1 00:00:02,042 --> 00:00:03,083 I've got some footage that shows the helicopter 2 00:00:03,250 --> 00:00:05,250 passing overhead. It's not a drone. 3 00:00:05,375 --> 00:00:07,333 TRAVIS: And it turns and goes the other way. 4 00:00:07,500 --> 00:00:10,333 It seems to be just navigating of its own accord. 5 00:00:10,500 --> 00:00:13,167 TRAVIS: When we launch rockets, 6 00:00:13,292 --> 00:00:15,250 our instruments pick up something unusual. 7 00:00:15,417 --> 00:00:17,000 We're getting some kind of signal. 8 00:00:17,167 --> 00:00:18,417 ERIK (over radio): Hey, Travis. 9 00:00:18,625 --> 00:00:20,042 The Kraken has been tracking 10 00:00:20,208 --> 00:00:23,333 the 1.6 gigahertz signal down to the southern fence line. 11 00:00:23,542 --> 00:00:24,917 Oh, what's that? 12 00:00:25,083 --> 00:00:27,125 TRAVIS: Oh! That thing is moving fast! 13 00:00:28,167 --> 00:00:31,667 NARRATOR: There is a ranch in Northern Utah. 14 00:00:31,833 --> 00:00:34,333 It is considered the epicenter 15 00:00:34,458 --> 00:00:38,958 of the strangest and most disturbing phenomena on Earth: 16 00:00:39,125 --> 00:00:41,417 animal mutilations, 17 00:00:41,542 --> 00:00:43,625 bizarre UFO sightings 18 00:00:43,833 --> 00:00:49,000 and unusual energies that have proven harmful to humans. 19 00:00:49,167 --> 00:00:51,333 For 20 years, the federal government 20 00:00:51,500 --> 00:00:54,917 tried to find answers and failed. 21 00:00:55,083 --> 00:00:59,042 Now a new team of dedicated scientists, 22 00:00:59,167 --> 00:01:02,750 researchers and experts has taken over. 23 00:01:02,875 --> 00:01:07,042 They are determined to solve the mystery and reveal... 24 00:01:09,375 --> 00:01:12,708 ...The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch. 25 00:01:25,458 --> 00:01:27,292 What the hell? 26 00:01:34,625 --> 00:01:36,333 THOMAS: I mean, that's the same height that we fly our drones at. 27 00:01:36,542 --> 00:01:39,292 So, it's gotta be, like, 300 to 400 feet. 28 00:01:42,583 --> 00:01:45,125 What in the hell is that thing doing right here? 29 00:01:45,292 --> 00:01:46,708 KALEB: If that's military, you're not going to see that 30 00:01:46,875 --> 00:01:48,125 on the ADS-B. 31 00:01:49,208 --> 00:01:52,958 Hell, it's clearly marked, "United States Air Force". 32 00:01:53,125 --> 00:01:54,625 That's interesting. 33 00:01:55,625 --> 00:01:59,458 Well, I got it on camera. It's definitely changing course. 34 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:03,250 BRYANT: Yeah, they're gone now. 35 00:02:04,500 --> 00:02:07,500 TRAVIS: This morning, another strange thing that our team 36 00:02:07,708 --> 00:02:10,833 has repeatedly encountered on Skinwalker Ranch happened again. 37 00:02:12,958 --> 00:02:14,875 A United States military aircraft 38 00:02:15,042 --> 00:02:16,458 suddenly flew back and forth 39 00:02:16,667 --> 00:02:19,750 over the property at an extremely low altitude. 40 00:02:19,875 --> 00:02:22,000 Out of just happenstance. 41 00:02:22,167 --> 00:02:23,625 Like, that does not happen. 42 00:02:23,792 --> 00:02:26,250 Like, you don't have a military jet of that size 43 00:02:26,458 --> 00:02:28,542 cutting through this airspace 44 00:02:28,708 --> 00:02:31,000 that low just out of happenstance. 45 00:02:31,167 --> 00:02:33,708 -That's nuts. -It's bizarre. Anyway. 46 00:02:33,875 --> 00:02:36,333 I want to know what in the world is going on. 47 00:02:38,792 --> 00:02:40,625 TRAVIS: Incidents like this have now happened 48 00:02:40,750 --> 00:02:43,167 several times during the past few years 49 00:02:43,333 --> 00:02:45,000 of our investigation... 50 00:02:46,042 --> 00:02:48,667 TRAVIS: Helicopter, helicopter! Helicopter coming right over! 51 00:02:48,875 --> 00:02:51,167 ...and have even taken place right after we saw 52 00:02:51,333 --> 00:02:54,042 incredible phenomena, such as UAPs. 53 00:02:54,208 --> 00:02:56,875 BRYANT: I gotta get back and tell Thomas because 54 00:02:57,042 --> 00:02:59,125 he probably got good footage of it, too. 55 00:03:06,958 --> 00:03:11,000 BRYANT: Why in the world would there be a big military aircraft 56 00:03:11,167 --> 00:03:12,833 cruising around in our airspace 57 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:14,542 and buzzing over the property? 58 00:03:14,708 --> 00:03:15,958 Was this a warning? 59 00:03:16,125 --> 00:03:17,417 Is it letting us know we're being watched? 60 00:03:17,583 --> 00:03:18,875 I don't know, 61 00:03:19,042 --> 00:03:20,667 but eyes are on Skinwalker Ranch. 62 00:03:20,833 --> 00:03:22,750 Did you see that plane? 63 00:03:22,875 --> 00:03:24,500 BRYANT: Driving down the road, that thing looked like it was 64 00:03:24,583 --> 00:03:26,250 going to land on the damn property. 65 00:03:26,417 --> 00:03:28,333 THOMAS: Dude, it was, it was just barely above the mesa. 66 00:03:28,500 --> 00:03:31,250 I estimate it was between 300 and 400 feet above ground level. 67 00:03:31,375 --> 00:03:33,333 I'm glad you got it from this point of view, 68 00:03:33,542 --> 00:03:35,667 because I have it coming right over the top of us. 69 00:03:35,833 --> 00:03:39,333 There's no military base anywhere near the ranch. 70 00:03:39,542 --> 00:03:41,833 But we do know that the U.S. government 71 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:43,667 partially funded the investigation 72 00:03:43,792 --> 00:03:46,458 of aerospace billionaire Robert Bigelow 73 00:03:46,667 --> 00:03:50,750 on Skinwalker Ranch from the late 1990s to the early 2000s. 74 00:03:50,917 --> 00:03:53,792 So these kinds of incidents make us wonder 75 00:03:53,917 --> 00:03:55,625 if we're being surveilled. 76 00:03:55,792 --> 00:03:58,167 It's obvious the military is interested for whatever reason, 77 00:03:58,375 --> 00:04:00,667 I don't know, but I mean, there's proof. 78 00:04:11,208 --> 00:04:12,167 You guys getting everything hooked back up 79 00:04:12,292 --> 00:04:13,667 over there, Travis? 80 00:04:13,833 --> 00:04:15,333 Yeah. Working on it. 81 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:19,125 TRAVIS: One of the reasons that we're extremely curious 82 00:04:19,292 --> 00:04:21,667 about the government possibly watching us is 83 00:04:21,833 --> 00:04:23,875 based on something we're currently investigating 84 00:04:24,042 --> 00:04:25,542 deep inside the mesa 85 00:04:25,708 --> 00:04:28,125 on the northern border of the property. 86 00:04:28,292 --> 00:04:32,833 It's here, during a drilling operation in 2021, 87 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:36,167 that we first encountered a buried, 400-foot-long, 88 00:04:36,375 --> 00:04:39,000 dome-shaped object that was totally impenetrable. 89 00:04:40,292 --> 00:04:43,167 But while searching the spoils, we found small pieces of metal 90 00:04:43,333 --> 00:04:46,792 that were scientifically proven to be made of similar materials 91 00:04:46,958 --> 00:04:50,333 like what NASA uses to protect the surface of spacecraft. 92 00:04:51,375 --> 00:04:54,125 THOMAS: Well, I see the drillers are pulling up. 93 00:04:54,250 --> 00:04:56,292 I'm gonna go over and visit with them and... 94 00:04:56,458 --> 00:04:58,667 Yeah, let's go come up with our game plan. 95 00:05:01,208 --> 00:05:03,250 -Hey, guys. -How's it going? 96 00:05:03,417 --> 00:05:05,292 -Ready to get back at it? -Yep. -Yes, sir. 97 00:05:05,417 --> 00:05:07,167 Well, let's see what the day holds, huh? 98 00:05:07,375 --> 00:05:09,333 -Yep. -Hopefully we can get this punched through for you guys. 99 00:05:09,542 --> 00:05:10,833 -That's the goal. -That's our goal. 100 00:05:11,042 --> 00:05:13,833 TRAVIS: Earlier this year, we conducted 101 00:05:14,042 --> 00:05:16,750 a ground-penetrating radar scan that showed 102 00:05:16,875 --> 00:05:20,167 there could also be several smaller metal objects 103 00:05:20,375 --> 00:05:22,500 surrounding whatever the dome is. 104 00:05:22,667 --> 00:05:24,958 So, we've been working with a team from 105 00:05:25,167 --> 00:05:27,708 Mark Construction Drillers. They brought out a much 106 00:05:27,875 --> 00:05:30,625 more powerful rig to make two large boreholes 107 00:05:30,792 --> 00:05:34,167 through the mesa that will trace around these objects. 108 00:05:34,292 --> 00:05:37,417 This will enable us to insert a number of scanning devices 109 00:05:37,542 --> 00:05:40,667 to hopefully identify just what these anomalies are, 110 00:05:40,875 --> 00:05:43,917 and then decide the best way to uncover them. 111 00:05:44,958 --> 00:05:47,917 -THOMAS: How deep are you? -ALEX: I'm 120 feet. 112 00:05:48,083 --> 00:05:49,542 All right, well, while you get fired up, we've got some stuff 113 00:05:49,708 --> 00:05:51,333 we're going to be turning on over here. 114 00:05:51,542 --> 00:05:53,208 Just monitoring what's going on. 115 00:05:53,375 --> 00:05:54,625 -Perfect. -Sounds good. 116 00:05:54,750 --> 00:05:55,958 Okay. 117 00:05:56,125 --> 00:05:57,667 TRAVIS: Even with this more powerful rig, 118 00:05:57,792 --> 00:06:00,042 the team has struggled the last few weeks 119 00:06:00,208 --> 00:06:01,667 to get the first borehole completed, 120 00:06:01,750 --> 00:06:05,625 and experienced several strange equipment malfunctions. 121 00:06:05,708 --> 00:06:07,875 I'm set up, Erik, I'm ready to go. 122 00:06:08,083 --> 00:06:10,542 -Did he have the Kraken running? -It is running. 123 00:06:11,583 --> 00:06:13,458 TRAVIS: So, as the drilling proceeds, 124 00:06:13,583 --> 00:06:15,167 we'll be monitoring our spectrum analyzers 125 00:06:15,375 --> 00:06:18,000 for any mysterious radio frequency signals 126 00:06:18,125 --> 00:06:19,583 or energy spikes, 127 00:06:19,750 --> 00:06:22,375 and also use Erik's Kraken antenna system, 128 00:06:22,542 --> 00:06:24,750 which is designed to track the direction 129 00:06:24,917 --> 00:06:26,667 that those signals might be coming from. 130 00:06:26,875 --> 00:06:29,667 And the drillers will also be monitoring 131 00:06:29,833 --> 00:06:31,833 their progress with a beacon. 132 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:34,167 That is a device that tracks the position 133 00:06:34,375 --> 00:06:35,833 of the drill bit underground 134 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:38,583 as it cuts through the rocky mesa. 135 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:40,875 Hey, Alex. You copy? 136 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:46,083 We are set up and ready over here. Travis is monitoring. 137 00:06:48,333 --> 00:06:50,375 All right, bud, go ahead and push it. 138 00:06:55,375 --> 00:06:56,917 ERIK: All right, let's just keep looking. 139 00:07:00,500 --> 00:07:02,667 -Hey, David! -Jim! 140 00:07:02,875 --> 00:07:04,250 (laughing) 141 00:07:04,417 --> 00:07:05,208 TRAVIS: While the drilling operation 142 00:07:05,375 --> 00:07:06,500 continued at the mesa, 143 00:07:06,708 --> 00:07:08,417 ranch manager Jim Morse 144 00:07:08,583 --> 00:07:11,667 and caretakers Kandus Linde and Tom Lewis 145 00:07:11,833 --> 00:07:13,458 headed about 20 miles southeast 146 00:07:13,667 --> 00:07:15,833 to a property known as Four Star Ranch 147 00:07:16,042 --> 00:07:18,583 to meet with the property owner David Yeaman. 148 00:07:19,542 --> 00:07:21,292 Beautiful, beautiful place you have here. 149 00:07:21,500 --> 00:07:24,083 I think you told me about two or three weeks ago 150 00:07:24,292 --> 00:07:27,333 you actually had an incident on the ranch with a colt? 151 00:07:27,542 --> 00:07:30,000 A week-old colt, yes. 152 00:07:30,167 --> 00:07:32,625 That's the same thing that Tom 153 00:07:32,792 --> 00:07:34,500 and Kandus have been witnessing out there on Skinwalker. 154 00:07:34,625 --> 00:07:37,833 It'd be nice to compare some notes with you. 155 00:07:39,250 --> 00:07:42,125 TOM: Skinwalker Ranch has a history going way back 156 00:07:42,292 --> 00:07:44,167 with cattle mutilations. 157 00:07:45,208 --> 00:07:48,750 These were mutilations that looked like surgeries. 158 00:07:49,792 --> 00:07:54,708 Eyes missing, organs missing, no blood anywhere. 159 00:07:56,333 --> 00:07:58,125 David Yeaman's a local rancher. 160 00:07:58,250 --> 00:08:00,708 Apparently, he's had some mutilations on his ranch. 161 00:08:00,833 --> 00:08:02,833 So, what's the connection there? 162 00:08:02,958 --> 00:08:06,000 You know, I think it's worth investigating his ranch 163 00:08:06,208 --> 00:08:08,083 and what he has to say. 164 00:08:08,292 --> 00:08:11,458 We had a week-old colt 165 00:08:11,625 --> 00:08:13,667 out in the middle of the corral. 166 00:08:14,917 --> 00:08:17,625 It was fine, everything was fine, and the next day, 167 00:08:17,792 --> 00:08:19,458 our ranch hand, he said we lost the colt. 168 00:08:19,625 --> 00:08:21,708 He texted me the picture. 169 00:08:21,875 --> 00:08:23,417 That's the colt. 170 00:08:23,542 --> 00:08:25,792 JIM: Oh, you actually have a photo of it. 171 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:28,833 DAVID: It was mutilated. Just a mutilated colt. 172 00:08:29,958 --> 00:08:33,500 TOM: So, what do you surmise did this to this colt? 173 00:08:33,708 --> 00:08:35,333 DAVID: You know, a lot of times you would think, well, 174 00:08:35,542 --> 00:08:37,375 what was it that did it? 175 00:08:37,542 --> 00:08:41,333 Was it a coyote, or was it a mountain lion? 176 00:08:41,500 --> 00:08:44,667 I mean, none of those things seem to fit the scenario here 177 00:08:44,833 --> 00:08:48,292 because we didn't see any footprints from it. 178 00:08:48,458 --> 00:08:50,833 There was no blood coming out. 179 00:08:51,042 --> 00:08:53,500 None of the usual signs that it's an animal attack. 180 00:08:53,667 --> 00:08:56,583 None of the usual-- The mother actually seemed 181 00:08:56,750 --> 00:08:58,958 very distant from the colt after this happened. 182 00:08:59,167 --> 00:09:00,333 And that's unusual. 183 00:09:00,458 --> 00:09:01,458 Usually, if they lose a colt, 184 00:09:01,625 --> 00:09:03,625 they're kind of wanting to 185 00:09:03,750 --> 00:09:05,333 revive it or something, yeah. 186 00:09:05,458 --> 00:09:06,833 JIM: Yeah, that's strange. 187 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:10,500 And we've had calves that we couldn't explain 188 00:09:10,708 --> 00:09:12,667 how they were lost, either. 189 00:09:12,875 --> 00:09:15,542 I had one here my manager sent. 190 00:09:15,708 --> 00:09:16,958 There's one right there. 191 00:09:17,083 --> 00:09:18,625 -Wow. -Oh, boy. -Yeah, yeah. 192 00:09:20,667 --> 00:09:22,958 And, uh, this year we had one cow that we lost 193 00:09:23,125 --> 00:09:26,667 right down here in the field this spring. 194 00:09:26,833 --> 00:09:29,458 It was fine. Couple hours later 195 00:09:29,625 --> 00:09:31,667 and the cow is on the ground dying. 196 00:09:31,833 --> 00:09:33,458 It died very shortly after. 197 00:09:33,625 --> 00:09:36,167 The only thing that we could identify was 198 00:09:36,375 --> 00:09:41,000 there was a hole in its knee that was not a bullet hole. 199 00:09:41,125 --> 00:09:43,833 -And it wasn't really bleeding, you know. -Yeah. 200 00:09:44,042 --> 00:09:46,500 TOM: So, as soon as I hear about this strange hole 201 00:09:46,625 --> 00:09:47,875 in this cow's knee, 202 00:09:48,042 --> 00:09:49,333 that immediately got my attention 203 00:09:49,458 --> 00:09:53,042 because we've seen similar things 204 00:09:53,208 --> 00:09:54,125 on the ranch. 205 00:09:54,292 --> 00:09:55,917 BEN: Look at this one! 206 00:09:56,042 --> 00:09:58,750 That is a tooth that bit all the way through. 207 00:09:58,875 --> 00:10:00,917 TOM: This year, we had a cow mysteriously die 208 00:10:01,083 --> 00:10:04,125 that had this puncture mark in its rib. 209 00:10:04,292 --> 00:10:07,958 BEN: The size fits into that hole perfectly. 210 00:10:08,125 --> 00:10:11,417 TOM: The only thing that really fit in that hole was 211 00:10:11,583 --> 00:10:14,250 the tooth of a dire wolf. 212 00:10:14,417 --> 00:10:18,417 And the strange thing is, dire wolves have been extinct 213 00:10:18,583 --> 00:10:21,333 for supposedly 10,000-plus years. 214 00:10:21,500 --> 00:10:23,167 Will you promise to let us know 215 00:10:23,375 --> 00:10:24,667 if anything else happens out here? 216 00:10:24,792 --> 00:10:26,250 -Yeah, I sure will. -Yeah. -Absolutely. 217 00:10:26,375 --> 00:10:28,542 Can't thank you enough. 218 00:10:28,708 --> 00:10:30,208 TOM: It's been a pleasure. Thank you. 219 00:10:36,917 --> 00:10:39,208 Boy, you can hear that below us, can't you? 220 00:10:39,375 --> 00:10:40,750 Yeah. 221 00:10:42,542 --> 00:10:46,333 TRAVIS: The drilling operation had been pretty uneventful all morning. 222 00:10:46,500 --> 00:10:47,917 The team was making good progress, 223 00:10:48,083 --> 00:10:50,000 so we were hopeful that they'd finally be able 224 00:10:50,208 --> 00:10:51,875 to complete one borehole 225 00:10:52,042 --> 00:10:55,000 all the way through to the top of the mesa. 226 00:10:55,208 --> 00:10:56,875 Jared, you got a copy? 227 00:10:57,042 --> 00:10:59,750 Are you going through something real hard right now or what? 228 00:11:01,542 --> 00:11:04,958 I'm into something fairly decently hard. 229 00:11:05,167 --> 00:11:08,708 I'm only going about a foot a minute at 12,000 pounds. 230 00:11:10,375 --> 00:11:12,625 You can hear that he's hitting something down there. 231 00:11:13,542 --> 00:11:15,083 THOMAS: Really? 232 00:11:15,250 --> 00:11:18,000 Is there any indication from the drill what you're into? 233 00:11:18,167 --> 00:11:20,625 ALEX: He said it's just really hard. 234 00:11:20,833 --> 00:11:22,833 -THOMAS: Something really hard? -Yeah. 235 00:11:23,750 --> 00:11:25,292 So, we're going down now. 236 00:11:25,458 --> 00:11:27,625 -So, your bit's now being pushed down? -Yes. 237 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:30,375 THOMAS: How far from the drill 238 00:11:30,542 --> 00:11:32,833 when you started encountering that? 239 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:34,625 We hit it at about 180 feet. 240 00:11:34,792 --> 00:11:36,292 THOMAS: That's interesting. 241 00:11:37,250 --> 00:11:38,917 So, the drill bit's not levelling out 242 00:11:39,042 --> 00:11:41,125 but it's actually getting pushed down. 243 00:11:41,292 --> 00:11:44,000 Could it be that we are hitting up against 244 00:11:44,208 --> 00:11:46,542 the dome-shaped object, and it's pushing us 245 00:11:46,667 --> 00:11:49,417 even deeper down inside the mesa? 246 00:11:50,458 --> 00:11:53,583 It's important that we get the angle on this bit perfect 247 00:11:53,750 --> 00:11:57,792 and bring it up or we're never gonna break through the surface. 248 00:12:02,792 --> 00:12:06,875 TRAVIS: Well, now, that, to me, is just the strangest damn thing. 249 00:12:07,042 --> 00:12:08,958 Big signal, right here. 250 00:12:09,125 --> 00:12:10,958 ERIK: What are you tuning into there, Travis? 251 00:12:11,125 --> 00:12:14,458 There's a signal at 1.6-ish. 252 00:12:14,625 --> 00:12:15,833 -Yeah... -THOMAS (over radio): Hey, guys, you copy? 253 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:17,542 ERIK: Here we go. 254 00:12:17,708 --> 00:12:19,042 Yeah, Thomas, what's up? 255 00:12:20,708 --> 00:12:22,875 We're at that 180-foot mark from the drill. 256 00:12:23,042 --> 00:12:25,000 What we didn't expect is for there to be 257 00:12:25,208 --> 00:12:27,792 some type of wedge that's pushing down, 258 00:12:27,958 --> 00:12:30,125 not allowing us to go straight in. 259 00:12:31,750 --> 00:12:33,000 ERIK: Copy you, Thomas. 260 00:12:33,208 --> 00:12:34,458 TRAVIS: Maybe the signal's connected 261 00:12:34,625 --> 00:12:35,500 to whatever the drill is hitting. 262 00:12:35,708 --> 00:12:37,667 Yeah. 263 00:12:37,875 --> 00:12:39,167 Are you getting it? 264 00:12:40,292 --> 00:12:41,375 Yep, I've got it. 265 00:12:43,333 --> 00:12:45,750 All right, guys, the 1.6 266 00:12:45,917 --> 00:12:47,167 measured by the Kraken is coming 267 00:12:47,333 --> 00:12:50,375 right down the line from Homestead Two. 268 00:12:51,458 --> 00:12:53,167 Right there. 269 00:12:53,375 --> 00:12:54,792 TRAVIS: I'm going. 270 00:12:54,958 --> 00:12:58,625 Man, you can't write stuff like this. 271 00:12:58,792 --> 00:13:00,500 Just after the drill may have hit 272 00:13:00,708 --> 00:13:03,167 the dome-shaped object inside the mesa, 273 00:13:03,375 --> 00:13:07,500 we detected another strange radio signal at 1.6 gigahertz. 274 00:13:07,625 --> 00:13:10,917 And Erik's Kraken antenna system pinpointed the source 275 00:13:11,042 --> 00:13:15,167 over at Homestead Two, several hundred yards to the west. 276 00:13:15,375 --> 00:13:17,333 You gonna go down with the-the TriField? 277 00:13:17,458 --> 00:13:19,583 -Um, the spectrum analyzer. -What else you got? Okay. 278 00:13:19,750 --> 00:13:22,000 TRAVIS: And what's really curious about this happening 279 00:13:22,208 --> 00:13:24,000 during our drilling operation 280 00:13:24,125 --> 00:13:26,667 is that we detected a 1.6 gigahertz signal 281 00:13:26,875 --> 00:13:29,167 two weeks ago at Homestead Two. 282 00:13:31,042 --> 00:13:33,333 -It does go into a cone. -ROYSTON: Oh, look at that. 283 00:13:33,500 --> 00:13:34,542 ERIK: Wow. 284 00:13:34,708 --> 00:13:36,125 We're all inside it. 285 00:13:36,292 --> 00:13:38,667 It was at the same time that Pete Kelsey imaged 286 00:13:38,875 --> 00:13:43,083 a massive cone-shaped anomaly with an infrared lidar device. 287 00:13:43,208 --> 00:13:46,833 Whatever it was covered an area between Homestead Two 288 00:13:47,042 --> 00:13:49,375 and the east field and had an apex 289 00:13:49,542 --> 00:13:52,375 that reached 2,000 feet high above the triangle. 290 00:13:52,542 --> 00:13:56,167 So, before we lose the signal, we're gonna get. Let's go. 291 00:13:56,375 --> 00:14:00,292 So, I grabbed an antenna, some scanning devices and Kaleb, 292 00:14:00,417 --> 00:14:03,000 and rushed over to Homestead Two to see if we could find out 293 00:14:03,167 --> 00:14:05,250 what was broadcasting that signal 294 00:14:05,375 --> 00:14:09,125 and how all these things might be connected to one another. 295 00:14:10,333 --> 00:14:13,250 Yeah, it's coming from this direction. 296 00:14:13,417 --> 00:14:15,333 ERIK: The 1.6 gigahertz signal 297 00:14:15,542 --> 00:14:18,875 will sometimes appear briefly on our spectrum analyzers 298 00:14:19,042 --> 00:14:20,417 and then disappear. 299 00:14:20,625 --> 00:14:22,125 I would really like to know 300 00:14:22,292 --> 00:14:25,625 what relationship there is between these emerging signals 301 00:14:25,792 --> 00:14:27,292 and some of the other phenomenology, 302 00:14:27,458 --> 00:14:30,917 like the UAPs that we sometimes see. 303 00:14:31,125 --> 00:14:32,833 This year, we've added the ability 304 00:14:33,042 --> 00:14:35,250 to localize these signals in space, 305 00:14:35,417 --> 00:14:38,417 perhaps identifying a moving source. 306 00:14:38,542 --> 00:14:42,500 Are we actually able to use a system like the Kraken 307 00:14:42,667 --> 00:14:46,667 to determine where that 1.6 gigahertz signal originates? 308 00:14:46,875 --> 00:14:49,000 I'm hoping that the answer is yes. 309 00:14:50,417 --> 00:14:52,000 TRAVIS: Be advised that I am picking up 310 00:14:52,125 --> 00:14:54,000 the 1.6 gigahertz signal 311 00:14:54,083 --> 00:14:55,833 pointed toward Homestead Two. 312 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:57,583 ERIK (over radio): Copy you, Travis. 313 00:14:57,750 --> 00:15:00,542 And right now, that's exactly what the Kraken's showing us. 314 00:15:04,042 --> 00:15:05,625 TRAVIS: Oh, oh, there it is. 315 00:15:05,792 --> 00:15:08,500 Oh, yeah, it's clearly there. 316 00:15:08,667 --> 00:15:12,542 Let's stop right here and, uh, let me look for it. 317 00:15:14,542 --> 00:15:17,000 Weird, it's like, are we on top of it... 318 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:19,458 ...or are we under it? 319 00:15:19,583 --> 00:15:21,333 We're-- Holy crap. 320 00:15:22,750 --> 00:15:24,167 It is right here. 321 00:15:24,333 --> 00:15:28,167 I-It is coming from straight overhead. 322 00:15:28,333 --> 00:15:31,167 KALEB: Well, this is the same spot that we picked it up years ago. 323 00:15:32,750 --> 00:15:34,250 TRAVIS: Holy crap. 324 00:15:34,375 --> 00:15:37,000 It is absolutely coming from above us. 325 00:15:38,042 --> 00:15:41,000 This is the first place we found that signal, what, 326 00:15:41,208 --> 00:15:43,708 -two years ago, three years ago? -Two or three years ago. 327 00:15:43,875 --> 00:15:45,208 TRAVIS: Kaleb was right. 328 00:15:45,417 --> 00:15:47,750 We've detected multiple 1.6 gigahertz signals 329 00:15:47,875 --> 00:15:49,917 in recent years at Homestead Two. 330 00:15:50,083 --> 00:15:52,167 (radio crackling) 331 00:15:53,625 --> 00:15:55,167 It's chirping in frequency. 332 00:15:55,375 --> 00:15:57,792 Including some that emitted sounds 333 00:15:57,917 --> 00:16:00,208 like possible communication signals. 334 00:16:00,375 --> 00:16:03,833 So, since this signal was coming from overhead, 335 00:16:04,042 --> 00:16:07,000 it made me wonder if the massive cone-shaped anomaly 336 00:16:07,208 --> 00:16:10,208 we recently discovered is actually the source. 337 00:16:10,375 --> 00:16:13,125 I want to put a rocket right here 338 00:16:13,250 --> 00:16:15,458 and launch it right up through there. 339 00:16:15,667 --> 00:16:18,250 -KALEB: Hey, Bryant, do you copy? -BRYANT: Yeah, go ahead. 340 00:16:18,375 --> 00:16:21,333 KALEB: Could you bring some rockets down here by Homestead Two? 341 00:16:21,542 --> 00:16:23,375 BRYANT: Yeah, absolutely. Copy that. 342 00:16:23,583 --> 00:16:26,542 TRAVIS: We couldn't see anything in the sky, 343 00:16:26,708 --> 00:16:29,042 but something had to be there emitting this signal. 344 00:16:29,208 --> 00:16:32,125 So, I thought maybe if we launched a rocket up there, 345 00:16:32,333 --> 00:16:33,875 we could hit it and hopefully find out 346 00:16:34,042 --> 00:16:35,625 what the heck it was. 347 00:16:36,792 --> 00:16:38,625 Hey, Dragon. 348 00:16:38,792 --> 00:16:41,125 We just found the 1.6 signal. 349 00:16:41,292 --> 00:16:44,333 -We had the signal coming from up there at the same time. -From right this spot, too. 350 00:16:44,500 --> 00:16:46,250 BRYANT: It seems to be whenever we drill, 351 00:16:46,375 --> 00:16:48,125 other things happen in strange ways 352 00:16:48,292 --> 00:16:49,542 on other parts of the ranch. 353 00:16:49,708 --> 00:16:52,417 And sure enough, that 1.6 signal showed up again, 354 00:16:52,583 --> 00:16:55,125 this time, from straight up in the air. 355 00:16:55,250 --> 00:16:56,708 Now that we have an idea 356 00:16:56,875 --> 00:16:59,125 of where this signal is coming from, 357 00:16:59,250 --> 00:17:01,292 we're hoping to try and better figure out what it is. 358 00:17:01,500 --> 00:17:03,417 And hopefully start us in a direction 359 00:17:03,583 --> 00:17:05,583 to come up with some answers as to what's happening 360 00:17:05,750 --> 00:17:06,875 here on Skinwalker Ranch. 361 00:17:07,042 --> 00:17:08,667 TRAVIS: All right. 362 00:17:08,833 --> 00:17:11,042 (device whirring) 363 00:17:11,208 --> 00:17:12,583 KALEB: We are about 364 00:17:12,750 --> 00:17:14,083 one minute from a... 365 00:17:14,250 --> 00:17:15,708 rocket launch over here at Homestead Two. 366 00:17:15,875 --> 00:17:19,500 Yeah, I appreciate the heads-up, we'll watch for the sky. 367 00:17:19,625 --> 00:17:22,792 Just a second. Oh, yeah, the signal is still there. 368 00:17:22,917 --> 00:17:24,250 We're going in... 369 00:17:24,417 --> 00:17:26,417 five, four, 370 00:17:26,542 --> 00:17:29,292 three, two, one. 371 00:17:32,708 --> 00:17:35,167 -Great launch. -Uh-huh. -TRAVIS: Where's the chute? 372 00:17:35,250 --> 00:17:37,208 -No chute yet. -That's way, way up there, that's for sure. 373 00:17:38,208 --> 00:17:39,500 BRYANT: Come on, there we go. 374 00:17:39,708 --> 00:17:41,000 We got chute. 375 00:17:41,917 --> 00:17:44,000 He's got good chute. 376 00:17:44,125 --> 00:17:46,417 It's co-- yeah, it's coming right to us. 377 00:17:52,042 --> 00:17:53,417 The signal just went away, y'all. 378 00:17:53,583 --> 00:17:55,125 -It's like it just turned off. -BRYANT: What? 379 00:17:55,292 --> 00:17:56,500 -Yep, it's like it just turned off. -What? 380 00:17:59,417 --> 00:18:01,708 -What the crap? -KALEB: Hey, Erik, it's Kaleb. 381 00:18:01,875 --> 00:18:03,958 ERIK: Hey, Kaleb, go ahead. 382 00:18:04,167 --> 00:18:06,042 Are you still picking up the 1.6, 383 00:18:06,208 --> 00:18:08,375 'cause the moment we launched, Travis had 384 00:18:08,542 --> 00:18:11,083 the spectrum analyzer pointed up into that area 385 00:18:11,208 --> 00:18:13,500 where we found it earlier, and it's not there anymore. 386 00:18:13,708 --> 00:18:16,917 That is really interesting you say that, Kaleb, 387 00:18:17,083 --> 00:18:18,542 'cause right now, 388 00:18:18,750 --> 00:18:21,042 the Kraken's having a hard time locating anything. 389 00:18:22,708 --> 00:18:26,042 -That's weird. -BRYANT: What? -KALEB: 10-4. 390 00:18:26,208 --> 00:18:27,792 TRAVIS: So let's put another rocket into it. 391 00:18:27,875 --> 00:18:30,917 I don't know if the rocket hit whatever broadcast 392 00:18:31,083 --> 00:18:33,250 that 1.6 gigahertz signal or not, 393 00:18:33,458 --> 00:18:36,667 but the timing of it just cutting off was crazy. 394 00:18:36,750 --> 00:18:39,583 It was like the ranch was playing peekaboo with us. 395 00:18:39,708 --> 00:18:42,833 And that happens a lot with other phenomena here, too. 396 00:18:43,042 --> 00:18:46,208 We've seen UAPs in the sky one second 397 00:18:46,375 --> 00:18:47,958 and then they just vanish. 398 00:18:48,167 --> 00:18:50,375 But what do these things vanish into? 399 00:18:50,500 --> 00:18:52,833 -We're ready, Dragon. -(device whirring) 400 00:18:53,042 --> 00:18:55,000 Okay, going hot on the battery. 401 00:18:55,167 --> 00:18:58,375 TRAVIS: All I could think to do was launch another rocket 402 00:18:58,542 --> 00:19:01,000 and hope something tangible would be revealed 403 00:19:01,125 --> 00:19:02,708 that would finally give us an answer. 404 00:19:03,750 --> 00:19:06,917 KALEB: Rocket is hot and we're gonna be launching in five, 405 00:19:07,042 --> 00:19:10,708 four, three, two, one. 406 00:19:12,750 --> 00:19:14,750 TRAVIS: Boy, that one went straight up, didn't it? 407 00:19:14,917 --> 00:19:16,292 BRYANT: Yep. 408 00:19:16,458 --> 00:19:18,167 TRAVIS: There it is, it just came back. 409 00:19:19,583 --> 00:19:22,250 Well, that signal's strong right now. 410 00:19:25,833 --> 00:19:29,458 KALEB: Almost looked like it stopped right there for a second. 411 00:19:29,625 --> 00:19:32,083 -Dude, it looks like it's stuck there. Look. -Yeah. 412 00:19:32,250 --> 00:19:35,625 TRAVIS: Look, it's not moving at all. It's just sitting there. 413 00:19:35,792 --> 00:19:36,792 KALEB: It stopped. 414 00:19:42,083 --> 00:19:43,750 TRAVIS: It looks like it's stuck there. Look. 415 00:19:44,917 --> 00:19:46,833 It's not moving at all. 416 00:19:47,042 --> 00:19:48,167 It's just sitting there. 417 00:19:48,375 --> 00:19:50,417 KALEB: It stopped. 418 00:19:50,625 --> 00:19:52,333 TRAVIS: At this point, we've seen a lot of things 419 00:19:52,542 --> 00:19:54,042 on Skinwalker Ranch that we couldn't believe, 420 00:19:54,208 --> 00:19:58,333 but this one has to rank pretty high on the list. 421 00:19:58,542 --> 00:20:02,333 Just after we detected another strange 1.6 gigahertz signal 422 00:20:02,458 --> 00:20:05,000 at Homestead Two, a rocket that we launched 423 00:20:05,208 --> 00:20:10,333 suddenly just froze and hung there about 200 feet in the air. 424 00:20:10,500 --> 00:20:12,750 It's suddenly like something let it go, look. 425 00:20:14,958 --> 00:20:17,417 KALEB: How the heck would that happen? 426 00:20:17,542 --> 00:20:19,833 The rocket literally just stopped in midair. 427 00:20:20,042 --> 00:20:22,458 That's crazy. 428 00:20:22,625 --> 00:20:26,042 I don't know if this was related to the huge cone-shaped anomaly 429 00:20:26,208 --> 00:20:28,000 that we recently imaged with lidar, 430 00:20:28,167 --> 00:20:30,375 which surrounded this area, 431 00:20:30,542 --> 00:20:33,667 or the 1.6 gigahertz signal that we detected. 432 00:20:33,833 --> 00:20:35,708 Since this all happened right after the drillers 433 00:20:35,875 --> 00:20:38,417 hit something really hard inside the mesa, 434 00:20:38,583 --> 00:20:41,125 where we believe a dome-shaped object is buried, 435 00:20:41,292 --> 00:20:43,625 I wonder if there's some kind of correlation. 436 00:20:43,708 --> 00:20:46,708 And just what are we dealing with here? 437 00:20:49,500 --> 00:20:52,000 Hey, guys. You got a copy? 438 00:20:52,208 --> 00:20:53,500 Yeah, Thomas. 439 00:20:53,708 --> 00:20:55,750 I got a copy down here at the table. 440 00:20:55,958 --> 00:20:58,500 I, unfortunately, have some bad news. Uh... 441 00:20:58,667 --> 00:21:01,167 (over walkie): The bit is still being pushed down. 442 00:21:01,375 --> 00:21:03,375 It's gonna be necessary to pull the bit back. 443 00:21:04,417 --> 00:21:06,208 They're gonna bring it back to the spoils pit, 444 00:21:06,375 --> 00:21:08,000 we're gonna suck out right now. 445 00:21:08,125 --> 00:21:10,458 And they're gonna put on a whole different type of bit, 446 00:21:10,667 --> 00:21:14,417 so unfortunately, uh, we're gonna try this again. 447 00:21:14,625 --> 00:21:17,292 This mesa's just not cooperating with the drill. 448 00:21:17,500 --> 00:21:18,833 ERIK: Copy you, Thomas. 449 00:21:19,042 --> 00:21:19,958 TRAVIS: That's weird. 450 00:21:21,125 --> 00:21:22,583 That's interesting. 451 00:21:22,708 --> 00:21:24,000 All right, guys. 452 00:21:24,167 --> 00:21:25,417 You're good to go ahead and start it up. 453 00:21:25,542 --> 00:21:27,833 (drill engine rumbles) 454 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:30,917 THOMAS: We have something that this drill bit can't go through. 455 00:21:31,125 --> 00:21:32,875 This is really mysterious, because this is a much bigger 456 00:21:33,083 --> 00:21:35,750 drill than we've ever had on the ranch before. 457 00:21:35,958 --> 00:21:38,542 This exact drill bit should be able to drill 458 00:21:38,708 --> 00:21:40,833 through reinforced concrete with no problem. 459 00:21:41,042 --> 00:21:44,542 Whatever this dome-shaped object in the mesa is, 460 00:21:44,708 --> 00:21:47,083 it must have a really hard outer shell, 461 00:21:47,250 --> 00:21:49,833 because this drill bit cannot penetrate it. 462 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:52,167 I don't know what could account for that, 463 00:21:52,250 --> 00:21:54,500 but the spoils pit is full, 464 00:21:54,708 --> 00:21:57,250 and it's time for us to go over and dump it. 465 00:21:57,417 --> 00:21:58,833 It's just one step closer to finding out 466 00:21:58,958 --> 00:22:01,792 what that metal object is inside the mesa. 467 00:22:04,208 --> 00:22:06,500 So, guys, the tank is full, then? 468 00:22:06,667 --> 00:22:08,708 -Yeah. -THOMAS: I'll go ahead and radio the guys 469 00:22:08,875 --> 00:22:11,333 and tell them we're gonna go dump the spoils, then. 470 00:22:11,458 --> 00:22:13,750 Hey, Erik, do you copy? 471 00:22:14,958 --> 00:22:16,792 Yeah, Thomas. Go ahead. 472 00:22:16,958 --> 00:22:19,458 So we just sucked out the spoils pit. 473 00:22:19,542 --> 00:22:20,833 I'm gonna have them bring it over 474 00:22:21,042 --> 00:22:22,583 behind the tent now and dump it. 475 00:22:22,708 --> 00:22:24,708 So if you guys want to meet us over there, 476 00:22:24,917 --> 00:22:27,583 uh, we can screen through it and see if we see anything. 477 00:22:27,792 --> 00:22:29,417 Absolutely, Thomas, come on down. 478 00:22:29,583 --> 00:22:31,000 We'll see you in a minute. 479 00:22:31,167 --> 00:22:32,958 All right, sounds good. 480 00:22:35,208 --> 00:22:36,458 ERIK: I can't say that I'm surprised 481 00:22:36,667 --> 00:22:37,958 to see setbacks at the drill site. 482 00:22:38,042 --> 00:22:39,625 And I have to admit, 483 00:22:39,750 --> 00:22:42,625 I'm becoming a little frustrated myself with this outcome. 484 00:22:42,792 --> 00:22:43,917 THOMAS: Right here, how about that? 485 00:22:44,083 --> 00:22:45,667 -TRAVIS: Yeah. -ERIK: Yeah. 486 00:22:45,833 --> 00:22:47,292 But with all this strange phenomena happening 487 00:22:47,500 --> 00:22:49,708 in this attempt to drill into that impenetrable, 488 00:22:49,833 --> 00:22:53,583 possible dome-shaped object in the mesa, I have to admit, 489 00:22:53,708 --> 00:22:55,958 whenever we run into these unexpected problems, 490 00:22:56,167 --> 00:22:58,542 I see it as a data collection and learning opportunity. 491 00:22:58,708 --> 00:23:00,500 TRAVIS: Come on back. 492 00:23:00,667 --> 00:23:02,083 ERIK: I'm hopeful that we will be able 493 00:23:02,250 --> 00:23:03,375 to get answers of the kind 494 00:23:03,542 --> 00:23:05,125 that we all really want. 495 00:23:06,375 --> 00:23:07,958 Well, let's see what we got in the tank. 496 00:23:17,875 --> 00:23:19,875 What in the world? That's some thick mud there. 497 00:23:23,833 --> 00:23:25,917 It's not going through the sieve. 498 00:23:29,375 --> 00:23:31,125 ♪ ♪ 499 00:23:35,583 --> 00:23:37,625 THOMAS: Awesome. Thank you. 500 00:23:43,167 --> 00:23:48,250 I'm not seeing anything jumping out at me right now. 501 00:23:48,375 --> 00:23:51,125 TRAVIS: Drag that magnet across there, 502 00:23:51,292 --> 00:23:52,667 see if anything sticks to it. 503 00:23:59,792 --> 00:24:02,458 -What is this? -What do you got? 504 00:24:04,042 --> 00:24:05,375 Yeah. 505 00:24:05,583 --> 00:24:06,833 -BRYANT: Magnetic. -ERIK: It is magnetic. 506 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:08,000 We've got metal. 507 00:24:09,250 --> 00:24:10,583 -ERIK: Is it? -BRYANT: Yep. 508 00:24:10,750 --> 00:24:12,667 THOMAS: It's sticking to the magnet. 509 00:24:12,792 --> 00:24:15,417 TRAVIS: It looks a lot like that material 510 00:24:15,542 --> 00:24:17,250 -we pulled out of there before. -ERIK: Yeah. 511 00:24:17,375 --> 00:24:19,958 That was a good eye, Thomas, to catch that. 512 00:24:21,875 --> 00:24:24,583 TRAVIS: Erik and I always say that collecting repeatable data 513 00:24:24,750 --> 00:24:27,125 is how we're gonna figure things out 514 00:24:27,292 --> 00:24:28,583 on Skinwalker Ranch. 515 00:24:28,750 --> 00:24:30,542 So when Thomas found a metal fragment 516 00:24:30,708 --> 00:24:33,500 in the drilling spoils that just came out of the mesa, 517 00:24:33,708 --> 00:24:36,583 it offered more evidence that we may really have 518 00:24:36,792 --> 00:24:39,375 a huge, metal, dome-shaped object in there. 519 00:24:39,542 --> 00:24:41,417 But just what could it be? 520 00:24:41,625 --> 00:24:42,667 So the first hole, we had something 521 00:24:42,833 --> 00:24:44,333 that was driving you up, right? 522 00:24:44,458 --> 00:24:46,167 Now, the second hole, it's driving you down? 523 00:24:46,375 --> 00:24:47,958 -ALEX: Yeah. -Oh, my goodness. 524 00:24:48,125 --> 00:24:50,500 -We hit it at about 180 feet. -BRYANT: Okay. 525 00:24:50,667 --> 00:24:53,250 So it's a dome shape, or something like that. 526 00:24:53,417 --> 00:24:54,917 Yeah. 527 00:24:55,083 --> 00:24:56,625 THOMAS: Here's the problem. We can't have 528 00:24:56,750 --> 00:24:58,917 any down trajectories in our drill hole, 529 00:24:59,083 --> 00:25:00,458 or it'll fill up with mud 530 00:25:00,625 --> 00:25:01,708 and we won't be able to get equipment up there. 531 00:25:01,875 --> 00:25:03,917 -No. -THOMAS: And you guys are 532 00:25:04,125 --> 00:25:06,708 gonna put a different drill bit on now, and we're gonna try 533 00:25:06,875 --> 00:25:09,750 the third attempt to get in there, so you're gonna go 534 00:25:09,958 --> 00:25:11,833 into the-the second hole that you just drilled... 535 00:25:11,958 --> 00:25:13,583 -Yeah. -THOMAS: ...with the bigger bit, 536 00:25:13,708 --> 00:25:15,167 but your hope is, because it's bigger-- 537 00:25:15,333 --> 00:25:16,625 And it's wider. 538 00:25:16,833 --> 00:25:18,083 -It's about eight inches wide. -Oh, wow. 539 00:25:18,208 --> 00:25:20,542 Wow, so you'll be, I mean, so you're gonna be 540 00:25:20,750 --> 00:25:22,167 right off the bat, putting an eight-inch hole 541 00:25:22,333 --> 00:25:23,708 -right in there. -Yeah. 542 00:25:23,875 --> 00:25:25,375 I say you go drill some more, is what I say. 543 00:25:25,542 --> 00:25:27,167 THOMAS: Do you guys want to get back up there 544 00:25:27,333 --> 00:25:28,333 and get that drill bit changed? 545 00:25:28,542 --> 00:25:30,583 Yep. We can do that. 546 00:25:30,750 --> 00:25:31,917 TRAVIS: It was getting late in the day, 547 00:25:32,083 --> 00:25:33,917 but this discovery made us hopeful 548 00:25:34,083 --> 00:25:35,625 that once Alex Swanson and his team 549 00:25:35,708 --> 00:25:38,708 got a bigger, eight-inch drill bit installed, 550 00:25:38,875 --> 00:25:40,500 by tomorrow, we'd be back on track 551 00:25:40,708 --> 00:25:42,833 drilling a borehole up through the mesa. 552 00:25:43,042 --> 00:25:44,667 That would bring us one major step closer 553 00:25:44,833 --> 00:25:46,542 to getting some answers. 554 00:25:46,667 --> 00:25:48,250 THOMAS: Okay, we'll go up there and we'll clean that out 555 00:25:48,417 --> 00:25:50,583 -a little bit for you some more. -ALEX: Yup. 556 00:26:02,875 --> 00:26:04,167 ALEX: Definitely seems like 557 00:26:04,333 --> 00:26:05,542 we're cutting through that ground 558 00:26:05,750 --> 00:26:07,083 a little bit better with that bit on. 559 00:26:07,250 --> 00:26:09,333 JARED (over walkie): Yeah, it's going pretty decent. 560 00:26:09,542 --> 00:26:11,125 TRAVIS: This morning, 561 00:26:11,292 --> 00:26:14,458 the drillers got an early start with their new eight-inch bit 562 00:26:14,583 --> 00:26:18,083 and had reached the same place nearly 200 feet inside the mesa 563 00:26:18,250 --> 00:26:19,833 where we had all the problems. 564 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:23,000 All right, Erik, that looks right, we can do our thing. 565 00:26:23,167 --> 00:26:24,375 All right. 566 00:26:24,542 --> 00:26:25,875 TRAVIS: So Erik and I were 567 00:26:26,042 --> 00:26:27,333 monitoring our spectrum analyzers very closely 568 00:26:27,542 --> 00:26:30,000 in case anything strange happened again. 569 00:26:31,042 --> 00:26:32,458 ALEX (over walkie): We're looking good there. 570 00:26:32,625 --> 00:26:33,500 Just go ahead and keep drilling it, 571 00:26:33,667 --> 00:26:34,750 try and maintain that pitch. 572 00:26:34,958 --> 00:26:36,667 10-4. 573 00:26:38,375 --> 00:26:40,208 TRAVIS: We're good to go. 574 00:26:40,333 --> 00:26:42,042 Let's take a look. 575 00:26:45,375 --> 00:26:46,667 What? 576 00:26:46,833 --> 00:26:48,625 Wait a minute. What? 577 00:26:49,583 --> 00:26:51,042 What is that signal? 578 00:26:51,208 --> 00:26:52,417 There's a signal 579 00:26:52,625 --> 00:26:55,583 at 919 megahertz that's going nonstop 580 00:26:55,750 --> 00:26:57,125 on every antenna. 581 00:26:57,333 --> 00:26:59,083 That is a strong signal, too, whatever that is. 582 00:26:59,292 --> 00:27:01,125 -Let's listen, let's listen to it. -Yeah. 583 00:27:02,875 --> 00:27:05,000 (static buzzing, whirring) 584 00:27:05,208 --> 00:27:07,625 ERIK: I've never seen that before on the ranch. 585 00:27:07,792 --> 00:27:10,625 -This shouldn't be here. -No. 586 00:27:10,750 --> 00:27:12,000 Unless there's somebody that's got a tracker on us 587 00:27:12,208 --> 00:27:14,917 or a listening device or something here. 588 00:27:15,083 --> 00:27:18,500 You know, like LoRaWAN surveillance devices. 589 00:27:18,708 --> 00:27:22,042 This signal at 919 megahertz that was 590 00:27:22,208 --> 00:27:24,792 being detected coming from several different directions 591 00:27:24,958 --> 00:27:27,000 by our antennas was really suspicious to me 592 00:27:27,125 --> 00:27:29,667 because that's the approximate frequency 593 00:27:29,833 --> 00:27:32,583 that so-called Long Range Wide Area Network 594 00:27:32,750 --> 00:27:34,750 or LoRaWAN devices emit. 595 00:27:34,917 --> 00:27:36,833 These are tiny devices that are designed 596 00:27:36,958 --> 00:27:38,667 for conducting surveillance. 597 00:27:42,125 --> 00:27:43,958 TRAVIS: It made me and Erik think about 598 00:27:44,125 --> 00:27:46,208 all the military and unmarked aircraft that we've seen 599 00:27:46,375 --> 00:27:47,833 flying over the ranch 600 00:27:48,042 --> 00:27:50,333 during our investigation over the past few years, 601 00:27:50,542 --> 00:27:53,208 including one just the other day. 602 00:27:53,375 --> 00:27:56,208 Has somebody been dropping these surveillance devices 603 00:27:56,375 --> 00:27:58,667 all around the ranch to monitor what we're doing 604 00:27:58,792 --> 00:28:00,333 and we're just now detecting them? 605 00:28:00,542 --> 00:28:02,417 It's another unsettling mystery 606 00:28:02,583 --> 00:28:04,208 that we have to figure out. 607 00:28:04,375 --> 00:28:05,333 This is concerning. 608 00:28:05,542 --> 00:28:07,000 ERIK: Yeah. 609 00:28:12,875 --> 00:28:14,875 We're drilling through some (bleep) right now. 610 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:17,792 It feels like a, like a hard clay. 611 00:28:19,042 --> 00:28:21,792 THOMAS (over walkie): Hey, guys, you got a copy? 612 00:28:22,750 --> 00:28:24,042 Yeah. Go ahead, Tom. 613 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:26,500 Uh, they're in something incredibly hard 614 00:28:26,708 --> 00:28:28,875 and just barely moving forward. 615 00:28:29,083 --> 00:28:30,917 KALEB (over walkie): 10-4. 616 00:28:31,125 --> 00:28:32,417 Yeah, sounds like it's really struggling. 617 00:28:32,542 --> 00:28:34,125 TRAVIS: Not again. 618 00:28:34,250 --> 00:28:36,292 Man, the power of that drill should be able 619 00:28:36,458 --> 00:28:38,333 to cut through the sandstone mesa 620 00:28:38,500 --> 00:28:40,333 like a hot knife through butter. 621 00:28:40,458 --> 00:28:42,042 So when Tom told us 622 00:28:42,208 --> 00:28:44,542 that the bit was struggling to advance, we all thought 623 00:28:44,708 --> 00:28:47,375 it had to have hit the dome-shaped object again. 624 00:28:47,542 --> 00:28:48,833 And it was anybody's guess 625 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:50,792 what was gonna happen next. 626 00:28:50,958 --> 00:28:52,917 ♪ ♪ 627 00:28:55,958 --> 00:28:58,542 ALEX: Are you hitting something right now? 628 00:28:58,708 --> 00:29:00,000 I'm up against something, 629 00:29:00,208 --> 00:29:02,167 but it's going, but it's just slow. 630 00:29:03,208 --> 00:29:05,500 -ALEX (over walkie): Copy that. -JARED: It's weird. 631 00:29:05,708 --> 00:29:07,083 (cows bellowing) 632 00:29:08,167 --> 00:29:09,500 BRYANT: Travis. 633 00:29:09,708 --> 00:29:11,042 Lookit, all the cows are moving this direction 634 00:29:11,250 --> 00:29:12,375 for some reason now. 635 00:29:13,458 --> 00:29:14,667 They are. 636 00:29:14,833 --> 00:29:16,333 That is weird. They're mooing at us. 637 00:29:16,500 --> 00:29:19,083 Like, they've been sitting over there all day and now, 638 00:29:19,250 --> 00:29:21,292 all of the sudden, they just got up and started coming this way. 639 00:29:21,458 --> 00:29:24,125 I wonder if there's something happening down there. 640 00:29:24,208 --> 00:29:26,292 Reckon we ought to run down there? 641 00:29:26,458 --> 00:29:27,750 BRYANT: I'm gonna check it out. 642 00:29:27,917 --> 00:29:30,125 All right, well, I'm gonna go help Erik. 643 00:29:34,167 --> 00:29:38,208 Erik, are you still picking up that 919 megahertz signal? 644 00:29:39,333 --> 00:29:40,333 ERIK: I don't have it. 645 00:29:40,542 --> 00:29:41,458 TRAVIS: It went away, look. 646 00:29:41,625 --> 00:29:42,875 It just went away. 647 00:29:43,042 --> 00:29:45,625 All right, you're not gonna believe this. 648 00:29:45,792 --> 00:29:47,167 The spectrum analyzer just died. 649 00:29:47,375 --> 00:29:48,375 Are you kidding me? 650 00:29:48,542 --> 00:29:50,083 What's happening today? 651 00:29:50,208 --> 00:29:52,792 (cow lowing) 652 00:29:52,958 --> 00:29:55,750 KALEB: Hey, guys. You see that? 653 00:29:57,333 --> 00:30:00,083 TRAVIS: Look at this cow, guys. Hey, guys. 654 00:30:00,250 --> 00:30:01,458 Look at this cow! 655 00:30:01,542 --> 00:30:03,792 ERIK: What's going on? 656 00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:05,167 BRYANT: It's spinning in circles. 657 00:30:05,375 --> 00:30:08,083 What the hell's wrong with that cow? 658 00:30:08,250 --> 00:30:10,542 KALEB: Hey, call and tell Tom to come down here. 659 00:30:10,708 --> 00:30:12,500 TRAVIS: Call, yeah, let's get Tom down here. 660 00:30:12,708 --> 00:30:14,542 BRYANT: Hey, Thomas, you copy? 661 00:30:14,750 --> 00:30:16,667 THOMAS (over walkie): Yeah, Bryant, I copy. 662 00:30:16,875 --> 00:30:17,917 BRYANT: Uh, you might want to get down here. 663 00:30:18,042 --> 00:30:19,875 We've got a calf over here 664 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:21,375 that is literally spinning in circles 665 00:30:21,542 --> 00:30:24,458 like it's losing its mind and is about to go down. 666 00:30:24,625 --> 00:30:26,708 THOMAS (over walkie): We'll see you in a few minutes. 667 00:30:26,875 --> 00:30:28,583 Given the fact that we have seen 668 00:30:28,708 --> 00:30:32,750 cows reacting when strange phenomena happened in the past, 669 00:30:32,917 --> 00:30:36,458 it's really making me wonder if this calf and its weird behavior 670 00:30:36,583 --> 00:30:39,333 is a sign that something strange is happening right now. 671 00:30:39,458 --> 00:30:41,750 TRAVIS: What in the world is going on? 672 00:30:41,917 --> 00:30:44,833 THOMAS: As I look down there, I can see a calf spin in circles. 673 00:30:45,042 --> 00:30:46,833 I've grown up around livestock 674 00:30:47,042 --> 00:30:49,167 and I've never seen this type of behavior. 675 00:30:50,208 --> 00:30:52,458 Something's keeping the herd from going over to the calf, 676 00:30:52,583 --> 00:30:54,167 and even more importantly, 677 00:30:54,375 --> 00:30:56,125 something's keeping the calf from going over to the herd. 678 00:30:56,292 --> 00:30:58,583 And it just keeps spinning. 679 00:30:59,667 --> 00:31:01,750 We're really eager to figure out what just happened 680 00:31:01,917 --> 00:31:03,333 to this calf. 681 00:31:03,542 --> 00:31:04,833 THOMAS: (over walkie): It looks like there's something 682 00:31:05,042 --> 00:31:06,333 pretty messed up with its right eye. 683 00:31:06,542 --> 00:31:08,125 Like it's been injured, Thomas? 684 00:31:08,250 --> 00:31:10,833 THOMAS (over walkie): Its eyes are pure white. 685 00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:12,000 Its eyes are white? 686 00:31:12,208 --> 00:31:14,458 THOMAS: Its eyes are pure white. 687 00:31:20,875 --> 00:31:23,500 THOMAS: Its eyes are pure white. 688 00:31:23,625 --> 00:31:26,667 TRAVIS: That's what happens when you get exposed to microwaves. 689 00:31:26,833 --> 00:31:28,333 You guys start feeling weird at all, 690 00:31:28,458 --> 00:31:29,833 get the hell out of there. 691 00:31:30,667 --> 00:31:33,125 (moos) 692 00:31:39,542 --> 00:31:42,250 You're thinking the same thing I am, Travis. 693 00:31:42,417 --> 00:31:45,458 TRAVIS: After everything we encountered the last couple of days 694 00:31:45,667 --> 00:31:46,833 while drilling in the mesa, 695 00:31:46,958 --> 00:31:48,667 where the massive dome-shaped object 696 00:31:48,833 --> 00:31:50,250 and other anomalies are buried, 697 00:31:50,417 --> 00:31:52,042 it's really curious 698 00:31:52,208 --> 00:31:54,500 that a calf has suddenly started showing signs 699 00:31:54,667 --> 00:31:56,958 of microwave radiation exposure. 700 00:32:00,833 --> 00:32:02,000 That's weird. 701 00:32:04,375 --> 00:32:06,500 THOMAS (over radio): Hey Travis, you seeing any elevated readings 702 00:32:06,708 --> 00:32:08,375 over there where that calf was? 703 00:32:09,375 --> 00:32:11,375 TRAVIS: Hey, Thomas, no weird readings 704 00:32:11,542 --> 00:32:14,833 with the gamma ray detector or with the TriField meter, 705 00:32:15,042 --> 00:32:17,958 but I've got a, uh, an old-school compass 706 00:32:18,125 --> 00:32:19,792 standing right here where that cow 707 00:32:19,958 --> 00:32:21,667 was running around in circles. 708 00:32:21,875 --> 00:32:24,083 North is about, oh, I'm going to say 709 00:32:24,208 --> 00:32:26,000 20 degrees to the east. 710 00:32:26,083 --> 00:32:28,417 THOMAS: That's interesting. 711 00:32:28,542 --> 00:32:31,667 Something definitely affected that calf. 712 00:32:31,833 --> 00:32:34,083 TRAVIS: As I scanned the field where the calf was, 713 00:32:34,250 --> 00:32:36,500 I got no harmful readings at all 714 00:32:36,625 --> 00:32:39,500 for microwave radiation or other kinds of energy. 715 00:32:39,708 --> 00:32:41,792 But my compass was going crazy. 716 00:32:41,958 --> 00:32:43,500 So, what in the heck caused this? 717 00:32:43,708 --> 00:32:46,458 Could it be connected to whatever is inside the mesa? 718 00:32:46,542 --> 00:32:49,000 We probably need to get a vet out here. 719 00:32:49,208 --> 00:32:52,417 Yeah, the herd broke through all of this thicket of trees. 720 00:32:52,583 --> 00:32:54,292 So I'm gonna go get them pushed this way. 721 00:32:54,417 --> 00:32:56,167 See if we can get them headed down towards the corral 722 00:32:56,333 --> 00:33:00,167 where I can get that calf and its mom separated from the herd. 723 00:33:00,333 --> 00:33:02,875 Well, I'm gonna wander back toward the tent. 724 00:33:03,042 --> 00:33:05,000 I'm not seeing anything else I can do from here. 725 00:33:05,167 --> 00:33:06,667 All right, I'm gonna take Kaleb with me. 726 00:33:06,833 --> 00:33:08,083 Copy that. 727 00:33:10,125 --> 00:33:12,000 THOMAS: Something just happened to this calf. 728 00:33:12,208 --> 00:33:14,500 Due to the fact that this ranch has so much history 729 00:33:14,667 --> 00:33:16,000 with cattle mutilations, 730 00:33:16,167 --> 00:33:19,458 I'm really wondering if we're seeing 731 00:33:19,625 --> 00:33:21,958 another example that strange things are happening 732 00:33:22,125 --> 00:33:25,208 with the animals here on Skinwalker Ranch. 733 00:33:25,375 --> 00:33:27,167 I think if we get the herd up and around, 734 00:33:27,333 --> 00:33:29,000 -they'll continue down the fence. -Yeah. 735 00:33:29,208 --> 00:33:30,958 THOMAS: I'm really troubled. 736 00:33:31,167 --> 00:33:34,458 Hopefully, this calf will improve. 737 00:33:34,583 --> 00:33:36,500 Oh, there we go, perfect. 738 00:33:41,875 --> 00:33:43,542 Hey, Bryant. You got a copy? 739 00:33:43,708 --> 00:33:45,375 BRYANT: Yeah, go ahead. 740 00:33:50,375 --> 00:33:53,333 Yeah, absolutely. We'll be right over. 741 00:33:53,542 --> 00:33:55,417 Weird things at the drill, Erik. You want to go? 742 00:33:55,583 --> 00:33:57,417 Jared's call was a little ambiguous. 743 00:33:57,542 --> 00:34:00,667 So, we headed over there hoping he was describing 744 00:34:00,792 --> 00:34:04,042 a good kind of weird situation with the drilling operation. 745 00:34:04,250 --> 00:34:05,917 What's going on? 746 00:34:06,083 --> 00:34:10,292 So, we keep losing communication with our transmitter. 747 00:34:11,167 --> 00:34:12,542 TRAVIS: Wow. 748 00:34:19,917 --> 00:34:21,500 Something blocking the signal, yeah, yeah. 749 00:34:21,667 --> 00:34:23,333 You know how we've been clunking the whole time 750 00:34:23,542 --> 00:34:25,458 -and bouncing around, chewing on stuff? -Yeah. 751 00:34:25,625 --> 00:34:29,042 My rotation pressure climbs to almost 40,000 pounds. 752 00:34:29,167 --> 00:34:31,958 We've drilled almost 100 inches into it. 753 00:34:32,125 --> 00:34:35,000 But we're not moving very much. 754 00:34:35,167 --> 00:34:37,125 Suggests it's hitting something hard. 755 00:34:38,167 --> 00:34:40,250 We had made so much progress in this hole. 756 00:34:40,417 --> 00:34:42,542 And now the drill was up against 757 00:34:42,708 --> 00:34:45,333 something that was slowing it way down. 758 00:34:45,500 --> 00:34:48,167 It also appeared to be causing the beacon, 759 00:34:48,375 --> 00:34:50,292 which tracks the location of the drill bit, 760 00:34:50,458 --> 00:34:52,083 to lose its connection. 761 00:34:52,250 --> 00:34:54,667 That means that the team is now drilling blind 762 00:34:54,875 --> 00:34:56,208 and we have no way of knowing 763 00:34:56,375 --> 00:34:58,833 if it's heading upwards like we need it to. 764 00:34:59,042 --> 00:35:00,958 I'm going to try to go a little further 765 00:35:01,125 --> 00:35:03,500 -and if we can't pick up our signal again... -Yeah. 766 00:35:03,667 --> 00:35:05,208 -...I-I'm not sure what-what we could do. 767 00:35:05,375 --> 00:35:07,583 -I say we keep moving, keep going. -Yeah. 768 00:35:09,167 --> 00:35:10,833 TRAVIS: At that point, our only hope 769 00:35:11,042 --> 00:35:12,792 was that the beacon would reconnect 770 00:35:12,958 --> 00:35:14,417 and we could keep making progress 771 00:35:14,625 --> 00:35:17,583 to get at least one of our needed boreholes completed. 772 00:35:17,708 --> 00:35:19,500 Only time would tell if we would get lucky 773 00:35:19,667 --> 00:35:22,333 or have to pull it out, try to fix the beacon 774 00:35:22,500 --> 00:35:24,083 and then start all over again. 775 00:35:24,250 --> 00:35:25,500 Well, I appreciate you telling us. 776 00:35:25,625 --> 00:35:26,750 Okay. 777 00:35:30,042 --> 00:35:31,167 How's it going? 778 00:35:31,375 --> 00:35:33,167 THOMAS: Good. How are you guys? 779 00:35:33,375 --> 00:35:34,167 THOMAS: So, I called the rancher, Glendon, 780 00:35:34,333 --> 00:35:35,708 who is the owner of the cows, 781 00:35:35,875 --> 00:35:39,083 to come out and help us get the cows rounded up 782 00:35:39,208 --> 00:35:42,333 over to the corrals and separated from the calf 783 00:35:42,458 --> 00:35:45,500 so we can get this calf looked at immediately by the vet. 784 00:35:45,667 --> 00:35:48,500 GLENDON: Get back. Get back. Get back. 785 00:35:48,667 --> 00:35:52,667 THOMAS: I'm really curious as to what's gonna happen with this calf. 786 00:35:52,875 --> 00:35:55,000 Especially with the strange things happening 787 00:35:55,125 --> 00:35:57,708 at the drill site today. 788 00:35:57,875 --> 00:35:59,000 Hey there. 789 00:35:59,083 --> 00:36:00,417 HALEIGH: Hey, how are you? 790 00:36:00,583 --> 00:36:02,542 Good. Can't tell you how much I appreciate 791 00:36:02,708 --> 00:36:04,125 you making that drive. 792 00:36:04,250 --> 00:36:05,667 -Oh, yeah, no problem. -I'm Thomas Winterton. 793 00:36:05,792 --> 00:36:07,333 -Good seeing you again. -Yeah, good to see you. Haleigh. 794 00:36:07,542 --> 00:36:08,333 -Nice to meet you. -This is Tate, my technician. 795 00:36:08,458 --> 00:36:09,167 Hey. Nice to meet you guys. 796 00:36:09,375 --> 00:36:11,042 KALEB: Nice to meet you. 797 00:36:11,208 --> 00:36:13,667 So, uh, we've had some unusual things happening today. 798 00:36:13,833 --> 00:36:17,458 And, uh, this calf, its eyes were glazed over white. 799 00:36:17,625 --> 00:36:19,667 Uh, almost like it's got cataracts. So... 800 00:36:19,875 --> 00:36:21,417 Yeah. Okay. 801 00:36:21,583 --> 00:36:23,000 Um, we're concerned about its wellbeing. 802 00:36:23,208 --> 00:36:24,917 We're also trying to ascertain, you know, 803 00:36:25,042 --> 00:36:26,250 what could have caused it. 804 00:36:26,375 --> 00:36:28,083 Yeah. Let's take her temperature 805 00:36:28,208 --> 00:36:29,500 and listen to her heart and lungs 806 00:36:29,667 --> 00:36:32,292 and-and check out what's going on with those eyes. 807 00:36:36,792 --> 00:36:38,833 Go in here. 808 00:36:40,792 --> 00:36:42,250 Ooh. 809 00:36:47,083 --> 00:36:49,125 I mean, she's hemorrhaging from both eyes. 810 00:36:49,292 --> 00:36:51,917 -So, something's making the eyes bleed? -Yeah. 811 00:36:52,083 --> 00:36:55,167 Those eyes have ruptured on the inside. 812 00:36:55,375 --> 00:36:57,708 There's no way she's seeing out of those. 813 00:37:06,875 --> 00:37:10,417 HALEIGH: Those eyes have ruptured on the inside. 814 00:37:10,542 --> 00:37:12,458 There's no way she's seeing out of those. 815 00:37:12,625 --> 00:37:13,750 GLENDON: She's pretty blind. 816 00:37:13,958 --> 00:37:15,667 HALEIGH: Yeah. That is bad. 817 00:37:15,833 --> 00:37:18,792 TRAVIS: A calf suddenly started showing signs 818 00:37:18,917 --> 00:37:21,083 of microwave radiation exposure 819 00:37:21,250 --> 00:37:23,667 right as we were drilling into the mesa. 820 00:37:23,875 --> 00:37:26,208 So, Thomas Winterton called our friend 821 00:37:26,375 --> 00:37:28,250 veterinarian Dr. Haliegh Lundgreen 822 00:37:28,417 --> 00:37:31,167 out to the ranch so she could examine it. 823 00:37:31,375 --> 00:37:34,625 HALEIGH: We may not really know what causes this. 824 00:37:34,708 --> 00:37:36,250 THOMAS: One thing that we're concerned about 825 00:37:36,417 --> 00:37:38,792 is maybe some possible microwaves. 826 00:37:38,917 --> 00:37:41,417 HALEIGH: Yeah. I would presume that microwaves 827 00:37:41,542 --> 00:37:44,500 or magnetic waves would produce heat 828 00:37:44,708 --> 00:37:46,333 and that's what would cause it. 829 00:37:46,458 --> 00:37:48,250 I mean, the eyes I feel like are secondary 830 00:37:48,375 --> 00:37:50,750 to what's really going on, and it's trauma related. 831 00:37:52,375 --> 00:37:54,542 The fact that she's circling, this tells me 832 00:37:54,708 --> 00:37:57,458 something's affecting her cranial nerves. 833 00:37:57,667 --> 00:37:59,750 Something damaged her brain. 834 00:37:59,917 --> 00:38:02,958 Is this something we can treat and try to-- try to fix? 835 00:38:03,042 --> 00:38:05,500 My hope is that with enough eye drops and things like that 836 00:38:05,708 --> 00:38:06,833 we can help it, but I don't think 837 00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:08,500 that's our primary issue here. 838 00:38:08,667 --> 00:38:10,792 Especially with her neurologic signs that we're seeing. 839 00:38:10,917 --> 00:38:13,917 What was it, last year or the year before 840 00:38:14,083 --> 00:38:16,833 -when we had the cow down here that was exhibiting... -Yeah. 841 00:38:17,042 --> 00:38:18,667 ...neurological issues. 842 00:38:18,875 --> 00:38:20,333 Yeah, a-and we mentioned that at the time 843 00:38:20,458 --> 00:38:22,333 that we haven't really seen 844 00:38:22,458 --> 00:38:24,625 a cow act like that before. 845 00:38:25,708 --> 00:38:27,375 BRYANT: Oh, man, she doesn't look good, does she? 846 00:38:27,500 --> 00:38:29,083 THOMAS: A couple years ago, 847 00:38:29,250 --> 00:38:31,542 we noticed that this cow had separated herself from the group 848 00:38:31,708 --> 00:38:34,000 and it was pretty aggressive with us. 849 00:38:34,167 --> 00:38:36,333 BRYANT: Okay. You're good. 850 00:38:36,542 --> 00:38:38,875 THOMAS: And then a short time later, we found out 851 00:38:39,042 --> 00:38:42,167 that something messed up its neurological system. 852 00:38:42,333 --> 00:38:44,042 Makes me wonder if maybe we might be seeing 853 00:38:44,208 --> 00:38:47,667 some of the same things happening to this calf today. 854 00:38:47,833 --> 00:38:52,375 What may be causing these cows to have these adverse reactions? 855 00:38:52,583 --> 00:38:54,375 (moos) 856 00:38:54,542 --> 00:38:56,500 Your dad said that once you got it off the ranch, 857 00:38:56,708 --> 00:38:58,500 -she calmed right down. -Yeah, she was fine. 858 00:38:58,667 --> 00:39:00,417 THOMAS: I guess the best we can do 859 00:39:00,583 --> 00:39:01,875 -is for you to get her off the ranch. -GLENDON: Yep. 860 00:39:02,042 --> 00:39:05,333 So we'll keep a really close eye on the rest of the herd, 861 00:39:05,458 --> 00:39:07,333 and I guess just take her home, let us know how she does. 862 00:39:07,542 --> 00:39:09,083 Okay, yeah, we'll take her, absolutely. 863 00:39:09,208 --> 00:39:10,875 Okay, thank you. 864 00:39:11,958 --> 00:39:14,333 THOMAS: I have to wonder, after seeing this calf 865 00:39:14,458 --> 00:39:17,250 while drilling into this anomalous mesa, 866 00:39:17,375 --> 00:39:19,750 if the two are related. 867 00:39:19,875 --> 00:39:21,875 We're often told that when you dig on the ranch, 868 00:39:22,042 --> 00:39:23,208 bad things happen. 869 00:39:23,375 --> 00:39:25,167 Watching a calf out there in distress 870 00:39:25,333 --> 00:39:26,625 definitely was a bad thing. 871 00:39:26,792 --> 00:39:28,792 It's definitely got me on high alert. 872 00:39:28,958 --> 00:39:30,875 Hey, Erik. You got a copy? 873 00:39:31,042 --> 00:39:33,083 Yeah, Thomas. Go ahead. 874 00:39:33,250 --> 00:39:36,125 I'm just curious how things are going over on your end. 875 00:39:36,292 --> 00:39:37,958 We are shut down for the day. 876 00:39:38,125 --> 00:39:40,667 The drillers got into something 877 00:39:40,750 --> 00:39:42,500 that was blocking the signal on that beacon 878 00:39:42,625 --> 00:39:44,667 and so they can't get any sense of direction 879 00:39:44,792 --> 00:39:46,667 on the drill head, so they're going to have to pull out. 880 00:39:46,875 --> 00:39:48,625 THOMAS: You're kidding me. They've got to pull 881 00:39:48,792 --> 00:39:50,667 all the way out of the hole again? 882 00:39:50,792 --> 00:39:52,208 ERIK: Yeah, Thomas. That's the call. 883 00:39:52,375 --> 00:39:54,292 We've got to figure out what's going on up there. 884 00:39:54,458 --> 00:39:56,458 THOMAS: Well, after everything we've seen today, 885 00:39:56,625 --> 00:39:58,542 that's just par for the course. That's unfortunate. 886 00:39:58,708 --> 00:40:00,208 That's a... that's a big setback. 887 00:40:00,333 --> 00:40:03,167 Yep. Same thoughts on this side. 888 00:40:03,292 --> 00:40:04,667 The guys and I are getting ready 889 00:40:04,875 --> 00:40:07,333 to, uh, break down over here and call it a day. 890 00:40:07,542 --> 00:40:08,833 Okay, sounds good. 891 00:40:15,042 --> 00:40:18,625 ERIK: Every time we've tried to penetrate the mesa 892 00:40:18,792 --> 00:40:21,375 and better understand the anomalies inside of it, 893 00:40:21,542 --> 00:40:23,833 we've run into problems. 894 00:40:24,042 --> 00:40:25,458 We get part of the way in, 895 00:40:25,625 --> 00:40:27,667 and some aspect of our equipment stops working. 896 00:40:27,833 --> 00:40:31,458 Something breaks, something stops operating altogether. 897 00:40:32,542 --> 00:40:34,625 But I think the team and I are unfazed 898 00:40:34,833 --> 00:40:37,833 by our experience on the ranch. 899 00:40:38,042 --> 00:40:41,542 We will proceed, but slowly and carefully. 900 00:40:42,583 --> 00:40:45,958 TRAVIS: This week, we've detected invisible phenomena in the sky, 901 00:40:46,083 --> 00:40:49,333 we've witnessed a rocket seem to freeze in midair, 902 00:40:49,500 --> 00:40:52,333 detected numerous strange energy signals 903 00:40:52,542 --> 00:40:55,625 and had a cow suddenly become inexplicably injured. 904 00:40:55,792 --> 00:40:57,625 What could possibly explain all those things? 905 00:40:57,792 --> 00:41:00,000 I'm more convinced than ever 906 00:41:00,208 --> 00:41:03,625 that the answer might be buried inside that mesa. 907 00:41:04,792 --> 00:41:06,500 BRANDON: Even though we've had 908 00:41:06,667 --> 00:41:08,833 intriguing ground-penetrating radar results 909 00:41:09,042 --> 00:41:12,458 and other findings, we have no idea 910 00:41:12,542 --> 00:41:14,958 what we will uncover in that mesa. 911 00:41:15,125 --> 00:41:19,458 Will we uncover further evidence of strange material? 912 00:41:19,625 --> 00:41:22,375 Or will we find something exotic, 913 00:41:22,542 --> 00:41:26,000 like a craft or some other type of technology 914 00:41:26,167 --> 00:41:27,417 that may be involved 915 00:41:27,583 --> 00:41:29,458 with what we are seeing 916 00:41:29,625 --> 00:41:32,833 both above and below Skinwalker Ranch?