1 00:00:01,958 --> 00:00:03,208 This particular spot had 2 00:00:03,333 --> 00:00:04,958 some kind of flying saucer or wreckage. 3 00:00:05,125 --> 00:00:06,167 Something crashed 4 00:00:06,292 --> 00:00:08,167 through the tree. 5 00:00:08,333 --> 00:00:09,583 TRAVIS: I think an arborist should take a look at it. 6 00:00:09,750 --> 00:00:10,958 THOMAS: You see anything? 7 00:00:11,083 --> 00:00:12,417 JON: Something broke off here at some point, 8 00:00:12,583 --> 00:00:13,542 30 years or longer. 9 00:00:13,750 --> 00:00:15,458 -There you go. -Wow. 10 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:21,000 TRAVIS: There's something blocking 11 00:00:21,208 --> 00:00:22,208 the transmission of their beacon. 12 00:00:22,417 --> 00:00:23,792 BRYANT: What the hell is that? 13 00:00:23,917 --> 00:00:25,000 DR. POWER: The jelly samples 14 00:00:25,167 --> 00:00:27,000 are pieces of burnt plant material. 15 00:00:27,208 --> 00:00:28,958 -It's full of charcoal. -TRAVIS: You mean, like, 16 00:00:29,125 --> 00:00:31,958 something caused a fire deep inside the mesa? 17 00:00:32,083 --> 00:00:33,708 Absolutely, yeah. 18 00:00:34,750 --> 00:00:38,333 NARRATOR: There is a ranch in Northern Utah. 19 00:00:38,458 --> 00:00:41,000 It is considered the epicenter 20 00:00:41,208 --> 00:00:45,667 of the strangest and most disturbing phenomena on Earth: 21 00:00:45,875 --> 00:00:48,042 animal mutilations, 22 00:00:48,208 --> 00:00:50,417 bizarre UFO sightings 23 00:00:50,583 --> 00:00:55,667 and unusual energies that have proven harmful to humans. 24 00:00:55,875 --> 00:00:58,125 For 20 years, the federal government 25 00:00:58,250 --> 00:01:01,458 tried to find answers and failed. 26 00:01:01,625 --> 00:01:05,583 Now a new team of dedicated scientists, 27 00:01:05,750 --> 00:01:09,500 researchers and experts has taken over. 28 00:01:09,667 --> 00:01:13,583 They are determined to solve the mystery and reveal... 29 00:01:16,083 --> 00:01:19,458 ...The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch. 30 00:01:30,542 --> 00:01:32,333 -TRAVIS: What's going on, Thomas? -THOMAS: Uh, 31 00:01:32,500 --> 00:01:34,167 so, we got here earlier today 'cause, 32 00:01:34,333 --> 00:01:36,917 as we discussed previously, the beacon quit 33 00:01:37,083 --> 00:01:38,333 transponding, right? 34 00:01:38,542 --> 00:01:40,375 So we thought if we pulled the beacon back 35 00:01:40,583 --> 00:01:42,458 to that point, he could pick it up, we could mark what position 36 00:01:42,625 --> 00:01:45,542 the bit was in and proceed back up. 37 00:01:45,708 --> 00:01:48,125 The problem is, is that you never picked the bit up 38 00:01:48,292 --> 00:01:50,250 -when we came down, right? -No, never picked it up, 39 00:01:50,458 --> 00:01:53,333 and the signal never came back on, so I completely lose it. 40 00:01:53,458 --> 00:01:55,000 It's not telling me where I'm at, 41 00:01:55,167 --> 00:01:56,917 what depth I'm at, what direction I'm going, 42 00:01:57,083 --> 00:01:58,333 anything like that. 43 00:01:58,500 --> 00:02:00,125 What are our steps right now? 44 00:02:00,292 --> 00:02:01,458 Just back it up, get the beacon out? 45 00:02:01,625 --> 00:02:03,167 ALEX: Back it up, get the beacon out, 46 00:02:03,333 --> 00:02:05,375 and then put a new battery in, 47 00:02:05,500 --> 00:02:07,583 try and recalibrate it and reset it, 48 00:02:07,792 --> 00:02:10,167 and if that doesn't work, then I have no idea. 49 00:02:10,375 --> 00:02:13,333 This is a job-stopper if this doesn't turn on. 50 00:02:13,458 --> 00:02:14,833 ERIK: That's serious. 51 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:16,750 TRAVIS: That is serious. 52 00:02:17,917 --> 00:02:19,625 Nothing has been easy 53 00:02:19,792 --> 00:02:22,167 during our team's investigation on Skinwalker Ranch. 54 00:02:22,333 --> 00:02:25,167 But our ongoing drilling operation in the mesa, 55 00:02:25,333 --> 00:02:28,125 where data suggests a 400-foot-long, 56 00:02:28,292 --> 00:02:30,167 dome-shaped object is buried, 57 00:02:30,292 --> 00:02:32,208 with a number of smaller anomalies surrounding it, 58 00:02:32,375 --> 00:02:34,542 has been absolutely frustrating 59 00:02:34,708 --> 00:02:37,208 and, at the same time, very intriguing. 60 00:02:37,375 --> 00:02:39,375 In the past three years, 61 00:02:39,542 --> 00:02:43,292 several drill rigs, designed to cut through solid rock, 62 00:02:43,458 --> 00:02:46,417 have been unable to penetrate whatever is inside there. 63 00:02:46,542 --> 00:02:49,042 Yeah, I'm up against something pretty hard right now. 64 00:02:49,208 --> 00:02:52,333 TRAVIS: And in the spoils we've found metal fragments 65 00:02:52,500 --> 00:02:55,167 that are composed of the same kinds of materials 66 00:02:55,292 --> 00:02:56,958 that are used by NASA and SpaceX 67 00:02:57,125 --> 00:02:59,667 to protect the surface of spacecraft. 68 00:02:59,833 --> 00:03:02,333 So, for the past five weeks, 69 00:03:02,500 --> 00:03:05,292 the team from Mark Construction have been working 70 00:03:05,458 --> 00:03:08,000 to drill the first of two boreholes 71 00:03:08,125 --> 00:03:10,583 on either side of the dome-shaped object 72 00:03:10,750 --> 00:03:14,167 that will go all the way up through to the top of the mesa. 73 00:03:14,375 --> 00:03:16,667 This will allow us to insert scanning devices 74 00:03:16,833 --> 00:03:19,542 to hopefully identify what these things are 75 00:03:19,708 --> 00:03:21,875 and help us figure out how to uncover them. 76 00:03:22,042 --> 00:03:23,667 But during this operation, 77 00:03:23,875 --> 00:03:25,542 the drill has been thwarted 78 00:03:25,708 --> 00:03:28,500 by possible contact with these anomalies. 79 00:03:28,667 --> 00:03:32,667 A calf suddenly became extremely ill, as if 80 00:03:32,875 --> 00:03:36,375 it were exposed to a massive dose of microwave radiation. 81 00:03:36,542 --> 00:03:39,167 THOMAS: Do you even have it now, or is it totally gone? 82 00:03:39,333 --> 00:03:40,958 ALEX: Totally gone. 83 00:03:41,125 --> 00:03:43,333 TRAVIS: And last week the drilling beacon, 84 00:03:43,542 --> 00:03:45,292 which is a device that allows the team 85 00:03:45,458 --> 00:03:47,708 to track the location of the bit underground, 86 00:03:47,875 --> 00:03:50,125 just suddenly stopped working. 87 00:03:50,292 --> 00:03:52,167 How much further would you guess you need to go 88 00:03:52,375 --> 00:03:53,833 to come out of the ground? 89 00:03:53,958 --> 00:03:56,667 -About 260 feet. -Wow. 90 00:03:56,833 --> 00:03:59,917 -That's a long way to be operating blind. -Yeah. 91 00:04:00,083 --> 00:04:02,375 So today we checked in with the team, 92 00:04:02,542 --> 00:04:05,208 hoping that we could fix the problem with the drill beacon 93 00:04:05,375 --> 00:04:08,750 and start making some progress in this dang mesa. 94 00:04:08,958 --> 00:04:10,625 So, Travis, do you think there's any diagnostic 95 00:04:10,792 --> 00:04:12,167 that we could help do 96 00:04:12,375 --> 00:04:13,667 as far as with any of our equipment down here? 97 00:04:13,875 --> 00:04:16,667 Well, what we could maybe do is get the handheld, 98 00:04:16,875 --> 00:04:18,833 uh, RF detector systems-- 99 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:21,167 uh, the spectrum analyzer or the TriField meters-- 100 00:04:21,292 --> 00:04:23,333 and see if we can actually see the signal coming 101 00:04:23,542 --> 00:04:25,167 -from the beacon. -ERIK: Uh-huh. 102 00:04:25,375 --> 00:04:26,875 TRAVIS: Let's see what the deal is. 103 00:04:27,042 --> 00:04:28,292 Let's get that thing out of there 104 00:04:28,458 --> 00:04:29,958 and look and see if that beacon's working. 105 00:04:30,042 --> 00:04:31,000 Well, it's right here close. 106 00:04:31,208 --> 00:04:32,417 We can have it out in a minute 107 00:04:32,583 --> 00:04:34,750 and, uh, hopefully get it diagnosed. 108 00:04:34,875 --> 00:04:36,583 All right, well, then, Erik and I'll go get our piece 109 00:04:36,750 --> 00:04:38,417 of equipment ready while you guys are getting that thing 110 00:04:38,583 --> 00:04:39,833 -out of there. How does that sound? -Sounds good. 111 00:04:39,958 --> 00:04:40,917 -Thank you, guys. -TRAVIS: All right, let's do it. 112 00:04:42,125 --> 00:04:43,958 Maybe the beacon stopped working 113 00:04:44,167 --> 00:04:47,375 purely because of a mechanical failure or a dead battery. 114 00:04:47,542 --> 00:04:49,292 Hey, guys. Just gonna let you know, 115 00:04:49,458 --> 00:04:51,167 the beacon's out of the bit, 116 00:04:51,333 --> 00:04:53,500 and, uh, he's up here troubleshooting it. 117 00:04:53,667 --> 00:04:56,333 We'll be there in... in about one minute. 118 00:04:56,500 --> 00:04:59,417 After the drillers swapped out the battery in the beacon, 119 00:04:59,583 --> 00:05:01,333 Erik and I got our spectrum analyzer ready 120 00:05:01,542 --> 00:05:03,250 to see if we could pick up the signal 121 00:05:03,375 --> 00:05:04,917 and make sure it was working properly. 122 00:05:05,042 --> 00:05:07,667 When we got it out of the beacon, it was... it was on, 123 00:05:07,833 --> 00:05:12,083 and, uh, he was getting a perfect signal off of that. 124 00:05:12,250 --> 00:05:14,125 But still no data was transmitting. 125 00:05:14,250 --> 00:05:15,792 Oh, yeah, I see it right here. 126 00:05:15,917 --> 00:05:18,083 We're getting it. Yeah, oh, yeah, it's strong, too. 127 00:05:18,250 --> 00:05:20,167 I'm about to see if it'll pair right now. 128 00:05:20,375 --> 00:05:22,542 If it doesn't pair, then I got nothing. 129 00:05:22,708 --> 00:05:25,500 TRAVIS: Then it was time to see if Alex would be able 130 00:05:25,583 --> 00:05:27,667 to pair or sync it with the rig 131 00:05:27,792 --> 00:05:30,125 so they could start drilling into the mesa again. 132 00:05:30,292 --> 00:05:31,292 Now I'll calibrate it. 133 00:05:31,458 --> 00:05:33,417 Okay, everything's paired up. 134 00:05:33,583 --> 00:05:35,958 Should be, uh, getting signal now. 135 00:05:36,125 --> 00:05:37,667 Works. 136 00:05:37,875 --> 00:05:39,583 So you're getting a signal. Are you getting the data 137 00:05:39,792 --> 00:05:41,458 that you're expecting out of it now, 138 00:05:41,625 --> 00:05:43,000 now that it's out of the ground? 139 00:05:43,125 --> 00:05:44,458 Yeah, we're getting all the data and stuff now, so... 140 00:05:44,583 --> 00:05:46,708 -So it is working? -It's working now. 141 00:05:46,875 --> 00:05:48,208 TRAVIS: Well, so, then, 142 00:05:48,375 --> 00:05:50,000 if this is working, then you should be able 143 00:05:50,208 --> 00:05:51,542 -to put it back in, and it ought to work, right? -Yup. 144 00:05:51,708 --> 00:05:53,667 -ERIK: Well... -Fingers crossed. 145 00:05:53,875 --> 00:05:55,833 -Well, heck yeah. Let's do it. -BRYANT: That's good news. 146 00:05:56,042 --> 00:05:57,375 -Let's hope it stays. -ERIK: Let's hope for the best. -TRAVIS: Yeah. 147 00:05:57,542 --> 00:05:59,750 -Okay. -Let's go test this one. -Let's do it. 148 00:05:59,875 --> 00:06:03,042 ERIK: We have lost contact with the beacon repeatedly 149 00:06:03,250 --> 00:06:06,458 as the drill bit encounters this apparently impenetrable, 150 00:06:06,583 --> 00:06:09,333 dome-shaped object in the mesa. 151 00:06:09,542 --> 00:06:11,750 All right, you guys ready? 152 00:06:11,917 --> 00:06:13,000 Go ahead. 153 00:06:13,208 --> 00:06:14,583 ERIK: But at this point 154 00:06:14,708 --> 00:06:16,833 we've received a clear and strong signal 155 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:19,000 from the beacon at surface level. 156 00:06:19,167 --> 00:06:21,167 ALEX: This is going a lot better. 157 00:06:21,292 --> 00:06:23,000 ERIK: I'm beginning to wonder 158 00:06:23,208 --> 00:06:25,792 whether the anomaly itself may be interfering directly 159 00:06:25,958 --> 00:06:27,167 with the beacon signal. 160 00:06:27,292 --> 00:06:29,333 This only intensifies my interest 161 00:06:29,458 --> 00:06:31,833 in what is going on in the mesa. 162 00:06:33,250 --> 00:06:34,750 ALEX: Let's just go right here. 163 00:06:34,875 --> 00:06:36,167 THOMAS: The battery we just pulled out 164 00:06:36,333 --> 00:06:39,167 was in perfect condition, so 165 00:06:39,375 --> 00:06:40,583 I don't know what was causing the problem, 166 00:06:40,750 --> 00:06:42,208 but hopefully, with this new battery, 167 00:06:42,417 --> 00:06:44,167 we'll be able to continue on 168 00:06:44,375 --> 00:06:46,375 and get up into the mesa. 169 00:06:47,292 --> 00:06:49,292 ALEX: And I lost him. 170 00:06:49,458 --> 00:06:52,375 -THOMAS: Lost him again? -ALEX: Lost him again. 171 00:06:52,542 --> 00:06:55,500 I mean, the battery's good. You just recalibrated it, 172 00:06:55,667 --> 00:06:57,917 and not... we're not even getting up to the same place 173 00:06:58,083 --> 00:07:01,167 -that we lost it the first time. -Yeah, it's definitely strange. 174 00:07:01,375 --> 00:07:04,125 Makes no sense. 175 00:07:04,292 --> 00:07:05,750 Hey, guys, you got a copy? 176 00:07:05,917 --> 00:07:07,833 Yeah, go ahead. 177 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:12,375 Uh... we've encountered some more problems. 178 00:07:12,542 --> 00:07:14,208 You can meet us over-- close to the drill. 179 00:07:14,375 --> 00:07:16,375 Yeah. We're on our way over. 180 00:07:16,583 --> 00:07:18,792 Every time that we go out to do an experiment, 181 00:07:18,958 --> 00:07:21,083 you always have to wonder, what's the response 182 00:07:21,250 --> 00:07:22,792 from the ranch going to be? 183 00:07:23,833 --> 00:07:27,292 The lore that has been told about this place says 184 00:07:27,458 --> 00:07:32,292 that something intelligent is here and monitors the ranch. 185 00:07:32,458 --> 00:07:35,750 I know it sounds crazy, but at this point 186 00:07:35,917 --> 00:07:39,625 enough things have happened that seem to be reactionary, 187 00:07:39,750 --> 00:07:42,333 like there's something out here interfering with us, 188 00:07:42,458 --> 00:07:45,750 especially as we try to drill into the mesa. 189 00:07:45,917 --> 00:07:48,333 -Something more's going on? -Yeah. 190 00:07:48,458 --> 00:07:50,667 THOMAS: Isn't this getting a little bit ridiculous as far as 191 00:07:50,875 --> 00:07:52,125 what's being thrown your way? 192 00:07:52,208 --> 00:07:53,958 JARED: Yeah, a little bit, but... 193 00:07:54,042 --> 00:07:57,625 So, we, uh, lost signal sooner this time. 194 00:07:57,750 --> 00:07:59,417 -TRAVIS: No kidding? -ALEX: Yeah. 195 00:07:59,583 --> 00:08:01,500 What do you reckon's happening there? 196 00:08:01,667 --> 00:08:02,917 ALEX: Have no clue at this point. 197 00:08:03,083 --> 00:08:05,500 So, uh, I got to try 198 00:08:05,667 --> 00:08:07,458 an entirely different beacon. 199 00:08:07,583 --> 00:08:10,125 How long will it be before you can implement that? 200 00:08:10,333 --> 00:08:12,167 I-I bet a week at the earliest, right? 201 00:08:12,292 --> 00:08:13,833 ALEX: Yeah. 202 00:08:14,042 --> 00:08:17,292 It is odd that when we pulled back, 203 00:08:17,458 --> 00:08:18,625 the batteries, after being tested, 204 00:08:18,792 --> 00:08:20,375 were still fully charged. 205 00:08:20,542 --> 00:08:22,167 If it's not the batteries, 206 00:08:22,333 --> 00:08:25,333 there's something throwing interference inside the mesa. 207 00:08:25,500 --> 00:08:29,542 As far as what could be causing this, we're not exactly sure. 208 00:08:29,708 --> 00:08:32,125 There's definitely some weird stuff going on here, 209 00:08:32,208 --> 00:08:33,833 something unexplainable. 210 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:36,042 TRAVIS: Are we gonna lose the hole? 211 00:08:36,208 --> 00:08:38,167 ALEX: If the ground does shift, you might have 212 00:08:38,375 --> 00:08:41,292 some collapse in some places, but for the most part, it should 213 00:08:41,500 --> 00:08:43,042 -maintain the hole. -TRAVIS: I mean, 214 00:08:43,208 --> 00:08:44,125 you guys have drilled a lot. 215 00:08:44,292 --> 00:08:45,583 You've changed the batteries, 216 00:08:45,708 --> 00:08:47,250 you've taken this thing out several times, 217 00:08:47,458 --> 00:08:48,750 tried to recalibrate it several times. 218 00:08:48,875 --> 00:08:51,167 Have you ever had a dig where you had to do this? 219 00:08:51,333 --> 00:08:53,667 -JARED: I can't say I have. -ALEX: Been doing this 220 00:08:53,750 --> 00:08:55,667 for 11 years, and this is definitely the first time 221 00:08:55,875 --> 00:08:57,250 I've ever encountered anything like this. 222 00:08:57,417 --> 00:08:58,750 TRAVIS: That's crazy, man. 223 00:08:58,917 --> 00:09:00,333 Yeah, you guys are living the story 224 00:09:00,458 --> 00:09:01,875 of Skinwalker Ranch at this point. 225 00:09:02,083 --> 00:09:03,167 Certainly. (chuckles) 226 00:09:03,333 --> 00:09:05,417 It's a strange and dynamic environment. 227 00:09:05,542 --> 00:09:06,750 THOMAS: At this point, 228 00:09:06,917 --> 00:09:09,292 uh, gonna just be on standby 229 00:09:09,417 --> 00:09:10,833 till that new beacon gets here, so 230 00:09:11,042 --> 00:09:13,792 let's get ready for this drone experiment tonight. 231 00:09:13,958 --> 00:09:16,458 Yeah, let's get to work. Let us know, guys. 232 00:09:16,667 --> 00:09:17,917 -Thanks, guys. -All right, you guys. 233 00:09:24,875 --> 00:09:26,542 BRYANT: Hey, guys. Welcome back. 234 00:09:26,708 --> 00:09:27,583 TRAVIS: How many drones 235 00:09:27,708 --> 00:09:28,583 did you bring us this time? 236 00:09:28,708 --> 00:09:30,167 Brought you a thousand. 237 00:09:30,375 --> 00:09:31,458 -Thousand?! -THOMAS: Quite the crew 238 00:09:31,625 --> 00:09:34,042 -you guys brought. -We've got a few people. 239 00:09:34,250 --> 00:09:36,667 TRAVIS: While we were waiting for the Mark Construction team 240 00:09:36,833 --> 00:09:38,292 to get the new beacon device 241 00:09:38,458 --> 00:09:40,167 for the drilling operation in the mesa, 242 00:09:40,375 --> 00:09:42,625 we welcomed our friends from a drone light show company 243 00:09:42,792 --> 00:09:45,500 known as Sky Elements back to help us 244 00:09:45,708 --> 00:09:48,500 with another major focus of our investigation-- 245 00:09:48,667 --> 00:09:51,208 the mysterious spot in the center of the ranch 246 00:09:51,333 --> 00:09:53,750 that we call the triangle. 247 00:09:53,917 --> 00:09:57,292 So, for tonight, uh, we've got this field mowed down for you. 248 00:09:57,458 --> 00:09:59,000 You guys can set up right here. 249 00:09:59,083 --> 00:10:00,792 -Perfect. Sounds great. -THOMAS: Okay, well, we got 250 00:10:00,958 --> 00:10:03,833 a lot of work, so we'll go get to setting up our stuff. 251 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:05,000 We know you guys 252 00:10:05,125 --> 00:10:06,000 have a lot to do. 253 00:10:06,167 --> 00:10:07,458 We'll get to it. 254 00:10:07,625 --> 00:10:08,417 -Well, let's get to work. -All righty. 255 00:10:08,583 --> 00:10:10,500 We're gonna go get set up. 256 00:10:10,708 --> 00:10:13,500 -Hey, look, UAP right there! -KALEB: Yup, I see it. 257 00:10:13,667 --> 00:10:15,208 TRAVIS: Over the last several years... 258 00:10:15,417 --> 00:10:17,167 Whoa. We got something on the FLIR. 259 00:10:17,375 --> 00:10:19,875 ERIK: Wow. I think that may be formation flying. 260 00:10:20,042 --> 00:10:22,500 ...we've encountered more phenomena at the triangle 261 00:10:22,583 --> 00:10:24,458 than anywhere else on the ranch, 262 00:10:24,583 --> 00:10:25,667 including UAPs... 263 00:10:25,875 --> 00:10:27,750 -Whoa. -KALEB: Whoa. 264 00:10:27,958 --> 00:10:29,333 That was fast, whatever it was. 265 00:10:29,500 --> 00:10:31,167 ...strange energy signals 266 00:10:31,375 --> 00:10:32,958 around 1.6 gigahertz... 267 00:10:33,125 --> 00:10:35,250 That's a communication signal or something. 268 00:10:36,625 --> 00:10:38,042 BRYANT: See that? 269 00:10:38,167 --> 00:10:39,542 TRAVIS: It's like it's hitting something up there. 270 00:10:39,750 --> 00:10:41,583 ...and even invisible obstructions 271 00:10:41,792 --> 00:10:43,875 at various altitudes that have blocked 272 00:10:44,042 --> 00:10:47,250 and created voids in laser beams. 273 00:10:47,458 --> 00:10:49,500 THOMAS: How could it block out the green and not the blue? 274 00:10:49,708 --> 00:10:52,042 I've never seen anything like this ever. 275 00:10:52,208 --> 00:10:53,833 And about a month ago, 276 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:56,167 technologist Pete Kelsey scanned the area 277 00:10:56,375 --> 00:10:58,042 with an infrared lidar device 278 00:10:58,250 --> 00:11:01,500 and detected a massive cone-shaped anomaly. 279 00:11:01,667 --> 00:11:04,708 Incredibly, it stretched from Homestead Two 280 00:11:04,875 --> 00:11:07,000 all the way over to the east field canyon 281 00:11:07,208 --> 00:11:09,542 and was centered about 2,000 feet high, 282 00:11:09,708 --> 00:11:11,625 right above the triangle. 283 00:11:13,583 --> 00:11:15,792 -Can you believe this? -No, it's crazy. 284 00:11:15,958 --> 00:11:17,667 TRAVIS: To collect more data 285 00:11:17,875 --> 00:11:19,667 on this cone-shaped anomaly and anything else 286 00:11:19,875 --> 00:11:22,542 that might be in the airspace above the triangle tonight, 287 00:11:22,750 --> 00:11:25,208 Tyler Johnson, Preston Ward and their team 288 00:11:25,375 --> 00:11:28,708 are going to launch a thousand illuminated drones 289 00:11:28,875 --> 00:11:32,167 to various altitudes in a preprogrammed formation 290 00:11:32,375 --> 00:11:34,500 of two parallel lines. 291 00:11:34,667 --> 00:11:36,667 So, tell us about this fleet 292 00:11:36,833 --> 00:11:38,333 that you're putting out in the field. 293 00:11:38,500 --> 00:11:40,208 We've got a series of two lines. 294 00:11:40,375 --> 00:11:42,125 It's gonna be a hundred drones two meters apart, 295 00:11:42,292 --> 00:11:43,875 and it'll be two sets of those per flight. 296 00:11:44,042 --> 00:11:45,958 And we'll fly it from back-to-back-to-back-to-back. 297 00:11:46,125 --> 00:11:47,500 So the lines will go straight out 298 00:11:47,708 --> 00:11:49,667 over top of the triangle towards the mesa, 299 00:11:49,875 --> 00:11:51,708 they'll go up to 40 meters and come back. 300 00:11:51,875 --> 00:11:53,500 And when they're on their way back, the next fleet 301 00:11:53,625 --> 00:11:55,500 will pick up and do the same thing. 302 00:11:56,542 --> 00:11:59,167 TRAVIS: Some of the drones will also be equipped with GPS devices, 303 00:11:59,333 --> 00:12:02,167 so as the swarm reaches higher elevations, 304 00:12:02,375 --> 00:12:06,333 if the drones' straight-line pattern is altered in any way, 305 00:12:06,542 --> 00:12:09,167 it could be evidence of any number of the anomalies 306 00:12:09,333 --> 00:12:12,167 we've measured above the triangle in the past. 307 00:12:12,333 --> 00:12:14,792 TYLER: Typically, a flight total is eight minutes, 308 00:12:14,958 --> 00:12:16,875 especially out here, with the stuff we've seen with batteries. 309 00:12:17,042 --> 00:12:20,000 So, um, we've got these down to five to eight minutes each. 310 00:12:20,208 --> 00:12:22,083 And so they'll take off every five minutes. 311 00:12:22,292 --> 00:12:24,875 TRAVIS: And they have a new drone that you haven't seen yet. 312 00:12:25,083 --> 00:12:26,875 It's like a racing drone. 313 00:12:27,083 --> 00:12:28,917 It'll go up to, like, 100 mile an hour? 314 00:12:29,125 --> 00:12:31,208 -Absolutely. -Thing is amazing. Wait till you see it. 315 00:12:31,375 --> 00:12:32,375 He flies it through VR. 316 00:12:33,917 --> 00:12:35,583 I'm jealous. Can we trade jobs? 317 00:12:35,750 --> 00:12:38,083 -(laughs) I get that a lot. -(laughter) 318 00:12:38,208 --> 00:12:40,333 McEWEN: As a first-person-view drone pilot, 319 00:12:40,500 --> 00:12:43,083 I put on a set of goggles and I'll have a controller, 320 00:12:43,250 --> 00:12:44,000 and it puts me 321 00:12:44,167 --> 00:12:45,250 inside the cockpit of the drone. 322 00:12:45,417 --> 00:12:46,833 So we're able to go in and out 323 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:48,000 through the swarm, 324 00:12:48,167 --> 00:12:50,042 and you get a unique perspective 325 00:12:50,167 --> 00:12:53,083 of what exactly goes on in a drone swarm light show. 326 00:12:53,250 --> 00:12:56,000 So I've got a couple of ways to watch what we're doing. 327 00:12:56,167 --> 00:12:58,833 One of those is, of course, our surveillance camera system. 328 00:12:58,958 --> 00:13:02,333 The other being live monitoring of the GPS positions 329 00:13:02,500 --> 00:13:04,500 of at least one of the drones while we're flying 330 00:13:04,667 --> 00:13:05,917 -as we've done in the past. -Yeah. 331 00:13:06,083 --> 00:13:07,708 -Of course. -TRAVIS: We've also got 332 00:13:07,875 --> 00:13:10,875 high-speed cameras to the west, and Kandus 333 00:13:11,042 --> 00:13:13,333 and Tom are gonna be with high-speed cameras to the east. 334 00:13:13,542 --> 00:13:15,875 So we'll see the drones this way. 335 00:13:16,083 --> 00:13:19,792 Uh, and, uh, we'll also have, uh, the guys from OmniTeq. 336 00:13:19,958 --> 00:13:22,000 ROYSTON: Yeah, our multi... 337 00:13:22,125 --> 00:13:24,167 sensor boxes will be at, 338 00:13:24,333 --> 00:13:25,792 you know, what we say are the primary locations. 339 00:13:25,958 --> 00:13:27,833 -Yes. Yes. -So then we'll be monitoring 340 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:29,500 while you guys are doing everything here. 341 00:13:29,708 --> 00:13:31,583 TOM: We also brought this FLIR. 342 00:13:31,750 --> 00:13:33,000 Where do you want that set up? 343 00:13:33,167 --> 00:13:34,667 TRAVIS: We're gonna set it up somewhere 344 00:13:34,833 --> 00:13:36,667 in this vicinity, where we got a full shot 345 00:13:36,875 --> 00:13:38,750 of the sky and the area above the triangle. 346 00:13:38,875 --> 00:13:40,125 And we'll see the drones in it. 347 00:13:40,333 --> 00:13:43,375 In order to gather additional data tonight, 348 00:13:43,542 --> 00:13:44,792 we'll monitor the experiment 349 00:13:44,917 --> 00:13:46,792 with multiple cutting-edge technologies. 350 00:13:48,208 --> 00:13:50,667 First, high-speed cameras will be positioned 351 00:13:50,875 --> 00:13:53,167 to the east and west of the triangle 352 00:13:53,375 --> 00:13:55,833 and one directly under the center of the triangle 353 00:13:56,042 --> 00:13:56,917 that will be taking 354 00:13:57,083 --> 00:13:58,458 hundreds of pictures per second. 355 00:13:59,500 --> 00:14:03,625 And also a FLIR thermal camera that will visualize anything 356 00:14:03,792 --> 00:14:04,833 that might have a different temperature 357 00:14:05,042 --> 00:14:06,667 than its surroundings. 358 00:14:06,875 --> 00:14:10,167 Finally, Jim Royston and Sam Deriso from OmniTeq 359 00:14:10,250 --> 00:14:12,708 will be using their multi-sensor scanning systems, 360 00:14:12,875 --> 00:14:16,333 while Erik and I will have an array of antennas 361 00:14:16,542 --> 00:14:18,458 to look out for any strange energy spikes or signals, 362 00:14:18,625 --> 00:14:22,708 which we frequently detect during our experiments. 363 00:14:22,875 --> 00:14:24,708 ERIK: You know, as amazing 364 00:14:24,875 --> 00:14:27,125 as the in-flight component of this is, 365 00:14:27,333 --> 00:14:28,958 the stuff that's happened on the ground 366 00:14:29,167 --> 00:14:30,833 when it comes to the connectivity issues 367 00:14:31,042 --> 00:14:33,000 or even equipment failure has really been 368 00:14:33,208 --> 00:14:35,917 the most puzzling in these exercises. 369 00:14:36,125 --> 00:14:37,500 And so, of course, as soon as you guys fire up 370 00:14:37,625 --> 00:14:39,833 your base stations and start talking to your drones, 371 00:14:40,042 --> 00:14:41,250 if anything happens, I want to know about it. 372 00:14:41,417 --> 00:14:42,333 -Absolutely. -PRESTON: Sounds like a plan. 373 00:14:42,542 --> 00:14:43,667 ERIK: This is gonna be 374 00:14:43,875 --> 00:14:45,292 one heck of an experiment. 375 00:14:45,417 --> 00:14:46,750 TRAVIS: With that said, 376 00:14:46,917 --> 00:14:48,333 we've got some rocket stuff to get ready. 377 00:14:48,542 --> 00:14:50,792 I've got to get the spectrum analyzer up and running. 378 00:14:50,958 --> 00:14:52,208 Uh, so let's get to work. 379 00:14:52,375 --> 00:14:54,000 -All right. -Okay. 380 00:14:55,417 --> 00:14:58,125 ♪ ♪ 381 00:15:01,917 --> 00:15:02,958 -TRAVIS: You got it? -BRYANT: Yeah. 382 00:15:03,125 --> 00:15:04,917 Come on. There we go. 383 00:15:05,042 --> 00:15:06,875 -You let it go. I got it. -Okay. 384 00:15:07,042 --> 00:15:09,000 TRAVIS: Just before the drone swarm takes flight, 385 00:15:09,208 --> 00:15:10,625 we'll kick off the experiment 386 00:15:10,750 --> 00:15:12,500 using our favorite probing tool-- 387 00:15:12,625 --> 00:15:14,167 rockets. 388 00:15:14,333 --> 00:15:17,167 Launching rockets has repeatedly given us indications 389 00:15:17,375 --> 00:15:19,125 of strange things in the airspace 390 00:15:19,292 --> 00:15:22,583 and sometimes even seemed to trigger phenomena to appear. 391 00:15:22,750 --> 00:15:25,667 -SAM: The GPS is looking good. -Yeah. 392 00:15:25,875 --> 00:15:28,875 TRAVIS: We have a lot of components to this experiment tonight. 393 00:15:29,042 --> 00:15:30,083 But hopefully they'll get us closer 394 00:15:30,250 --> 00:15:31,458 to answers about the triangle 395 00:15:31,625 --> 00:15:33,833 and Skinwalker Ranch. 396 00:15:34,042 --> 00:15:35,750 BRYANT: Okay, that's it. 397 00:15:35,917 --> 00:15:37,167 All right. 398 00:15:38,833 --> 00:15:40,000 ERIK: Okay, guys, I've got 399 00:15:40,167 --> 00:15:43,042 good signal here, um, on the tracker. 400 00:15:43,208 --> 00:15:45,292 I-I am really anxious to see how this looks. 401 00:15:45,458 --> 00:15:48,458 Okay, we'll give a countdown over walkie 402 00:15:48,625 --> 00:15:49,958 when we're ready to go. 403 00:15:50,125 --> 00:15:51,417 Call over to them and tell them we're ready. 404 00:15:51,542 --> 00:15:54,000 Hey, guys, we are ready to rock and roll here. 405 00:15:54,208 --> 00:15:55,333 All right. Let's launch this thing. 406 00:15:55,500 --> 00:15:57,000 -You want to give a countdown? -Yeah. 407 00:15:58,083 --> 00:15:59,833 All right. Going hot on the battery. 408 00:16:00,042 --> 00:16:02,583 Rocket is hot. 409 00:16:02,750 --> 00:16:04,042 You ready? 410 00:16:04,208 --> 00:16:05,333 Yeah. 411 00:16:05,542 --> 00:16:06,958 TRAVIS: In five, 412 00:16:07,083 --> 00:16:09,042 four, three, 413 00:16:09,208 --> 00:16:10,333 two, 414 00:16:10,458 --> 00:16:11,417 -one. -(beeping) 415 00:16:16,333 --> 00:16:17,875 We got a chute. 416 00:16:18,042 --> 00:16:19,875 -Arming! -Arming, arming, 417 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:21,958 arming, arming. 418 00:16:22,125 --> 00:16:24,000 -PRESTON: Look at that. -That's nuts. 419 00:16:24,208 --> 00:16:25,833 -Flash it again. Do it again. -They should be in unison. 420 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:27,083 TYLER: They should be all at once. 421 00:16:28,792 --> 00:16:30,208 Come on. 422 00:16:31,542 --> 00:16:32,667 Look what we're getting. 423 00:16:32,875 --> 00:16:34,667 I've never seen it like that. 424 00:16:34,792 --> 00:16:37,458 Typically, whenever we send a blink command 425 00:16:37,542 --> 00:16:40,083 to the drones, we expect all the drones to blink in unison. 426 00:16:40,250 --> 00:16:42,750 Something we've never seen anywhere 427 00:16:42,917 --> 00:16:44,917 is the drones all blinking randomly 428 00:16:45,083 --> 00:16:46,125 when we send that command. 429 00:16:46,292 --> 00:16:48,250 Didn't make any sense. 430 00:16:48,375 --> 00:16:49,958 But, look, they're already disconnecting. 431 00:16:52,042 --> 00:16:54,625 TYLER: Yeah, everything's disconnected. 432 00:16:54,833 --> 00:16:56,292 TRAVIS: Did you see that?! 433 00:16:56,417 --> 00:16:57,958 THOMAS: Is something happening over there? 434 00:16:59,708 --> 00:17:01,167 Hey, guys, what's up? 435 00:17:02,208 --> 00:17:04,667 TRAVIS: We got something in the sky over the mesa. 436 00:17:04,833 --> 00:17:06,792 Where'd it go? 437 00:17:06,875 --> 00:17:08,417 Oh, there it is. 438 00:17:08,583 --> 00:17:10,792 TRAVIS: Yeah, that don't look like an airplane. 439 00:17:10,917 --> 00:17:13,000 BRYANT: What the hell is up there? 440 00:17:18,792 --> 00:17:21,417 TRAVIS: We got something in the sky over the mesa. 441 00:17:21,583 --> 00:17:23,792 Right there. Yep. 442 00:17:23,958 --> 00:17:26,667 You don't typically see satellites that bright 443 00:17:26,875 --> 00:17:28,333 to the north. 444 00:17:28,500 --> 00:17:30,500 That's way-- That's a-- that's a really high... 445 00:17:30,625 --> 00:17:32,500 -BRYANT: That's going east. -...latitude. 446 00:17:32,667 --> 00:17:35,542 The question is, is that close or is that far away? 447 00:17:37,917 --> 00:17:39,083 Are you seeing it still? 448 00:17:39,250 --> 00:17:41,375 TRAVIS: No, I'm not seeing it still. 449 00:17:42,375 --> 00:17:44,042 -It's gone. -It's gone. It went away. 450 00:17:44,208 --> 00:17:45,542 It went away. 451 00:17:48,375 --> 00:17:49,833 TYLER: Hey, Travis, all the drones 452 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:51,833 are fully down. 453 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:54,042 Wow. 454 00:17:54,208 --> 00:17:57,333 As scientists, Erik and I often preach 455 00:17:57,500 --> 00:18:00,750 that correlation doesn't necessarily mean causation. 456 00:18:00,875 --> 00:18:03,583 But right after we launched our first rocket from the triangle, 457 00:18:03,708 --> 00:18:08,167 a UAP suddenly appeared high above Skinwalker Ranch. 458 00:18:08,333 --> 00:18:12,917 And then all 1,000 drones that Sky Elements had programmed 459 00:18:13,083 --> 00:18:15,000 to take off malfunctioned. 460 00:18:15,208 --> 00:18:16,500 TYLER: So we're actually seeing 461 00:18:16,708 --> 00:18:19,333 some really interesting behavior with the drones. 462 00:18:19,542 --> 00:18:21,750 You see the red blink we've been doing? 463 00:18:21,875 --> 00:18:24,208 Yeah, I've been noticing that. What's that about? 464 00:18:24,375 --> 00:18:26,833 Well, they should all be blinking at the exact same time. 465 00:18:28,792 --> 00:18:30,125 TRAVIS: Oh, really? 466 00:18:30,292 --> 00:18:32,167 Ain't none of 'em blinking at the same time. 467 00:18:32,375 --> 00:18:34,708 Copy that. Let us know when you're ready. 468 00:18:34,875 --> 00:18:36,667 -Stay with it. -Copy. 469 00:18:36,792 --> 00:18:38,292 We will. 470 00:18:39,250 --> 00:18:40,833 -ROYSTON: Hey, Travis. -Yeah. 471 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:42,667 We just lost signal from this antenna 472 00:18:42,875 --> 00:18:43,750 as that was coming over. 473 00:18:43,917 --> 00:18:45,708 So we're out. 474 00:18:45,875 --> 00:18:47,917 -You lost signal when that flew over? -It just went down. 475 00:18:48,125 --> 00:18:49,000 We've been up the whole time. 476 00:18:49,167 --> 00:18:50,333 It's down right now. 477 00:18:51,208 --> 00:18:52,750 TRAVIS: Wow. 478 00:18:52,958 --> 00:18:54,958 After Jim and Sam reported 479 00:18:55,125 --> 00:18:56,667 that one of the antennas connected 480 00:18:56,875 --> 00:18:59,500 to their multi-sensor system was also glitching, 481 00:18:59,708 --> 00:19:01,667 it really started to look like all these things 482 00:19:01,875 --> 00:19:04,000 might be directly related. 483 00:19:04,125 --> 00:19:05,750 Have you reset it, see if it'll start back up? 484 00:19:05,875 --> 00:19:07,667 Sam just rebooted it and nothing. 485 00:19:07,792 --> 00:19:09,250 -And it's still nothing? -No. -SAM: Still nothing. 486 00:19:09,417 --> 00:19:10,167 What? 487 00:19:10,375 --> 00:19:12,167 That's just so weird. 488 00:19:12,375 --> 00:19:15,208 As frustrating as these setbacks were, 489 00:19:15,375 --> 00:19:17,458 they offered compelling evidence 490 00:19:17,625 --> 00:19:19,000 that some kind of ranch phenomenon, 491 00:19:19,208 --> 00:19:21,708 like perhaps that UAP we saw, 492 00:19:21,875 --> 00:19:23,500 caused them all to happen. 493 00:19:24,500 --> 00:19:25,833 PRESTON: Yeah, I mean, that's... 494 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:27,542 TYLER: That's insane. 495 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:31,333 -(static) -TRAVIS: Oh. 496 00:19:31,500 --> 00:19:32,917 And then we just had-- Did you see that? 497 00:19:33,083 --> 00:19:34,167 KALEB: Yep. 498 00:19:34,333 --> 00:19:35,500 SAM: What is that? 499 00:19:35,667 --> 00:19:37,708 TRAVIS: There's clearly a signal there. 500 00:19:37,917 --> 00:19:39,917 Something at 1.6 gigahertz, 501 00:19:40,083 --> 00:19:41,875 whatever it is. 502 00:19:42,042 --> 00:19:44,667 ROYSTON: Wow, it's definitive, too. 503 00:19:46,542 --> 00:19:48,542 What the crap is doing that? 504 00:19:49,625 --> 00:19:52,000 So, the only antenna picking it up 505 00:19:52,125 --> 00:19:54,375 is pointed directly at the launchpad. 506 00:19:54,583 --> 00:19:55,542 SAM: Yeah. 507 00:19:56,542 --> 00:19:59,042 TRAVIS: It sounds like a communication signal. 508 00:19:59,208 --> 00:20:01,333 When our spectrum analyzer 509 00:20:01,500 --> 00:20:03,750 detected the 1.6-gigahertz signal, 510 00:20:03,875 --> 00:20:06,625 it was icing on the cake, as far as I was concerned. 511 00:20:06,750 --> 00:20:09,750 We've not only detected this kind of signal many times 512 00:20:09,917 --> 00:20:12,042 when we've seen other phenomena on the ranch, 513 00:20:12,208 --> 00:20:15,917 but this one was making sounds like some form of communication. 514 00:20:16,042 --> 00:20:19,125 And our antenna showed that it was coming directly 515 00:20:19,292 --> 00:20:22,042 from the launchpad in the center of the triangle. 516 00:20:22,208 --> 00:20:23,792 Hey, look, it just showed up 517 00:20:23,958 --> 00:20:25,833 in the sky-facing antenna. 518 00:20:27,292 --> 00:20:29,583 What? What? It just show-- Did you see that? 519 00:20:29,750 --> 00:20:30,958 -It was not there before. -KALEB: Yeah. It's right there. 520 00:20:31,042 --> 00:20:32,458 Yeah. 521 00:20:34,417 --> 00:20:35,833 And you can see it coming across the side, 522 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:37,500 -like on the other one. -Yeah. 523 00:20:37,625 --> 00:20:39,708 So let's zoom in on that and see what it sounds like 524 00:20:39,875 --> 00:20:41,500 coming from that antenna. 525 00:20:44,208 --> 00:20:46,333 (static) 526 00:20:47,708 --> 00:20:50,542 That's coming from the sky-facing antenna. 527 00:20:50,708 --> 00:20:54,292 And-and so we're getting a signal now 528 00:20:54,458 --> 00:20:57,125 in a vertical antenna pointed right at the mesa 529 00:20:57,292 --> 00:21:00,000 and then an antenna pointed at the sky 530 00:21:00,208 --> 00:21:02,333 out in the field here behind us. 531 00:21:03,750 --> 00:21:04,792 What? 532 00:21:06,292 --> 00:21:07,667 We really haven't seen this. 533 00:21:07,833 --> 00:21:09,667 KALEB: No, we haven't seen this before. 534 00:21:09,792 --> 00:21:12,250 It's jumped to the other antenna now. 535 00:21:13,667 --> 00:21:15,333 So now we've got it coming from the antenna 536 00:21:15,542 --> 00:21:17,833 pointed at the exit spot. 537 00:21:17,917 --> 00:21:21,917 Now things were going from weird to ridiculous. 538 00:21:22,083 --> 00:21:24,500 The signal was not only coming from both the triangle 539 00:21:24,708 --> 00:21:27,208 and the sky in the area where we detected 540 00:21:27,375 --> 00:21:29,333 the huge cone-shaped anomaly 541 00:21:29,458 --> 00:21:32,750 but also from the very same spot in the east field 542 00:21:32,917 --> 00:21:37,667 where we recorded images of a UAP passing through the mesa 543 00:21:37,833 --> 00:21:41,542 and flying toward the triangle back in 2022. 544 00:21:42,542 --> 00:21:44,500 So, we're getting this same signal 545 00:21:44,708 --> 00:21:46,500 from multiple directions at the same time? 546 00:21:46,708 --> 00:21:49,583 TRAVIS: Yes. So that signal's coming 547 00:21:49,750 --> 00:21:51,750 from everywhere all at once. 548 00:21:51,917 --> 00:21:55,167 Our antennas are supposed to help us pinpoint 549 00:21:55,333 --> 00:21:57,125 where any signals are coming from. 550 00:21:57,250 --> 00:21:59,000 But they were detecting this one 551 00:21:59,125 --> 00:22:01,792 like it was jumping around from the center of the triangle 552 00:22:01,875 --> 00:22:04,583 to the east field to the south field and then 553 00:22:04,750 --> 00:22:06,208 right above us. 554 00:22:06,417 --> 00:22:08,083 Could that mean that it was being deflected around 555 00:22:08,250 --> 00:22:10,667 from inside the cone-shaped anomaly? 556 00:22:10,792 --> 00:22:13,208 And if so, then what in the world 557 00:22:13,375 --> 00:22:15,000 could we actually be dealing with? 558 00:22:16,208 --> 00:22:17,458 I don't know, man. 559 00:22:18,875 --> 00:22:20,333 PRESTON: Call over to them and tell them we're ready. 560 00:22:20,417 --> 00:22:22,208 Hey, guys, we are ready to rock and roll here. 561 00:22:22,375 --> 00:22:24,292 We have 200 drones ready to go, 562 00:22:24,417 --> 00:22:26,500 approximately 60 seconds from liftoff. 563 00:22:26,708 --> 00:22:28,417 60 seconds from liftoff. 564 00:22:28,583 --> 00:22:30,917 Copy that, guys. We'll be ready with the rocket launch. 565 00:22:31,083 --> 00:22:32,500 Let's go, Dragon. 566 00:22:32,708 --> 00:22:35,333 We didn't know if we should be relieved 567 00:22:35,500 --> 00:22:37,667 or even more freaked out when Preston said 568 00:22:37,833 --> 00:22:41,958 that only 200 of the 1,000 drones were finally working. 569 00:22:42,125 --> 00:22:44,667 But either way, we couldn't wait to get the swarm 570 00:22:44,833 --> 00:22:47,125 and the single FPV drone in the air 571 00:22:47,333 --> 00:22:48,917 to see what might happen next. 572 00:22:49,083 --> 00:22:51,750 PRESTON: Arming! 573 00:22:51,875 --> 00:22:53,333 I'll send everything that's connected. 574 00:22:53,500 --> 00:22:55,833 -Five seconds. -TYLER: Five, 575 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:57,625 four, three, 576 00:22:57,792 --> 00:23:00,208 two, one, 577 00:23:00,375 --> 00:23:02,500 go. 578 00:23:05,375 --> 00:23:07,500 What do we have? Four? Four didn't take off? 579 00:23:08,917 --> 00:23:11,625 TYLER: Four no take-offs. Lots of movement. 580 00:23:11,792 --> 00:23:13,167 TRAVIS: Four no take-- 581 00:23:13,333 --> 00:23:14,667 Look at-- look at 'em moving around. 582 00:23:14,875 --> 00:23:17,375 They cannot control 'em. Look at 'em. 583 00:23:21,375 --> 00:23:23,667 Oh, look at that. 584 00:23:23,833 --> 00:23:25,167 -They hit each other. -(rumbling) 585 00:23:25,375 --> 00:23:27,333 -Did you hear 'em hit? -Yup. 586 00:23:27,500 --> 00:23:29,000 TYLER: As soon as our show goes up, 587 00:23:29,167 --> 00:23:31,000 we start having problems. 588 00:23:31,167 --> 00:23:34,333 We started to see some wiggle in several different spots. 589 00:23:34,500 --> 00:23:36,833 Typically, wiggle's not something we see 590 00:23:37,042 --> 00:23:40,083 when we're flying patterns and shapes. 591 00:23:40,208 --> 00:23:41,417 This wiggle was very random, 592 00:23:41,583 --> 00:23:43,083 random drones, random parts of the lines. 593 00:23:43,250 --> 00:23:45,042 It didn't seem to have any cause to it. 594 00:23:45,208 --> 00:23:47,375 It's really weird. 595 00:23:47,542 --> 00:23:49,125 TRAVIS: Oh, they look terrible. 596 00:23:49,208 --> 00:23:50,833 BRYANT: Oh, they're moving into a straight line. 597 00:23:51,042 --> 00:23:52,667 TRAVIS: Yeah. 598 00:23:52,875 --> 00:23:54,375 PRESTON: Trying to figure out if they're locked in. 599 00:23:54,542 --> 00:23:56,167 Stay clear, stay clear, stay clear. 600 00:23:56,333 --> 00:23:58,667 PRESTON: Some of them are out. 601 00:23:58,833 --> 00:24:00,917 THOMAS: They're having a hard time down here. 602 00:24:03,333 --> 00:24:04,833 In typical ranch fashion, 603 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:06,458 we're having all sorts of problems 604 00:24:06,625 --> 00:24:08,333 with these drones. 605 00:24:08,542 --> 00:24:10,917 So, hopefully, this FPV pilot 606 00:24:11,042 --> 00:24:14,000 will give us a real up-close perspective of these drones 607 00:24:14,208 --> 00:24:17,333 to help us see what's possibly above the ranch 608 00:24:17,500 --> 00:24:19,458 that's causing all this trouble. 609 00:24:20,792 --> 00:24:24,542 TRAVIS: They are not in line at all. 610 00:24:24,708 --> 00:24:27,458 Look at 'em, there-there's a wave going through it. 611 00:24:28,250 --> 00:24:31,125 Youre going to have to wait. 612 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:35,125 (device beeps) 613 00:24:36,833 --> 00:24:38,958 McEWEN: Why did it cut? 614 00:24:40,958 --> 00:24:43,000 Where'd the other drone go? I thought I heard one hit again. 615 00:24:43,125 --> 00:24:46,667 -TYLER: FPV just lost video. -FPV just lost its feed. 616 00:24:46,833 --> 00:24:48,875 FPV is down, lost video feed. 617 00:24:49,042 --> 00:24:50,917 Something's not right. 618 00:24:51,083 --> 00:24:53,875 TRAVIS: I think that drone crashed. 619 00:25:01,458 --> 00:25:02,583 (device beeps) 620 00:25:03,500 --> 00:25:05,167 TYLER: FPV is down, 621 00:25:05,333 --> 00:25:06,250 lost video feed. 622 00:25:07,375 --> 00:25:09,375 TRAVIS: They crashed. 623 00:25:09,542 --> 00:25:11,500 He crashed his drone, man. 624 00:25:13,375 --> 00:25:14,250 Yeah, I heard it 625 00:25:14,417 --> 00:25:15,958 hit the ground. 626 00:25:16,125 --> 00:25:17,250 Kaleb, they think 627 00:25:17,417 --> 00:25:18,833 that you hit the ground. 628 00:25:19,042 --> 00:25:20,833 TRAVIS: Just after the Sky Elements team 629 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:24,083 was finally able to get 200 out of the 1,000 drones 630 00:25:24,250 --> 00:25:26,083 to launch up above the triangle, 631 00:25:26,250 --> 00:25:29,333 inexplicably a number of them were still deviating 632 00:25:29,542 --> 00:25:31,500 from their preprogrammed formation. 633 00:25:31,667 --> 00:25:34,833 And then the manually-operated FPV drone, 634 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:37,000 which was being flown through the swarm 635 00:25:37,208 --> 00:25:39,042 to look for evidence of whatever might be 636 00:25:39,208 --> 00:25:40,292 affecting all the devices, 637 00:25:40,458 --> 00:25:42,500 suddenly lost its camera feed 638 00:25:42,625 --> 00:25:44,375 and crashed into the ground. 639 00:25:44,542 --> 00:25:47,250 So, did it just lose power, 640 00:25:47,417 --> 00:25:49,792 or did something knock it out of the sky? 641 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:52,167 Yeah, that one's still really out. 642 00:25:52,292 --> 00:25:55,333 THOMAS: Yeah, you got some right over there. 643 00:25:55,542 --> 00:25:58,000 That one's the most significant one I see. 644 00:25:58,125 --> 00:26:01,708 There's like three or four with spacing issues. 645 00:26:01,875 --> 00:26:05,833 We've got a few on the west side that seem to be misbehaving. 646 00:26:07,250 --> 00:26:08,417 Preston, time to land? 647 00:26:08,625 --> 00:26:10,417 Uh, in probably about two minutes. 648 00:26:10,583 --> 00:26:13,750 TRAVIS: After eight minutes in the air, the drone swarm needed to land. 649 00:26:13,875 --> 00:26:16,000 And because of all those malfunctions, 650 00:26:16,167 --> 00:26:17,833 the team from Sky Elements decided 651 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:19,958 that it was time to end the experiment. 652 00:26:20,125 --> 00:26:24,083 Sky Elements, clear the grid! Everybody clear! 653 00:26:24,292 --> 00:26:25,458 TEAM MEMBER: Clear the grid! 654 00:26:25,625 --> 00:26:27,333 ♪ ♪ 655 00:26:30,250 --> 00:26:31,625 TYLER: Guys, heads on a swivel. 656 00:26:31,792 --> 00:26:33,833 We may have some bumps on the way down here. 657 00:26:36,375 --> 00:26:38,583 All right, coming in to land. 658 00:26:42,042 --> 00:26:44,208 We may have lost a drone in the air. 659 00:26:44,375 --> 00:26:47,583 PRESTON: It was difficult to get those 200 drones connected 660 00:26:47,750 --> 00:26:49,125 and get everything going. 661 00:26:49,292 --> 00:26:51,250 Once we got the swarm going, 662 00:26:51,458 --> 00:26:54,000 we noticed a couple of drones that were out of position 663 00:26:54,167 --> 00:26:56,500 that were definitely having GPS issues, 664 00:26:56,625 --> 00:26:59,667 but also our FPV pilot hit something. 665 00:26:59,792 --> 00:27:01,167 We don't know what it was. 666 00:27:01,375 --> 00:27:02,833 We're going to go back and look at the footage. 667 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:04,833 We're here at Skinwalker Ranch, 668 00:27:05,042 --> 00:27:06,667 there's nothing around, there's no obstacles. 669 00:27:06,875 --> 00:27:08,792 We're not quite sure what he hit. 670 00:27:08,958 --> 00:27:12,292 All right, all drones back on the ground. 671 00:27:13,917 --> 00:27:16,208 Man, what a, what a night, right? 672 00:27:16,375 --> 00:27:17,958 Very eventful, for sure. 673 00:27:18,125 --> 00:27:19,708 TRAVIS: Yeah, I got to tell you, 674 00:27:19,917 --> 00:27:22,667 we were picking up a signal at 1.6 gigahertz. 675 00:27:22,875 --> 00:27:24,958 It was moving around, it was interfering 676 00:27:25,083 --> 00:27:27,667 and started on one antenna pointed at the mesa, 677 00:27:27,875 --> 00:27:29,500 moved to an antenna pointed at the sky, 678 00:27:29,708 --> 00:27:31,000 one pointed at the mesa over there. 679 00:27:31,167 --> 00:27:34,125 And it suggests that there's something above us 680 00:27:34,292 --> 00:27:36,208 broadcasting downward at us 681 00:27:36,417 --> 00:27:38,667 and it's bouncing around off the mesa and everywhere. 682 00:27:38,833 --> 00:27:40,958 And maybe some of those things 683 00:27:41,125 --> 00:27:43,708 could be what was causing the problem, but I... 684 00:27:43,833 --> 00:27:46,292 That's interesting you say that signal was bouncing around 685 00:27:46,458 --> 00:27:49,042 'cause we would have periods where everything would connect 686 00:27:49,208 --> 00:27:52,250 for 15, 20 seconds, sometimes a minute, 687 00:27:52,375 --> 00:27:53,917 and then it would all start disconnecting again 688 00:27:54,083 --> 00:27:56,375 and it would do it just randomly. 689 00:27:56,500 --> 00:27:58,958 Ah. Wh-What could be causing that? 690 00:27:59,083 --> 00:28:02,250 That rapid loss of power doesn't make much sense. 691 00:28:02,417 --> 00:28:04,667 TRAVIS: So, your fast drone that was moving around? 692 00:28:04,833 --> 00:28:06,125 We heard it crash. 693 00:28:06,292 --> 00:28:09,167 You could just see it just go dark and... 694 00:28:09,333 --> 00:28:11,250 And I just watched it drop like a rock right out here, 695 00:28:11,417 --> 00:28:13,958 -like someone flipped a switch. -(snaps fingers) 696 00:28:14,083 --> 00:28:15,667 That's crazy. 697 00:28:15,792 --> 00:28:17,625 Well, we've got a lot of data to look through, 698 00:28:17,792 --> 00:28:19,500 and we also had high-speed cameras going. 699 00:28:19,667 --> 00:28:21,667 There might have been things in there that we haven't seen yet. 700 00:28:21,792 --> 00:28:24,000 All right, guys. Let's load up. 701 00:28:24,208 --> 00:28:25,458 -We got a lot to do. -Start heading out. 702 00:28:25,625 --> 00:28:26,667 -Thanks, guys. -Thank y'all. 703 00:28:26,875 --> 00:28:28,250 Hey, thanks, you guys. 704 00:28:36,042 --> 00:28:38,625 ERIK: Well, we've got quite a bit to go through. 705 00:28:38,792 --> 00:28:40,708 Uh, you know, what a night. 706 00:28:40,917 --> 00:28:43,167 TRAVIS: The next morning, Erik alerted us 707 00:28:43,292 --> 00:28:44,875 that he had already scoured through the surveillance, 708 00:28:45,042 --> 00:28:47,708 the high-speed, and the thermal camera video 709 00:28:47,875 --> 00:28:49,792 from the drone swarm experiment. 710 00:28:49,958 --> 00:28:51,250 ERIK: Hey, Preston. Hey, Kaleb, you hear us okay? 711 00:28:51,375 --> 00:28:52,958 -How's it going, guys? -How's it going? 712 00:28:53,083 --> 00:28:55,000 So, we were all eager to review everything 713 00:28:55,083 --> 00:28:58,583 along with Preston Ward and Kaleb McEwen from Sky Elements, 714 00:28:58,750 --> 00:29:00,583 who joined us on a videoconference. 715 00:29:00,750 --> 00:29:02,333 This is really interesting, 716 00:29:02,500 --> 00:29:05,917 this particular, uh, video that I'm going to share. 717 00:29:06,083 --> 00:29:08,000 Okay, I'm gonna play this through. 718 00:29:09,125 --> 00:29:11,000 THOMAS: We know what we're looking at when we see a plane. 719 00:29:11,167 --> 00:29:12,500 This didn't match any of that. 720 00:29:12,625 --> 00:29:13,625 TRAVIS: I agree. 721 00:29:13,792 --> 00:29:15,458 We've got it from another angle. 722 00:29:15,542 --> 00:29:16,750 ERIK: Let's take a look at that. 723 00:29:19,375 --> 00:29:21,292 -ROYSTON: There it is. -ERIK: There it is. 724 00:29:23,458 --> 00:29:27,083 THOMAS: So, this is the UAP that correlates 725 00:29:27,208 --> 00:29:30,458 with the same time that their equipment went down 726 00:29:30,625 --> 00:29:32,458 and all of the drones disconnected. 727 00:29:32,667 --> 00:29:34,792 Right. I-I think we all want 728 00:29:34,958 --> 00:29:36,750 to take a look at this a little closer. 729 00:29:36,917 --> 00:29:38,792 TRAVIS: All we can say about it is, 730 00:29:38,917 --> 00:29:40,792 we know it's not one of our drones, 731 00:29:40,958 --> 00:29:43,292 and it's some object that's... 732 00:29:43,500 --> 00:29:45,000 Emitting light. 733 00:29:45,208 --> 00:29:47,000 Emitting light, and it doesn't look like an aircraft. 734 00:29:47,208 --> 00:29:48,958 It doesn't look like anything normal. 735 00:29:49,167 --> 00:29:50,750 So I don't know what it is. 736 00:29:50,917 --> 00:29:53,833 Whatever this really bright UAP was, 737 00:29:53,958 --> 00:29:56,333 it didn't appear like a meteor or a satellite 738 00:29:56,500 --> 00:29:57,917 or something natural. 739 00:29:58,125 --> 00:30:00,000 And then it just vanished into thin air. 740 00:30:00,167 --> 00:30:02,833 Since it showed up just before all of the drones 741 00:30:03,042 --> 00:30:04,958 and a lot of our other gear malfunctioned, 742 00:30:05,125 --> 00:30:08,625 could it have been related or maybe even the cause? 743 00:30:08,833 --> 00:30:10,875 I know that we ran into all kinds of problems. 744 00:30:11,042 --> 00:30:13,083 Uh, maybe just walk us back through and tell us 745 00:30:13,250 --> 00:30:14,750 what you've learned on, uh, you know, uh, 746 00:30:14,917 --> 00:30:16,042 anything you've postprocessed. 747 00:30:16,208 --> 00:30:17,667 PRESTON: Sure, so I looked 748 00:30:17,875 --> 00:30:19,417 through all the logs on the drones 749 00:30:19,583 --> 00:30:22,917 and the system itself, and it didn't tell me anything 750 00:30:23,042 --> 00:30:24,958 that would be impacting that communication level. 751 00:30:25,125 --> 00:30:28,833 And there's no really assignable cause on our end. 752 00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:31,542 Um, you know, it was just kind of more of the same 753 00:30:31,667 --> 00:30:34,958 that-that Skinwalker Ranch seems to cause issues 754 00:30:35,167 --> 00:30:36,333 that don't exist anywhere else. 755 00:30:36,458 --> 00:30:40,333 TRAVIS: And, Kaleb, you lost your FPV drone, 756 00:30:40,458 --> 00:30:43,417 and I was wondering if, uh, you had any insight about that 757 00:30:43,583 --> 00:30:45,167 after you've had some time to think about it 758 00:30:45,333 --> 00:30:47,000 and reflect on it. 759 00:30:47,167 --> 00:30:50,333 Yeah, so out of the 50 flights I've flown for drone shows, 760 00:30:50,500 --> 00:30:52,500 I've never lost connection completely. 761 00:30:52,708 --> 00:30:56,125 So, out of nowhere, I was flying and, boom, 762 00:30:56,292 --> 00:30:59,292 I lost the telemetry and my video, 763 00:30:59,458 --> 00:31:01,167 and that's never happened. 764 00:31:01,375 --> 00:31:02,833 I couldn't explain. 765 00:31:02,958 --> 00:31:04,667 I'm excited to see what is on that GoPro. 766 00:31:04,833 --> 00:31:06,000 I'm-- I hope y'all found it. 767 00:31:06,167 --> 00:31:09,458 Well, it's right here, as you can see. 768 00:31:09,625 --> 00:31:11,000 -Yeah. -And we found this 769 00:31:11,208 --> 00:31:13,125 nearly right up on top of the mesa. 770 00:31:13,333 --> 00:31:14,708 That's crazy. 771 00:31:14,875 --> 00:31:15,667 TRAVIS: So, how did it end up that far 772 00:31:15,833 --> 00:31:17,458 away from the triangle? 773 00:31:17,542 --> 00:31:19,667 So, guys, I have the footage from the onboard camera. 774 00:31:19,833 --> 00:31:21,875 We've recovered that. 775 00:31:22,083 --> 00:31:24,167 PRESTON: We're super excited to see what happened. 776 00:31:24,333 --> 00:31:25,958 We've been racking our brains trying to figure out 777 00:31:26,083 --> 00:31:27,792 what happened to that drone. 778 00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:29,708 Well, I-I think it'll be instructive 779 00:31:29,875 --> 00:31:32,167 to both see and hear, 780 00:31:32,250 --> 00:31:34,667 uh, whatever the drone saw and heard. 781 00:31:34,875 --> 00:31:36,542 (rotors whirring) 782 00:31:41,875 --> 00:31:43,625 (impacts) 783 00:31:43,792 --> 00:31:45,417 (clattering) 784 00:31:46,542 --> 00:31:48,167 What? 785 00:31:49,708 --> 00:31:51,500 -That was midair. -THOMAS: Whoa. 786 00:31:51,667 --> 00:31:52,958 (mutters) 787 00:31:53,125 --> 00:31:55,000 Yeah. I mean, you hit something and... 788 00:31:55,208 --> 00:31:57,000 Yeah, it's-- That's weird. 789 00:31:57,167 --> 00:31:58,792 You're in midair, dude. 790 00:31:58,958 --> 00:32:00,667 I'm, like, really high, too. 791 00:32:08,875 --> 00:32:10,167 TRAVIS: What in the world? 792 00:32:10,292 --> 00:32:12,500 So, you hit something in the air 793 00:32:12,708 --> 00:32:14,500 and spiraled into the ground. 794 00:32:14,708 --> 00:32:16,042 That's what happened. 795 00:32:17,958 --> 00:32:19,917 I'm, like, really high, too. 796 00:32:20,083 --> 00:32:21,500 -You're in midair, dude. -ERIK: Yeah. 797 00:32:21,708 --> 00:32:23,167 There's nothing up there. 798 00:32:23,333 --> 00:32:25,208 Well, something made the drone fall out of the sky. 799 00:32:25,375 --> 00:32:26,042 TRAVIS: Yeah. 800 00:32:26,208 --> 00:32:28,167 Back it up again. 801 00:32:28,375 --> 00:32:30,542 Watching and hearing the Sky Elements' FPV drone 802 00:32:30,708 --> 00:32:34,000 appear to hit something in the sky during our experiment 803 00:32:34,208 --> 00:32:37,000 over the triangle last night was crazy. 804 00:32:37,208 --> 00:32:39,667 To make things even stranger, Dragon found the drone 805 00:32:39,792 --> 00:32:43,708 several hundred feet away on top of the mesa to the east, 806 00:32:43,875 --> 00:32:46,167 but we saw it flying to the west. 807 00:32:46,333 --> 00:32:49,583 What could have caused it to end up all the way over there, 808 00:32:49,750 --> 00:32:53,125 especially since it didn't have very much physical damage? 809 00:32:53,250 --> 00:32:57,667 Now, see if you can back it up to right as it crashed. 810 00:32:57,875 --> 00:32:59,375 -ERIK: Okay. -All right. 811 00:32:59,542 --> 00:33:01,500 ERIK: So, here we're still flying under control. 812 00:33:01,708 --> 00:33:03,000 TRAVIS: Mm-hmm. 813 00:33:03,167 --> 00:33:05,750 (keys clicking) 814 00:33:05,917 --> 00:33:07,958 At this point, you hit something. 815 00:33:10,042 --> 00:33:12,667 What are we hitting? I don't see the mesa anywhere. 816 00:33:16,875 --> 00:33:18,833 And I don't see a bird. 817 00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:20,958 McEWEN: Yeah, I was pretty high, too. 818 00:33:21,167 --> 00:33:22,792 I want to say I was, what, 819 00:33:22,917 --> 00:33:24,208 120 feet? 820 00:33:24,375 --> 00:33:26,250 That is just unbelievable. 821 00:33:28,083 --> 00:33:30,042 ERIK: So, guys, we've got one more piece 822 00:33:30,208 --> 00:33:32,000 of footage that we want to share with you. 823 00:33:34,208 --> 00:33:37,042 This is thermographic imagery 824 00:33:37,208 --> 00:33:39,958 off of a FLIR camera out at the triangle. 825 00:33:40,125 --> 00:33:42,125 Again, this is sky-facing. 826 00:33:42,250 --> 00:33:45,500 We set it to where the very bottom of the frame 827 00:33:45,625 --> 00:33:47,792 is literally at the top of the launch tower. 828 00:33:47,917 --> 00:33:50,833 ERIK: Yeah, so here you can see top of the mesa. 829 00:33:50,917 --> 00:33:52,500 And I'm just gonna let this play through 830 00:33:52,667 --> 00:33:55,417 at its normal speed. 831 00:33:56,792 --> 00:33:59,042 TRAVIS: Wow, it looked like it was far away. 832 00:33:59,250 --> 00:34:01,625 -Can you zoom in on it? -Sure. 833 00:34:01,750 --> 00:34:03,792 ERIK: So, we're looking at something that's clearly giving off 834 00:34:03,958 --> 00:34:05,917 a heat signature that's warmer than, 835 00:34:06,083 --> 00:34:10,083 you know, the surrounding part of the frame. 836 00:34:10,250 --> 00:34:11,958 TRAVIS: I don't see any wings or anything, 837 00:34:12,125 --> 00:34:14,500 like it would be a bug flying over the FLIR. 838 00:34:14,625 --> 00:34:16,500 So, Kaleb, do you, do you remember the time frame 839 00:34:16,667 --> 00:34:19,458 when you saw this, what was going on the, on the ground? 840 00:34:19,667 --> 00:34:22,333 Uh, this was right around the same time 841 00:34:22,500 --> 00:34:24,417 that Kaleb's drone crashed. 842 00:34:24,583 --> 00:34:25,917 Yeah, it was. 843 00:34:26,083 --> 00:34:28,208 In addition to the UAP we all saw 844 00:34:28,375 --> 00:34:30,542 right before our equipment started glitching, 845 00:34:30,708 --> 00:34:32,833 our thermal camera positioned at the triangle caught 846 00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:37,208 another UAP that was literally invisible to the naked eye. 847 00:34:37,417 --> 00:34:40,333 ERIK: This is very persistent, it's-it's, uh, very graceful, 848 00:34:40,542 --> 00:34:41,583 linear travel. 849 00:34:41,708 --> 00:34:43,125 Clearly not a-- it's not an aircraft. 850 00:34:43,333 --> 00:34:45,083 TRAVIS: It's too fast for an airplane. 851 00:34:45,292 --> 00:34:47,083 -ERIK: Yeah. -Don't know what it-- I don't know what it is. 852 00:34:47,250 --> 00:34:48,833 It didn't appear to make any contact 853 00:34:49,042 --> 00:34:50,667 with the FPV drone, 854 00:34:50,833 --> 00:34:53,458 so it made me wonder if there was anything else up there 855 00:34:53,583 --> 00:34:54,625 that might have. 856 00:34:54,792 --> 00:34:56,500 What else you got, Erik? 857 00:34:56,667 --> 00:34:58,417 So, what I'm about to share with you 858 00:34:58,583 --> 00:35:00,000 is some footage that was obtained through 859 00:35:00,125 --> 00:35:02,500 a high-speed camera asset. 860 00:35:04,458 --> 00:35:06,625 TRAVIS: And this is looking straight up 861 00:35:06,792 --> 00:35:09,750 -through the anomaly at the launchpad. -Yeah. 862 00:35:11,125 --> 00:35:13,167 -Oh. -Yeah. You caught that? 863 00:35:13,333 --> 00:35:15,167 I didn't see anything. 864 00:35:15,375 --> 00:35:17,125 -ERIK: I'll back it up just a bit. -Zoom in on it, Erik. 865 00:35:17,292 --> 00:35:18,542 ERIK: Okay, you got it. 866 00:35:18,708 --> 00:35:19,917 TRAVIS: Oh, yeah, yeah, there it was. 867 00:35:20,083 --> 00:35:21,042 THOMAS: There's two things there. 868 00:35:21,250 --> 00:35:22,333 -Did you see that? -ERIK: Yeah. 869 00:35:22,542 --> 00:35:23,833 Let me take that back through, 870 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:25,500 using frame advance. 871 00:35:27,375 --> 00:35:28,500 Okay. 872 00:35:28,667 --> 00:35:30,500 ROYSTON: Ooh, that looks like two there. 873 00:35:30,708 --> 00:35:33,042 -TRAVIS: Well, I find that really interesting. -Turned into two. 874 00:35:33,208 --> 00:35:34,625 TRAVIS: Yeah. 875 00:35:34,792 --> 00:35:36,125 ROYSTON: Looks like it starts with one. 876 00:35:36,292 --> 00:35:38,167 Must be right behind each other. 877 00:35:38,333 --> 00:35:40,958 THOMAS: Where do they go? That's interesting. 878 00:35:41,125 --> 00:35:44,417 TRAVIS: Yeah, that's a good question. 879 00:35:44,583 --> 00:35:47,083 ERIK: Yeah, whatever this is, it appears to fade in and out. 880 00:35:47,208 --> 00:35:48,833 Let me try one thing, let me turn the contrast 881 00:35:49,042 --> 00:35:50,667 and brightness up just a bit. 882 00:35:52,667 --> 00:35:54,333 -TRAVIS: What are we seeing? -Okay, I don't see anything now. 883 00:35:54,542 --> 00:35:57,125 THOMAS: I would say that they're still right there. 884 00:35:57,250 --> 00:35:59,208 ERIK: Okay. How about I dive in on it? 885 00:35:59,417 --> 00:36:00,917 -Yep, I saw it. Yep. -THOMAS: Oh, yes, look, it's right there. 886 00:36:01,083 --> 00:36:03,042 TRAVIS: Yep, there you go. Sure is. 887 00:36:03,208 --> 00:36:04,500 ERIK: There's a lot going on here, guys. 888 00:36:04,625 --> 00:36:06,250 TRAVIS: Look at all this. 889 00:36:06,417 --> 00:36:09,292 Wow, there are so many in this clip, it's crazy. 890 00:36:16,667 --> 00:36:19,708 TRAVIS: Wow, there are so many in this clip, it's crazy. 891 00:36:19,917 --> 00:36:24,167 So, I think that I'm seeing maybe a formation flying event. 892 00:36:24,292 --> 00:36:26,000 The high-speed video captured 893 00:36:26,208 --> 00:36:28,000 during our drone swarm experiment last night 894 00:36:28,125 --> 00:36:31,750 showed more UAPs than we've ever seen at one time. 895 00:36:31,917 --> 00:36:33,500 They were literally maneuvering around 896 00:36:33,708 --> 00:36:35,208 above the center of the triangle, 897 00:36:35,375 --> 00:36:37,250 and many of them seemed to be flying 898 00:36:37,417 --> 00:36:39,292 in coordinated patterns with each other. 899 00:36:39,500 --> 00:36:41,125 Could these things be what prevented 900 00:36:41,292 --> 00:36:43,667 so many of the drones from being able to launch? 901 00:36:43,833 --> 00:36:47,208 And does it also explain why the 200 that did 902 00:36:47,417 --> 00:36:49,875 struggled to maintain their programmed formations? 903 00:36:50,042 --> 00:36:51,458 ERIK: Okay, I'm gonna take us 904 00:36:51,583 --> 00:36:52,458 back out. 905 00:36:53,792 --> 00:36:55,542 TRAVIS: Let it keep playing for a bit. 906 00:36:55,708 --> 00:36:57,625 ERIK: Okay. 907 00:36:57,792 --> 00:36:59,667 TRAVIS: Oh-- whoa, whoa, there was a bright one. 908 00:36:59,875 --> 00:37:02,208 We'll back up and look at the, uh, individual frame. 909 00:37:04,583 --> 00:37:06,542 TRAVIS: Look how bright that is. 910 00:37:06,708 --> 00:37:09,417 It's not a satellite, it's not-- a satellite at this frame rate 911 00:37:09,583 --> 00:37:11,167 would just be sitting in one spot. 912 00:37:11,292 --> 00:37:13,167 Let it keep playing for a second forward. 913 00:37:13,375 --> 00:37:15,708 All right, I'll keep playing through this. 914 00:37:15,875 --> 00:37:17,625 -Okay. -TRAVIS: There was another bright one. 915 00:37:17,792 --> 00:37:18,833 Did you see that one? 916 00:37:19,042 --> 00:37:20,292 -Wow. -ERIK: Okay, I'm gonna, 917 00:37:20,417 --> 00:37:22,167 I'm gonna, I'm gonna bring us back through it. 918 00:37:22,333 --> 00:37:23,833 TRAVIS: Right there. 919 00:37:23,958 --> 00:37:25,542 Wow, that was a bright one. 920 00:37:25,708 --> 00:37:28,542 ERIK: And that's, like, a single-frame event. 921 00:37:28,708 --> 00:37:29,833 TRAVIS: Lord have mercy, what are we seeing? 922 00:37:30,042 --> 00:37:31,333 Look how bright that was. 923 00:37:31,500 --> 00:37:33,417 ERIK: We have seen UAPs 924 00:37:33,583 --> 00:37:35,333 moving at fairly high rates of travel 925 00:37:35,500 --> 00:37:37,292 in the area where Pete Kelsey 926 00:37:37,458 --> 00:37:40,292 detected a very large cone-shaped anomaly. 927 00:37:40,458 --> 00:37:42,792 What if there is, in fact, some kind of connection 928 00:37:42,917 --> 00:37:46,125 between those UAPs and that anomaly? 929 00:37:46,292 --> 00:37:47,500 That would be interesting. 930 00:37:47,708 --> 00:37:49,542 BRYANT: And how long is this clip? 931 00:37:49,750 --> 00:37:52,167 ERIK: This whole clip is about 20 seconds. 932 00:37:52,250 --> 00:37:55,167 That many things in 20 seconds' time? 933 00:37:55,333 --> 00:37:56,875 -Oh, wow. -That's fast. 934 00:37:57,042 --> 00:37:58,667 I mean, think about all the problems we were having 935 00:37:58,792 --> 00:37:59,917 on the ground, guys. 936 00:38:00,042 --> 00:38:01,375 Sky Elements is trying to connect 937 00:38:01,542 --> 00:38:03,500 those thousand drones up, 938 00:38:03,667 --> 00:38:06,167 and-and while we're down there on the ground 939 00:38:06,375 --> 00:38:08,000 trying to fight through that, and you guys 940 00:38:08,208 --> 00:38:10,042 -are losing your equipment... -Yeah. 941 00:38:10,208 --> 00:38:12,167 ...we're having this take place above us, 942 00:38:12,375 --> 00:38:13,750 and we're not even aware that it's going on. 943 00:38:13,917 --> 00:38:15,542 Well, it wouldn't be hard to imagine, if you've got 944 00:38:15,708 --> 00:38:18,000 a bunch of things popping in and out of your space, 945 00:38:18,208 --> 00:38:19,333 that you'd expect to see interference 946 00:38:19,500 --> 00:38:20,500 -with all your stuff. -Right. 947 00:38:20,708 --> 00:38:22,333 BRYANT: Especially if they have 948 00:38:22,500 --> 00:38:23,917 some sort of an electromagnetic quality to them 949 00:38:24,083 --> 00:38:25,333 -or something of that nature. -ERIK: Yes, yes. 950 00:38:25,417 --> 00:38:26,917 Have y'all seen anything like that before 951 00:38:27,083 --> 00:38:28,833 while you were doing drone shows? 952 00:38:29,958 --> 00:38:31,458 No, no, we've never seen 953 00:38:31,625 --> 00:38:33,375 anything strange in the sky, you know. 954 00:38:33,542 --> 00:38:35,667 It's totally unexpected to see that kind of stuff, 955 00:38:35,833 --> 00:38:37,292 you know, in the middle of nowhere, 956 00:38:37,458 --> 00:38:39,500 and especially if it's something we can't identify. 957 00:38:39,667 --> 00:38:41,500 Yeah, that's-- this is the thing, is, 958 00:38:41,708 --> 00:38:44,417 we recently imaged a massive cone-shaped anomaly 959 00:38:44,542 --> 00:38:46,958 using lidar directly over the triangle, 960 00:38:47,125 --> 00:38:50,417 where you did just fly through, Kaleb, and lost a drone. 961 00:38:50,542 --> 00:38:53,750 So I-I find it really interesting that, uh, 962 00:38:53,875 --> 00:38:57,042 you know, we had something else in the same airspace 963 00:38:57,208 --> 00:39:00,417 that we couldn't see but occasionally with the naked eye, 964 00:39:00,542 --> 00:39:03,250 mostly with high-speed or infrared cameras. 965 00:39:03,417 --> 00:39:06,208 Yeah, it's definitely very unusual, right? 966 00:39:06,375 --> 00:39:07,583 ERIK: Well, look, guys, after all 967 00:39:07,708 --> 00:39:10,250 of these really unexpected, amazing things 968 00:39:10,417 --> 00:39:12,333 that we've seen, we definitely want to get you guys 969 00:39:12,458 --> 00:39:14,042 back out here, boots on the ground. 970 00:39:14,167 --> 00:39:16,167 See if we can't get those thousand drones in the air. 971 00:39:16,292 --> 00:39:18,083 -How do you feel about that? -Let's do it. 972 00:39:18,250 --> 00:39:20,208 -Let's see if we can make it happen. -TRAVIS: All right. 973 00:39:20,375 --> 00:39:22,000 See you guys later. Good to see y'all. 974 00:39:22,208 --> 00:39:24,500 -You guys rock. -THOMAS: Thank you. -Thank you, Kaleb. 975 00:39:26,125 --> 00:39:28,250 ERIK: We definitely need to follow up on this, 976 00:39:28,458 --> 00:39:30,292 but we need to do some planning. 977 00:39:30,500 --> 00:39:32,125 Given what we've seen, what can we do differently, 978 00:39:32,333 --> 00:39:33,667 what can we do better 979 00:39:33,750 --> 00:39:36,833 during these massive drone exercises? 980 00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:39,250 Well, they didn't get the thousand drones up... 981 00:39:39,417 --> 00:39:41,500 -Got to do that. -...so I would love to see them get the thousand drones up, 982 00:39:41,667 --> 00:39:43,333 even if they're in sections, you know? 983 00:39:43,500 --> 00:39:44,833 If you create a section, you could do half of them 984 00:39:45,042 --> 00:39:47,000 over here at the triangle and half of them down here 985 00:39:47,208 --> 00:39:49,125 at the east field, simultaneous. 986 00:39:49,292 --> 00:39:50,792 I like where you're going with that. 987 00:39:50,917 --> 00:39:56,000 The idea of maybe two major thrusts simultaneously. 988 00:39:56,167 --> 00:39:59,125 TRAVIS: Since the massive cone-shaped anomaly that we detected 989 00:39:59,292 --> 00:40:00,792 encompassed the triangle 990 00:40:00,958 --> 00:40:03,667 and reached all the way to the east field, 991 00:40:03,792 --> 00:40:06,250 my thought was to split the drones into two swarms 992 00:40:06,458 --> 00:40:08,333 between the two areas. 993 00:40:08,542 --> 00:40:11,750 That way, we can see if they are affected in similar ways 994 00:40:11,917 --> 00:40:14,667 or in different ways or not at all. 995 00:40:14,792 --> 00:40:17,375 It could produce more data to help us determine 996 00:40:17,542 --> 00:40:19,542 just what we're dealing with out there. 997 00:40:19,667 --> 00:40:21,625 Well, let's get 'em back and let's do it. 998 00:40:21,708 --> 00:40:23,833 -I'm all about it. -ERIK: All right, guys. -Sounds great. 999 00:40:24,042 --> 00:40:25,667 -Well, we've got a lot of planning to do. -Yeah, we do. 1000 00:40:25,833 --> 00:40:28,500 BRYANT: That was crazy. 1001 00:40:28,583 --> 00:40:30,500 ERIK: Over many years of work on the ranch, 1002 00:40:30,625 --> 00:40:32,333 it is often the case 1003 00:40:32,458 --> 00:40:34,042 that when we're conducting our experiments, 1004 00:40:34,208 --> 00:40:38,458 we have seen UAPs that appear in the sky above us. 1005 00:40:38,625 --> 00:40:41,000 And it's not uncommon that we experience 1006 00:40:41,083 --> 00:40:43,167 equipment malfunctions at the same time. 1007 00:40:43,375 --> 00:40:44,875 I think we would all like to know 1008 00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:47,333 how the phenomenon interferes with our equipment, 1009 00:40:47,542 --> 00:40:49,167 equipment of all kinds. 1010 00:40:49,375 --> 00:40:50,667 TRAVIS: This experiment led 1011 00:40:50,792 --> 00:40:52,750 to some of the most incredible events 1012 00:40:52,875 --> 00:40:55,667 we've ever documented during our investigation. 1013 00:40:55,792 --> 00:40:59,750 So, by repeating the exercise on an even larger scale, 1014 00:40:59,917 --> 00:41:02,000 maybe it will lead to a revelation 1015 00:41:02,208 --> 00:41:03,833 that finally explains 1016 00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:06,625 what's behind all the phenomena that we keep experiencing 1017 00:41:06,750 --> 00:41:08,792 here on Skinwalker Ranch. 1018 00:41:08,917 --> 00:41:12,250 BRANDON: As crazy events continue to occur 1019 00:41:12,417 --> 00:41:14,167 in the area of the triangle, 1020 00:41:14,292 --> 00:41:16,000 we'll be more vigilant as we set up 1021 00:41:16,125 --> 00:41:17,917 the next drone experiment. 1022 00:41:18,083 --> 00:41:20,500 I truly believe the team 1023 00:41:20,708 --> 00:41:23,292 is closer than ever to discovering the truth. 1024 00:41:23,458 --> 00:41:24,667 To understanding 1025 00:41:24,875 --> 00:41:27,583 the nature of what we are documenting 1026 00:41:27,708 --> 00:41:30,250 in the skies above Skinwalker Ranch. 1027 00:41:35,417 --> 00:41:37,500 TRAVIS: We're gonna conduct a drone swarm experiment 1028 00:41:37,708 --> 00:41:40,250 between the east field and the triangle. 1029 00:41:40,417 --> 00:41:41,583 Both simultaneously. 1030 00:41:41,708 --> 00:41:43,750 -Whoa, what is that? -BRYANT: Whoa. 1031 00:41:46,208 --> 00:41:47,375 ...right over the mesa here. 1032 00:41:47,542 --> 00:41:48,750 PRESTON: Here we go. 1033 00:41:51,708 --> 00:41:53,500 -THOMAS: Oh, (bleep)! -PRESTON: Holy mackerel. 1034 00:41:53,667 --> 00:41:55,333 THOMAS: It's raining drones over here. 1035 00:41:55,500 --> 00:41:57,125 TRAVIS: Oh, heads up. Let's get out, get out! 1036 00:41:57,208 --> 00:41:59,417 -THOMAS: Heads up, they're coming down! -Oh, my God. 1037 00:41:59,583 --> 00:42:01,167 TRAVIS (over radio): The drones are falling on us. 1038 00:42:03,958 --> 00:42:05,750 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A E NETWORKS