1 00:00:01,752 --> 00:00:04,463 looks like a good spot. We see the mesa, the moon's 2 00:00:04,463 --> 00:00:06,006 gonna be giving us some backlighting. 3 00:00:06,006 --> 00:00:07,758 THOMAS: Do you see the glow? 4 00:00:07,758 --> 00:00:09,593 ‐The flicker? ‐Yeah, it looks like the whole 5 00:00:09,593 --> 00:00:11,303 top of the mountain is glowing. 6 00:00:11,303 --> 00:00:12,721 Look, there it is again. 7 00:00:12,721 --> 00:00:14,723 Whoa! That's a definite beam. 8 00:00:14,723 --> 00:00:17,309 ‐That's spiking. ‐That could be dangerous. 9 00:00:17,309 --> 00:00:18,810 My head is hurting bad. 10 00:00:18,810 --> 00:00:20,729 Let's get you the heck out of here. 11 00:00:20,729 --> 00:00:23,190 ‐I'm serious. ‐This could be life‐threatening. 12 00:00:23,190 --> 00:00:25,651 He needs to be in the car, right now on the way 13 00:00:25,651 --> 00:00:27,527 to the emergency room. 14 00:00:29,571 --> 00:00:33,408 NARRATOR: There is a ranch in northern Utah. 15 00:00:33,408 --> 00:00:35,869 It is considered the epicenter 16 00:00:35,869 --> 00:00:40,666 of the strangest and most disturbing phenomena on Earth. 17 00:00:40,666 --> 00:00:43,043 Animal mutilations, 18 00:00:43,043 --> 00:00:45,170 bizarre UFO sightings, 19 00:00:45,170 --> 00:00:48,924 and unusual energies that have proven harmful 20 00:00:48,924 --> 00:00:50,592 to humans. 21 00:00:50,592 --> 00:00:53,679 For 20 years, the federal government tried 22 00:00:53,679 --> 00:00:56,473 to find answers and failed. 23 00:00:56,473 --> 00:01:00,560 Now a new team of dedicated scientists, 24 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:02,729 researchers and experts 25 00:01:02,729 --> 00:01:04,439 has taken over. 26 00:01:04,439 --> 00:01:06,400 They are determined to solve the mystery 27 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:08,402 and reveal... 28 00:01:10,612 --> 00:01:14,283 The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch. 29 00:01:22,874 --> 00:01:24,459 (telephone ringing) 30 00:01:25,669 --> 00:01:28,380 Hey, Brandon. So, as you know, 31 00:01:28,380 --> 00:01:30,132 we had the team out last night, 32 00:01:30,132 --> 00:01:34,136 and we started picking up really heavy RF signals 33 00:01:34,136 --> 00:01:36,597 and things like that, like we have previously. 34 00:01:37,806 --> 00:01:40,017 And, all of the sudden, Tom 35 00:01:40,017 --> 00:01:42,185 started saying that he had a headache 36 00:01:42,185 --> 00:01:45,397 and then reached back to the spot on the back of his head 37 00:01:45,397 --> 00:01:47,107 where he previously had his serious injury 38 00:01:47,107 --> 00:01:49,318 and said that he was having pain there again. 39 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:53,196 So, Kaleb actually 40 00:01:53,196 --> 00:01:55,824 grabbed him and drove him to the emergency room 41 00:01:55,824 --> 00:01:56,992 to have more testing. 42 00:01:59,036 --> 00:02:02,039 All I know is that people are getting hurt, 43 00:02:02,039 --> 00:02:04,833 and we've got to figure out why the hell that is happening. 44 00:02:07,794 --> 00:02:10,005 I think that's a good idea. 45 00:02:11,548 --> 00:02:13,008 I will. See you. 46 00:02:20,932 --> 00:02:22,976 ‐JIM: Morning, guys. ‐BRYANT: How are you? 47 00:02:22,976 --> 00:02:25,687 Well, I'm sure I got a little more sleep than you guys. 48 00:02:25,687 --> 00:02:28,023 ‐If you got any, you got more than us. ‐BRYANT: Yeah, exactly. 49 00:02:28,023 --> 00:02:29,816 ‐We haven't slept any. ‐Oh, my gosh. 50 00:02:31,193 --> 00:02:32,569 How about Thomas? 51 00:02:32,569 --> 00:02:35,656 Where's our‐our good friend Thomas? 52 00:02:37,449 --> 00:02:39,701 TRAVIS: After what happened 53 00:02:39,701 --> 00:02:41,244 during last night's stakeout at the mesa, 54 00:02:41,244 --> 00:02:42,996 all of us are a bit freaked out. 55 00:02:42,996 --> 00:02:45,499 I mean, what we saw was strange enough, 56 00:02:45,499 --> 00:02:47,918 but then Tom Winterton started getting 57 00:02:47,918 --> 00:02:49,628 the same symptoms he'd had before 58 00:02:49,628 --> 00:02:52,381 where his scalp started separating from his skull. 59 00:02:52,381 --> 00:02:55,008 Right near daylight, 60 00:02:55,008 --> 00:02:57,427 Thomas started having recurring symptoms 61 00:02:57,427 --> 00:02:59,388 from his previous injury, 62 00:02:59,388 --> 00:03:02,557 and we had him go 63 00:03:02,557 --> 00:03:03,850 to the emergency room. 64 00:03:04,893 --> 00:03:06,603 BRYANT: We got 65 00:03:06,603 --> 00:03:08,605 some crazy readings on the RF scale 66 00:03:08,605 --> 00:03:09,898 and things like that. 67 00:03:09,898 --> 00:03:11,983 And immediately, he was like, 68 00:03:11,983 --> 00:03:13,360 "Oh, man, my head hurts." 69 00:03:16,446 --> 00:03:18,407 (exhales, sniffles) 70 00:03:20,075 --> 00:03:22,494 We got him off of the property 71 00:03:22,494 --> 00:03:24,746 as quickly as possible. 72 00:03:24,746 --> 00:03:26,998 ‐How bad is it? ‐TRAVIS: You know, it was... 73 00:03:26,998 --> 00:03:29,459 It was just... It happened so suddenly. 74 00:03:29,459 --> 00:03:31,711 But we don't know. 75 00:03:31,711 --> 00:03:33,922 (grunts) 76 00:03:33,922 --> 00:03:36,007 TRAVIS: Let me tell you. 77 00:03:36,007 --> 00:03:37,676 What we measured tonight 78 00:03:37,676 --> 00:03:39,803 wasn't a spook. 79 00:03:39,803 --> 00:03:41,972 ‐It was a real thing. ‐Yeah. 80 00:03:41,972 --> 00:03:44,015 TRAVIS: We all saw it. It was real. 81 00:03:44,015 --> 00:03:46,143 I completely agree. 82 00:03:46,143 --> 00:03:48,437 JIM: For some reason, uh, 83 00:03:48,437 --> 00:03:49,938 this phenomenon 84 00:03:49,938 --> 00:03:52,983 attaches like a hitchhiker to Tom. 85 00:03:52,983 --> 00:03:55,902 ‐Yeah, I know. It's... ‐JIM: And that's one of my biggest fears, 86 00:03:55,902 --> 00:03:59,114 is this happening to, collectively, any one of you. 87 00:03:59,114 --> 00:04:02,659 BRYANT: This is the second injury of this type 88 00:04:02,659 --> 00:04:04,578 that Tom has suffered, 89 00:04:04,578 --> 00:04:08,248 and I don't know if he's gonna be able to come back. 90 00:04:08,248 --> 00:04:10,375 SEGALA: So, let's do this. Let's go get some rest 91 00:04:10,375 --> 00:04:12,711 and then come back to this and‐and figure out next steps. 92 00:04:12,711 --> 00:04:14,546 ‐TRAVIS: I think that's a good plan. ‐JIM: Yep. 93 00:04:14,546 --> 00:04:15,881 ‐Yeah, I'm wiped out. ‐I don't even know 94 00:04:15,881 --> 00:04:17,132 ‐what my name is anymore. ‐Yes. 95 00:04:17,132 --> 00:04:19,217 ‐And keep me posted on‐on Tom. ‐Thanks so much. 96 00:04:19,217 --> 00:04:21,261 ‐Right? All right. ‐BRYANT: Oh, yeah, absolutely. 97 00:04:21,261 --> 00:04:23,597 ‐Thanks so much. ‐TRAVIS: Yeah, man. 98 00:04:31,938 --> 00:04:33,565 ‐SEGALA: That's good. ‐TRAVIS: Yeah. 99 00:04:33,565 --> 00:04:36,109 ‐All right. All right. Yep. Yep, good. ‐(horn honking) 100 00:04:38,653 --> 00:04:39,946 What's Kaleb doing? 101 00:04:45,952 --> 00:04:47,329 (grunts) 102 00:04:49,372 --> 00:04:50,499 (chuckles): Hey! 103 00:04:50,499 --> 00:04:51,875 ‐You're up and about. ‐BRYANT: Tom! 104 00:04:51,875 --> 00:04:53,418 Hey, guys. 105 00:04:53,418 --> 00:04:55,003 Well, it's good to see you 106 00:04:55,003 --> 00:04:56,838 in an upright position, my friend. 107 00:04:56,838 --> 00:04:58,256 THOMAS: I'm fine. 108 00:04:58,256 --> 00:05:00,133 Welcome back, buddy. 109 00:05:00,133 --> 00:05:02,177 ‐How you feeling, man? ‐I'm good. 110 00:05:02,177 --> 00:05:03,804 Good. I'm glad to see that, man. 111 00:05:03,804 --> 00:05:05,472 THOMAS: It was good to come back 112 00:05:05,472 --> 00:05:06,556 and see the guys. 113 00:05:06,556 --> 00:05:08,058 You know, when‐when I drove up 114 00:05:08,058 --> 00:05:09,976 and the guys are standing there, 115 00:05:09,976 --> 00:05:13,438 um, their concern was definitely humbling 116 00:05:13,438 --> 00:05:15,690 and appreciated. 117 00:05:15,690 --> 00:05:18,109 ‐Hey. Good to see you, brother. ‐JIM: Good to see you. 118 00:05:18,109 --> 00:05:19,820 ‐Appreciate you. ‐It is really good 119 00:05:19,820 --> 00:05:21,404 to see you, uh, up and about, man. 120 00:05:21,404 --> 00:05:22,948 What'd they say at the hospital? 121 00:05:22,948 --> 00:05:26,368 They took me in for a CT scan, and it didn't pick up much. 122 00:05:26,368 --> 00:05:28,495 Well, what about... How long did the pain last? 123 00:05:28,495 --> 00:05:30,455 More than the pain was where it was located. 124 00:05:30,455 --> 00:05:32,874 And the thing that really caused me alarm 125 00:05:32,874 --> 00:05:35,001 was that that exact spot 126 00:05:35,001 --> 00:05:37,838 where that lump first appeared on my first injury... 127 00:05:37,838 --> 00:05:40,048 ‐Right. ‐THOMAS: That's where the pain started, 128 00:05:40,048 --> 00:05:41,716 and it started throbbing there. 129 00:05:41,716 --> 00:05:43,260 Well, and it swelled up a little bit. 130 00:05:43,260 --> 00:05:45,554 When we first brought you in, you could feel that there was 131 00:05:45,554 --> 00:05:47,556 ‐a little bit of it raised up. ‐Yeah. 132 00:05:47,556 --> 00:05:49,224 And the doctor could even feel... 133 00:05:49,224 --> 00:05:51,268 You know, when he was looking at it and examining me, 134 00:05:51,268 --> 00:05:52,853 he could feel a difference there. 135 00:05:52,853 --> 00:05:54,980 He said, "Yeah, there is a little bit of swelling there." 136 00:05:54,980 --> 00:05:56,398 Even when they 137 00:05:56,398 --> 00:05:59,317 took the first scans in my previous injury, 138 00:05:59,317 --> 00:06:01,736 they didn't notice anything right off the bat. 139 00:06:01,736 --> 00:06:04,322 It wasn't until they started looking closer 140 00:06:04,322 --> 00:06:07,200 that they started to see similar characteristics. 141 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:08,827 SEGALA: The injuries 142 00:06:08,827 --> 00:06:11,246 that Tom Winterton experienced two years ago 143 00:06:11,246 --> 00:06:14,624 were of the nature that he had a neurological episode, 144 00:06:14,624 --> 00:06:17,669 and he had a big swelling in the back of his head. 145 00:06:17,669 --> 00:06:20,005 He was admitted to the hospital, 146 00:06:20,005 --> 00:06:22,716 and the attending physicians really were not able 147 00:06:22,716 --> 00:06:25,010 to determine what was wrong with him. 148 00:06:25,010 --> 00:06:27,470 I was called in as a consultant 149 00:06:27,470 --> 00:06:30,265 to try to figure out what happened, 150 00:06:30,265 --> 00:06:33,894 and one of the things that‐that struck me about Thomas's case... 151 00:06:33,894 --> 00:06:36,521 His injuries were consistent with a radiation beam 152 00:06:36,521 --> 00:06:38,815 that entered his body from a specific angle, 153 00:06:38,815 --> 00:06:41,484 angle of attack, back behind his head. 154 00:06:41,484 --> 00:06:43,069 We got a lot to do. 155 00:06:43,069 --> 00:06:44,654 Let's get back to it, man. 156 00:06:44,654 --> 00:06:46,489 THOMAS: All right. Let's get back to work. 157 00:06:46,489 --> 00:06:49,618 TRAVIS: It was certainly a relief to see Tom up and about 158 00:06:49,618 --> 00:06:50,744 and learn that he wasn't suffering 159 00:06:50,744 --> 00:06:52,245 any long‐term effects, 160 00:06:52,245 --> 00:06:53,997 but we're still pretty spooked out 161 00:06:53,997 --> 00:06:56,541 by what caused his injury in the first place. 162 00:07:12,223 --> 00:07:14,225 I've got the team assembled inside. 163 00:07:14,225 --> 00:07:16,311 ‐Very good. I have the devices. ‐Okay. 164 00:07:16,311 --> 00:07:17,896 Let's head on in. 165 00:07:17,896 --> 00:07:19,981 BRANDON: Hey, guys. 166 00:07:19,981 --> 00:07:22,525 ‐How are you? So good to see you. Tom. ‐(chuckles) 167 00:07:22,525 --> 00:07:23,985 ‐THOMAS: Hey, good to see you. ‐Oh, my friend. 168 00:07:23,985 --> 00:07:25,153 It's so good to see you. 169 00:07:25,153 --> 00:07:26,613 ‐Oh, well... ‐I've been so worried about you. 170 00:07:26,613 --> 00:07:27,781 BRYANT: There's a seat right here for you, man. 171 00:07:27,781 --> 00:07:29,741 Great. 172 00:07:29,741 --> 00:07:33,119 Well, it's good to be with you. 173 00:07:33,119 --> 00:07:35,246 And as soon as I heard the report 174 00:07:35,246 --> 00:07:38,041 of Tom being run to the hospital, 175 00:07:38,041 --> 00:07:39,668 I've been very, very concerned. 176 00:07:39,668 --> 00:07:41,127 Yeah. 177 00:07:41,127 --> 00:07:42,837 It's one thing to see lights on the mesa. 178 00:07:42,837 --> 00:07:46,174 It's another thing to see the TriField meters going off. 179 00:07:46,174 --> 00:07:50,261 But it's a whole other situation 180 00:07:50,261 --> 00:07:53,139 when one of our team members ends up going to the hospital. 181 00:07:53,139 --> 00:07:56,059 ‐Right. ‐BRANDON: Given all the incidents 182 00:07:56,059 --> 00:07:59,020 that have occurred recently and Tom's injuries 183 00:07:59,020 --> 00:08:02,607 and so many strange anomalies, 184 00:08:02,607 --> 00:08:05,985 should we go ahead with the investigation further? 185 00:08:05,985 --> 00:08:08,363 Or is this really a point 186 00:08:08,363 --> 00:08:10,073 where we need to take a deep breath 187 00:08:10,073 --> 00:08:11,700 and maybe a step back? 188 00:08:14,452 --> 00:08:17,914 What‐What's your thoughts on that, Tom? 189 00:08:17,914 --> 00:08:21,543 I appreciate all of the concern and love 190 00:08:21,543 --> 00:08:22,711 that's been shown towards me. 191 00:08:22,711 --> 00:08:25,505 This is like the ranch family, as we call it. 192 00:08:26,548 --> 00:08:28,049 If this is about us, 193 00:08:28,049 --> 00:08:29,718 we quit. 194 00:08:29,718 --> 00:08:32,721 But this shouldn't be about us. 195 00:08:32,721 --> 00:08:35,849 I think we're seeing that the ranch 196 00:08:35,849 --> 00:08:38,309 could potentially be a very dangerous place. 197 00:08:38,309 --> 00:08:42,063 But to me, the question is is it the Uinta Basin 198 00:08:42,063 --> 00:08:43,815 that could be a potentially dangerous place? 199 00:08:43,815 --> 00:08:46,985 What are my neighbors and my friends being exposed to? 200 00:08:46,985 --> 00:08:49,404 Now, whatever's happening on this ranch 201 00:08:49,404 --> 00:08:51,990 I highly doubt is confined 202 00:08:51,990 --> 00:08:54,659 to the barbwire fence of the 512 acres. 203 00:08:54,659 --> 00:08:57,078 Okay? There are good people that live in this valley. 204 00:08:57,078 --> 00:08:58,997 These people are my people. 205 00:08:58,997 --> 00:09:02,792 ‐So, you feel a responsibility? ‐THOMAS: If we're truly 206 00:09:02,792 --> 00:09:04,085 seeking for answers, 207 00:09:04,085 --> 00:09:05,712 then I think the answer is we stay 208 00:09:05,712 --> 00:09:08,715 because I want to know if there's 209 00:09:08,715 --> 00:09:11,051 something here that's affecting not just us 210 00:09:11,051 --> 00:09:13,887 but the good people that live around in this valley. 211 00:09:16,139 --> 00:09:18,099 My injury really made this quest 212 00:09:18,099 --> 00:09:20,351 for this science discovery personal. 213 00:09:20,351 --> 00:09:22,353 There's something dangerous. 214 00:09:22,353 --> 00:09:23,897 We need to identify what it is. 215 00:09:23,897 --> 00:09:25,565 We can't cut and run. 216 00:09:25,565 --> 00:09:27,025 It'd be irresponsible. 217 00:09:27,025 --> 00:09:30,487 Well, Thomas, if that's how you feel, 218 00:09:30,487 --> 00:09:34,282 Erik and I have taken immediate steps 219 00:09:34,282 --> 00:09:35,909 regarding how we move forward. 220 00:09:45,710 --> 00:09:47,087 Okay BRANDON: ar. Lights on the mesa. 221 00:09:47,087 --> 00:09:49,047 Tom's injuries. 222 00:09:49,047 --> 00:09:50,799 ‐These things are real. ‐Right. 223 00:09:50,799 --> 00:09:52,759 BRANDON: Now, it's one thing to see the TriField meters 224 00:09:52,759 --> 00:09:57,055 going off, but it's a whole other situation 225 00:09:57,055 --> 00:10:00,350 when one of our team members ends up going to the hospital. 226 00:10:00,350 --> 00:10:02,352 Well, with that urgency, 227 00:10:02,352 --> 00:10:05,105 I've recently reached out with Erik to a company 228 00:10:05,105 --> 00:10:06,314 called Biobeat. 229 00:10:06,314 --> 00:10:08,316 They have armed us 230 00:10:08,316 --> 00:10:11,945 with some devices that I wanted to fly out today. 231 00:10:11,945 --> 00:10:15,907 These are wearable sensor devices. 232 00:10:15,907 --> 00:10:19,285 Medical‐grade. Will give us the ability to better monitor 233 00:10:19,285 --> 00:10:21,913 the health and safety of our team. 234 00:10:21,913 --> 00:10:23,873 ERIK: What we have here are 235 00:10:23,873 --> 00:10:27,544 basic vital sign measurements like our body temperature, 236 00:10:27,544 --> 00:10:30,588 our heart rate and perspira... our perspiration, respiration. 237 00:10:30,588 --> 00:10:32,423 But we also have the stress indicators 238 00:10:32,423 --> 00:10:35,802 that tell us if we are under some kind of stress. 239 00:10:35,802 --> 00:10:39,180 If something's happening with us, we will immediately be able 240 00:10:39,180 --> 00:10:40,557 to see that right in here. 241 00:10:40,557 --> 00:10:44,060 So, the idea is, yes, we're keeping people safe. 242 00:10:44,060 --> 00:10:48,898 But yes, we are also serving as, as bio sensors. 243 00:10:48,898 --> 00:10:51,359 JIM: So now we have these watches that we're all gonna wear. 244 00:10:51,359 --> 00:10:53,611 We're gonna be monitored 24/7. 245 00:10:53,611 --> 00:10:57,157 If something does happen, then we're alerted 246 00:10:57,157 --> 00:10:58,449 and brought off the ranch immediately. 247 00:10:58,449 --> 00:11:00,326 So, actually, if we had that that night, 248 00:11:00,326 --> 00:11:02,871 and it was set up to alarm, we might have known this 249 00:11:02,871 --> 00:11:05,999 before even Thomas knew this. 250 00:11:05,999 --> 00:11:07,709 Well, gentlemen, I need to get back. 251 00:11:07,709 --> 00:11:10,336 Please know that I am available real time, 252 00:11:10,336 --> 00:11:11,421 and let me know 253 00:11:11,421 --> 00:11:13,173 ‐how things progress. ‐JIM: Thank you. 254 00:11:13,173 --> 00:11:15,425 ‐Appreciate you. ‐Good to see you. 255 00:11:15,425 --> 00:11:16,467 ‐Thank you so much. ‐Yeah. 256 00:11:16,467 --> 00:11:18,344 ♪ ♪ 257 00:11:40,283 --> 00:11:41,659 Hey. There they are. 258 00:11:41,659 --> 00:11:44,078 TRAVIS: After the other night, we all agreed 259 00:11:44,078 --> 00:11:46,372 that we should continue our noninvasive search efforts 260 00:11:46,372 --> 00:11:48,791 to see if the strange radiation spikes we've been getting 261 00:11:48,791 --> 00:11:50,293 are coming from underground. 262 00:11:50,293 --> 00:11:51,753 But what concerns me is that, 263 00:11:51,753 --> 00:11:53,755 even though he hadn't been digging, 264 00:11:53,755 --> 00:11:55,757 Thomas still got sick near the mesa. 265 00:11:55,757 --> 00:11:57,592 So far, it just doesn't add up. 266 00:11:57,592 --> 00:11:58,968 Hey, guys. 267 00:11:58,968 --> 00:12:00,845 ‐Morning, Erik. ‐Like to introduce you guys 268 00:12:00,845 --> 00:12:03,681 to Derrick. He's from Hot Shots 269 00:12:03,681 --> 00:12:05,016 ‐out of L. A. ‐Derrick and Erik. 270 00:12:05,016 --> 00:12:06,768 ‐Okay, I can remember that. ‐How are you? Travis Taylor. 271 00:12:06,768 --> 00:12:08,102 ‐Derrick Ward. Nice to meet you. ‐Nice to meet you, man. 272 00:12:08,102 --> 00:12:09,395 So, I've brought Derrick out 273 00:12:09,395 --> 00:12:12,357 to do a thermographic imaging of the entire property. 274 00:12:12,357 --> 00:12:15,151 He's a drone expert, and I think he can show us 275 00:12:15,151 --> 00:12:17,195 some things that may be just beneath 276 00:12:17,195 --> 00:12:19,197 the surface of the soil here. 277 00:12:19,197 --> 00:12:23,201 The results of Robert Bigelow's investigation 278 00:12:23,201 --> 00:12:25,411 have never been fully released. 279 00:12:25,411 --> 00:12:28,665 There are rumors about some kind of base 280 00:12:28,665 --> 00:12:31,125 or perhaps an alien artifact 281 00:12:31,125 --> 00:12:33,002 beneath the property 282 00:12:33,002 --> 00:12:35,255 using drone thermography. 283 00:12:35,255 --> 00:12:37,465 Perhaps there is, in fact, something under the ground 284 00:12:37,465 --> 00:12:39,968 that will show up in our imagery. 285 00:12:39,968 --> 00:12:41,594 Really looking forward to seeing 286 00:12:41,594 --> 00:12:43,388 what comes out of our work today. 287 00:12:43,388 --> 00:12:45,723 Yeah. Yeah, we got some of the best technology 288 00:12:45,723 --> 00:12:47,225 out there right now. 289 00:12:47,225 --> 00:12:49,143 Drone itself is about $35,000. 290 00:12:49,143 --> 00:12:51,437 In every image and every pixel of that image, 291 00:12:51,437 --> 00:12:52,939 you're able to capture the temperatures. 292 00:12:52,939 --> 00:12:54,565 ‐Wow. ‐It's‐it's crazy technology. 293 00:12:54,565 --> 00:12:56,985 ERIK: So, for example, if‐if there were something, 294 00:12:56,985 --> 00:12:58,653 say a stone structure, 295 00:12:58,653 --> 00:13:00,822 beneath the surface of the soil, 296 00:13:00,822 --> 00:13:03,074 uh, let's say maybe two, three feet down... 297 00:13:03,074 --> 00:13:05,076 If it's right below and it's actually hotter 298 00:13:05,076 --> 00:13:06,452 than everything else, it's creating a signature, 299 00:13:06,452 --> 00:13:09,205 ‐then we will find that and see that. ‐Right. 300 00:13:09,205 --> 00:13:11,207 That's cool stuff, man. I'm excited to see what you got. 301 00:13:11,207 --> 00:13:12,875 ‐So, let's get going. ‐Yeah. 302 00:13:12,875 --> 00:13:15,378 TRAVIS: Because any large metal objects 303 00:13:15,378 --> 00:13:17,714 or structures located underground 304 00:13:17,714 --> 00:13:19,924 are likely to have a higher temperature, 305 00:13:19,924 --> 00:13:21,634 it should appear on Derrick's camera as a darker color. 306 00:13:21,634 --> 00:13:24,178 So if we see anything 307 00:13:24,178 --> 00:13:26,472 out of the ordinary, we can pinpoint it as a place 308 00:13:26,472 --> 00:13:28,766 where we can come back later and maybe dig. 309 00:13:30,476 --> 00:13:32,312 DERRICK: Okay, all clear. 310 00:13:41,904 --> 00:13:43,531 Those things are so cool. 311 00:13:43,531 --> 00:13:46,409 DERRICK: Now watch carefully what happens. 312 00:13:46,409 --> 00:13:48,536 Give you guys an example of the capability here. 313 00:13:48,536 --> 00:13:50,329 So we got a thermal camera. 314 00:13:50,329 --> 00:13:52,123 If we see something and we're not sure what it is 315 00:13:52,123 --> 00:13:53,499 in the thermal image, 316 00:13:53,499 --> 00:13:56,210 we can immediately switch over to the regular image, 317 00:13:56,210 --> 00:13:57,962 get a closer look. 318 00:13:57,962 --> 00:14:00,673 Watch the zoom here when I do this. 319 00:14:00,673 --> 00:14:02,300 BRYANT: That's amazing. 320 00:14:02,300 --> 00:14:04,343 JIM: You can get on a leaf. 321 00:14:04,343 --> 00:14:05,762 So, if there was a mountain lion up in there, 322 00:14:05,762 --> 00:14:07,513 ‐you'd probably see that. ‐Oh, yeah. 323 00:14:07,513 --> 00:14:09,557 JIM: So, right in here, 324 00:14:09,557 --> 00:14:11,392 there's a whole bunch of caves 325 00:14:11,392 --> 00:14:13,394 we get a lot of radiation out of. 326 00:14:13,394 --> 00:14:15,396 We got some black stuff right there. 327 00:14:15,396 --> 00:14:17,148 See all inside of there? 328 00:14:17,148 --> 00:14:19,150 TRAVIS: Is that a shadow or is that a cool spot? 329 00:14:19,150 --> 00:14:20,735 DERRICK: Well, let's find out. 330 00:14:20,735 --> 00:14:22,487 ERIK: I think you're looking at shadows. 331 00:14:22,487 --> 00:14:24,489 DERRICK: Yeah, that's all shadows. 332 00:14:24,489 --> 00:14:26,532 BRYANT: So, Erik, what are you 333 00:14:26,532 --> 00:14:29,452 mostly curious about checking out 334 00:14:29,452 --> 00:14:31,996 ‐with all this thermal i‐imagery? ‐What I'd like to do 335 00:14:31,996 --> 00:14:34,499 is I'd like to put that drone as high in the sky as I can 336 00:14:34,499 --> 00:14:37,710 and look straight down and fly over the field. 337 00:14:37,710 --> 00:14:39,212 We'll go up and get that for you. 338 00:14:40,546 --> 00:14:42,548 ERIK: Let's suppose we have 339 00:14:42,548 --> 00:14:45,510 some really big structure under the property, 340 00:14:45,510 --> 00:14:48,721 like circular things, something rectangular. 341 00:14:48,721 --> 00:14:51,224 If we see shapes like that in the thermal profile, 342 00:14:51,224 --> 00:14:54,894 then that may be a hint as to where something unusual 343 00:14:54,894 --> 00:14:57,105 is located under the ground. 344 00:14:57,105 --> 00:14:59,315 So, what would account for this... 345 00:14:59,315 --> 00:15:02,568 this boundary here, between this area and this area? 346 00:15:02,568 --> 00:15:04,320 DERRICK: Just the way things are hitting the sun. 347 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:07,073 The vegetation of it is longer in one area than the other, 348 00:15:07,073 --> 00:15:09,033 then it's creating shade somewhere. 349 00:15:09,033 --> 00:15:11,285 I like the striations there. That's interesting. 350 00:15:11,285 --> 00:15:13,079 JIM: That's the bait pen. 351 00:15:13,079 --> 00:15:15,748 ‐DERRICK: What's that? ‐BRYANT: The previous ownership 352 00:15:15,748 --> 00:15:18,918 put cattle or dogs or whatever in that area 353 00:15:18,918 --> 00:15:21,754 as an early warning or detection system. 354 00:15:21,754 --> 00:15:23,923 ‐TRAVIS: It wasn't us. ‐Yeah. Not at all. 355 00:15:27,552 --> 00:15:30,179 BRANDON: Immediately upon Robert Bigelow's occupation 356 00:15:30,179 --> 00:15:31,973 of the property and bringing the... 357 00:15:31,973 --> 00:15:34,350 scientific team on Skinwalker Ranch, 358 00:15:34,350 --> 00:15:37,645 they installed observation towers 359 00:15:37,645 --> 00:15:41,065 with razor wire and enclosures around them. 360 00:15:41,065 --> 00:15:44,235 With the constant daylight cattle mutilations 361 00:15:44,235 --> 00:15:46,154 that were occurring on the property, 362 00:15:46,154 --> 00:15:49,615 the idea was to actually place livestock 363 00:15:49,615 --> 00:15:51,075 ‐in these enclosures ‐(mooing) 364 00:15:51,075 --> 00:15:54,787 to see the phenomena at work. 365 00:15:56,289 --> 00:15:59,375 That study and a lot of the findings 366 00:15:59,375 --> 00:16:01,127 that came out of those years, 367 00:16:01,127 --> 00:16:03,504 you know, remain under lock and key. 368 00:16:03,504 --> 00:16:05,923 ERIK: So far in what you've seen, 369 00:16:05,923 --> 00:16:07,175 have you seen any hard edges, 370 00:16:07,175 --> 00:16:09,260 corners, anything? 371 00:16:09,260 --> 00:16:12,430 No. I haven't seen anything that‐that just seems abnormal. 372 00:16:12,430 --> 00:16:15,641 TRAVIS: Even though everything from UFO sightings 373 00:16:15,641 --> 00:16:17,351 to cattle mutilations have happened 374 00:16:17,351 --> 00:16:18,978 on this part of the ranch, 375 00:16:18,978 --> 00:16:21,606 we didn't see anything unusual underground. 376 00:16:21,606 --> 00:16:23,608 Yeah, well, this is all data 377 00:16:23,608 --> 00:16:25,151 ‐that we've got. ‐ERIK: Yeah. 378 00:16:25,151 --> 00:16:26,694 I think we can bring it in, and‐and let's head on 379 00:16:26,694 --> 00:16:27,695 to the western end of the property. 380 00:16:27,695 --> 00:16:29,447 ‐(beep) ‐All right. That works. 381 00:16:32,491 --> 00:16:35,077 TRAVIS: We decided to head over to what's known as Homestead Two. 382 00:16:35,077 --> 00:16:36,871 It's right by the area of the mesa 383 00:16:36,871 --> 00:16:39,290 where we've been getting all these radiation spikes. 384 00:16:39,290 --> 00:16:41,584 It's also where there's been a concentration 385 00:16:41,584 --> 00:16:43,502 of strange phenomena, like glowing lights 386 00:16:43,502 --> 00:16:46,505 at night and even some reported paranormal activity. 387 00:16:47,590 --> 00:16:50,343 Homestead Two was built in 1905 388 00:16:50,343 --> 00:16:51,761 by John and Emma Meyers, 389 00:16:51,761 --> 00:16:53,471 who lived there and raised cattle. 390 00:16:53,471 --> 00:16:56,974 It's been abandoned since the 1930s, 391 00:16:56,974 --> 00:17:00,353 and a lot of the locals think it's haunted. 392 00:17:01,812 --> 00:17:03,606 ERIK: As we go out just around 393 00:17:03,606 --> 00:17:06,108 ‐the point of the mesa here. ‐DERRICK: Okay. 394 00:17:06,108 --> 00:17:08,819 BRYANT: It seems to be that a lot of the activity 395 00:17:08,819 --> 00:17:12,323 or strangeness that we encounter is centered 396 00:17:12,323 --> 00:17:13,908 around those homesteads. 397 00:17:13,908 --> 00:17:15,785 THOMAS: You can see the old homestead right there. 398 00:17:15,785 --> 00:17:17,495 ‐DERRICK: Yeah. ‐BRYANT: We have things 399 00:17:17,495 --> 00:17:20,289 from batteries on equipment going from 100% 400 00:17:20,289 --> 00:17:22,708 to zero in a matter of seconds, 401 00:17:22,708 --> 00:17:25,461 people feeling vertigo or not being able 402 00:17:25,461 --> 00:17:26,963 to hear sound. 403 00:17:26,963 --> 00:17:30,424 DERRICK: All set. Ready to go. 404 00:17:30,424 --> 00:17:33,261 Well, so, our hot spots right here are on top of the mesa. 405 00:17:33,261 --> 00:17:34,679 And‐and right over 406 00:17:34,679 --> 00:17:37,598 in this area is a cave that we've been observing. 407 00:17:37,598 --> 00:17:39,141 And then these houses here‐‐ 408 00:17:39,141 --> 00:17:41,102 we want to make sure we get good views of them. 409 00:17:41,102 --> 00:17:43,354 ‐Right? ‐DERRICK: Okay. All right. 410 00:17:43,354 --> 00:17:45,356 Let's do this. I'll fire it up. 411 00:17:45,356 --> 00:17:47,942 (drone beeps on) 412 00:17:50,111 --> 00:17:52,071 (beeps) 413 00:17:55,908 --> 00:17:58,286 No connection. 414 00:17:59,370 --> 00:18:00,580 TRAVIS: Huh. 415 00:18:00,580 --> 00:18:01,831 That's weird. 416 00:18:01,831 --> 00:18:03,082 That... It makes no sense. 417 00:18:03,082 --> 00:18:04,125 ‐(beeping) ‐DERRICK: We're not connected. 418 00:18:04,125 --> 00:18:05,793 I'm not connecting to the remote. 419 00:18:05,793 --> 00:18:07,753 I don't know what's happening with it. 420 00:18:07,753 --> 00:18:10,631 Well, there's a reason why we wanted him to check this area, 421 00:18:10,631 --> 00:18:11,924 because of stuff like this. 422 00:18:21,517 --> 00:18:23,519 BRYANT: Near the old Homestead Number Two 423 00:18:23,519 --> 00:18:25,938 is an area where we're always having issues 424 00:18:25,938 --> 00:18:29,275 with electronic equipment and malfunctions. 425 00:18:29,275 --> 00:18:31,777 When we went to the sinkhole that we have up 426 00:18:31,777 --> 00:18:34,947 above Homestead Two, another similar thing happened. 427 00:18:34,947 --> 00:18:36,824 I will tell you, my phone battery just went... 428 00:18:36,824 --> 00:18:39,118 ‐(sputters) ‐Your battery's dead on your phone? 429 00:18:39,118 --> 00:18:41,037 ‐Huh. ‐TRAVIS: Yeah. Your battery's dead, too, 430 00:18:41,037 --> 00:18:43,164 ‐ain't it? ‐It shut off. 431 00:18:43,164 --> 00:18:44,957 TRAVIS: If there's one place on the property 432 00:18:44,957 --> 00:18:47,460 where cell phones and electronic equipment won't work 433 00:18:47,460 --> 00:18:49,170 or meter readings will go haywire, 434 00:18:49,170 --> 00:18:50,838 it's here. 435 00:18:50,838 --> 00:18:53,799 The real problem is we can't figure out why. 436 00:18:53,799 --> 00:18:57,136 Do you think it's interference from something or... 437 00:18:57,136 --> 00:18:59,180 Well, it is, but what's cau... 438 00:18:59,180 --> 00:19:02,308 I mean, I could walk five feet and see if it changes. 439 00:19:02,308 --> 00:19:05,144 ‐So let me do that first and see what happens. ‐Okay. 440 00:19:09,148 --> 00:19:11,651 Is it connecting to you over there, Derrick? 441 00:19:11,651 --> 00:19:13,653 ‐No. ‐Huh. 442 00:19:13,653 --> 00:19:16,280 Yeah, we've seen batteries act squirrelly around here anyway. 443 00:19:16,280 --> 00:19:20,159 And it zapped the battery of my phone, like, almost instantly. 444 00:19:20,159 --> 00:19:21,661 It could be something weird 445 00:19:21,661 --> 00:19:23,829 about this‐this little area here. 446 00:19:25,498 --> 00:19:26,999 ERIK: I do have 447 00:19:26,999 --> 00:19:29,377 some prominent signal here. 448 00:19:29,377 --> 00:19:31,170 ‐TRAVIS: At what frequency? Do you know? ‐Well, 5480. 449 00:19:31,170 --> 00:19:32,546 TRAVIS: So, at five gigahertz. 450 00:19:34,965 --> 00:19:37,843 5.2. 451 00:19:37,843 --> 00:19:41,305 So, we're getting a five gigahertz signal. 452 00:19:41,305 --> 00:19:42,682 That's weird. 453 00:19:42,682 --> 00:19:44,684 That's not just weird. It's concerning. 454 00:19:44,684 --> 00:19:47,353 BRYANT: There have been times when I've been out 455 00:19:47,353 --> 00:19:48,813 by the old homestead 456 00:19:48,813 --> 00:19:51,524 and got a really creepy feeling. 457 00:19:51,524 --> 00:19:53,192 So, whatever it is, you know, 458 00:19:53,192 --> 00:19:54,360 I'll leave it to the scientists 459 00:19:54,360 --> 00:19:56,070 to try and decipher it. All I know 460 00:19:56,070 --> 00:19:58,864 is that something strange happened that caused 461 00:19:58,864 --> 00:20:01,867 so much interference that a $35,000 drone 462 00:20:01,867 --> 00:20:03,369 couldn't get up in the air. 463 00:20:03,369 --> 00:20:05,746 You know, we may be done here for the day, 464 00:20:05,746 --> 00:20:07,373 because, uh... because of this. 465 00:20:07,373 --> 00:20:08,708 And we certainly don't want to put your drone at risk. 466 00:20:08,708 --> 00:20:10,334 ‐Yeah. ‐Let's call this a wrap. 467 00:20:12,712 --> 00:20:14,380 Derrick, man, appreciate you coming out. 468 00:20:14,380 --> 00:20:17,007 ‐We really appreciate you coming out. ‐More than happy to do it. 469 00:20:17,007 --> 00:20:18,801 ‐Thank you. Thank you. ‐Hey, we'll figure this out. 470 00:20:27,893 --> 00:20:29,895 TRAVIS: There is electromagnetic radiation. 471 00:20:29,895 --> 00:20:33,274 That spike all around the ranch. 472 00:20:33,274 --> 00:20:35,609 You know what, we should get those TriField meters... 473 00:20:35,609 --> 00:20:37,403 ‐Yep. ‐out here. 474 00:20:37,403 --> 00:20:39,029 So, after the drone stopped working, 475 00:20:39,029 --> 00:20:41,407 I figured out a way that we could modify our meters 476 00:20:41,407 --> 00:20:43,409 so that they could help us pinpoint the source 477 00:20:43,409 --> 00:20:44,660 of this interference. 478 00:20:44,660 --> 00:20:47,329 So, real quick, I'll show y'all what we're gonna do. 479 00:20:47,329 --> 00:20:49,915 Right now, I'm not sure, when we're holding these meters 480 00:20:49,915 --> 00:20:51,834 any particular way, 481 00:20:51,834 --> 00:20:54,712 which direction the signal's coming from. 482 00:20:54,712 --> 00:20:56,797 That's what these are for. 483 00:20:56,797 --> 00:20:59,759 We put this in the can, turn it on. 484 00:20:59,759 --> 00:21:01,135 ‐SEGALA: Right. ‐That's gonna allow us 485 00:21:01,135 --> 00:21:03,095 to do directional measurements, 486 00:21:03,095 --> 00:21:04,430 and that'll tell us which direction 487 00:21:04,430 --> 00:21:06,182 the‐the signal's coming from. 488 00:21:09,268 --> 00:21:11,479 SEGALA: Oh, my God, that's huge. 489 00:21:11,479 --> 00:21:13,564 ‐That's at 900. ‐900. 490 00:21:13,564 --> 00:21:15,733 ‐There's a blip there. ‐There is a huge peak right now, 900 megahertz. 491 00:21:15,733 --> 00:21:18,527 It is totally pegged out right now. 492 00:21:18,527 --> 00:21:21,781 As I turn it away, and as I turn it that way, 493 00:21:21,781 --> 00:21:23,157 it picks back up. 494 00:21:23,157 --> 00:21:24,742 This is strange. 495 00:21:24,742 --> 00:21:27,703 Because the coffee cans block out any extraneous RF signals, 496 00:21:27,703 --> 00:21:30,122 it seems that the radiation might be coming 497 00:21:30,122 --> 00:21:33,334 from above the ground and not below, like we all suspected. 498 00:21:33,334 --> 00:21:35,294 Now, to prove it, we need to get measurements 499 00:21:35,294 --> 00:21:37,338 from three random locations on the ranch. 500 00:21:37,338 --> 00:21:39,298 By pointing our meters in the direction 501 00:21:39,298 --> 00:21:41,133 toward where we get the strongest reading 502 00:21:41,133 --> 00:21:42,176 and see where they intersect, 503 00:21:42,176 --> 00:21:44,136 we can then use triangulation 504 00:21:44,136 --> 00:21:46,972 to pinpoint exactly where this radiation's coming from. 505 00:21:46,972 --> 00:21:49,809 Okay, so here's what we need to do, guys. 506 00:21:49,809 --> 00:21:52,019 While we know there's a signal there, 507 00:21:52,019 --> 00:21:53,979 let's run some distance from here, 508 00:21:53,979 --> 00:21:56,023 like maybe over to the corner of the helipad area. 509 00:21:58,317 --> 00:22:00,778 We are pegged out, pointed in this direction. 510 00:22:00,778 --> 00:22:02,530 Where's my phone? 511 00:22:02,530 --> 00:22:04,657 Let's get a reading from both phones, right? 512 00:22:04,657 --> 00:22:06,659 ‐THOMAS: Yep. ‐Then we can draw a line 513 00:22:06,659 --> 00:22:07,910 from here... 514 00:22:07,910 --> 00:22:09,829 straight that way, straight in the direction, 515 00:22:09,829 --> 00:22:11,831 and then from over there draw a line, 516 00:22:11,831 --> 00:22:13,874 and wherever those lines cross, that should be 517 00:22:13,874 --> 00:22:15,709 where the signal's coming from. 518 00:22:15,709 --> 00:22:17,837 ‐Here, let me hold that. ‐See, when I go like this, 519 00:22:17,837 --> 00:22:19,046 I'm picking up horizontal stuff. 520 00:22:19,046 --> 00:22:20,840 I go like this, I'm picking up vertical. 521 00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:23,843 So I get my biggest readings when I'm like this, looking up. 522 00:22:23,843 --> 00:22:25,928 Yeah, it's straight. It's coming straight up,. 523 00:22:25,928 --> 00:22:27,596 THOMAS: This is perfectly plum. 524 00:22:27,596 --> 00:22:29,223 It's coming from up there. 525 00:22:31,851 --> 00:22:34,019 Look‐it, it's going nuts. 526 00:22:34,019 --> 00:22:36,355 Look at that jumping like crazy. 527 00:22:36,355 --> 00:22:38,899 All right, right now we need to get in a vehicle 528 00:22:38,899 --> 00:22:40,860 and drive... 529 00:22:40,860 --> 00:22:42,862 to the far corners of the ranch and make this measurement 530 00:22:42,862 --> 00:22:44,530 and mark where we were when we made it. 531 00:22:44,530 --> 00:22:46,574 So then we can map it on a map. 532 00:22:46,574 --> 00:22:48,576 ♪ ♪ 533 00:22:49,785 --> 00:22:51,704 So we just need to find 534 00:22:51,704 --> 00:22:53,914 a spot that we can use as a marker. 535 00:22:53,914 --> 00:22:56,250 What about right there? 536 00:22:56,250 --> 00:22:58,544 This flower will be our spot. 537 00:23:00,212 --> 00:23:01,755 All right. 538 00:23:03,799 --> 00:23:05,801 It's pegging out, right now. 539 00:23:05,801 --> 00:23:07,887 ‐Is it pegging out on yours? ‐Pegged. 540 00:23:07,887 --> 00:23:09,638 TRAVIS: What's the pitch angle of these right now? 541 00:23:09,638 --> 00:23:11,724 ‐THOMAS: We're right around 38. ‐SEGALA: Close to 40. 542 00:23:11,724 --> 00:23:14,059 TRAVIS: Well, I think we got what we need from here. 543 00:23:14,059 --> 00:23:17,897 So we need to go either as far east or as far west 544 00:23:17,897 --> 00:23:19,565 and get one more point. 545 00:23:19,565 --> 00:23:21,400 Here you go. 546 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:23,652 We've got to find a point down here 547 00:23:23,652 --> 00:23:25,362 and make the same measurements that we made up there. 548 00:23:28,198 --> 00:23:31,410 ♪ ♪ 549 00:23:31,410 --> 00:23:33,078 TRAVIS: All right, so, 550 00:23:33,078 --> 00:23:35,080 what we got to do is get some reference points 551 00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:36,832 where we took the measurements. 552 00:23:36,832 --> 00:23:38,751 Now that Jim and Tom and I 553 00:23:38,751 --> 00:23:40,753 have recorded three different points across the ranch 554 00:23:40,753 --> 00:23:42,922 where these radiation spikes keep occurring, 555 00:23:42,922 --> 00:23:44,924 we're gonna go plot them out on a map 556 00:23:44,924 --> 00:23:46,467 and see exactly where they intercept. 557 00:23:46,467 --> 00:23:50,095 Right here is the spot. Right? 558 00:23:50,095 --> 00:23:52,097 THOMAS: We had right next to the helipad right there. 559 00:23:52,097 --> 00:23:53,724 TRAVIS: Right there. Okay. 560 00:23:53,724 --> 00:23:55,768 And then we were out here by a power pole somewhere. 561 00:23:55,768 --> 00:23:57,519 Right there is the shadow of the power pole. 562 00:23:57,519 --> 00:23:58,771 ‐TRAVIS: Yeah. ‐THOMAS: Good, good. ‐SEGALA: Perfect. 563 00:23:58,771 --> 00:23:59,772 TRAVIS: So right there. 564 00:23:59,772 --> 00:24:01,398 So there's one, two... 565 00:24:01,398 --> 00:24:03,484 three... let's see, and we'll need 566 00:24:03,484 --> 00:24:06,278 the angles that we measured from each of the points. 567 00:24:06,278 --> 00:24:08,447 We figured out the angles 568 00:24:08,447 --> 00:24:11,033 that we were detecting energy from the sky 569 00:24:11,033 --> 00:24:12,576 at three different points. 570 00:24:12,576 --> 00:24:14,787 And these angles are gonna cross 571 00:24:14,787 --> 00:24:16,288 at some point above the ranch. 572 00:24:16,288 --> 00:24:19,667 Using some basic high school trigonometry, 573 00:24:19,667 --> 00:24:21,669 we can calculate that height. 574 00:24:21,669 --> 00:24:24,463 This one was like that. 575 00:24:24,463 --> 00:24:27,132 Look, they're gonna cross up here somewhere. 576 00:24:27,132 --> 00:24:28,801 SEGALA: Yeah. 577 00:24:28,801 --> 00:24:31,553 TRAVIS: And this one was like that. 578 00:24:31,553 --> 00:24:35,182 ‐So how‐how high is that? ‐SEGALA: Who's got that calculator? 579 00:24:36,809 --> 00:24:40,354 Yeah, it's just, it's... it's 5,700 feet. 580 00:24:40,354 --> 00:24:42,481 One mile high. 581 00:24:44,358 --> 00:24:47,236 Do we ever see airplanes flying at a mile high over there? 582 00:24:47,236 --> 00:24:48,654 What does that mean, even? 583 00:24:48,654 --> 00:24:50,197 TRAVIS: So, one mile high 584 00:24:50,197 --> 00:24:53,033 is only about a sixth as high as jets fly. 585 00:24:53,033 --> 00:24:55,369 That means that whatever is doing this 586 00:24:55,369 --> 00:24:57,663 should be seen by the naked eye. 587 00:24:57,663 --> 00:25:00,332 So why can't we? This just doesn't add up. 588 00:25:00,332 --> 00:25:03,502 We took scientifically accurate measurements, 589 00:25:03,502 --> 00:25:04,795 and they lead us to a spot 590 00:25:04,795 --> 00:25:06,505 somewhere up here over the ranch. 591 00:25:06,505 --> 00:25:08,215 That is our next measurement. 592 00:25:08,215 --> 00:25:11,552 And the way we could do that is we tether a weather balloon 593 00:25:11,552 --> 00:25:13,804 and raise it up through that region, 594 00:25:13,804 --> 00:25:15,472 that has equipment on it. 595 00:25:15,472 --> 00:25:17,850 We get it up there and see if we see something there. 596 00:25:17,850 --> 00:25:20,644 If we see something there, that's even more exciting. 597 00:25:20,644 --> 00:25:23,564 That sounds like fun. Hey, th... yeah, that's awesome. 598 00:25:23,564 --> 00:25:26,525 Yeah. And every time we think we have an idea of a solution, 599 00:25:26,525 --> 00:25:29,486 the answer ends up being something weirder. 600 00:25:38,537 --> 00:25:39,997 THOMAS: This TRAVIS:of the most impor Hey, Matt.ments 601 00:25:39,997 --> 00:25:41,248 ‐Hey, Travis. ‐How you doing, man? 602 00:25:41,248 --> 00:25:42,791 ‐I'm great. How are you? ‐Good to see you. 603 00:25:42,791 --> 00:25:44,376 ‐Good to see you, too. ‐This is Thomas. 604 00:25:44,376 --> 00:25:46,420 TRAVIS: Once we figured out 605 00:25:46,420 --> 00:25:47,671 that the strange energy source 606 00:25:47,671 --> 00:25:49,506 was coming from about a mile above the ranch, 607 00:25:49,506 --> 00:25:50,924 I called up a friend of mine, 608 00:25:50,924 --> 00:25:52,760 Dr. Matt Turner‐‐ he's from the University 609 00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:54,011 of Alabama in Huntsville. 610 00:25:54,011 --> 00:25:55,596 He's got a PhD in mechanical 611 00:25:55,596 --> 00:25:56,889 and aerospace engineering, 612 00:25:56,889 --> 00:25:59,391 and he's an expert in the use of weather balloons. 613 00:25:59,391 --> 00:26:02,853 We've measured some really strong RF fields 614 00:26:02,853 --> 00:26:04,897 ‐Mm‐hmm. ‐coming from the sky. 615 00:26:04,897 --> 00:26:07,316 And so we think there's a focus somewhere, 616 00:26:07,316 --> 00:26:09,943 and we're guessing that the focus may be as much 617 00:26:09,943 --> 00:26:11,820 ‐as a mile high, so what I'd like to do ‐Yeah. 618 00:26:11,820 --> 00:26:14,114 is set up an experiment, and let's start measuring that. 619 00:26:14,114 --> 00:26:15,407 That sounds great. 620 00:26:15,407 --> 00:26:17,242 I got balloons. We've got helium. 621 00:26:17,242 --> 00:26:18,827 We've got some payload platforms. 622 00:26:18,827 --> 00:26:20,162 And we just need your meters, 623 00:26:20,162 --> 00:26:22,122 ‐and we're good to go. ‐All right. 624 00:26:22,122 --> 00:26:24,416 ‐Let's get everything loaded up, and let's do that. ‐Excellent. 625 00:26:26,460 --> 00:26:28,462 THOMAS: You just go down the road, 626 00:26:28,462 --> 00:26:30,756 and you hit it right over there. 627 00:26:33,175 --> 00:26:35,594 TRAVIS: I think this is a good spot, guys. 628 00:26:35,594 --> 00:26:37,137 Based on the triangulation 629 00:26:37,137 --> 00:26:39,973 of where these strange microwave and radio signals 630 00:26:39,973 --> 00:26:43,102 are coming from, what we're going to do is 631 00:26:43,102 --> 00:26:44,645 use a weather balloon with instruments on it 632 00:26:44,645 --> 00:26:46,105 to fly it through 633 00:26:46,105 --> 00:26:47,981 the point on the ranch where we believe 634 00:26:47,981 --> 00:26:49,274 this stuff is coming from. 635 00:26:49,274 --> 00:26:51,276 All right, so, with this balloon, 636 00:26:51,276 --> 00:26:52,569 with the tether, especially, we should be able 637 00:26:52,569 --> 00:26:53,987 to pick an altitude 638 00:26:53,987 --> 00:26:55,864 and go to that altitude and measure, 639 00:26:55,864 --> 00:26:57,324 with the TriField meters, 640 00:26:57,324 --> 00:26:59,618 ‐and dial in the altitude that we want. ‐TRAVIS: Nice. 641 00:26:59,618 --> 00:27:01,537 SEGALA: So, at the end of the day, if we could have 642 00:27:01,537 --> 00:27:04,581 a chart that says altitude, RF energy, and show the plot, 643 00:27:04,581 --> 00:27:06,375 that would be amazing. 644 00:27:06,375 --> 00:27:08,544 TRAVIS: After attaching one of our RF meters 645 00:27:08,544 --> 00:27:11,255 to measure possible radio or microwave energy, 646 00:27:11,255 --> 00:27:13,048 we've also attached a camera, so that we can photograph 647 00:27:13,048 --> 00:27:15,759 what happens when the balloon's up in the sky. 648 00:27:15,759 --> 00:27:17,302 MATT: All right, Kaleb. 649 00:27:17,302 --> 00:27:18,387 Fire in the hole. 650 00:27:18,387 --> 00:27:19,471 (gas hissing) 651 00:27:22,266 --> 00:27:25,352 MATT: What Travis is trying to measure‐‐ I've never heard 652 00:27:25,352 --> 00:27:26,770 of that occurring on Earth. 653 00:27:26,770 --> 00:27:28,939 But the physics behind it is sound. 654 00:27:28,939 --> 00:27:32,734 So it could exist‐‐ we just don't know it yet. 655 00:27:32,734 --> 00:27:35,028 ‐MATT: Okay. ‐(turns off gas) 656 00:27:35,028 --> 00:27:38,407 TRAVIS: So, we're connected to the top of the chute. 657 00:27:38,407 --> 00:27:40,284 Okay, you guys ready? 658 00:27:40,284 --> 00:27:41,285 ‐Yep. ‐Good to go. 659 00:27:41,285 --> 00:27:42,286 TRAVIS: All right, here we go. 660 00:27:42,286 --> 00:27:43,912 Jim, watch your head. 661 00:27:43,912 --> 00:27:45,330 All right. 662 00:27:46,665 --> 00:27:48,709 All right, slowly let it up. 663 00:27:48,709 --> 00:27:50,878 All right, keep going. You're good. 664 00:27:50,878 --> 00:27:52,379 THOMAS: Hey, we're clear. 665 00:27:52,379 --> 00:27:54,172 TRAVIS: All right. 666 00:27:57,009 --> 00:27:58,802 THOMAS: Man, that's a big balloon. 667 00:27:58,802 --> 00:28:00,387 KALEB: I'm surprised there's not any wind blowing 668 00:28:00,387 --> 00:28:01,972 ‐that sucker around right now. ‐MATT: I know, 669 00:28:01,972 --> 00:28:03,390 I'm extremely surprised. 670 00:28:03,390 --> 00:28:06,643 Yeah, ain't that cool? 671 00:28:06,643 --> 00:28:08,478 THOMAS: I can only imagine what the neighbors 672 00:28:08,478 --> 00:28:10,856 ‐are saying right now. ‐TRAVIS: Oh, yeah, right? 673 00:28:10,856 --> 00:28:12,858 THOMAS: The balloon experiment, for me, 674 00:28:12,858 --> 00:28:15,903 is one of the most important experiments that we've got. 675 00:28:15,903 --> 00:28:18,947 Because of my injury and what's taken place, 676 00:28:18,947 --> 00:28:22,868 I'm very interested in these unseen frequencies 677 00:28:22,868 --> 00:28:25,370 and signals that are going through the air. 678 00:28:25,370 --> 00:28:29,291 This is proving to be one of the more significant anomalies 679 00:28:29,291 --> 00:28:31,418 on Skinwalker Ranch. 680 00:28:31,418 --> 00:28:32,920 ‐MATT: 320 feet. ‐(low, rapid clicking) 681 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:35,213 ‐(whirring) ‐That's not bad. ‐TRAVIS: Yeah. 682 00:28:35,213 --> 00:28:37,633 Uh, I want to see how high we can get it, 683 00:28:37,633 --> 00:28:40,385 ‐so feed me the spool right through here. ‐MATT: Through here? 684 00:28:40,385 --> 00:28:42,220 Yeah. 685 00:28:42,220 --> 00:28:43,555 (wind whistling) 686 00:28:43,555 --> 00:28:45,182 The wind's picking up, so... 687 00:28:45,182 --> 00:28:47,392 what I'd like to do is pull this thing down, 688 00:28:47,392 --> 00:28:51,021 and don't let it hit the grass, 'cause it goes pop. 689 00:28:51,021 --> 00:28:53,148 ♪ ♪ 690 00:28:53,148 --> 00:28:55,400 TRAVIS: Yo! Whoa, don't go too fast, 691 00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:57,736 'cause the wind's blowing. 692 00:28:57,736 --> 00:28:59,738 The wind's really picking up now. 693 00:28:59,738 --> 00:29:02,783 We got to let it out now, or it's gonna crash. 694 00:29:02,783 --> 00:29:04,284 Let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go. 695 00:29:04,284 --> 00:29:05,494 Hurry, we're gonna lose it. 696 00:29:05,494 --> 00:29:06,912 ‐THOMAS: Cut it? ‐No, no, no. 697 00:29:06,912 --> 00:29:08,163 No, no, no, no. 698 00:29:08,163 --> 00:29:10,123 Let it spool it, let it spool out. 699 00:29:10,123 --> 00:29:12,584 Go up, go up, go up, go up, 700 00:29:12,584 --> 00:29:14,002 go up, go up. 701 00:29:14,002 --> 00:29:15,712 It's going down... 702 00:29:15,712 --> 00:29:16,880 Come on. Up! 703 00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:18,090 We lost her. 704 00:29:21,843 --> 00:29:24,012 We lost it. 705 00:29:24,012 --> 00:29:26,306 ‐I think it broke the line. ‐KALEB: It's all over there. 706 00:29:26,306 --> 00:29:28,433 There's that 50‐pound test line. That's a lot of pressure. 707 00:29:28,433 --> 00:29:29,810 ‐There was a lot of wind. ‐Crap. 708 00:29:29,810 --> 00:29:31,895 Dadgum it. 709 00:29:31,895 --> 00:29:33,480 So here's what we're gonna do. 710 00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:35,774 We're gonna go and try and recover the payload, 711 00:29:35,774 --> 00:29:37,401 and if the wind dies down enough, 712 00:29:37,401 --> 00:29:39,653 I say we're gonna forget with the tether at this point, 713 00:29:39,653 --> 00:29:41,655 and let's just do a free‐fly, 714 00:29:41,655 --> 00:29:44,533 ‐let one go with the payload on it. ‐Okay. 715 00:29:44,533 --> 00:29:46,910 Once we find the balloon and get our gear off of it, 716 00:29:46,910 --> 00:29:49,371 we're just gonna let the next one get as high as it can. 717 00:29:49,371 --> 00:29:51,123 Hopefully, it'll help us figure out 718 00:29:51,123 --> 00:29:53,750 what could be above the ranch causing these radiation spikes. 719 00:29:53,750 --> 00:29:55,377 (over radio): All right, then we'll meet you 720 00:29:55,377 --> 00:29:57,087 ‐back at the Jeep. ‐THOMAS: Okay. 721 00:29:57,087 --> 00:29:59,589 We're gonna head back and start preparing for the next launch. 722 00:29:59,589 --> 00:30:01,925 This next balloon 723 00:30:01,925 --> 00:30:04,553 will not only have the TriField meter and a camera on it, 724 00:30:04,553 --> 00:30:07,264 but also an audio beacon and a GPS device. 725 00:30:07,264 --> 00:30:11,143 That way we can track its location as it gathers data. 726 00:30:17,482 --> 00:30:19,317 ‐Shut it off. ‐Okay. 727 00:30:20,527 --> 00:30:22,487 Got a lot of lift on it? 728 00:30:22,487 --> 00:30:24,197 ‐Yeah. ‐Mm‐hmm. 729 00:30:26,658 --> 00:30:28,744 TRAVIS: All right, we're good. 730 00:30:28,744 --> 00:30:31,288 ‐(steady beeping) ‐MATT: Yep, yep, yep, we know. 731 00:30:31,288 --> 00:30:33,582 ‐Audio beacon is on. ‐TRAVIS: We need to let it go. 732 00:30:33,582 --> 00:30:34,916 The wind's kind of dying down‐‐ it'd be 733 00:30:34,916 --> 00:30:36,543 a good time to let it... let it rip. 734 00:30:36,543 --> 00:30:38,587 I mean, it's gonna go like a rocket, right? 735 00:30:38,587 --> 00:30:41,089 ‐Yeah, it's gonna take off pretty quick. ‐Well, so we hopefully 736 00:30:41,089 --> 00:30:43,425 get it to go through the... you know, mile‐high mark 737 00:30:43,425 --> 00:30:45,510 that we were calculating. 738 00:30:45,510 --> 00:30:46,928 I'm just hoping that it hits that 739 00:30:46,928 --> 00:30:48,597 before it gets too far to the west. 740 00:30:48,597 --> 00:30:50,015 ‐You know what I mean? ‐I hope so, too. 741 00:30:50,015 --> 00:30:52,267 ‐You got it, Matt? ‐Yeah, I got it. 742 00:30:52,267 --> 00:30:53,560 ‐Here we go. ‐We're clear. 743 00:30:53,560 --> 00:30:55,520 ‐Start easing it up. ‐(exclaims) 744 00:30:55,520 --> 00:30:58,023 Start letting it go, start letting it go. 745 00:30:58,023 --> 00:31:00,901 (steady beeping continues) 746 00:31:00,901 --> 00:31:02,652 Three, two, one. Let it launch. 747 00:31:04,571 --> 00:31:07,824 ♪ ♪ 748 00:31:08,867 --> 00:31:10,035 Look how fast it's going. 749 00:31:10,035 --> 00:31:11,453 Hey, I love how it's... 750 00:31:11,453 --> 00:31:13,955 It's going right through the spot, too. 751 00:31:13,955 --> 00:31:15,499 That is awesome. 752 00:31:15,499 --> 00:31:17,709 THOMAS: Oh, that is perfect! 753 00:31:17,709 --> 00:31:19,252 Right where it needs to be. 754 00:31:20,921 --> 00:31:22,631 TRAVIS: That couldn't have worked out better, 755 00:31:22,631 --> 00:31:24,633 ‐I don't think. ‐MATT: That's a good launch. 756 00:31:24,633 --> 00:31:27,177 I say we pack up and go back and try and track it 757 00:31:27,177 --> 00:31:29,930 ‐on the Internet. ‐MATT: Sounds good. THOMAS: Yep. 758 00:31:29,930 --> 00:31:32,557 ♪ ♪ 759 00:31:40,482 --> 00:31:43,276 TRAVIS: Now that we have T a successful launch, d 760 00:31:43,276 --> 00:31:44,903 we're going to go track the balloon 761 00:31:44,903 --> 00:31:46,321 from the command center. 762 00:31:46,321 --> 00:31:48,115 If this experiment is successful, 763 00:31:48,115 --> 00:31:49,407 it'll tell us exactly where 764 00:31:49,407 --> 00:31:50,742 these energy spikes are occurring, 765 00:31:50,742 --> 00:31:53,286 and hopefully, what's causing them. 766 00:31:53,286 --> 00:31:55,122 Are you tracking it already? 767 00:31:55,122 --> 00:31:57,749 Yeah. Yeah, come sit down and take a look. 768 00:31:57,749 --> 00:32:01,002 ‐Can you see okay? ‐Yeah, I can see good. 769 00:32:01,002 --> 00:32:03,004 MATT: What does it look like so far? 770 00:32:03,004 --> 00:32:06,508 Yeah, so, um, we've got a few good hits already. 771 00:32:06,508 --> 00:32:08,426 It looks like it's tracking off towards the east. 772 00:32:08,426 --> 00:32:10,554 How high is it right now? 773 00:32:10,554 --> 00:32:12,264 Um, it's giving us an altitude, 774 00:32:12,264 --> 00:32:14,266 well, above sea level, of 10,453. 775 00:32:14,266 --> 00:32:16,893 TRAVIS: Now, Skinwalker Ranch is already 776 00:32:16,893 --> 00:32:18,812 at 5,000 feet above sea level. 777 00:32:18,812 --> 00:32:20,647 And the balloon we're tracking right now 778 00:32:20,647 --> 00:32:23,400 is approximately 5,500 above the ranch. 779 00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:25,402 That means its total elevation 780 00:32:25,402 --> 00:32:27,571 is about 10,500 feet. 781 00:32:27,571 --> 00:32:29,948 Now, that's pretty much exactly where we believe 782 00:32:29,948 --> 00:32:33,285 the RF energy above the property is coming from. 783 00:32:33,285 --> 00:32:35,120 Well, that is odd, though, 784 00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:37,330 because you'd think it gone more than that 785 00:32:37,330 --> 00:32:39,457 in the time it took us to get out there and into here. 786 00:32:39,457 --> 00:32:42,419 ‐Yeah. ‐Well, it's‐it's not... 787 00:32:42,419 --> 00:32:44,212 This is not updating. 788 00:32:44,212 --> 00:32:46,131 MATT: That's strange to me. 789 00:32:46,131 --> 00:32:48,133 That's supposed to update every minute. 790 00:32:48,133 --> 00:32:51,803 It seems to have stopped after the 10,000 foot above sea level. 791 00:32:51,803 --> 00:32:54,764 So, when was the last time that‐that blip sent data? 792 00:32:54,764 --> 00:32:56,683 I mean, how long ago was that, Erik? 793 00:32:56,683 --> 00:32:58,393 ‐A few minutes ago? A minute ago? ‐Yeah. 794 00:32:58,393 --> 00:33:00,353 ‐It's been a lot more than a minute. ‐Okay. 795 00:33:00,353 --> 00:33:01,980 And that's‐that's baffling to me. 796 00:33:01,980 --> 00:33:04,691 The sensor is rock‐solid. Dude, I have flown this thing 797 00:33:04,691 --> 00:33:06,943 30 times, more than 30 times. 798 00:33:06,943 --> 00:33:08,570 It's never failed on me. 799 00:33:08,570 --> 00:33:11,698 So, I don't understand why it went out. 800 00:33:11,698 --> 00:33:13,658 I'm kind of worried about this balloon. 801 00:33:13,658 --> 00:33:15,702 I don't think we've ever had anything 802 00:33:15,702 --> 00:33:17,746 that we could not explain in the atmosphere. 803 00:33:17,746 --> 00:33:18,997 We can usually figure most things out 804 00:33:18,997 --> 00:33:20,207 if we have enough data. 805 00:33:20,207 --> 00:33:21,708 Roughly a mile, 806 00:33:21,708 --> 00:33:23,210 or you know, a little above a mile high, 807 00:33:23,210 --> 00:33:24,669 and it's lost, 808 00:33:24,669 --> 00:33:26,129 which I never thought would happen. 809 00:33:26,129 --> 00:33:28,006 So, what altitude did you say that was? 810 00:33:28,006 --> 00:33:31,301 Well, this is telling us 10,453 above sea level, so... 811 00:33:31,301 --> 00:33:33,845 ‐What's the altitude of our... ‐We're about 5,000 here. 812 00:33:33,845 --> 00:33:36,848 Okay. So it's about 5,500 feet. 813 00:33:36,848 --> 00:33:38,266 ‐Right? ‐Yeah. 814 00:33:38,266 --> 00:33:39,893 ‐THOMAS: Well, that's interesting. ‐TRAVIS: Yeah, it is. 815 00:33:39,893 --> 00:33:42,103 MATT: So, somewhere, the sensor stopped working. 816 00:33:42,103 --> 00:33:44,856 That's right... right where we figure 817 00:33:44,856 --> 00:33:47,025 those, uh, field lines are crossing. 818 00:33:47,025 --> 00:33:48,860 That's right where the triangulation put it. 819 00:33:48,860 --> 00:33:51,029 Oh, wow. 820 00:33:51,029 --> 00:33:53,406 THOMAS: We did get it to ping 821 00:33:53,406 --> 00:33:55,367 as the balloon was going up. 822 00:33:55,367 --> 00:33:58,912 So, we know it was transponding and‐and sending information. 823 00:33:58,912 --> 00:34:01,748 The last ping that we got showed the battery was good, 824 00:34:01,748 --> 00:34:05,293 the temperature was good, everything was functioning 825 00:34:05,293 --> 00:34:07,128 properly, and then, magically, 826 00:34:07,128 --> 00:34:09,339 it hits this 5,000‐foot mark, 827 00:34:09,339 --> 00:34:11,758 and it's... gone. 828 00:34:11,758 --> 00:34:14,135 I've flown 30 of these balloons. 829 00:34:14,135 --> 00:34:16,429 I've dropped 'em, I've stepped on 'em, I've gotten 'em wet. 830 00:34:16,429 --> 00:34:18,431 They've flown through, you know, thunderstorms. 831 00:34:18,431 --> 00:34:21,059 ‐They go up to 100,000 feet. ‐Yeah, they're rock solid. 832 00:34:21,059 --> 00:34:22,936 There must have been something at 5,000 feet 833 00:34:22,936 --> 00:34:24,813 ‐that shut it off. ‐Something happened. 834 00:34:24,813 --> 00:34:26,856 TRAVIS: It's crazy that the point 835 00:34:26,856 --> 00:34:28,858 where we lost contact with the balloon 836 00:34:28,858 --> 00:34:31,152 is at the exact same altitude we calculated 837 00:34:31,152 --> 00:34:33,321 the RF energy to be coming from. 838 00:34:33,321 --> 00:34:35,490 But where the heck did the balloon go? 839 00:34:35,490 --> 00:34:37,617 It's like it just disappeared. 840 00:34:37,617 --> 00:34:41,579 Why don't we look at the footage from the tethered test, 841 00:34:41,579 --> 00:34:43,790 and, uh, what I'd like to see is the meter. 842 00:34:43,790 --> 00:34:45,959 ‐Oh. ‐So we can kind of see what it's doing. 843 00:34:45,959 --> 00:34:47,419 Easy enough. 844 00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:50,964 ‐(beep) ‐THOMAS: Whoa! 845 00:34:50,964 --> 00:34:53,883 ‐Look at that. Look at that. ‐Oh, wow! 846 00:34:53,883 --> 00:34:55,969 ‐Wow. ‐TRAVIS: Wow. So we're getting 847 00:34:55,969 --> 00:34:59,139 about .3 milliwatts per meter squared. 848 00:34:59,139 --> 00:35:00,515 Thought I saw it spike at five. 849 00:35:00,515 --> 00:35:02,183 I thought I... I thought I did, too. 850 00:35:02,183 --> 00:35:05,061 That's like standing by a microwave that's on. 851 00:35:05,061 --> 00:35:07,230 So, this isn't someone just sending a Wi‐Fi signal 852 00:35:07,230 --> 00:35:08,940 back and forth or anything like that? 853 00:35:08,940 --> 00:35:10,317 It can't be at that altitude 854 00:35:10,317 --> 00:35:11,693 with these types of spikes, right? 855 00:35:11,693 --> 00:35:13,445 ‐Okay. ‐SEGALA: So one of the things 856 00:35:13,445 --> 00:35:17,240 that really jumps out at me is that you can tell if 857 00:35:17,240 --> 00:35:19,159 a frequency or RF energy 858 00:35:19,159 --> 00:35:21,828 comes from the ground, as most do, 859 00:35:21,828 --> 00:35:24,164 because it will actually fall off as you go up. 860 00:35:24,164 --> 00:35:26,750 So, in order to create something up there, 861 00:35:26,750 --> 00:35:30,211 you have to have an antenna up there to create the energy. 862 00:35:30,211 --> 00:35:32,255 So, what's disturbing is that 863 00:35:32,255 --> 00:35:34,799 it has to come from something off‐planet. 864 00:35:34,799 --> 00:35:36,718 It's not something 865 00:35:36,718 --> 00:35:39,971 that humans have created on the face of the earth. 866 00:35:41,056 --> 00:35:43,433 That's crazy. 867 00:35:43,433 --> 00:35:45,393 Yeah. 868 00:35:45,393 --> 00:35:48,021 So the interpretation of this is there's something 869 00:35:48,021 --> 00:35:50,106 above us sending signals down. 870 00:35:50,106 --> 00:35:52,025 I mean, yeah, it's coming from above. 871 00:35:52,025 --> 00:35:53,610 ‐It's coming from off‐planet, right. ‐Yeah. 872 00:35:53,610 --> 00:35:56,863 That is what the data is suggesting. 873 00:35:58,073 --> 00:35:59,866 A lot of this is not adding up. 874 00:35:59,866 --> 00:36:02,202 ‐ERIK: Right. ‐THOMAS: So I am sitting in a room 875 00:36:02,202 --> 00:36:03,995 full of baffled scientists then? 876 00:36:03,995 --> 00:36:05,705 Uh, that sounds about right. 877 00:36:05,705 --> 00:36:07,540 ‐Yeah. ‐TRAVIS: There's no 878 00:36:07,540 --> 00:36:10,377 known asset that's just sitting right over the ranch. 879 00:36:10,377 --> 00:36:12,587 ‐Yeah. ‐TRAVIS: So, uh, I'm thinking about 880 00:36:12,587 --> 00:36:15,173 us building a rocket, 'cause we can put sensors 881 00:36:15,173 --> 00:36:18,551 on the rocket, measure things as it passes through that spot. 882 00:36:18,551 --> 00:36:21,846 ‐Maybe this will help us figure that out. ‐Right. 883 00:36:21,846 --> 00:36:23,556 TRAVIS: Man, I appreciate you coming out, man. 884 00:36:23,556 --> 00:36:24,974 MATT: I'm glad that I could help. 885 00:36:32,315 --> 00:36:34,150 TRAVIS: While the team and I are waiting 886 00:36:34,150 --> 00:36:35,819 for our rocket equipment to arrive, 887 00:36:35,819 --> 00:36:37,195 Thomas Winterton invited me to come with him 888 00:36:37,195 --> 00:36:38,863 over to Homestead One. 889 00:36:38,863 --> 00:36:40,323 THOMAS: We'll see what we can see, yeah? 890 00:36:40,323 --> 00:36:41,825 All right, let's grab the stuff out. 891 00:36:41,825 --> 00:36:43,702 Now, Homestead One is the homestead 892 00:36:43,702 --> 00:36:45,537 nearest the command center, and it's where 893 00:36:45,537 --> 00:36:48,498 the two caretakers, Kandus and her boyfriend Tom, live. 894 00:36:48,498 --> 00:36:50,417 They've only been staying here on the ranch 895 00:36:50,417 --> 00:36:52,335 for a few weeks, and according to Thomas, 896 00:36:52,335 --> 00:36:53,712 they've already been hearing strange sounds 897 00:36:53,712 --> 00:36:55,171 coming from the basement. 898 00:36:55,171 --> 00:36:57,340 So I'm really curious to see 899 00:36:57,340 --> 00:37:00,093 if what's happening in the house could have any connection 900 00:37:00,093 --> 00:37:02,053 to what we've been experiencing recently 901 00:37:02,053 --> 00:37:03,555 in other places on the ranch. 902 00:37:03,555 --> 00:37:05,348 ‐Well, hello. ‐Hey, there. 903 00:37:05,348 --> 00:37:07,058 Come on in. What's going on? 904 00:37:07,058 --> 00:37:08,685 ‐Hey, hey. ‐We're gonna see if we can have a... 905 00:37:08,685 --> 00:37:10,103 We want to look down in that thing in your basement. 906 00:37:10,103 --> 00:37:11,521 ‐Oh, ho. ‐There's a special camera. 907 00:37:11,521 --> 00:37:12,897 ‐TOM: Oh, you got a camera? ‐Okay. 908 00:37:12,897 --> 00:37:14,357 ‐TRAVIS: Yeah. ‐TOM: Nice. 909 00:37:16,401 --> 00:37:18,987 THOMAS: The ranch house has had three generations of ownership 910 00:37:18,987 --> 00:37:20,989 before Brandon took possession of it. 911 00:37:23,450 --> 00:37:25,034 Starting with the Meyers, 912 00:37:25,034 --> 00:37:28,246 who reported strange sounds, rumblings. 913 00:37:28,246 --> 00:37:30,874 And when the Shermans took possession of it 914 00:37:30,874 --> 00:37:33,668 from the Meyers, there were locks on everything 915 00:37:33,668 --> 00:37:36,796 from the cabinet doors to the closets. 916 00:37:36,796 --> 00:37:38,590 They started reporting 917 00:37:38,590 --> 00:37:41,259 groceries coming out of the cabinets, 918 00:37:41,259 --> 00:37:43,762 farm equipment ending up in the trees, 919 00:37:43,762 --> 00:37:47,390 all types of weird anomalies that 920 00:37:47,390 --> 00:37:49,058 were pretty scary. 921 00:37:49,058 --> 00:37:51,478 All right, if we just head down, then? 922 00:37:51,478 --> 00:37:54,272 KANDUS: Yeah, you go‐go ahead. 923 00:37:54,272 --> 00:37:56,900 ‐TOM: Yeah, watch your head there. ‐KANDUS: Yup. 924 00:37:56,900 --> 00:37:59,027 THOMAS: Two weeks ago, 925 00:37:59,027 --> 00:38:00,820 Tom and Kandus reported strange noises 926 00:38:00,820 --> 00:38:02,572 coming from the basement. 927 00:38:02,572 --> 00:38:04,949 I was able to punch a small hole through the wall, 928 00:38:04,949 --> 00:38:08,328 and we discovered that there was possibly a room there. 929 00:38:08,328 --> 00:38:09,788 So there's a room in there? 930 00:38:09,788 --> 00:38:11,247 TOM: There's a room in there. 931 00:38:11,247 --> 00:38:13,958 But it goes back quite a ways. 932 00:38:13,958 --> 00:38:15,627 Now the interesting thing about it is, 933 00:38:15,627 --> 00:38:18,505 as far we can tell, we can't see any pipes coming in or out, 934 00:38:18,505 --> 00:38:20,673 and there's no access to it. That's the... 935 00:38:20,673 --> 00:38:22,133 That's the weird thing is 936 00:38:22,133 --> 00:38:23,468 I don't know why you'd have a concrete box 937 00:38:23,468 --> 00:38:25,970 ‐Completely walled off. ‐with no access. 938 00:38:25,970 --> 00:38:28,640 Uh, it's‐it's weird, man. I don't know what... 939 00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:30,308 ‐It's just out of place. ‐Yeah. 940 00:38:30,308 --> 00:38:31,434 ‐You know? ‐Well, let's get in there. 941 00:38:31,434 --> 00:38:32,560 TRAVIS: Let's get this thing hooked up 942 00:38:32,560 --> 00:38:34,479 and take a look. 943 00:38:34,479 --> 00:38:36,481 A room that's completely closed off 944 00:38:36,481 --> 00:38:38,858 in the basement with no doors, and no doors 945 00:38:38,858 --> 00:38:41,027 being prepared to be built on it or maybe, 946 00:38:41,027 --> 00:38:43,655 there was never any intent to put a door on it‐‐ 947 00:38:43,655 --> 00:38:45,323 it's horror movie stuff. 948 00:38:45,323 --> 00:38:47,492 Is this gonna fit through that hole? 949 00:38:47,492 --> 00:38:49,118 THOMAS: I'm pretty sure it will. 950 00:38:49,118 --> 00:38:51,996 ‐If not, we'll make it bigger. ‐All right. 951 00:38:51,996 --> 00:38:53,456 Yeah, I mean, everything's connected 952 00:38:53,456 --> 00:38:55,166 the way it's supposed to be. 953 00:38:55,166 --> 00:38:57,877 ‐All right, there we go. ‐THOMAS: Got it? 954 00:38:57,877 --> 00:38:59,170 Does that seem like it's gonna stay? 955 00:38:59,170 --> 00:39:00,505 Yeah, I think... I think it will. 956 00:39:00,505 --> 00:39:01,714 ‐Okay. ‐All right. 957 00:39:08,429 --> 00:39:11,307 ‐THOMAS: We're in. ‐KANDUS: Oh, wow. ‐TOM: Cool. 958 00:39:11,307 --> 00:39:13,518 ‐It's bone‐dry in there. ‐Mm. 959 00:39:13,518 --> 00:39:15,311 TRAVIS: So, it means it's not leaking, 960 00:39:15,311 --> 00:39:19,190 or there's no external entrances to it. 961 00:39:19,190 --> 00:39:21,943 TOM: So it looks square, doesn't it? 962 00:39:21,943 --> 00:39:24,654 THOMAS: Yeah, definitely square. 963 00:39:24,654 --> 00:39:26,322 Well, look how thick that concrete is. 964 00:39:26,322 --> 00:39:27,991 I mean, that tells you just how strong it is. 965 00:39:27,991 --> 00:39:29,492 TRAVIS: That's heavy duty, something. 966 00:39:29,492 --> 00:39:31,911 You know, that's‐that's a foot thick on top. 967 00:39:31,911 --> 00:39:34,163 I'm gonna try 968 00:39:34,163 --> 00:39:35,832 to angle this down a little bit and just check along this wall. 969 00:39:35,832 --> 00:39:37,625 ‐TRAVIS: That's a good idea. That's a real good idea. ‐KANDUS: Mm. 970 00:39:40,378 --> 00:39:41,921 TRAVIS: Oh, what is that? 971 00:39:41,921 --> 00:39:44,299 Is that a drain? 972 00:39:44,299 --> 00:39:46,050 What is that? 973 00:39:46,050 --> 00:39:48,845 TRAVIS: Go all the way down to it if you can. 974 00:39:50,722 --> 00:39:53,224 ‐What is that? ‐KANDUS: What is that? ‐It looks like rubble 975 00:39:53,224 --> 00:39:55,059 ‐to me. ‐It does. ‐Yeah, it's rubble, 976 00:39:55,059 --> 00:39:57,395 but where... rubble from what? 977 00:39:57,395 --> 00:39:59,522 THOMAS: I wonder, when I drilled this, 978 00:39:59,522 --> 00:40:02,442 if it didn't beat it in, and it popped in there. 979 00:40:02,442 --> 00:40:05,194 KANDUS: That looks like way more material 980 00:40:05,194 --> 00:40:06,738 ‐that would have come out of that hole. ‐That's way more material 981 00:40:06,738 --> 00:40:07,739 than that hole. 982 00:40:07,739 --> 00:40:11,284 See, go a little bit lower if you can. 983 00:40:12,619 --> 00:40:14,621 Oh, slow down, slow down, slow down. 984 00:40:17,081 --> 00:40:20,043 That looks like kindling or something. 985 00:40:20,043 --> 00:40:22,462 THOMAS: I don't know what 986 00:40:22,462 --> 00:40:23,796 the black stuff is. That is really weird. 987 00:40:23,796 --> 00:40:25,089 KANDUS: It looks like charcoal. 988 00:40:25,089 --> 00:40:27,050 It... it might be ash. 989 00:40:27,050 --> 00:40:29,928 It looks ashy and black flecks and charcoal. 990 00:40:29,928 --> 00:40:33,473 It sure does. It looks like there's been a fire in there. 991 00:40:33,473 --> 00:40:35,350 TOM: It does. 992 00:40:35,350 --> 00:40:38,770 That's‐that's a little creepy right there. 993 00:40:41,189 --> 00:40:43,566 TRAVIS: Right in the bottom, 994 00:40:43,566 --> 00:40:46,444 there's a pile about the size, of, say, a volleyball, 995 00:40:46,444 --> 00:40:48,947 and it looked like ash, 996 00:40:48,947 --> 00:40:50,573 but how did it get in there, 997 00:40:50,573 --> 00:40:52,617 and what's the purpose of it being there? 998 00:40:52,617 --> 00:40:55,078 It makes no sense what this is. 999 00:40:55,078 --> 00:40:57,455 How could you build a fire in there without suffocating? 1000 00:40:57,455 --> 00:40:59,207 THOMAS: Why would you? 1001 00:40:59,207 --> 00:41:01,125 ‐TRAVIS: I mean, is it an oven? ‐KANDUS: Well, yeah, almost 1002 00:41:01,125 --> 00:41:03,378 ‐looks like a cremation. ‐THOMAS: So it looks like ash, huh? 1003 00:41:06,547 --> 00:41:07,924 TRAVIS: Hey, hold on a minute. 1004 00:41:10,468 --> 00:41:12,512 What are those white pieces right there? 1005 00:41:12,512 --> 00:41:14,138 THOMAS: I'm wondering if that's... 1006 00:41:14,138 --> 00:41:15,848 ‐It looks a lot like bones. ‐KANDUS: Is that even bone? 1007 00:41:16,975 --> 00:41:18,309 TRAVIS: Bones? 1008 00:41:18,309 --> 00:41:20,311 What in the world? 1009 00:41:24,148 --> 00:41:25,775 TRAVIS: We need to see what's really in there. 1010 00:41:25,775 --> 00:41:27,777 ‐What is that? ‐ERIK: It could be human remains. 1011 00:41:27,777 --> 00:41:29,654 THOMAS: We have a couple trucks bringing cattle. 1012 00:41:29,654 --> 00:41:32,281 Each cow we bring on is another biosensor. 1013 00:41:32,281 --> 00:41:34,242 TRAVIS: There's some signal coming from space. 1014 00:41:34,242 --> 00:41:36,160 ‐Inserting safety key. ‐Ignition. 1015 00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:38,663 So we're gonna use rockets and see what's going on up there. 1016 00:41:38,663 --> 00:41:42,000 ‐What the heck's up with the cows? ‐(loud lowing) 1017 00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:43,668 ‐THOMAS: Look, look, look! ‐BRYANT: What is that? 1018 00:41:43,668 --> 00:41:44,794 ‐What is that? ‐KAITLIN: What is that? 1019 00:41:44,794 --> 00:41:46,295 THOMAS: It's gone. Did you see it? 1020 00:41:46,295 --> 00:41:47,547 TRAVIS: It's gone. Yes, I saw it! It's gone. 1021 00:41:47,547 --> 00:41:50,383 BRANDON: I think that's historic. 1022 00:41:50,383 --> 00:41:52,010 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A+E NETWORKS