
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THOMAS:
This year, we're gonna push
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experiments beyond
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anything that's ever happened
here on Skinwalker Ranch.
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Dragon, how's it going?
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- Good. How are you?
- Good to be with you.
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BRYANT: I will tell you
that each one of us
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is more determined than ever
to understand
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what's truly happening
on this crazy ranch.
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Team, it's good to see
everyone assembled
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and good to welcome
Dr. Taylor back.
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- Thanks, Brandon.
- BRANDON: I'd like to introduce
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everyone to former
Governor Gary Herbert and also
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his former
Chief of Staff Derek Miller.
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Thank you, Brandon,
for the invitation to come out
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and spend a day with you.
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GARY:
What's happening here
at Skinwalker Ranch
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is important.
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Government has a role
to play in this issue,
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if for no other reason
than for national defense.
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I think a lot of people
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are fascinated by what
you all are doing here.
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The fact that you had so many
different unexplained phenomena.
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What I like about
what you're doing here is
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it's based on science,
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uh, things that we can do
with the scientific method
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and do the research
and try to understand
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what is taking place.
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I know I'm really anxious
to hear what you have to say
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and-and see what
I can learn here today.
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Which begs the question,
what is the main
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objective as we move forward?
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There are a number of things
that we want to follow up on.
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We've done various events
down at Homestead Two
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and have had phenomena occur
that we've captured on...
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on various instruments.
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TRAVIS:
Over the course
of the last two years,
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Homestead Two has been
a bona fide hot spot
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of unexplained phenomena.
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It is freezing cold right here
in front of the homestead.
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TRAVIS:
We've seen crazy
energy readings,
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radiation spikes...
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We were just exposed
to ionizing radiation.
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TRAVIS:
...and thermal imaging anomalies
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that might even be explained
scientifically
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as wormholes,
like Albert Einstein described.
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It remains a location that
we need to put more focus on.
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I would propose that we work
to engage the phenomena,
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that we work
to interact with whatever
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intelligence is here,
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on or above the property.
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We've talked about some things
over the... in the past
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about how we might,
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if there is something
that will respond to stimulus
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to first get it to respond,
we've kind of done that.
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Now, the next thing is trying to
understand what the response is.
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GARY:
You know, there's a lot
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that I'm learning, there's
a lot that we don't know.
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Certainly, there's a lot
of phenomena here
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that is occurring
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that we don't have
explanation for.
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Governor, I doubt
whatever this phenomena is,
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is stopped by the barbed wire
fence along the property line.
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Well, a key aspect of our
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investigation has been
community engagement.
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Working with
the surrounding residents
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in order to determine
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whether these events
are confined to the property
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or whether it-it involves
other points of interest
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within the-the basin.
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Jim, Tom Lewis, Kandus.
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You're in a unique position
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to work with the community,
help document
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what is happening, not only
on the property but also
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- in the expanded area.
- Yeah, absolutely.
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Yeah, nothing
I'd rather be doing.
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Hopefully, you can open
some doors for us, Governor,
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even going back
to Washington, D.C.,
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that, uh, may be able
to bring resource
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and insight
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that'll help us advance
the investigation.
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I do know people,
and so keeping me informed
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will help us maybe expand
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the circle here of people
we can get engaged.
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TRAVIS:
Uh, Governor, we have a spot
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that's above the ranch,
in what we call the Triangle,
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that we think is right at
about a mile high,
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uh, from the surface.
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And we think that
we're getting, uh,
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anomalous energy readings
coming from that spot
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in the sky above the ranch
that we measured
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with all these different
scientific instruments.
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TRAVIS:
The triangle has been
a mystery to us
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since the very early days
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of our investigation
here at Skinwalker Ranch.
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We've stimulated UAP activity
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when we fire rockets
up through it.
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CASEY:
What's this? What's this?
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TRAVIS:
We got something.
We got something.
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We got something right here.
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We drilled down below
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and found a strange substance.
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Take any modern-day
fighter plane or spacecraft,
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and you crush it up, and then
you take a sample of it,
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you're probably
gonna get these materials.
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We triangulated a phantom signal
from directly one mile up.
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And last year, when we tried
to get a closer look,
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something was tracking us
under Brandon's helicopter.
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[alarm blaring]
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So, I'm showing radar altimeter
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showing we're only 40 feet
above the ground right now.
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That's not good.
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CAMERON:
So, something could be under us.
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40-something feet under us?
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It showed something under us,
40 feet below us.
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Holy crap.
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So, it lends you down
various paths
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of imagination
as to what that could be.
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Uh, was it some advanced,
uh, stealth vehicle?
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I'm sorry to interrupt. Um...
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I'm getting some unusual
air traffic.
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I want to go
check it out inside.
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- I'll be right back.
- What?
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Erik's got a built-in system
where he can track
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all of the air traffic
above the ranch.
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So, when he jumped up
and ran inside,
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we're all wondering,
like, what's going on?
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Travis, you-you got to see this.
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Hang on.
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One second.
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What's going on, Erik?
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See, check this out.
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TRAVIS:
That's crazy.
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Looks to me like we've got
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a Gulfstream G5.
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Look at that.
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BRANDON:
So, this is a National
Science Foundation.
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National Science Foundation
United States
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Gulfstream Aerospace G5.
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He's doing some sort
of a grid survey pattern
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right over us,
and we're right here.
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TRAVIS: Right in the middle
of our team meeting
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with former
Governor Gary Herbert,
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Erik suddenly detected
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a government aircraft flying
a very distinct pattern
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about 45,000 feet
above Skinwalker Ranch.
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This pattern is shifting
to the northwest.
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Without instrumentation,
without an autopilot coupled,
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you cannot do it.
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And then furthermore,
to do it at
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45,000 feet, it will mess
with air traffic control.
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They have to get specific
permission to do this grid.
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You're in controlled airspace.
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So, what type of survey
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could they be doing
at that sort of elevation,
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in that sort of a pattern?
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Would it be lidar?
Would it be...
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This looks to me like
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a pattern you would do if you
were doing very detailed
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3D mapping and lidar imagery,
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like reconnaissance.
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TRAVIS:
The National Science Foundation
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is an independent
federal organization
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created by Congress.
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Why would the federal government
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be flying a reconnaissance
mission above Skinwalker Ranch?
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What are they trying to collect?
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That's not a sightseeing tour
in a grid pattern like that.
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And why were they
doing it right here?
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- Well, right above the ranch.
- Yeah.
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It's not a coincidence.
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I mean, this has been
preplanned and predetermined
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to do this for whatever purpose.
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It may be that there's some
interest in the federal level,
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which we knew happened
way before you got the ranch.
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Is someone listening
to what we're doing?
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And if so, for what purpose?
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That's the weird part, yeah.
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BRANDON:
Between 2008 and 2013,
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when Robert Bigelow was
the owner of Skinwalker Ranch,
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there was a black-budget
Pentagon-funded program
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that studied many of the claims
associated with the ranch.
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I have a hard time
believing that,
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following the government
investigation,
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that they just simply
lost interest.
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TRAVIS:
Well, I got to tell you that,
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uh, it gives us some things
to think about.
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Yeah, please,
let's-let's get back to it.
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BRANDON:
I don't believe
it was a coincidence
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that in the midst of briefing
Governor Herbert
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on the next phase
of our investigation,
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Erik Bard discovered
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a strange craft above
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the property
conducting surveillance.
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I believe this is
potential evidence that
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we're-we're not only
being monitored,
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but there are other
active programs
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that may involve
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what we're doing here right now.
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Which begs the question,
what are our next steps?
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Well, the consensus
among us is that
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we want to be able to use
the helicopter to return
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to that 5,000-foot point
over the mesa,
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you know, over the...
what we call the triangle.
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- Okay.
- ERIK: And we want
to find the right way
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to engage that spot,
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- take additional measurements.
- BRANDON: Sure.
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TRAVIS:
And I think we need
to drop packages
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with payloads on them
from the helicopter.
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Uh, what-what would
you like to drop?
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What do you have in mind
to drop through that-that area?
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Well, you know, I have an idea
of involving GPS, uh, you know,
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coming through, perhaps on
descent down through that area.
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Any kind of measurement payload
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that we can either take with us
up there, fly through the area,
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above the area, drop through it,
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I think... I think
that's worth our time.
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I think it warrants effort
on our part.
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- Yeah.
- BRANDON: That's exciting.
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TRAVIS:
We're going up to 6,000 feet
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so we can drop GPS trackers
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down through
that 5,000-foot region
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where we've detected
all this anomalous energy
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and seen the UAPs.
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Now, if there's anything
unusual in the data,
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that could be just
what we need to pinpoint
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the exact spot where
these anomalies are occurring.
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Cameron, are you willing
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to reengage with
the helicopter to
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conduct further experiments
above that area?
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Of course, if we can do it
safely, I'm okay with that.
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At any point,
any of us feel uneasy,
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uh, we need to call it off,
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we need to terminate
that experiment.
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I think we should
proceed with urgency,
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and I-I'd like
to immediately schedule
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really engaging
with the helicopter
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and conducting this experiment.
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That's uh, I think,
the logical next step.
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CAMERON:
Okay. Yeah.
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We can plan that.
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We... we're proud
of this effort.
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This is truly
a multidisciplinary effort.
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So, thank you
for your commitment.
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THOMAS:
Onward.
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- Erik, guess we got stuff to do.
- We do.
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All right.
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TRAVIS:
We've got a lot of work to do
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to get set up for this
experiment over the triangle.
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With our first experiment
taking place
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in the sky above the ranch,
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we called in the guys
from LiveView Technologies
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to set us up with some
high-tech camera systems
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around the property.
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They'll give us
the ability to film
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in high definition, 360 degrees
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all around the ranch 24/7,
and they also have thermal
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and night vision technologies
for total coverage.
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You want to hand me
the center camera?
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When the experiment is over,
we'll be able to
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keep the cameras up
and running indefinitely
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so that they'll be able
to cover the ranch and the sky
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during all of our
future experiments.
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THOMAS: We got several
more to go, so, uh,
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I suggest we head down and go
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- put those other ones up.
- Okay, sounds good.
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BRYANT: So, these are
the actual ones.
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I'll leave it to you and Erik
to figure out the foam
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and the packing,
but I think we can just
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put 'em back together
just like that and wrap it
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- with some packing tape.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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- If you think that works.
- I think that's great.
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TRAVIS:
While Erik and the LVT team
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are installing
our new camera system
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across the ranch,
Dragon and I are preparing
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for the GPS experiment.
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All right, so this will go here.
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TRAVIS:
We've painted the tubes
different colors
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so that we can be sure
to see them on the descent.
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Depending on the clouds
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and the sun, we won't know
which color's
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most visible
until we start to drop them.
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And I'm real excited because I
know there's something up there,
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and I've been dying
to get a closer look,
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so, hopefully,
with this experiment,
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we'll solve the mystery of
the anomaly above the triangle.
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- All right, man.
- Okay, thanks, Trav.
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Yeah. Thank you.
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This is a perfect location
for this thing.
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You know, if there's any spot
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I'm interested in locating
one of these units,
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it's on top of this mesa,
on this ridge line,
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- and this would be the spot.
- Yeah. Okay.
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TRAVIS:
We now have thermal,
night vision
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and daylight cameras
positioned along the north,
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south, east and west perimeters
of the ranch.
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All our cameras will be focused
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on the triangle
for this experiment.
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We're ready to go.
All we need now is Cameron.
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- Good job, guys.
- All right. This is awesome.
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To have this up here,
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I mean, who knows
what we're gonna catch?
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ERIK:
I'm confident that if
something happens,
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we're going to detect it
with this new system.
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This is the eye in the sky.
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TRAVIS:
Hey, Erik. Cameron's here.
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Great. Bring him on in.
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ERIK:
What happened during
last year's exercise
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was frightening, quite honestly.
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Before we ask Cameron
to go up to the triangle,
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we want him to see the video
from last year's experiment.
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He needs to know
what we're seeing.
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- Hey, Erik. How are you?
- Hey, buddy. How you doing, man?
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- Good. Good to see you, brother.
- Good to see you again.
Good to see you.
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ERIK: Before we go back into
the sky for this experiment,
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I do want to get your eyes
on some things that we caught
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during last year's exercise.
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I'd love to see it.
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I'm going to show you a few
clips that I've put together,
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and then we'll look
at some still frames
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- taken out of these clips.
- CAMERON: Okay.
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I just want to see
if you notice anything.
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Okay.
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Has anything jumped out at you?
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- No.
- Would you like to see it again?
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- Yeah, I'd like to see it again.
- ERIK: All right.
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Let's go, let's go
take a look at some frames.
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Well, so watch,
watch very carefully
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for a change
in the blue background.
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Okay.
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- CAMERON: Oh. Oh, my gosh.
- TRAVIS: You see that?
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- Yeah, look at that.
- God.
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I'd like to show you
another sequence.
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ERIK:
So, as you can imagine,
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I've been searching
frame by frame
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through anything we've got.
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Wow.
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Look at that.
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- That's just crazy right there.
- CAMERON: Oh, yeah.
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Right under the helicopter.
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- That's crazy.
- ERIK: That's...
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- that's very suggestive.
- We were in there.
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TRAVIS:
Could this explain
what happened last year
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with Cameron's altimeter?
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I don't know,
but something flew under
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the helicopter back and forth
multiple times.
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- Velocity changes,
it starts climbing.
- Mm-hmm.
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And it was faster
than the helicopter as well.
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It got way too close
to the helicopter.
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- ERIK: Way, way too close.
- CAMERON: It concerns me.
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Whatever it is, if it happened
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to pass through
our rotor system,
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it could be catastrophic.
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00:19:15,589 --> 00:19:18,113
- Oh, yeah.
- Um, but it seemed
to stay outside
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of the helicopter's boundary.
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TRAVIS:
Which suggests that
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it didn't want to collide
into us, either.
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CAMERON:
No.
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Yeah, I was staring out
the window
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looking as far down
as I could from the inside
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- and saw nothing.
- TRAVIS: I never saw anything.
Yeah.
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CAMERON:
It was concerning
that something could
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be right underneath
the aircraft.
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As a pilot, you've got
to be ready for anything.
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But they don't train you
for things that you can't see.
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ERIK:
So, that's what I wanted
to share with you, Cameron,
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and going into this,
I was asking,
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you know, if you're comfortable
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conducting another
experiment with us.
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Now that you've seen this,
what do you think?
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You-you do what you think
is the safest thing to do.
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Well, it's all about
risk mitigation.
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- Risk versus reward.
- Mm-hmm.
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I think there's a lot
that we need to still discover
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or research here.
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As long as safety
is our first concern
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and we always prioritize that,
I'm okay with this experiment.
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- Let's get up there.
- Sounds good.
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We've got to get
those instruments
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packed and ready to go.
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- Let's do it.
- Hey, let's go.
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All right. Thanks, Erik.
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ERIK:
You got it.
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All right, guys.
I think this is it.
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TRAVIS:
We need another bite at
this apple, and Cameron knows
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this airspace better than
anyone, hands down, period.
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Now we just got to get
up there and get to work
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and hope this time we get
to finish our experiment
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before something else
happens to shut us down.
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Load this up.
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THOMAS: Last time
we had the helicopter
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up above the triangle,
it was saying
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that there was something
underneath of it.
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Sometimes as close
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as 38 feet when it was up
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at this 5,000-foot mark.
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So I'm gonna
be watching carefully.
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We've got a telescope set up.
We've got cameras set up.
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I'm gonna take this
up the ladder.
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THOMAS:
And our hope is
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that if Cameron
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00:21:12,662 --> 00:21:14,534
encounters any
of the same anomalies
497
00:21:14,577 --> 00:21:16,492
he did last time he was flying,
498
00:21:16,536 --> 00:21:19,103
that we'll be able
to capture it and see it.
499
00:21:19,147 --> 00:21:21,584
We are all ready. Uh, take off.
500
00:21:21,628 --> 00:21:22,803
Erik says the sooner the better.
501
00:21:25,458 --> 00:21:28,025
Fuel pump on.
Check, check, check.
502
00:21:28,069 --> 00:21:30,419
Pulse lights, check,
and engines start.
503
00:21:31,986 --> 00:21:35,032
ERIK:
Bryant and Travis will be
on board the helicopter
504
00:21:35,076 --> 00:21:37,905
releasing the GPS trackers
into the air.
505
00:21:37,948 --> 00:21:40,560
Thomas and I will be observing
506
00:21:40,603 --> 00:21:42,388
from down on the ground
at the observation point
507
00:21:42,431 --> 00:21:43,693
in the east field.
508
00:21:43,737 --> 00:21:45,260
Do you want me
to hand that up to you?
509
00:21:45,304 --> 00:21:47,088
- ERIK: Yeah, go for it.
- I will be monitoring
510
00:21:47,175 --> 00:21:49,220
the GPS units
511
00:21:49,264 --> 00:21:51,484
as they broadcast
their positions.
512
00:21:51,527 --> 00:21:53,921
We're going to allow
the tracking devices
513
00:21:54,008 --> 00:21:57,925
to log their positions
on an internal SD card.
514
00:21:57,968 --> 00:22:00,710
There's a light blinking pattern
when things are working right.
515
00:22:00,797 --> 00:22:02,582
- Okay.
- And we're also going to try
516
00:22:02,625 --> 00:22:05,454
to measure the signals
coming from those
517
00:22:05,498 --> 00:22:07,543
GPS trackers in real time
518
00:22:07,587 --> 00:22:09,676
as they broadcast
their positions
519
00:22:09,763 --> 00:22:12,853
and see if any interesting
features show up as they fall.
520
00:22:14,245 --> 00:22:16,552
Okay, I've got
the triangle location set.
521
00:22:16,596 --> 00:22:19,468
All the warning systems
look good. We're set.
522
00:22:19,512 --> 00:22:20,513
We're ready to head up.
523
00:22:21,992 --> 00:22:23,820
TRAVIS:
There have been
a lot of theories
524
00:22:23,864 --> 00:22:27,171
and ideas tossed out about
what could be above the ranch.
525
00:22:27,215 --> 00:22:29,173
Could it be a portal
or a wormhole
526
00:22:29,260 --> 00:22:33,047
or some massive energy source
or even a gravitational field?
527
00:22:33,090 --> 00:22:35,745
Those sound like
far-off ideas to me,
528
00:22:35,789 --> 00:22:37,921
but we know that there's
something strange
529
00:22:37,965 --> 00:22:40,446
going on up there,
and we need to get more data
530
00:22:40,489 --> 00:22:42,056
to determine what it is.
531
00:22:44,624 --> 00:22:47,366
CAMERON:
We're 1,600 feet
above the ground.
532
00:22:47,453 --> 00:22:50,064
Winds are just up to five knots
out of the southeast.
533
00:22:53,850 --> 00:22:56,549
And you can see the triangle
off to the side there, Travis.
534
00:22:56,592 --> 00:22:58,202
TRAVIS:
Yup. Yeah, I'm watching it.
535
00:22:58,289 --> 00:22:59,900
- I've got eyes on it.
- CAMERON: All right, perfect.
536
00:22:59,943 --> 00:23:01,728
Erik, this is Cameron.
537
00:23:01,815 --> 00:23:04,252
We're through 10,000 feet
above sea level,
538
00:23:04,295 --> 00:23:06,602
5,000 foot over the ranch.
539
00:23:06,646 --> 00:23:09,388
Approaching 6,000 foot
over the ranch.
540
00:23:09,475 --> 00:23:11,912
We're about ready to drop that
whenever you're ready.
541
00:23:11,999 --> 00:23:14,088
We have eyes on you,
and we are ready.
542
00:23:17,047 --> 00:23:18,832
Okay, Thomas, we're right
at the spot over the triangle.
543
00:23:18,875 --> 00:23:21,443
TRAVIS:
Cameron had the exact
GPS coordinates
544
00:23:21,487 --> 00:23:23,445
of the triangle
from last year's experiments
545
00:23:23,489 --> 00:23:25,273
that he locked onto.
546
00:23:25,316 --> 00:23:28,711
His instruments all said
we were right over the triangle.
547
00:23:28,755 --> 00:23:31,584
Here we go on a countdown. Five.
548
00:23:31,627 --> 00:23:33,237
- BRYANT: Well, wait,
are we over the...
- CAMERON: Four. Three..
549
00:23:33,281 --> 00:23:34,369
- Are we over the triangle?
- No, we're not.
550
00:23:34,413 --> 00:23:36,502
THOMAS:
Uh, that's a negative.
551
00:23:36,545 --> 00:23:37,938
We have eyes on you,
552
00:23:37,981 --> 00:23:39,940
and you're not anywhere close
to the triangle.
553
00:23:41,550 --> 00:23:42,899
TRAVIS:
That's not good.
554
00:23:44,161 --> 00:23:46,207
Huh.
555
00:23:46,250 --> 00:23:48,383
Stand by. Stand by on that drop.
556
00:23:48,427 --> 00:23:51,212
TRAVIS:
This makes absolutely
no sense to me.
557
00:23:51,299 --> 00:23:53,432
The GPS had us locked
to the triangle,
558
00:23:53,475 --> 00:23:56,086
saying we were right above it,
559
00:23:56,130 --> 00:23:58,306
then all a sudden, we weren't.
560
00:23:58,349 --> 00:24:00,264
It's like something
pushed us off course
561
00:24:00,351 --> 00:24:01,657
without us even realizing.
562
00:24:01,744 --> 00:24:03,442
- That's crazy.
- CAMERON: Makes no sense.
563
00:24:11,362 --> 00:24:13,669
GPS said we were right over
the triangle,
564
00:24:13,713 --> 00:24:16,019
but Dragon and I
could see we were
565
00:24:16,063 --> 00:24:17,804
way off the mark.
566
00:24:17,847 --> 00:24:20,459
Cameron's GPS has never
malfunctioned like this,
567
00:24:20,502 --> 00:24:23,723
and it just doesn't happen
in this kind of helicopter.
568
00:24:23,766 --> 00:24:27,030
It's as if something
was messing with our GPS
569
00:24:27,074 --> 00:24:29,772
and telling us
we're somewhere we're not.
570
00:24:29,816 --> 00:24:32,732
Stand by. Stand by on that drop.
571
00:24:32,819 --> 00:24:36,562
CAMERON:
This helicopter has the latest
in technological advances.
572
00:24:36,605 --> 00:24:40,000
It's got top-of-the-line
avionics and instrumentation.
573
00:24:40,043 --> 00:24:41,567
To have something
like this happen
574
00:24:41,610 --> 00:24:44,091
is very, uh, untypical.
575
00:24:44,134 --> 00:24:45,309
We don't see anything here.
576
00:24:45,353 --> 00:24:47,529
Nothing on the radar.
Altimeter is blank.
577
00:24:47,573 --> 00:24:50,532
I think if you get where
I can see the triangle.
578
00:24:50,619 --> 00:24:52,447
CAMERON:
Okay let's do that.
579
00:24:52,491 --> 00:24:55,581
You'll go slightly northeast.
580
00:24:55,624 --> 00:24:57,626
- CAMERON: Northeast?
- Slightly. All right, there.
581
00:24:57,670 --> 00:24:58,627
- Now, hold that heading
right there.
- CAMERON: Okay.
582
00:24:58,671 --> 00:25:00,411
TRAVIS:
Since we couldn't rely
583
00:25:00,455 --> 00:25:02,370
on the instruments
to get us over the target,
584
00:25:02,413 --> 00:25:04,415
we had to go old-school
on this one
585
00:25:04,459 --> 00:25:06,635
and just eyeball the drop site.
586
00:25:06,679 --> 00:25:08,768
I-I think we're...
No, keep going.
587
00:25:08,855 --> 00:25:10,160
Keep going east.
588
00:25:10,204 --> 00:25:11,640
Yeah, I've got the-the triangle
589
00:25:11,727 --> 00:25:13,033
immediately beneath us
590
00:25:13,076 --> 00:25:15,209
- on the-the left side.
- CAMERON: Yup.
591
00:25:15,252 --> 00:25:17,559
I actually look
straight down my leg
592
00:25:17,603 --> 00:25:19,430
and use it sort of
as a barrel sight,
593
00:25:19,474 --> 00:25:21,389
and I'm right over the triangle.
594
00:25:21,432 --> 00:25:23,086
All right, so we should
contact Erik
595
00:25:23,130 --> 00:25:24,740
and tell him that
we're getting close
596
00:25:24,784 --> 00:25:27,134
to, uh, launching
one of the bottles.
597
00:25:27,177 --> 00:25:28,309
Hey, Thomas, this is Cameron.
598
00:25:28,352 --> 00:25:29,832
We're through 10,000 feet
599
00:25:29,876 --> 00:25:31,878
above sea level,
5,000 foot over the ranch.
600
00:25:31,921 --> 00:25:33,270
We're about ready
601
00:25:33,314 --> 00:25:34,968
to drop that test bottle
whenever you're ready.
602
00:25:35,011 --> 00:25:36,230
Are we ready?
603
00:25:37,579 --> 00:25:39,755
Yeah, I'm getting nothing.
There's no data.
604
00:25:39,842 --> 00:25:42,062
And I'm not
getting the raw signal.
605
00:25:42,105 --> 00:25:44,891
So, we are not picking up
telemetry signals.
606
00:25:44,934 --> 00:25:48,285
The light that's supposed to
be blinking green...
607
00:25:48,329 --> 00:25:50,940
This is telling me
we're getting no data.
608
00:25:50,984 --> 00:25:54,509
I can't lock on to them.
609
00:25:54,553 --> 00:25:56,642
Clearly, something is
interfering with the signals.
610
00:25:56,685 --> 00:25:58,121
All right, we've copied on that.
611
00:25:58,208 --> 00:26:00,863
- It messes with GPS.
- How about that?
612
00:26:00,907 --> 00:26:03,039
TRAVIS:
It's like something
was jamming us
613
00:26:03,083 --> 00:26:05,302
or blocking our signal,
and we needed to start tossing
614
00:26:05,346 --> 00:26:07,000
these sensors out the door
615
00:26:07,087 --> 00:26:09,263
before something else happened
that would shut us down.
616
00:26:09,306 --> 00:26:11,657
They should be landing
right in the triangle,
617
00:26:11,700 --> 00:26:13,746
so we'll just have to go collect
them after the experiment
618
00:26:13,789 --> 00:26:15,530
in order to get the data.
619
00:26:15,574 --> 00:26:17,619
CAMERON:
We're willing to try,
620
00:26:17,706 --> 00:26:19,099
maybe if it got away
from the helicopter,
621
00:26:19,186 --> 00:26:20,535
it'll pick up some telemetry,
622
00:26:20,579 --> 00:26:22,885
but it's up to you, Erik.
Your call.
623
00:26:22,929 --> 00:26:25,192
Yeah, at some point, we're just
gonna have to make the call.
624
00:26:25,235 --> 00:26:26,759
All right, so it sounds like
625
00:26:26,802 --> 00:26:28,978
Erik's willing to go ahead
and just drop,
626
00:26:29,022 --> 00:26:31,198
even without a signal,
to see if we can pick it up
627
00:26:31,241 --> 00:26:32,678
as it tumbles down to earth.
628
00:26:32,765 --> 00:26:34,723
All right, so I'm gonna drop
this GPS right now.
629
00:26:34,767 --> 00:26:37,683
Three, two, one, package away.
630
00:26:37,726 --> 00:26:39,293
TRAVIS:
Package away.
631
00:26:43,384 --> 00:26:44,603
I have eyes on the package.
632
00:26:46,648 --> 00:26:48,694
CAMERON:
Okay, here comes the next drop.
633
00:26:48,737 --> 00:26:50,913
Counting five, four,
634
00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:54,003
three, two, one.
635
00:26:54,090 --> 00:26:55,309
Cargo away.
636
00:27:05,145 --> 00:27:08,539
The majority of the packages
are landing north of the mesa.
637
00:27:08,627 --> 00:27:11,978
Drop the rest of them
further to the south.
638
00:27:12,021 --> 00:27:15,024
I think there is a headwind,
uh, aloft here.
639
00:27:15,111 --> 00:27:16,765
- Cameron, is that right?
- That is incorrect.
640
00:27:16,809 --> 00:27:19,768
We've actually got a tailwind
pushing us right now.
641
00:27:19,812 --> 00:27:23,206
Wow, 'cause it looked like, uh,
it pulled the bottle behind us.
642
00:27:23,250 --> 00:27:25,687
Still doesn't match where
those things are flying east.
643
00:27:25,731 --> 00:27:28,298
- TRAVIS: Yeah, right?
- BRYANT: Yeah, that's strange.
644
00:27:28,385 --> 00:27:30,431
CAMERON:
Why would they drift
that way when the wind...
645
00:27:30,474 --> 00:27:33,390
It's a pretty good wind out
of the east blowing to the west.
646
00:27:33,434 --> 00:27:35,958
TRAVIS:
All right,
I am right over the target.
647
00:27:36,002 --> 00:27:37,743
- Tell them I'm ready to drop.
- We're ready to drop
648
00:27:37,830 --> 00:27:39,309
- if you're ready.
- THOMAS: Ready when you are.
649
00:27:39,353 --> 00:27:41,311
CAMERON:
Five, four, three,
650
00:27:41,355 --> 00:27:42,965
two, one.
651
00:27:43,052 --> 00:27:43,966
Bottle is dropped.
652
00:27:49,493 --> 00:27:52,627
Erik, it's in the air somewhere.
Are you picking up data?
653
00:27:52,714 --> 00:27:54,585
I'm getting nothing.
654
00:27:54,629 --> 00:27:57,676
We are not picking up telemetry
signals from packages.
655
00:27:59,025 --> 00:28:00,940
We know that Erik's GPS trackers
656
00:28:00,983 --> 00:28:03,072
were working when we put them
in the helicopter.
657
00:28:03,116 --> 00:28:04,900
Uh, roger. Copy on that.
658
00:28:04,944 --> 00:28:06,423
Let's start throwing
these others out.
659
00:28:06,467 --> 00:28:07,511
TRAVIS:
Yeah. Just tell them
let's try it.
660
00:28:07,598 --> 00:28:08,948
We're gonna throw
the others out.
661
00:28:08,991 --> 00:28:11,037
TRAVIS:
The GPS units still weren't
662
00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:12,125
transmitting data,
and that was making me
663
00:28:12,168 --> 00:28:13,430
a little bit nervous,
664
00:28:13,474 --> 00:28:14,693
so I wanted to get these
665
00:28:14,736 --> 00:28:17,565
tubes out the door
as fast as we could
666
00:28:17,608 --> 00:28:19,698
and hope we could
find them later.
667
00:28:19,785 --> 00:28:21,700
Dropping multiple payloads.
Let us know what you get.
668
00:28:32,623 --> 00:28:34,060
I'm getting no data.
669
00:28:35,714 --> 00:28:38,107
We've got to retrieve those
cards or we've got nothing.
670
00:28:38,151 --> 00:28:40,066
We have eyes on them.
671
00:28:40,109 --> 00:28:42,242
Yeah, we're right over it.
I'm right over it.
672
00:28:42,285 --> 00:28:43,983
TRAVIS:
We were dropping
multiple bottles,
673
00:28:44,026 --> 00:28:46,333
one after another after another,
674
00:28:46,376 --> 00:28:48,291
just to try and get as many
of them out the door
675
00:28:48,378 --> 00:28:49,728
as we possibly could.
676
00:28:49,771 --> 00:28:50,990
Chuck them.
677
00:28:51,033 --> 00:28:52,600
Oh, I'm chunking.
I ain't stopping.
678
00:28:52,643 --> 00:28:55,255
TRAVIS:
We threw out
the last 20 GPS trackers
679
00:28:55,298 --> 00:28:57,779
just hoping that we'd
be able to get good data
680
00:28:57,823 --> 00:29:00,695
even though Erik
couldn't track them.
681
00:29:00,739 --> 00:29:02,305
You guys have any more to drop?
682
00:29:02,349 --> 00:29:04,133
When you are in position,
go ahead and drop.
683
00:29:04,220 --> 00:29:07,876
CAMERON:
Five, four, three, two, one.
684
00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:09,051
Dragon's drop.
685
00:29:09,095 --> 00:29:10,226
Package is away.
686
00:29:13,752 --> 00:29:15,231
All right, Cameron,
what elevation
687
00:29:15,275 --> 00:29:17,407
are you at
at this present moment?
688
00:29:17,451 --> 00:29:19,453
We're 5,000 feet
above the surface.
689
00:29:20,889 --> 00:29:22,282
I'm getting raw signal.
690
00:29:22,325 --> 00:29:23,849
Come on.
691
00:29:23,892 --> 00:29:25,676
Copy that. Thank you.
692
00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:28,375
Erik just started
receiving data.
693
00:29:28,418 --> 00:29:30,203
Uh, we say go ahead with it.
694
00:29:30,290 --> 00:29:32,248
All right, we're gonna drop
this last bottle
695
00:29:32,292 --> 00:29:34,511
right over the triangle.
Are you ready?
696
00:29:34,555 --> 00:29:35,861
Go ahead when you're ready.
697
00:29:35,948 --> 00:29:38,777
- All right I'm dropping now.
- Dropping now.
698
00:29:40,256 --> 00:29:42,258
Look how it went back.
699
00:29:43,912 --> 00:29:46,001
- Yeah, it went way backwards.
- CAMERON: What the heck?
700
00:29:46,045 --> 00:29:47,655
It's in the air.
701
00:29:51,354 --> 00:29:53,008
- They're going behind us.
- It's moving backwards
from where we're at.
702
00:29:53,052 --> 00:29:54,531
TRAVIS:
Yeah. Yeah, yeah.
703
00:29:54,618 --> 00:29:57,099
THOMAS:
I lost it.
704
00:29:57,143 --> 00:29:59,972
Where'd it go? Where'd it go?
Where'd it go? Where'd it go?
705
00:30:00,059 --> 00:30:03,062
You know, I had eyes on it until
it got probably a couple hundred
706
00:30:03,105 --> 00:30:04,803
feet above the ground,
and then I lost eyes on it.
707
00:30:07,066 --> 00:30:08,763
They're throwing out this tube
708
00:30:08,807 --> 00:30:11,418
with this long
20-foot red ribbon.
709
00:30:11,461 --> 00:30:13,202
I'm getting eyes
on this package,
710
00:30:13,246 --> 00:30:15,161
then all of a sudden,
I can't see it from the ground.
711
00:30:15,204 --> 00:30:17,554
It disappeared.
712
00:30:17,641 --> 00:30:19,513
- That's interesting.
- TRAVIS: Finally,
713
00:30:19,556 --> 00:30:21,341
we get a good GPS signal
714
00:30:21,428 --> 00:30:23,691
for the first time
in this dang experiment.
715
00:30:23,734 --> 00:30:26,868
But as the GPS tube was dropping
through the zone
716
00:30:26,912 --> 00:30:29,523
of the triangle, we were
tracking it and tracking it,
717
00:30:29,566 --> 00:30:32,787
and then it just disappeared,
along with its signal.
718
00:30:32,874 --> 00:30:35,137
It was there one minute,
and then it was gone.
719
00:30:35,181 --> 00:30:36,704
Thomas had eyes on it, too,
720
00:30:36,747 --> 00:30:38,401
and he said it just disappeared
out of thin air.
721
00:30:38,445 --> 00:30:40,621
That makes no sense.
722
00:30:40,664 --> 00:30:42,928
- Where did it go?
- I lost it.
723
00:30:42,971 --> 00:30:45,365
It just... it disappeared.
724
00:30:53,808 --> 00:30:57,464
So all packages
have been delivered, correct?
725
00:30:57,507 --> 00:30:58,900
All-all packages have dropped.
726
00:30:58,987 --> 00:31:00,467
We can, uh...
we can return to base.
727
00:31:00,510 --> 00:31:02,077
Can you guys see some of
728
00:31:02,164 --> 00:31:03,600
the packages
on the ground up there?
729
00:31:03,644 --> 00:31:05,559
Tell him we'll look.
730
00:31:05,646 --> 00:31:07,039
CAMERON:
We'll look here,
731
00:31:07,082 --> 00:31:08,388
and then they'll-they'll
pick them up.
732
00:31:08,475 --> 00:31:10,738
Erik would like to make it clear
that if we
733
00:31:10,781 --> 00:31:12,479
do not retrieve
any of the packages,
734
00:31:12,566 --> 00:31:14,611
we have zero data.
735
00:31:14,698 --> 00:31:16,352
THOMAS:
On the surface, this seems like
736
00:31:16,396 --> 00:31:20,356
a very simple
and straightforward experiment.
737
00:31:20,443 --> 00:31:22,402
And yet, here we are once again
738
00:31:22,445 --> 00:31:24,404
baffled because the packages
that are dropped
739
00:31:24,447 --> 00:31:26,319
out of the helicopter,
one, are not landing where
740
00:31:26,406 --> 00:31:29,757
we think they should,
and we're not even finding them.
741
00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:31,585
And I'm sitting here just
shaking my head thinking
742
00:31:31,628 --> 00:31:33,369
here's another experiment
in the triangle
743
00:31:33,456 --> 00:31:34,762
that just didn't go as planned.
744
00:31:38,853 --> 00:31:40,594
Uh, think we had any
go this far south?
745
00:31:40,637 --> 00:31:41,987
No, I don't think so.
746
00:31:42,074 --> 00:31:44,293
CAMERON:
Guide me where we ought to go,
747
00:31:44,380 --> 00:31:45,904
and we'll, uh,
let's start looking.
748
00:31:45,947 --> 00:31:48,950
I think some of them
went north and east, too,
749
00:31:48,994 --> 00:31:51,039
so we should, uh,
go a little bit that way.
750
00:31:59,439 --> 00:32:01,267
Red. Red. Right below us.
751
00:32:02,833 --> 00:32:04,792
BRYANT: Okay, why don't we
grab that one.
752
00:32:04,835 --> 00:32:05,924
Yeah, I need to find
a flatter spot.
753
00:32:09,144 --> 00:32:10,276
BRYANT:
I'll go.
754
00:32:13,627 --> 00:32:14,845
CAMERON:
From the triangle,
755
00:32:14,889 --> 00:32:18,501
we're about, uh, 2,800 feet.
756
00:32:18,545 --> 00:32:20,547
That's crazy.
757
00:32:20,590 --> 00:32:22,810
CAMERON:
There's no reason it
should've drifted over here.
758
00:32:22,853 --> 00:32:24,855
The winds aloft
were not doing that.
759
00:32:24,899 --> 00:32:26,640
And the wind was coming
out of the north.
760
00:32:26,683 --> 00:32:28,598
- CAMERON: Yeah,
it makes no sense.
- That makes no sense.
761
00:32:28,685 --> 00:32:30,818
TRAVIS:
When we dropped
the payload packages,
762
00:32:30,861 --> 00:32:33,777
they actually moved
against the wind.
763
00:32:33,821 --> 00:32:35,562
These packages
have no propulsion.
764
00:32:35,605 --> 00:32:38,391
They should've gone
with the wind like a kite.
765
00:32:38,478 --> 00:32:39,827
How about that?
766
00:32:39,870 --> 00:32:41,263
It makes no sense.
767
00:32:44,266 --> 00:32:46,225
Do you copy?
This is, uh, Cameron.
768
00:32:46,268 --> 00:32:47,878
Anybody on the ground copy?
769
00:32:47,922 --> 00:32:50,490
- Uh, I hear you.
- CAMERON: Hey, Thomas,
770
00:32:50,577 --> 00:32:52,274
we've got, uh, one package.
771
00:32:52,318 --> 00:32:54,842
We're looking for others. We're
doing a search grid up here.
772
00:32:54,885 --> 00:32:56,409
Yeah, they've only found
one package.
773
00:32:56,452 --> 00:32:58,324
Maybe that's all we need.
774
00:33:00,500 --> 00:33:02,067
- Right here.
- Straight ahead to your right.
775
00:33:02,110 --> 00:33:03,285
- Right there
in front of us. Right...
- BRYANT: Right... Yeah.
776
00:33:03,329 --> 00:33:04,634
Set down here.
We need to set down here.
777
00:33:13,339 --> 00:33:15,167
So, there's two.
This is a start.
778
00:33:21,173 --> 00:33:22,478
CAMERON:
We're coming back to land
at this time.
779
00:33:22,522 --> 00:33:23,697
THOMAS:
Copy that.
780
00:33:23,784 --> 00:33:25,699
We'll, uh,
meet you at the helipad.
781
00:33:25,786 --> 00:33:28,310
All right. Let's head back.
782
00:33:28,354 --> 00:33:31,052
TRAVIS:
I know that I saw
the triangle right below us,
783
00:33:31,096 --> 00:33:33,533
and for these bottles
to land so far off target,
784
00:33:33,576 --> 00:33:36,971
it's like some invisible force
just pushed them away.
785
00:33:37,015 --> 00:33:38,973
I don't know what that could be,
786
00:33:39,060 --> 00:33:41,715
but I hope the data
gives us some answers.
787
00:33:41,758 --> 00:33:42,933
Hey, guys.
788
00:33:42,977 --> 00:33:44,935
- Hey, there.
- Hey, Trav.
789
00:33:44,979 --> 00:33:46,328
That was a fun flight.
790
00:33:46,372 --> 00:33:47,503
- It was.
- I'll bet.
791
00:33:47,590 --> 00:33:49,897
Did, uh, you guys get any data?
792
00:33:49,940 --> 00:33:51,725
That remains to be seen.
793
00:33:51,812 --> 00:33:54,771
The answer is in that bottle.
794
00:33:54,815 --> 00:33:57,339
The weird thing is,
from our perspective,
795
00:33:57,426 --> 00:33:59,646
the bottles didn't land
where they were supposed to
796
00:33:59,689 --> 00:34:02,257
according to the wind indication
from the instrument.
797
00:34:02,301 --> 00:34:05,521
- CAMERON: That's crazy.
- ERIK: That's really odd.
798
00:34:05,565 --> 00:34:07,828
That just makes the data
on that card--
799
00:34:07,915 --> 00:34:09,830
if we have any--
that much more interesting.
800
00:34:09,873 --> 00:34:11,832
Well, actually, we've got
some work cut out for us,
801
00:34:11,875 --> 00:34:13,486
'cause there's still
a bunch of them scattered out
802
00:34:13,529 --> 00:34:16,054
across up there, and there's
some down on the south end.
803
00:34:16,141 --> 00:34:18,926
So we're gonna have to go do
some, uh, you know, expeditions
804
00:34:18,969 --> 00:34:21,059
to find them, right?
805
00:34:21,146 --> 00:34:22,843
But first and foremost,
we should get
806
00:34:22,930 --> 00:34:25,889
as much of the data
crunched and looked at.
807
00:34:25,976 --> 00:34:28,588
Yeah. I'm-I'm getting impatient
just standing here.
808
00:34:28,631 --> 00:34:30,198
I want to get that...
I want to get that data
809
00:34:30,242 --> 00:34:32,026
- out of that bottle.
- TRAVIS: This is gonna be
810
00:34:32,070 --> 00:34:34,289
amazing data
and very useful data.
811
00:34:34,333 --> 00:34:35,856
Excellent. I've got more flights
I've got to go on today,
812
00:34:35,899 --> 00:34:37,597
so I've got to head back out.
813
00:34:37,640 --> 00:34:40,121
- All right, thanks. Thank you.
- Appreciate you.
814
00:34:40,165 --> 00:34:41,905
Hopefully,
we will be able to retrieve
815
00:34:41,949 --> 00:34:44,299
the onboard data intact
816
00:34:44,343 --> 00:34:47,563
and get our first real glimpse
at what might be happening
817
00:34:47,607 --> 00:34:50,610
with GPS
in the skies above the ranch.
818
00:34:58,792 --> 00:35:00,750
You guys ready
to look at some GPS data
819
00:35:00,794 --> 00:35:02,448
from that helicopter drop?
820
00:35:02,491 --> 00:35:03,797
Heck yeah.
821
00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:06,104
TRAVIS:
So, we had, uh, two bottles
822
00:35:06,147 --> 00:35:08,106
- that we recovered
so far, right?
- Yeah.
823
00:35:08,149 --> 00:35:10,020
We've retrieved
two of them so far.
824
00:35:10,108 --> 00:35:12,022
And we're lucky
to have what we've got.
825
00:35:12,066 --> 00:35:14,590
Of the GPS trackers
that we released
826
00:35:14,677 --> 00:35:17,027
from the helicopter, we managed
to retrieve two of them,
827
00:35:17,115 --> 00:35:19,987
and it appears
the data are intact.
828
00:35:20,030 --> 00:35:22,163
At this point, we don't know
the location of the others.
829
00:35:22,207 --> 00:35:24,731
I've had a preliminary look
at the data,
830
00:35:24,818 --> 00:35:28,126
and there are
some interesting discrepancies.
831
00:35:28,169 --> 00:35:29,649
What I want to show you
832
00:35:29,736 --> 00:35:33,653
are the two separate
GPS data payloads.
833
00:35:34,828 --> 00:35:36,612
All right. Now,
834
00:35:36,656 --> 00:35:38,266
let me explain
what you're looking at here.
835
00:35:38,310 --> 00:35:40,181
You can probably guess.
836
00:35:40,268 --> 00:35:42,792
These, uh, blue cubes
that I'm using
837
00:35:42,836 --> 00:35:46,579
represent the position
of the GPS payloads.
838
00:35:46,666 --> 00:35:49,016
This is where things
start getting strange.
839
00:35:51,975 --> 00:35:54,674
These blue cubes appear to be
840
00:35:54,717 --> 00:35:58,504
50 feet, 70 feet
below the surface of the mesa.
841
00:35:58,547 --> 00:36:00,897
Looks like you smashed
into the mesa.
842
00:36:00,941 --> 00:36:02,334
What the heck?
843
00:36:03,422 --> 00:36:04,640
How?
844
00:36:11,125 --> 00:36:13,910
TRAVIS:
The blue cubes
that represent the GPS sensor
845
00:36:13,954 --> 00:36:16,957
as we were on our way up
to the 5,000-foot point
846
00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:20,134
show that the helicopter
actually went into the mesa
847
00:36:20,221 --> 00:36:21,962
and came back out again.
848
00:36:22,049 --> 00:36:24,356
Obviously, that didn't happen,
849
00:36:24,399 --> 00:36:27,968
but something made our GPS
think that it did.
850
00:36:28,011 --> 00:36:31,754
How far below ground are
those points there in the mesa?
851
00:36:31,798 --> 00:36:33,713
- Do you have that information?
- ERIK: Um, sure.
852
00:36:33,756 --> 00:36:35,323
We can actually look
below the mesa.
853
00:36:35,410 --> 00:36:38,021
These blue cubes that I'm using
854
00:36:38,065 --> 00:36:40,328
to represent
the GPS data payloads
855
00:36:40,372 --> 00:36:44,724
appear to be 50 feet, 70 feet
below the surface of the mesa.
856
00:36:44,767 --> 00:36:47,074
How?
857
00:36:47,117 --> 00:36:49,859
And I got to tell you, you were
hundreds of feet above the mesa.
858
00:36:51,252 --> 00:36:54,255
It looks like the GPS data
is inside
859
00:36:54,299 --> 00:36:56,562
the mesa in that location.
860
00:36:58,216 --> 00:37:00,218
But now here's something else
861
00:37:00,305 --> 00:37:02,568
that just staggers my mind.
862
00:37:02,655 --> 00:37:06,267
Like, look where we are
when we throw the bottle out.
863
00:37:06,354 --> 00:37:09,357
We were right over the triangle
when we threw the bottle out.
864
00:37:09,401 --> 00:37:11,881
- BRYANT: Mm-hmm.
- THOMAS: Are you
looking straight down
865
00:37:11,925 --> 00:37:14,797
- at this point?
- Looking straight down.
So this is crazy.
866
00:37:14,841 --> 00:37:17,365
- BRYANT: You're right here.
- TRAVIS: You're looking
straight down.
867
00:37:17,409 --> 00:37:20,847
We're quarter mile north
of the triangle.
868
00:37:20,890 --> 00:37:23,415
The GPS data also shows us
869
00:37:23,502 --> 00:37:25,678
that when we were dropping
the bottles over the triangle,
870
00:37:25,721 --> 00:37:27,984
we weren't
anywhere near the triangle
871
00:37:28,071 --> 00:37:30,944
even though,
to us in the helicopter,
872
00:37:30,987 --> 00:37:32,946
it looked like
we were right over it.
873
00:37:32,989 --> 00:37:34,948
So what caused that?
874
00:37:34,991 --> 00:37:36,036
And when we were
in the helicopter out,
875
00:37:36,079 --> 00:37:37,124
we looked straight down.
876
00:37:37,167 --> 00:37:39,169
Literally. My feet...
877
00:37:39,257 --> 00:37:40,519
My foot was right on the edge
of the helicopter,
878
00:37:40,562 --> 00:37:41,998
and I'm using my leg
as sort of a sight,
879
00:37:42,042 --> 00:37:43,565
and I looked straight down,
and I was lined up
880
00:37:43,609 --> 00:37:45,132
to the center of the triangle.
881
00:37:47,787 --> 00:37:50,137
ERIK:
Well, if you find
all of that confusing...
882
00:37:52,008 --> 00:37:54,272
...wait till I show you
what happens when we lay
883
00:37:54,315 --> 00:37:56,796
our second data set
on top of this.
884
00:37:58,101 --> 00:38:00,365
- THOMAS: Look at that.
- ERIK: These paths
885
00:38:00,408 --> 00:38:02,584
should be identical
up to a certain point in time.
886
00:38:02,671 --> 00:38:04,586
Look what happens here.
887
00:38:04,630 --> 00:38:06,588
TRAVIS:
Right, but look
how they're overlaying
888
00:38:06,632 --> 00:38:09,417
- each other
for a minute up there.
- ERIK: They're right on top.
889
00:38:09,461 --> 00:38:10,853
- TRAVIS: Right on top.
- ERIK: Where you see white
890
00:38:10,897 --> 00:38:14,553
is where the two tracks
are essentially identical.
891
00:38:14,596 --> 00:38:17,207
TRAVIS:
Holy cow, look at that.
892
00:38:17,251 --> 00:38:19,079
When we drop the payload...
893
00:38:19,122 --> 00:38:20,559
So, we threw it out right there.
894
00:38:20,602 --> 00:38:22,952
And then look, it goes upwind.
895
00:38:22,996 --> 00:38:25,085
As if things
aren't weird enough.
896
00:38:25,128 --> 00:38:28,175
First, the GPS thought
we went into the mesa.
897
00:38:28,218 --> 00:38:31,221
Now we pinpointed
an exact location
898
00:38:31,265 --> 00:38:32,788
above the triangle
where we've measured
899
00:38:32,832 --> 00:38:34,442
strange energy readings
in the past,
900
00:38:34,486 --> 00:38:36,749
and it looks like the GPS units
901
00:38:36,836 --> 00:38:39,839
bounced off something
we couldn't see.
902
00:38:39,882 --> 00:38:41,406
I wonder
if that's the same thing
903
00:38:41,493 --> 00:38:43,973
that went under
Cameron's helicopter last year.
904
00:38:44,017 --> 00:38:46,411
All right, so, holy crap.
905
00:38:46,454 --> 00:38:47,803
Now, look. So, we have...
906
00:38:47,847 --> 00:38:51,111
now have a region
907
00:38:51,154 --> 00:38:54,593
and altitude that tells us
there's some kind of phenomena
908
00:38:54,636 --> 00:38:58,292
taking place right here
that's messing with the GPS.
909
00:38:58,336 --> 00:38:59,946
That's important right there.
910
00:38:59,989 --> 00:39:04,124
That is something else.
I was not expecting to see that.
911
00:39:04,211 --> 00:39:06,474
How many people have said
912
00:39:06,518 --> 00:39:08,389
in stories, in books,
913
00:39:08,433 --> 00:39:11,566
that there's a portal
above the ranch?
914
00:39:11,653 --> 00:39:13,960
- Yeah.
- TRAVIS: Now, I don't know
915
00:39:14,047 --> 00:39:16,049
that I believe any of that,
but what I do know
916
00:39:16,136 --> 00:39:18,094
is that experiment tells us
917
00:39:18,138 --> 00:39:21,184
that there's some
anomalous something right there
918
00:39:21,228 --> 00:39:23,361
above the mesa,
over the triangle.
919
00:39:25,058 --> 00:39:28,366
- Right.
- TRAVIS: This is so exciting,
920
00:39:28,453 --> 00:39:32,021
it-it warrants us doing
something even grander on scale,
921
00:39:32,065 --> 00:39:34,284
- so... Let's get to work.
- Agreed.
922
00:39:34,328 --> 00:39:36,591
Erik, that's amazing stuff.
Great work, Erik.
923
00:39:36,678 --> 00:39:40,508
We've just started investigating
again, and already,
924
00:39:40,552 --> 00:39:42,728
there's a spot over the ranch
that may be a key
925
00:39:42,771 --> 00:39:44,947
to finding the answers
we're looking for.
926
00:39:44,991 --> 00:39:48,995
The question is: How far
do we have to go to find out?
927
00:39:49,038 --> 00:39:53,391
ERIK:
This year, we will be carrying
our investigation deeper
928
00:39:53,434 --> 00:39:55,262
and higher
929
00:39:55,305 --> 00:39:57,395
and further
than in previous years.
930
00:39:57,482 --> 00:40:00,180
THOMAS:
As we move into
this year's investigation,
931
00:40:00,223 --> 00:40:02,051
the ranch is a dangerous place.
932
00:40:02,095 --> 00:40:03,662
What's in store for us?
933
00:40:03,705 --> 00:40:05,272
When we start pushing further
934
00:40:05,315 --> 00:40:07,405
and poking
the hornets' nest harder
935
00:40:07,492 --> 00:40:09,189
than we've ever poked before,
936
00:40:09,232 --> 00:40:11,147
how's the ranch gonna kick back?
937
00:40:11,191 --> 00:40:13,062
BRANDON: Our journey
with the investigation
938
00:40:13,149 --> 00:40:15,151
at Skinwalker Ranch continues
939
00:40:15,238 --> 00:40:18,590
and not only continues
to escalate
940
00:40:18,633 --> 00:40:21,810
but continues
to reveal new secrets.
941
00:40:21,897 --> 00:40:25,988
This is not just
a scientific experiment
942
00:40:26,032 --> 00:40:27,947
or research project
out in the middle
943
00:40:27,990 --> 00:40:31,080
of a remote location
in the Uinta Basin.
944
00:40:31,124 --> 00:40:33,126
The world is watching.
945
00:40:37,826 --> 00:40:40,786
TRAVIS:
You never know what's gonna
happen here at Skinwalker Ranch.
946
00:40:40,829 --> 00:40:42,396
THOMAS:
What the hell was that?
947
00:40:42,483 --> 00:40:43,571
TRAVIS:
Right, right there.
We got something!
948
00:40:43,615 --> 00:40:45,181
What the hell is that?
949
00:40:45,225 --> 00:40:46,618
We captured a UAP on camera.
950
00:40:48,663 --> 00:40:50,578
ERIK:
We need to see
what's underground.
951
00:40:50,622 --> 00:40:52,537
THOMAS:
There's something
underneath this entire mesa
952
00:40:52,580 --> 00:40:53,929
that's connected somehow.
953
00:40:53,973 --> 00:40:55,670
That looks like
a big chunk of something.
954
00:40:55,714 --> 00:40:57,324
Definitely looks metallic.
955
00:40:57,367 --> 00:40:59,152
ERIK:
What scenario could put
fine metal
956
00:40:59,195 --> 00:41:00,762
300 feet into this mesa?
957
00:41:00,806 --> 00:41:04,418
That tells me
that was done to hide something.
958
00:41:04,462 --> 00:41:08,509
This area is used
to keep the evil on that side.
959
00:41:08,553 --> 00:41:10,206
BRYANT:
We're getting a spike
of radiation.
960
00:41:10,250 --> 00:41:11,817
There was a spike at 3,400.
961
00:41:11,904 --> 00:41:13,645
Everybody out of here now.
962
00:41:13,688 --> 00:41:14,863
- Hey.
- Are you okay?
963
00:41:14,907 --> 00:41:16,299
No.
964
00:41:16,343 --> 00:41:17,213
BRYANT:
Tom just blacked out.
965
00:41:17,257 --> 00:41:19,259
Someone or something
966
00:41:19,302 --> 00:41:22,175
doesn't want us to collect data
from the triangle.
967
00:41:22,218 --> 00:41:23,437
TRAVIS:
Hey, look! UAP right there!
968
00:41:23,481 --> 00:41:24,786
ERIK:
Oh, I see it!
969
00:41:24,830 --> 00:41:26,309
We are not in control.
970
00:41:26,353 --> 00:41:27,528
ERIK:
What is that solid light?
971
00:41:27,615 --> 00:41:29,225
It's got a black dot
in the center of it.
972
00:41:29,312 --> 00:41:30,836
What?
973
00:41:30,879 --> 00:41:33,142
- Oh, [bleep]. Let's go.
- Oh, my God.
974
00:41:33,186 --> 00:41:35,623
BRANDON:
Something malevolent is here.
975
00:41:35,667 --> 00:41:37,364
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