1 00:00:02,042 --> 00:00:03,542 Let's start moving the helikite into the bubble. 2 00:00:03,750 --> 00:00:05,917 [Kaleb] Hey, it's almost like it's not moving. 3 00:00:06,042 --> 00:00:07,167 [Thomas] Look at the way it changed directions 4 00:00:07,333 --> 00:00:08,833 -as we got through. -Yeah. 5 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:10,375 It makes no sense. 6 00:00:12,333 --> 00:00:14,333 [Travis] Holy crap. Something turned that rocket. 7 00:00:14,500 --> 00:00:18,250 I've got some perspectives on the first rocket flight. 8 00:00:18,375 --> 00:00:20,000 [Travis] Now watch, the rocket turns and goes crazy. 9 00:00:20,083 --> 00:00:21,958 What-what, what's it responding to? 10 00:00:22,083 --> 00:00:23,292 -The blob was right there. -[Erik] Let's just 11 00:00:23,500 --> 00:00:24,875 keep watching. 12 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:26,500 -[Thomas] Whoa. -[Erik] What is that light? 13 00:00:26,667 --> 00:00:28,292 [Thomas] Oh, wow. 14 00:00:28,458 --> 00:00:30,042 [Sam] The sled is gonna help us understand 15 00:00:30,208 --> 00:00:32,292 what's inside the mesa and see what's in there. 16 00:00:32,417 --> 00:00:33,833 [Thomas] That's gonna come in handy 17 00:00:34,042 --> 00:00:35,000 -when the drillers get here. -[sensor sounding] 18 00:00:35,167 --> 00:00:36,500 [Travis] What? 19 00:00:36,708 --> 00:00:40,083 There's something metallic buried in the mesa. 20 00:00:42,292 --> 00:00:45,292 [Narrator] There is a ranch in Northern Utah. 21 00:00:45,458 --> 00:00:47,958 It is considered the epicenter 22 00:00:48,125 --> 00:00:50,000 of the strangest 23 00:00:50,167 --> 00:00:53,125 and most disturbing occurrences on Earth. 24 00:00:53,292 --> 00:00:54,667 For two decades, 25 00:00:54,875 --> 00:00:56,292 the federal government 26 00:00:56,458 --> 00:00:58,375 investigated the property. 27 00:00:58,583 --> 00:01:01,917 Their findings have never been made public. 28 00:01:02,083 --> 00:01:03,500 [Travis] Right there! We got something! 29 00:01:03,708 --> 00:01:05,458 [Narrator] Now a new team 30 00:01:05,583 --> 00:01:07,833 of independent scientists and researchers 31 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:09,500 are taking over. 32 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:11,250 They are uncovering evidence 33 00:01:11,417 --> 00:01:13,292 that the countless stories... 34 00:01:13,417 --> 00:01:15,208 It came right out of the mesa. 35 00:01:15,375 --> 00:01:17,667 ...of unidentified aerial phenomena... 36 00:01:17,875 --> 00:01:19,208 UAP right there! 37 00:01:19,375 --> 00:01:21,083 ...bizarre energies... 38 00:01:21,250 --> 00:01:23,042 It looks like there's a heat source right above 'em. 39 00:01:23,208 --> 00:01:25,458 ...and portals that lead to other dimensions... 40 00:01:25,625 --> 00:01:26,958 We're maybe looking at the anomaly 41 00:01:27,083 --> 00:01:28,625 for the first time, guys. 42 00:01:28,792 --> 00:01:31,125 ...might actually be true. 43 00:01:31,292 --> 00:01:33,833 They will stop at nothing to reveal... 44 00:01:36,542 --> 00:01:40,167 ...The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch. 45 00:01:46,667 --> 00:01:48,583 [Travis] I hear the drillers coming. 46 00:01:50,875 --> 00:01:52,333 Yeah. There they are. 47 00:01:55,167 --> 00:01:57,500 [Travis] After weeks of planning, this morning, 48 00:01:57,583 --> 00:01:59,667 we're starting a new drilling operation 49 00:01:59,875 --> 00:02:01,958 to uncover the truth about one 50 00:02:02,167 --> 00:02:04,125 of the biggest mysteries on Skinwalker Ranch. 51 00:02:04,292 --> 00:02:08,042 A 400-foot-long, possibly metallic object 52 00:02:08,208 --> 00:02:11,167 and smaller anomalies that we've repeatedly detected 53 00:02:11,292 --> 00:02:14,208 with all kinds of equipment inside the mesa. 54 00:02:15,250 --> 00:02:16,625 [Thomas] I want to introduce you guys 55 00:02:16,833 --> 00:02:18,583 to Jed and Bo 56 00:02:18,750 --> 00:02:20,917 -with Triple A Drilling. -[Erik] Welcome to the ranch. 57 00:02:21,083 --> 00:02:23,042 Well, it's good to get you guys up on the mesa. 58 00:02:23,208 --> 00:02:26,167 We're standing at a spot where our drilling efforts 59 00:02:26,375 --> 00:02:29,167 -were brought to a standstill last year. -[Travis chuckles] 60 00:02:29,292 --> 00:02:31,667 -An infamous spot. -Yes. I would say an infamous spot. 61 00:02:31,875 --> 00:02:35,917 Something stopped us in our tracks right here. 62 00:02:36,042 --> 00:02:38,125 And-and so the, uh... 63 00:02:38,292 --> 00:02:39,708 the strategy, as you know, 64 00:02:39,875 --> 00:02:41,667 is we're gonna try to engage with it from the top. 65 00:02:44,375 --> 00:02:47,375 [Travis] In 2024, while drilling a six-inch borehole 66 00:02:47,542 --> 00:02:50,000 just to the west of the big object, 67 00:02:50,208 --> 00:02:51,667 the drill bit was destroyed 68 00:02:51,875 --> 00:02:54,042 after hitting something harder than rock 69 00:02:54,208 --> 00:02:56,583 just 33 feet from the top of the mesa. 70 00:02:56,792 --> 00:02:59,500 It's completely welded shut. 71 00:02:59,667 --> 00:03:01,333 -It's friction welded. -Yeah. Mm-hmm. 72 00:03:01,542 --> 00:03:03,167 [Travis] And that's when Chris Roberts discovered 73 00:03:03,333 --> 00:03:05,500 manufactured pieces of ceramics 74 00:03:05,667 --> 00:03:08,667 recovered from the drilling spoils at the same depth. 75 00:03:08,833 --> 00:03:11,542 We put the liquid nitrogen in there and the sample. 76 00:03:11,708 --> 00:03:13,167 We had them lab tested 77 00:03:13,375 --> 00:03:15,333 and found evidence that they're similar 78 00:03:15,542 --> 00:03:18,333 to the heat-resistant tiles on man-made spacecraft. 79 00:03:18,458 --> 00:03:20,333 I just can't believe something so small 80 00:03:20,500 --> 00:03:23,750 could withstand something that cold for that long. 81 00:03:24,875 --> 00:03:26,208 [Erik] So, we want 82 00:03:26,375 --> 00:03:28,583 to go down to 33 feet or until we hit 83 00:03:28,750 --> 00:03:31,167 whatever it is that's buried here. 84 00:03:31,708 --> 00:03:34,333 [Travis] So, with ranch owner Brandon Fugal's permission, 85 00:03:34,500 --> 00:03:36,542 Thomas spearheaded a plan to drill 86 00:03:36,708 --> 00:03:39,250 larger-diameter vertical holes from the top of the mesa 87 00:03:39,417 --> 00:03:41,375 to see if we can recover proof 88 00:03:41,583 --> 00:03:44,000 of whatever's actually in there. 89 00:03:44,125 --> 00:03:46,000 [Erik] It's my understanding you guys have 90 00:03:46,125 --> 00:03:49,667 a 48-inch or four-foot-diameter cutting tool. 91 00:03:49,833 --> 00:03:51,167 So we're gonna get a hole that's just a little bigger 92 00:03:51,292 --> 00:03:52,542 -than that, I guess. -Yeah. 93 00:03:52,708 --> 00:03:54,167 Now, I understand that we can pull 94 00:03:54,375 --> 00:03:56,167 that cutting head out and examine the things 95 00:03:56,375 --> 00:03:58,625 -as we sneak up on this target. -Yeah. 96 00:03:58,792 --> 00:04:00,208 We're gonna try to get 97 00:04:00,375 --> 00:04:01,917 some solid cores out for Chris to look at. 98 00:04:02,125 --> 00:04:04,833 [Thomas] The most important thing here is the owner told us 99 00:04:05,042 --> 00:04:07,042 -"I don't want to damage whatever's there." -[Jed] Okay. 100 00:04:07,250 --> 00:04:09,333 So he's given us his blessing on the condition 101 00:04:09,500 --> 00:04:11,000 that we do it slow. 102 00:04:11,208 --> 00:04:13,333 So we'll rely on your guys' experience. 103 00:04:13,500 --> 00:04:16,167 If you feel anything out of the ordinary as you're drilling, 104 00:04:16,333 --> 00:04:18,833 let's stop. Let's err on the side of caution, 105 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:20,167 -examine it. -[Travis] Right. 106 00:04:20,333 --> 00:04:21,875 So to get all the way down 33 feet 107 00:04:22,042 --> 00:04:23,917 through rock like that, 108 00:04:24,042 --> 00:04:25,583 how long would it take, do you think? 109 00:04:25,750 --> 00:04:28,000 -Probably a good couple of long days. -[Travis] Okay. 110 00:04:28,208 --> 00:04:30,833 -Well, let's say we get to work. The plan'll be... -Let's do it. 111 00:04:31,042 --> 00:04:32,667 ...that Erik and Sam 112 00:04:32,833 --> 00:04:35,000 -will be up here with their science equipment. -Okay. 113 00:04:35,167 --> 00:04:36,625 [Travis] Kaleb, if you don't mind, I want you to go with me. 114 00:04:36,792 --> 00:04:38,667 -We'll set up down at the bottom of the mesa. -Okay. 115 00:04:38,875 --> 00:04:40,417 So I'll have all my antennas and stuff pointed up here at you. 116 00:04:40,542 --> 00:04:42,500 -Let's do it. -Good. 117 00:04:43,542 --> 00:04:44,875 [Travis] A lot of strange things happen 118 00:04:45,042 --> 00:04:46,250 when we drill in the mesa. 119 00:04:46,417 --> 00:04:48,375 Several times, we've detected 120 00:04:48,542 --> 00:04:50,667 mysterious radio frequency signals. 121 00:04:50,875 --> 00:04:52,667 And some of them were actually coming from 122 00:04:52,833 --> 00:04:54,458 inside the mesa itself. 123 00:04:55,458 --> 00:04:57,208 -Look at this cow! -[mooing] 124 00:04:57,375 --> 00:04:59,458 And a couple of years ago, one of the young cows 125 00:04:59,625 --> 00:05:01,750 in the field just south of the drill site 126 00:05:01,875 --> 00:05:05,833 suddenly became really sick from a possible radiation spike. 127 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:08,375 We don't know if these things are related to whatever's 128 00:05:08,542 --> 00:05:10,875 in the mesa or if it's because the drill site 129 00:05:11,042 --> 00:05:14,833 sits within another important area of interest, the bubble. 130 00:05:15,875 --> 00:05:18,625 The invisible anomaly with a 2,000-foot radius 131 00:05:18,792 --> 00:05:21,833 where we've documented the same kind of RF signals, 132 00:05:21,958 --> 00:05:26,375 unexplained energy spikes, and more UAPs than we can count. 133 00:05:29,375 --> 00:05:31,375 So while we're drilling, 134 00:05:31,542 --> 00:05:33,917 we'll be closely monitoring our spectrum analyzers 135 00:05:34,083 --> 00:05:36,708 and radiation detectors from both the top 136 00:05:36,917 --> 00:05:39,333 and bottom of the mesa. 137 00:05:39,500 --> 00:05:41,792 Okay, we'll have you track forward. 138 00:05:43,375 --> 00:05:46,042 [beeping] 139 00:05:47,375 --> 00:05:49,083 [Thomas] Hey, guys. The drill bit is on. 140 00:05:49,208 --> 00:05:51,125 The drill is in place. 141 00:05:51,292 --> 00:05:54,667 We are in position, and they are ready to start drilling. 142 00:05:55,708 --> 00:05:57,833 They can go ahead and start turning that head. 143 00:05:58,042 --> 00:05:59,792 Go ahead and spin her! 144 00:06:02,708 --> 00:06:05,708 Drill bit just made contact with the earth 145 00:06:05,875 --> 00:06:07,875 and we are ten seconds from spinning. 146 00:06:08,083 --> 00:06:10,542 [whirring] 147 00:06:14,833 --> 00:06:16,875 Well, look. Right here. Look right here. 148 00:06:17,083 --> 00:06:19,042 This 1.6 gigahertz signal 149 00:06:19,208 --> 00:06:21,625 showed up right when Thomas said that. 150 00:06:24,292 --> 00:06:26,333 That is not believable. 151 00:06:26,542 --> 00:06:28,250 Look, look, you can see it right there. 152 00:06:28,375 --> 00:06:30,083 [Kaleb] Yeah. 153 00:06:30,250 --> 00:06:31,667 [Travis] What in the crap? 154 00:06:32,625 --> 00:06:34,375 Hey, Erik. Do you copy? 155 00:06:34,583 --> 00:06:36,333 [Erik] Yeah, Travis. Go ahead. What do you got? 156 00:06:36,542 --> 00:06:38,750 You ain't gonna believe this, 157 00:06:38,875 --> 00:06:41,333 but, literally, as soon as Thomas said 158 00:06:41,542 --> 00:06:43,167 that drill hit the ground, 159 00:06:43,375 --> 00:06:47,333 a 1.6 gigahertz signal spiked up immediately. 160 00:06:47,542 --> 00:06:49,833 Well, now, that's very suspicious. 161 00:06:50,042 --> 00:06:52,083 [squeaking] 162 00:06:55,125 --> 00:06:56,625 Are you seeing that? 163 00:06:56,792 --> 00:07:00,708 [Sam] Yeah, so we've got the 1.6 peak up here as well. 164 00:07:01,625 --> 00:07:03,125 [Erik] Travis, we are seeing 165 00:07:03,292 --> 00:07:06,167 -1.6 as well. -That's so weird. 166 00:07:07,333 --> 00:07:09,500 1.6 gigahertz signals have appeared 167 00:07:09,708 --> 00:07:13,167 on our spectrum analyzers during a lot of our experiments. 168 00:07:13,375 --> 00:07:14,875 Most of 'em, actually. 169 00:07:15,042 --> 00:07:17,333 And what's most strange about that frequency 170 00:07:17,542 --> 00:07:20,375 is that the U.S. military uses it 171 00:07:20,542 --> 00:07:23,125 for Earth-to-satellite communications. 172 00:07:23,333 --> 00:07:24,917 So where did this come from? 173 00:07:25,083 --> 00:07:27,917 And right when we're about to start drilling in the mesa. 174 00:07:41,542 --> 00:07:43,667 [Thomas] Well, there's your first spoils. 175 00:07:44,625 --> 00:07:47,375 She's cutting, though. It's going down. 176 00:07:47,542 --> 00:07:49,208 [Erik] Thomas, you got a copy? 177 00:07:49,375 --> 00:07:51,750 Yeah, go ahead, Erik. 178 00:07:51,875 --> 00:07:54,583 Uh, what would you guess to be the depth at this point? 179 00:07:54,750 --> 00:07:57,625 They've probably gone down six to eight inches. 180 00:07:57,792 --> 00:07:59,667 So far, everything's going smooth. 181 00:08:00,625 --> 00:08:02,708 [Erik] Copy, Thomas. 182 00:08:02,833 --> 00:08:05,833 I hope this progress continues. 183 00:08:06,708 --> 00:08:08,917 [Travis] So far, so good. 184 00:08:13,333 --> 00:08:14,583 [Thomas] Hey there. 185 00:08:14,750 --> 00:08:16,208 -[Haleigh] Hey. -Sure appreciate 186 00:08:16,375 --> 00:08:17,667 you, uh, shuffling your schedule 187 00:08:17,875 --> 00:08:19,667 -and helping us out. -[Erik] Haleigh. -Hi. 188 00:08:19,875 --> 00:08:22,333 [Travis] Later that afternoon, as the drilling continued, 189 00:08:22,417 --> 00:08:24,375 Thomas and Erik headed over to the corral 190 00:08:24,542 --> 00:08:26,292 for an emergency meeting 191 00:08:26,375 --> 00:08:28,542 with veterinarian Dr. Haleigh Lundgreen. 192 00:08:28,708 --> 00:08:31,333 -My two sons, Kevin and Micah. -Nice to meet you. 193 00:08:31,458 --> 00:08:33,000 -Nice to meet you. -I, uh... 194 00:08:33,125 --> 00:08:34,958 make 'em come out here when we're working cows. 195 00:08:35,083 --> 00:08:37,375 These guys are well trained in, uh, herding cows, 196 00:08:37,542 --> 00:08:39,000 branding cows-- 197 00:08:39,208 --> 00:08:40,958 all things cows. 198 00:08:41,125 --> 00:08:43,625 [Travis] Shortly after drilling started this morning, 199 00:08:43,792 --> 00:08:46,750 we got a call from Thomas's sons, Kevin and Micah, 200 00:08:46,875 --> 00:08:49,667 who discovered a calf that looked sick or injured. 201 00:08:49,875 --> 00:08:52,167 They found it south of the drill site 202 00:08:52,375 --> 00:08:55,292 and just inside the western boundary of the bubble. 203 00:08:55,458 --> 00:08:57,125 -[Thomas] We found a sick calf. -Yep. 204 00:08:57,292 --> 00:08:59,542 Uh, it separated from the herd. 205 00:08:59,708 --> 00:09:01,500 We tried to stand it up, 206 00:09:01,708 --> 00:09:03,833 but it's not really responding very well. 207 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:06,167 So, just a little worried about it. 208 00:09:06,375 --> 00:09:07,708 -Okay. -[Erik] We'll head out 209 00:09:07,917 --> 00:09:09,458 and take a look at the area where the calf is. 210 00:09:09,625 --> 00:09:11,583 -All right. Sounds good. -[Thomas] Okay. 211 00:09:12,708 --> 00:09:14,417 [Thomas] We've long heard tales 212 00:09:14,583 --> 00:09:16,708 that bad things happen when you dig on the ranch. 213 00:09:16,875 --> 00:09:18,375 Watching a calf out there in distress 214 00:09:18,583 --> 00:09:20,125 definitely was a bad thing. 215 00:09:20,292 --> 00:09:21,667 The area that the calf's 216 00:09:21,875 --> 00:09:24,833 laying in is of special interest to us. 217 00:09:25,042 --> 00:09:28,792 It's near where we watched a calf seemingly get radiated 218 00:09:28,958 --> 00:09:31,458 a couple years ago while we were drilling. 219 00:09:31,625 --> 00:09:34,625 It's definitely got me on high alert. 220 00:09:34,792 --> 00:09:36,917 So, you see the calf? 221 00:09:37,125 --> 00:09:39,208 -[Haleigh] Yeah. -[Thomas] Doesn't look like 222 00:09:39,375 --> 00:09:42,042 -it's moved since we found it, does it? -[Kevin] Yeah. 223 00:09:42,208 --> 00:09:43,667 [Erik] You've got your gear with you. 224 00:09:43,833 --> 00:09:45,625 You can take a look at the animal up close. 225 00:09:45,750 --> 00:09:46,917 -[Haleigh] Yeah. -I'm gonna take some measurements out here. 226 00:09:47,083 --> 00:09:48,625 [Thomas] Okay. 227 00:09:48,792 --> 00:09:49,833 [Haleigh] Does somebody just want to restrain for me 228 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:51,667 -while I examine? -Sure. 229 00:09:51,875 --> 00:09:55,167 -Yep. -[Erik] Here we have another vulnerable young animal 230 00:09:55,333 --> 00:09:58,333 going down inside the western bubble boundary. 231 00:09:58,500 --> 00:10:00,333 -Hey, baby. -Aw. 232 00:10:00,542 --> 00:10:03,000 [Erik] This is now the second calf in this general region 233 00:10:03,208 --> 00:10:04,625 of the ranch that has experienced some kind 234 00:10:04,792 --> 00:10:06,500 of medical episode. 235 00:10:06,667 --> 00:10:08,708 And I find it interesting that it happened 236 00:10:08,833 --> 00:10:11,333 the same day we started drilling. 237 00:10:11,458 --> 00:10:13,750 It's not clear to me whether we're dealing with some 238 00:10:13,917 --> 00:10:16,167 radioactive phenomenon or some EMI phenomenon. 239 00:10:16,375 --> 00:10:19,417 But while Haleigh and Thomas tend to the calf, 240 00:10:19,542 --> 00:10:22,250 I'll be taking measurements to see if we can find a cause. 241 00:10:24,083 --> 00:10:26,500 [Haleigh] At least a month or two old here. 242 00:10:26,708 --> 00:10:29,208 -Come here. Oh. Wait. -Oh. 243 00:10:29,375 --> 00:10:31,792 [Haleigh] Yeah. We definitely have an increased heart rate 244 00:10:31,958 --> 00:10:33,417 and an increased respiratory rate. 245 00:10:33,583 --> 00:10:35,083 [sniffles] 246 00:10:36,917 --> 00:10:41,250 We have a temperature of 103.3. 247 00:10:42,375 --> 00:10:44,208 The high normal is 103 even, 248 00:10:44,375 --> 00:10:46,417 so the temperature's high. 249 00:10:46,542 --> 00:10:48,500 Easy. 250 00:10:48,667 --> 00:10:51,167 So definitely signs of some stress. 251 00:10:51,375 --> 00:10:53,583 Yes. 252 00:10:53,750 --> 00:10:55,792 When we have a fever, that's typically an indication 253 00:10:55,958 --> 00:10:58,333 that we have some kind of infection going on. 254 00:10:59,542 --> 00:11:01,167 I do think that she needs to be treated 255 00:11:01,292 --> 00:11:03,083 -with antibiotics. -Okay. 256 00:11:03,250 --> 00:11:06,625 That infection can be secondary due to something else, 257 00:11:06,792 --> 00:11:08,333 like low white blood cell count, 258 00:11:08,500 --> 00:11:12,250 which can be a symptom of chronic radiation poisoning. 259 00:11:16,250 --> 00:11:17,792 But either way, I do feel like this calf needs 260 00:11:17,958 --> 00:11:19,500 more diagnostics and blood work. 261 00:11:19,708 --> 00:11:21,500 -Okay. -I do feel like 262 00:11:21,667 --> 00:11:23,500 this calf needs additional treatment. 263 00:11:24,542 --> 00:11:26,833 [Travis] There have been a lot of strange cattle injuries 264 00:11:27,042 --> 00:11:29,875 and even deaths over the years on Skinwalker Ranch. 265 00:11:30,042 --> 00:11:33,292 And every single time, we have to ask ourselves, 266 00:11:33,458 --> 00:11:35,958 is this cow just sick? Or is it related to something 267 00:11:36,125 --> 00:11:38,250 that's happening here on the ranch? 268 00:11:38,375 --> 00:11:40,833 The cow is right near the boundary of the bubble, 269 00:11:41,042 --> 00:11:44,125 and we also just started our drilling operation. 270 00:11:44,292 --> 00:11:46,667 Could these things have something to do with it? 271 00:11:47,708 --> 00:11:49,125 [Thomas] I'm also curious 272 00:11:49,292 --> 00:11:52,083 what Erik's finding as you've been doing your scans. 273 00:11:52,250 --> 00:11:54,000 [Erik] Thomas, I'm getting the same kind 274 00:11:54,167 --> 00:11:56,125 of radiation dose over here that I would see 275 00:11:56,292 --> 00:11:58,708 at the command center or anywhere else on the ranch. 276 00:11:58,875 --> 00:12:00,292 But, um, in the past, 277 00:12:00,458 --> 00:12:02,417 we've seen some enormous spikes 278 00:12:02,583 --> 00:12:04,125 in radiation. Very concerning. 279 00:12:04,292 --> 00:12:06,917 Okay. So we probably need to load her up, take her back 280 00:12:07,083 --> 00:12:09,208 to the corrals. 281 00:12:09,375 --> 00:12:10,833 -[Haleigh] Yeah. -Okay. 282 00:12:14,042 --> 00:12:16,042 [Thomas] Because the calf is ill 283 00:12:16,208 --> 00:12:18,542 and it could have been caused by radiation, 284 00:12:18,708 --> 00:12:20,000 Dr. Lundgreen requests 285 00:12:20,208 --> 00:12:22,042 that we get this calf back to the corral. 286 00:12:22,208 --> 00:12:23,708 All right. 287 00:12:24,667 --> 00:12:26,833 Once there, she'll be better equipped 288 00:12:26,958 --> 00:12:29,500 to take blood samples from it and do 289 00:12:29,667 --> 00:12:31,125 a more thorough checkup. 290 00:12:35,583 --> 00:12:36,833 Easy, easy, easy. 291 00:12:37,042 --> 00:12:39,292 Easy, buddy. Easy, buddy. 292 00:12:39,458 --> 00:12:41,000 All right. 293 00:12:41,167 --> 00:12:42,500 Okay. All right. 294 00:12:42,708 --> 00:12:44,167 Good to see the fight. 295 00:12:44,292 --> 00:12:46,375 -[Haleigh] I know. That's a good sign. -Come on. 296 00:12:46,542 --> 00:12:48,708 Come on. Come on. All right. 297 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:55,000 -Showing some life now. -Yeah. 298 00:12:55,125 --> 00:12:56,667 [Thomas] Well, it's interesting 299 00:12:56,875 --> 00:12:58,208 that we get her away from the bubble 300 00:12:58,417 --> 00:13:01,667 and now it's looking like it's got life to it. 301 00:13:01,833 --> 00:13:04,167 [Haleigh] She's definitely happier. 302 00:13:04,375 --> 00:13:05,917 When we got out there, 303 00:13:06,083 --> 00:13:09,125 the calf was not feeling well and was pretty ill. 304 00:13:09,292 --> 00:13:11,792 But pretty much as soon as we got back over to the corral, 305 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:13,708 she was standing up 306 00:13:13,875 --> 00:13:15,333 and wanting to run around and leave. 307 00:13:15,542 --> 00:13:17,292 The change was pretty drastic. 308 00:13:17,417 --> 00:13:19,250 So after evaluating, 309 00:13:19,375 --> 00:13:21,583 I do have some recommendations for you guys. 310 00:13:21,792 --> 00:13:24,500 Since we're concerned about an environmental factor here, 311 00:13:24,708 --> 00:13:27,292 I would highly recommend that we do a chemistry panel, 312 00:13:27,458 --> 00:13:29,792 which is a baseline blood panel 313 00:13:29,917 --> 00:13:31,958 looking for any kind of blood issues, 314 00:13:32,125 --> 00:13:34,542 kidney function, liver function, 315 00:13:34,708 --> 00:13:36,958 -as well as a heavy metals test. -Okay. 316 00:13:37,125 --> 00:13:39,292 Yeah, you know, based on what we've seen out there, 317 00:13:39,458 --> 00:13:42,875 for safety going forward, I'm gonna attach some dosimeters 318 00:13:43,042 --> 00:13:44,792 to monitor for radiation exposure. 319 00:13:44,958 --> 00:13:47,625 I'm thinking one for the calf, 320 00:13:47,708 --> 00:13:49,375 another for the mother 321 00:13:49,542 --> 00:13:51,833 to get, uh, measurements over the same time period. 322 00:13:52,042 --> 00:13:53,958 [Thomas] Well, then, uh, I say we go ahead 323 00:13:54,125 --> 00:13:55,333 and get 'em into the squeeze chute 324 00:13:55,417 --> 00:13:58,000 and, uh, we'll let you do your thing. 325 00:13:58,208 --> 00:14:00,292 -I'll meet you over there. -All right. Sounds good. 326 00:14:00,458 --> 00:14:03,583 [Erik] I'm interested in any special causes 327 00:14:03,792 --> 00:14:05,375 for what is happening 328 00:14:05,542 --> 00:14:07,958 with these young animals in this particular region of the ranch. 329 00:14:08,125 --> 00:14:10,125 All right, ready? Sticking. 330 00:14:11,292 --> 00:14:13,292 [Erik] I'm very hopeful that Haleigh's going to be able 331 00:14:13,458 --> 00:14:16,083 to give us some insights on exactly what happened 332 00:14:16,250 --> 00:14:18,667 to them and what pattern might exist 333 00:14:18,875 --> 00:14:20,958 at the boundary of our bubble. 334 00:14:21,125 --> 00:14:23,083 [Thomas] All right, baby. You're done. 335 00:14:23,292 --> 00:14:25,125 We'll keep a close eye on 'em. 336 00:14:25,333 --> 00:14:26,708 And if we see anything, we'll let you know. 337 00:14:26,875 --> 00:14:28,542 -Yeah. I think she'll do well. -Awesome. 338 00:14:28,667 --> 00:14:30,833 -[Thomas] Thank you again. -[Haleigh] All right. Thank you. 339 00:14:34,083 --> 00:14:36,458 -[Thomas] Wow. -[Chris] Yeah, let's get 340 00:14:36,583 --> 00:14:38,250 the tape in there. 341 00:14:38,417 --> 00:14:40,458 [Travis] By late afternoon, the drillers had gotten 342 00:14:40,625 --> 00:14:42,208 about four feet down 343 00:14:42,333 --> 00:14:44,167 when they had to wrap for the day. 344 00:14:44,250 --> 00:14:46,833 [Thomas] That's a fantastic start, guys. 345 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:49,167 [Travis] But for the rest of us, 346 00:14:49,375 --> 00:14:51,333 there was still gonna be a long night ahead. 347 00:14:51,500 --> 00:14:54,083 [Erik] Guys, welcome back to the edge 348 00:14:54,250 --> 00:14:55,792 of the bubble. 349 00:14:55,958 --> 00:14:57,417 [Travis] We were gonna be running 350 00:14:57,542 --> 00:15:00,625 a new experiment out at the western bubble boundary. 351 00:15:00,750 --> 00:15:01,958 And returning to the ranch to help us 352 00:15:02,083 --> 00:15:03,667 was Preston Ward and his team 353 00:15:03,833 --> 00:15:06,792 from Sky Elements Drone Shows. 354 00:15:06,917 --> 00:15:08,667 If you look out there, you see the posts. 355 00:15:08,833 --> 00:15:12,125 That's the markers that show the circumference of this bubble. 356 00:15:12,250 --> 00:15:15,333 That's where we want to focus with the drone swarm. 357 00:15:15,500 --> 00:15:18,333 Aside from what just happened with the calf, 358 00:15:18,542 --> 00:15:20,625 a lot of our instruments, like rockets and drones 359 00:15:20,792 --> 00:15:23,167 and even larger stuff like a helikite, 360 00:15:23,333 --> 00:15:26,167 seem to get physically pushed away or malfunction 361 00:15:26,375 --> 00:15:29,292 when they make contact with the bubble boundary. 362 00:15:29,375 --> 00:15:31,167 It sounds insane. 363 00:15:31,333 --> 00:15:35,167 So to try and get a better handle on why this is happening, 364 00:15:35,375 --> 00:15:37,500 we've invited Preston and his team back 365 00:15:37,708 --> 00:15:38,875 to run our next experiment. 366 00:15:39,042 --> 00:15:41,167 So, Preston, uh, 367 00:15:41,333 --> 00:15:43,125 why don't you talk a little bit about, uh, 368 00:15:43,292 --> 00:15:46,250 what you're gonna do tonight and-and what you need from us. 369 00:15:46,417 --> 00:15:49,125 [Preston] We're gonna set up 100 drones in this area, 370 00:15:49,333 --> 00:15:51,667 and then we're gonna lay a ten-by-ten grid pattern. 371 00:15:51,792 --> 00:15:53,833 Then we're gonna move that in and out 372 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:55,958 of the bubble wall up to 1,000 feet. 373 00:15:56,167 --> 00:15:58,083 [Erik] Preston, do I understand that these are 374 00:15:58,208 --> 00:16:00,250 horizontal stacks? Or are we gonna do a vertical? 375 00:16:00,417 --> 00:16:02,458 -These are horizontal stacks. -[Erik] Okay. -Awesome. 376 00:16:02,625 --> 00:16:04,292 The drones come equipped 377 00:16:04,458 --> 00:16:06,625 with GPS instruments which let us track 378 00:16:06,750 --> 00:16:08,167 all of their movements from launch, 379 00:16:08,292 --> 00:16:09,667 to the sky, and back. 380 00:16:09,875 --> 00:16:12,125 So if anything weird affects the drones 381 00:16:12,250 --> 00:16:13,750 as they go through the boundary, 382 00:16:13,917 --> 00:16:15,833 hopefully the data can tell us 383 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:18,000 exactly where it happened and for how long. 384 00:16:18,167 --> 00:16:20,000 While you guys do that, 385 00:16:20,167 --> 00:16:21,542 we're gonna be recording 386 00:16:21,708 --> 00:16:24,333 the drones with specialty cameras and lidar. 387 00:16:24,542 --> 00:16:26,667 We'll also launch a rocket at one point 388 00:16:26,875 --> 00:16:28,417 while you guys are flying 389 00:16:28,583 --> 00:16:31,208 to see if it can get through the bubble boundary, too. 390 00:16:31,375 --> 00:16:33,292 -Sounds like a plan. -[Travis] So, at this point, 391 00:16:33,458 --> 00:16:36,208 I think we need to get putting stuff together and get to work, 392 00:16:36,375 --> 00:16:39,208 because, uh, it's gonna be dark soon 393 00:16:39,375 --> 00:16:41,083 and you guys got a lot of work to do. 394 00:16:41,208 --> 00:16:44,208 -That we do. -Let's get to work, y'all! 395 00:16:44,375 --> 00:16:46,292 [Erik] I'm really glad to have the Sky Elements team 396 00:16:46,458 --> 00:16:49,625 back on-site to continue our work together 397 00:16:49,792 --> 00:16:52,000 in studying the bubble boundary. 398 00:16:52,167 --> 00:16:54,000 [Preston] Let's get online fast. 399 00:16:54,208 --> 00:16:56,333 -I'm working on it. -[Erik] And I'm hoping they're going 400 00:16:56,542 --> 00:16:59,208 to give us insights that we have yet to gain 401 00:16:59,375 --> 00:17:01,458 from any of the studies so far performed. 402 00:17:02,500 --> 00:17:04,167 [Kaleb] So you're going to do a test flight 403 00:17:04,375 --> 00:17:06,375 -with the first-person drone? -[Brian] Yeah, I'm gonna go 404 00:17:06,542 --> 00:17:08,500 fly around the perimeter of the bubble. 405 00:17:08,667 --> 00:17:10,667 -Okay. -And then I'm gonna do zigzags in and out 406 00:17:10,833 --> 00:17:13,542 -and just see if something's going on there. -Okay. 407 00:17:15,042 --> 00:17:16,417 [Travis] In addition to all 408 00:17:16,583 --> 00:17:18,333 of our monitoring devices on the ground, 409 00:17:18,500 --> 00:17:21,042 Brian Woodward will also be flying a special 410 00:17:21,208 --> 00:17:22,750 first-person view drone, 411 00:17:22,917 --> 00:17:25,500 so we can monitor the swarm up close 412 00:17:25,667 --> 00:17:26,833 on a live video feed. 413 00:17:26,958 --> 00:17:28,542 Okay. 414 00:17:28,708 --> 00:17:30,292 Nice and easy. 415 00:17:38,792 --> 00:17:41,000 Exiting the bubble boundary. 416 00:17:42,667 --> 00:17:44,417 Coming back in. 417 00:17:46,042 --> 00:17:48,708 Turn around and go out and then come back in. 418 00:17:48,875 --> 00:17:50,458 Whoa. 419 00:17:50,625 --> 00:17:52,042 I just lost control. 420 00:17:52,208 --> 00:17:53,833 Shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot. 421 00:17:54,042 --> 00:17:56,000 -[Kaleb] He just crashed. -Oh, man. 422 00:17:56,208 --> 00:17:57,750 I totally lost it. 423 00:17:57,875 --> 00:18:00,333 -And it was right when it went past the bubble boundary. -Yeah. 424 00:18:00,458 --> 00:18:02,125 Shoot. 425 00:18:06,333 --> 00:18:08,167 didn't seem to crash into a wall. 426 00:18:08,375 --> 00:18:11,292 It just shorted out and fell to the ground. 427 00:18:11,417 --> 00:18:15,250 And this is a few yards from where the cow was acting sick. 428 00:18:15,417 --> 00:18:17,750 Is there something in this area of the ranch 429 00:18:17,917 --> 00:18:19,417 causing these things to happen? 430 00:18:19,583 --> 00:18:21,958 And is it connected somehow with the bubble boundary? 431 00:18:22,042 --> 00:18:24,000 Yo, Preston. 432 00:18:24,167 --> 00:18:25,833 -What's going on, guys? -So I pulled this out 433 00:18:26,042 --> 00:18:29,000 to test just flying in and out of the bubble over there. 434 00:18:29,125 --> 00:18:31,167 But as soon as I went by one of the fence posts, 435 00:18:31,375 --> 00:18:33,833 just complete loss of video signal. 436 00:18:34,042 --> 00:18:35,667 Interesting. Do you have any idea 437 00:18:35,875 --> 00:18:38,417 -what might've caused it or-- -I have no idea. 438 00:18:38,583 --> 00:18:40,250 [Preston] Well, Cameron is trying to get 439 00:18:40,417 --> 00:18:42,750 these four drones online, and he can only get two. 440 00:18:42,917 --> 00:18:44,583 So you're already having issues 441 00:18:44,750 --> 00:18:46,750 with just connecting to your drones over here? 442 00:18:46,917 --> 00:18:49,583 -Correct. -Okay. 443 00:18:49,750 --> 00:18:53,167 I mean, that access point, we fly entire shows off of one 444 00:18:53,333 --> 00:18:55,167 -that go 900 feet away. -Yeah. 445 00:18:55,333 --> 00:18:57,000 The access point is... 446 00:18:57,167 --> 00:18:59,458 50 feet from those? 447 00:18:59,667 --> 00:19:01,542 Each one of those can handle 1,500 drones. 448 00:19:01,708 --> 00:19:04,333 So we're trying to connect four drones to a device 449 00:19:04,500 --> 00:19:07,250 that can handle 1,500. So it doesn't 450 00:19:07,375 --> 00:19:09,500 make any sense, especially with how close they are. 451 00:19:09,625 --> 00:19:12,333 -That's very intriguing. -Interesting. 452 00:19:12,500 --> 00:19:14,125 [Travis] In the number of times 453 00:19:14,292 --> 00:19:15,875 these guys have been out here now, 454 00:19:16,042 --> 00:19:18,583 connectivity issues always seem to crop up. 455 00:19:18,750 --> 00:19:20,833 And they tell us this only happens to them 456 00:19:21,042 --> 00:19:22,667 on Skinwalker Ranch. 457 00:19:22,875 --> 00:19:24,292 And now here it is again. 458 00:19:24,458 --> 00:19:26,542 Plus, throw in the fact that, tonight, 459 00:19:26,708 --> 00:19:29,125 we're right at the bubble boundary. 460 00:19:29,250 --> 00:19:30,583 What's that adding to the mix? 461 00:19:30,750 --> 00:19:33,000 We're gonna see if we can get these online 462 00:19:33,167 --> 00:19:35,333 -and get the show set up. -Okay. Sounds good. 463 00:19:35,542 --> 00:19:37,417 -See you in a little bit. -Thanks, guys. -Good luck. 464 00:19:38,375 --> 00:19:40,417 ♪ ♪ 465 00:19:46,417 --> 00:19:48,083 [Preston] When we had 'em all set up before dark-- 466 00:19:48,250 --> 00:19:50,333 -We didn't see this at all. -We didn't see anything. 467 00:19:50,542 --> 00:19:52,625 [Travis] After a few hours, Preston and Matt 468 00:19:52,792 --> 00:19:54,958 had finally managed to get all 100 drones 469 00:19:55,083 --> 00:19:56,542 connected to the network. 470 00:19:56,708 --> 00:20:00,292 But right when the swarm was ready to launch, guess what. 471 00:20:01,500 --> 00:20:03,167 [Thomas] Did you just lose 'em all again? 472 00:20:03,375 --> 00:20:04,667 [Preston] Yeah. I have, like, 473 00:20:04,875 --> 00:20:06,667 40 dropping off. 474 00:20:07,750 --> 00:20:10,167 It's jumping around a lot. 475 00:20:11,917 --> 00:20:13,250 Yeah, now it's 50. So it k-- 476 00:20:13,375 --> 00:20:14,833 It's like it's rising. 477 00:20:15,875 --> 00:20:17,375 [Matt] Definitely some wireless latency. 478 00:20:17,542 --> 00:20:19,000 [Ellis] Yeah, very slow. 479 00:20:19,167 --> 00:20:20,667 We can't communicate with the drones 480 00:20:20,875 --> 00:20:23,958 because the wireless spectrum, it's so flooded. 481 00:20:25,792 --> 00:20:27,833 Oh, my gosh. 482 00:20:29,750 --> 00:20:31,708 [Matt] See, 99% utilized. 483 00:20:31,875 --> 00:20:33,333 [Thomas] Wow. 484 00:20:33,542 --> 00:20:36,750 So, for some reason now, it's saying 485 00:20:36,917 --> 00:20:38,417 that something else is using all 486 00:20:38,583 --> 00:20:40,583 -of the Wi-Fi bandwidth? -Yep. 487 00:20:41,583 --> 00:20:43,667 I've never seen the spectrum that full. 488 00:20:43,792 --> 00:20:45,417 All over theme parks, 489 00:20:45,583 --> 00:20:49,417 different cities where there's a huge amount of wireless traffic. 490 00:20:49,542 --> 00:20:51,333 I've never seen 99% utilization, 491 00:20:51,542 --> 00:20:54,583 -especially where we are. -Wow. 492 00:20:57,500 --> 00:20:59,500 Hey, guys, do you copy? 493 00:21:01,292 --> 00:21:03,208 Yeah, Thomas. Go ahead. What's up? 494 00:21:05,208 --> 00:21:08,042 [Thomas] They're seeing 99% utilization 495 00:21:08,167 --> 00:21:09,833 of the Wi-Fi spectrum. 496 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:12,583 They're having a hard time keeping these things connected. 497 00:21:13,667 --> 00:21:14,833 That's, uh... 498 00:21:14,917 --> 00:21:17,250 that's crazy. 499 00:21:17,458 --> 00:21:20,667 We have our own Wi-Fi network on the ranch. 500 00:21:20,833 --> 00:21:24,333 And there are hardly any devices using it at any given time. 501 00:21:24,500 --> 00:21:26,542 This shouldn't be a problem for Sky Elements. 502 00:21:26,708 --> 00:21:29,333 So what the hell is using all of our bandwidth? 503 00:21:29,542 --> 00:21:31,792 And why right now? 504 00:21:32,917 --> 00:21:34,458 [beeping] 505 00:21:34,583 --> 00:21:36,625 -Did they just go? -[Preston] It seems to be 506 00:21:36,792 --> 00:21:38,083 better. 507 00:21:38,250 --> 00:21:39,833 -All of the sudden. -[Ellis] For now. 508 00:21:40,042 --> 00:21:41,458 [Thomas] So you're good to go? 509 00:21:41,625 --> 00:21:42,958 [Preston] Yeah, we're good to go right now. It seems to be 510 00:21:43,125 --> 00:21:44,583 relatively stable. 511 00:21:44,792 --> 00:21:48,167 [Thomas] Wow. I wonder what suddenly changed. 512 00:21:48,333 --> 00:21:50,458 Hey, Thomas to the science tent. 513 00:21:50,667 --> 00:21:53,042 Drones are all connected. We got a green light to go? 514 00:21:53,208 --> 00:21:54,750 Go, Thomas, go. 515 00:21:54,875 --> 00:21:56,042 Copy that. 516 00:21:56,208 --> 00:21:57,833 Five, 517 00:21:57,958 --> 00:21:59,792 four, three, 518 00:21:59,875 --> 00:22:01,708 two, one. 519 00:22:01,875 --> 00:22:03,667 -Launch. -Drones are hot. 520 00:22:07,375 --> 00:22:09,792 [drones buzzing] 521 00:22:10,875 --> 00:22:12,542 Okay, taking off. 522 00:22:14,667 --> 00:22:16,458 [Travis] Despite the crash earlier, 523 00:22:16,625 --> 00:22:19,208 Brian was back up and running with the FPV drone 524 00:22:19,375 --> 00:22:22,000 to keep a close eye on the swarm during the experiment. 525 00:22:22,167 --> 00:22:23,333 One didn't lift. 526 00:22:23,500 --> 00:22:24,958 Two didn't lift. 527 00:22:26,167 --> 00:22:27,458 [Thomas] You had two drones stay home? 528 00:22:27,625 --> 00:22:29,125 [Preston] Two drones stayed home. 529 00:22:29,292 --> 00:22:32,958 -Travis, do you see? -Yeah. They got a couple drones missing. 530 00:22:34,250 --> 00:22:37,125 Hey, Erik, be advised there's a couple drones missing 531 00:22:37,292 --> 00:22:38,750 in the constellation. 532 00:22:38,875 --> 00:22:42,083 Copy that, Travis. That's very interesting. 533 00:22:42,208 --> 00:22:44,000 Thanks for the update. 534 00:22:44,167 --> 00:22:46,083 [Thomas] The center of that 535 00:22:46,250 --> 00:22:48,083 formation should be right over 536 00:22:48,292 --> 00:22:50,000 the bubble boundary. 537 00:22:50,167 --> 00:22:52,833 [Travis] Right over the posts marking the western boundary. 538 00:22:58,750 --> 00:23:00,292 [Thomas] What's the elevation? 539 00:23:00,417 --> 00:23:03,208 We are at 250 feet. 540 00:23:03,375 --> 00:23:05,958 [Ellis] Got about 25 off right now. 541 00:23:06,125 --> 00:23:07,625 Thirty. 542 00:23:09,333 --> 00:23:12,833 Where are they at in relation to the boundary? Can you tell? 543 00:23:13,875 --> 00:23:17,083 [Preston] It's-- Definitely seems like as they transition 544 00:23:17,208 --> 00:23:19,083 from outside the boundary to inside, 545 00:23:19,250 --> 00:23:21,000 they disconnected from the Wi-Fi. 546 00:23:23,875 --> 00:23:26,125 Right now, they're transitioning through it and you can see 547 00:23:26,333 --> 00:23:27,667 that there's a lot of 548 00:23:27,792 --> 00:23:29,500 -disconnecting and dropping off. -[Thomas] Oh, wow. 549 00:23:31,542 --> 00:23:33,083 [Travis] As the swarm rose in elevation 550 00:23:33,250 --> 00:23:35,333 and moved back and forth through the bubble boundary, 551 00:23:35,500 --> 00:23:38,417 the drones kept losing their Wi-Fi connection 552 00:23:38,583 --> 00:23:40,667 only when they passed through the boundary. 553 00:23:40,833 --> 00:23:42,375 As soon as they were through it, 554 00:23:42,542 --> 00:23:44,333 the connection would come back. 555 00:23:44,500 --> 00:23:46,000 Every single time. 556 00:23:46,167 --> 00:23:48,833 And with all 100 drones. 557 00:23:49,042 --> 00:23:51,917 [Preston] It is coming into the bubble now. 558 00:23:54,375 --> 00:23:56,750 We can confirm that with what it's showing on the computer. 559 00:23:56,917 --> 00:23:59,875 -[Preston] Yeah. -What-What's the elevation? 560 00:24:00,042 --> 00:24:01,667 [Preston] It's 1,000 feet. 561 00:24:03,250 --> 00:24:04,917 [Royston] Pretty stable there. 562 00:24:05,083 --> 00:24:09,208 -Yeah. -[Thomas] Hey, guys, we are at 1,000 feet now. 563 00:24:09,417 --> 00:24:10,833 [Travis] Whoa. Look at that. 564 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:14,625 We just had a giant hit at 1.6 gigahertz. 565 00:24:16,708 --> 00:24:18,667 Hey, Erik, do you copy? 566 00:24:19,625 --> 00:24:21,167 Yeah, Travis, loud and clear. 567 00:24:21,375 --> 00:24:23,500 I'm picking up a 1.6 gigahertz signal 568 00:24:23,667 --> 00:24:25,333 on the handheld spectrum analyzer. 569 00:24:25,542 --> 00:24:27,333 That's strange. 570 00:24:27,417 --> 00:24:29,833 -I don't see anything on my end. -Really? 571 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:32,750 -That's interesting now. -Yeah, it's very interesting. 572 00:24:32,917 --> 00:24:34,958 It's weird that my handheld spectrum analyzer 573 00:24:35,125 --> 00:24:39,667 is the only one picking up this 1.6 gigahertz signal. 574 00:24:39,875 --> 00:24:42,042 And that I only picked it up after some of the drones 575 00:24:42,167 --> 00:24:44,833 lost their Wi-Fi signal again. 576 00:24:44,958 --> 00:24:46,458 Could it be coming from whatever's 577 00:24:46,625 --> 00:24:47,958 shutting down that connection? 578 00:24:49,667 --> 00:24:51,667 Let us know when they start their descent. 579 00:24:51,833 --> 00:24:53,708 [Preston] They're starting to come down now. 580 00:24:55,875 --> 00:24:57,458 -[Thomas] Wow. -[Travis] Whoa! 581 00:24:58,792 --> 00:25:01,167 We're getting some pretty big wobble. 582 00:25:01,333 --> 00:25:02,875 [Travis] Whoa! 583 00:25:03,833 --> 00:25:05,708 They're starting to fall out of formation. 584 00:25:12,875 --> 00:25:14,500 [Thomas] The one almost hit the other. 585 00:25:14,708 --> 00:25:16,833 [Travis] Whoa! Oh, it almost hit it. 586 00:25:17,875 --> 00:25:20,833 Right after I picked up a 1.6 gigahertz signal, 587 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:22,875 the drone swarm started losing its preprogrammed 588 00:25:23,042 --> 00:25:24,708 square formation, 589 00:25:24,875 --> 00:25:26,750 and a bunch of the drones looked like 590 00:25:26,875 --> 00:25:28,875 they were gonna crash into each other. 591 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:31,875 Look at that. 592 00:25:32,042 --> 00:25:34,667 [Travis] So, maybe that signal came from the bubble boundary 593 00:25:34,792 --> 00:25:36,500 and messed up the drones. 594 00:25:38,583 --> 00:25:40,042 [Preston] All back down. 595 00:25:40,208 --> 00:25:42,542 Erik, be advised, the drones are on the ground. 596 00:25:42,667 --> 00:25:46,083 The FPV is still flying around over them. 597 00:25:46,250 --> 00:25:47,667 Copy that, Travis. 598 00:25:47,833 --> 00:25:49,500 It would appear the disruptive effects 599 00:25:49,708 --> 00:25:51,917 with the drone swarm happens as it penetrates 600 00:25:52,042 --> 00:25:54,167 the western boundary of what we call the bubble. 601 00:25:54,375 --> 00:25:56,500 We're talking about an area that's just right there 602 00:25:56,708 --> 00:25:58,333 next to Homestead Two. 603 00:25:58,500 --> 00:25:59,958 So many interesting things happen 604 00:26:00,083 --> 00:26:01,917 in that part of the ranch, and we're seeing 605 00:26:02,042 --> 00:26:04,417 corroboration of some of the history 606 00:26:04,625 --> 00:26:07,917 in the current behavior of this drone swarm. 607 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:11,375 [Ellis] Weird. 608 00:26:11,583 --> 00:26:12,917 It just really seemed like, as they transition 609 00:26:13,042 --> 00:26:14,708 from outside to inside the bubble, 610 00:26:14,875 --> 00:26:16,250 we see them start to wobble. 611 00:26:16,458 --> 00:26:17,667 Yeah, that transition was definitely 612 00:26:17,750 --> 00:26:19,375 causing connectivity issues, 613 00:26:19,542 --> 00:26:22,417 and it seemed to be when you got to the outside of the bubble, 614 00:26:22,542 --> 00:26:24,917 it was better than when it was on the inside of the bubble. 615 00:26:25,125 --> 00:26:26,417 And that's very unusual, 616 00:26:26,542 --> 00:26:28,250 because when you're inside the barrier, 617 00:26:28,375 --> 00:26:29,833 we're closer to the access points. 618 00:26:30,042 --> 00:26:31,583 When we're outside the barrier, we're further away. 619 00:26:31,750 --> 00:26:33,208 [Thomas] Makes that Wi-Fi disconnection 620 00:26:33,375 --> 00:26:34,583 even stranger, right? 621 00:26:34,750 --> 00:26:36,083 -[Preston] Correct. -[Ellis] Yes. 622 00:26:37,625 --> 00:26:39,333 [Erik] So, will we still be able to run 623 00:26:39,500 --> 00:26:41,167 the second swarm? 624 00:26:41,333 --> 00:26:43,000 What do you guys think? 625 00:26:43,125 --> 00:26:45,333 [Preston] About ten minutes and we'll be ready to go, 626 00:26:45,500 --> 00:26:47,167 assuming we get a Wi-Fi signal. 627 00:26:47,375 --> 00:26:49,333 [Thomas] Erik, they're saying it'll take them 628 00:26:49,542 --> 00:26:52,333 about ten minutes before they're ready to take flight again. 629 00:26:52,542 --> 00:26:53,958 Copy that. 630 00:26:54,083 --> 00:26:55,750 [Travis] The second phase of the drone experiment 631 00:26:55,917 --> 00:26:57,958 was gonna be much smaller. 632 00:26:58,125 --> 00:27:01,458 These drones were set to fly in consecutive pairs, 633 00:27:01,625 --> 00:27:03,667 in and out of the bubble boundary, 634 00:27:03,875 --> 00:27:06,917 and once again, to an elevation of 1,000 feet. 635 00:27:07,125 --> 00:27:10,167 We wanted to see if fewer drones would be able to maintain 636 00:27:10,292 --> 00:27:11,792 a more stable Wi-Fi connection. 637 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:14,333 All right, so, uh, Kaleb and I are about to load up 638 00:27:14,458 --> 00:27:16,250 and then, uh, take the rockets down. 639 00:27:16,417 --> 00:27:18,167 Copy that. 640 00:27:18,333 --> 00:27:20,833 [Travis] Once the drones reach maximum altitude, 641 00:27:20,958 --> 00:27:23,167 Kaleb and I were set to launch a rocket 642 00:27:23,333 --> 00:27:26,750 from just outside the bubble boundary at Homestead Two. 643 00:27:28,417 --> 00:27:32,542 In 2023, we launched a rocket here after we detected 644 00:27:32,708 --> 00:27:35,250 one of those strange 1.6 gigahertz signals. 645 00:27:35,458 --> 00:27:36,667 Hey, it looks like it's stuck there. 646 00:27:36,750 --> 00:27:38,625 -Look. -[Kaleb] Yeah. 647 00:27:38,750 --> 00:27:40,750 [Travis] And as the rocket was coming back down, 648 00:27:40,875 --> 00:27:43,333 it froze in midair for a few moments. 649 00:27:43,500 --> 00:27:44,958 It was just nuts. 650 00:27:45,167 --> 00:27:47,792 So, now, we wanted to launch a rocket at the same spot 651 00:27:47,958 --> 00:27:51,167 of the bubble boundary again for two reasons. 652 00:27:51,375 --> 00:27:54,458 First, if this rocket freezes, that might confirm 653 00:27:54,625 --> 00:27:56,708 that the boundary was what caused it. 654 00:27:56,917 --> 00:27:59,875 And second, we wanted to see if something even stranger 655 00:28:00,042 --> 00:28:01,458 would happen to the drones 656 00:28:01,625 --> 00:28:03,042 as they passed through the boundary. 657 00:28:06,667 --> 00:28:08,333 We're ready whenever y'all are. 658 00:28:08,500 --> 00:28:10,292 And the show is rolling. 659 00:28:10,458 --> 00:28:11,667 Five, 660 00:28:11,833 --> 00:28:13,333 four, three, 661 00:28:13,542 --> 00:28:15,542 two, one. 662 00:28:15,708 --> 00:28:17,833 -Launch. -[Ellis] Drones are hot. 663 00:28:18,042 --> 00:28:19,917 [Preston] First two taking off. 664 00:28:21,458 --> 00:28:23,042 What's our elevation? 665 00:28:23,208 --> 00:28:24,917 Coming up on 500 feet. 666 00:28:26,792 --> 00:28:28,917 [Thomas] 500 feet and climbing. 667 00:28:33,042 --> 00:28:36,083 Hey, Travis, we are approaching 900 feet. 668 00:28:37,250 --> 00:28:38,458 Copy that, Thomas. 669 00:28:41,375 --> 00:28:43,417 Yeah, we're over 900 now. 670 00:28:43,583 --> 00:28:45,667 We are now over 900. 671 00:28:46,583 --> 00:28:48,042 [Travis] Copy that. 672 00:28:48,208 --> 00:28:50,958 We're about to launch the rocket in about ten seconds. 673 00:28:52,625 --> 00:28:54,292 [Preston] We're at 1,000 feet. 674 00:28:54,500 --> 00:28:58,125 [Thomas] Drones have reached their ceiling of 1,000 feet. 675 00:28:58,333 --> 00:29:00,958 We're passing through the bubble boundary now. 676 00:29:05,333 --> 00:29:07,667 [Travis] Rocket's launching in five, four, 677 00:29:07,833 --> 00:29:10,250 three, two, one. 678 00:29:13,500 --> 00:29:14,833 That one went. 679 00:29:17,708 --> 00:29:20,333 [Thomas] The drones are now on their way down. 680 00:29:21,708 --> 00:29:24,042 [Travis] Whoa, did you see that? Did you see it? 681 00:29:24,208 --> 00:29:26,083 Something just zipped right across the sky. 682 00:29:26,208 --> 00:29:28,917 Erik, something just zipped right overhead just above 683 00:29:29,042 --> 00:29:31,875 Homestead Two, moving real fast. 684 00:29:34,708 --> 00:29:36,792 I don't know if you were-- had any cameras looking this way. 685 00:29:36,917 --> 00:29:38,167 [Thomas] The high-speed cameras 686 00:29:38,292 --> 00:29:39,958 are going and pointed that direction. 687 00:29:40,125 --> 00:29:41,500 There's a great possibility 688 00:29:41,667 --> 00:29:44,125 I caught it in the camera. 689 00:29:44,333 --> 00:29:46,333 [Erik] Copy. I didn't see anything in real time, 690 00:29:46,542 --> 00:29:49,750 so I'll look for it when I process the camera data. 691 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:52,542 [Travis] That was one of the most stunning UAPs 692 00:29:52,708 --> 00:29:54,250 I've ever seen. 693 00:29:54,417 --> 00:29:57,167 And it appeared right after we launched that rocket. 694 00:29:58,375 --> 00:30:00,000 [Preston] Next group is up. 695 00:30:00,208 --> 00:30:02,500 [Travis] We were hoping it might show up again 696 00:30:02,625 --> 00:30:04,000 during the rest of our drone swarm. 697 00:30:04,125 --> 00:30:05,500 But the remaining pairs flew 698 00:30:05,708 --> 00:30:08,083 without anything unusual showing up. 699 00:30:08,250 --> 00:30:11,333 And final set of drones are on their way down. 700 00:30:11,542 --> 00:30:14,625 So, hopefully, whatever that blue orb was, 701 00:30:14,792 --> 00:30:16,333 we caught it on one of our cameras, 702 00:30:16,542 --> 00:30:19,333 and it'll show up after Erik has time to process it 703 00:30:19,542 --> 00:30:21,292 with his Meta-Frame software. 704 00:30:26,292 --> 00:30:28,208 I cannot wait to see 705 00:30:28,375 --> 00:30:31,000 all of the data that Sky Elements took tonight 706 00:30:31,208 --> 00:30:33,458 with all the drones moving in and out of the bubble. 707 00:30:33,583 --> 00:30:35,875 Yeah, this is the most problematic I've ever had 708 00:30:36,083 --> 00:30:38,083 trying to get 100 drones up anywhere. 709 00:30:38,250 --> 00:30:40,417 And, you know, we don't have issues when we do 710 00:30:40,583 --> 00:30:42,833 thousands of drones, so it was very, very odd, 711 00:30:43,042 --> 00:30:45,333 that it was so bad in just, in a field. 712 00:30:45,500 --> 00:30:47,167 [Thomas] I kind of have a feeling that, 713 00:30:47,292 --> 00:30:49,833 after we have time to start reviewing some of this, 714 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:52,333 we're gonna find there was probably more going on tonight 715 00:30:52,500 --> 00:30:54,667 -than what any of us realized. -Quite possibly. 716 00:30:54,792 --> 00:30:56,333 -Quite possibly. -[Travis] Well, look, I know 717 00:30:56,542 --> 00:30:59,625 you guys got a lot to pack up, so I say we, uh, get to it. 718 00:30:59,792 --> 00:31:00,833 [Erik] Yeah, thanks for a great exercise. 719 00:31:01,042 --> 00:31:02,375 That was am-- that was amazing. 720 00:31:02,583 --> 00:31:04,000 Can't wait to see all this data. 721 00:31:04,208 --> 00:31:05,333 -[overlapping chatter] -[Thomas] Thanks, everybody. 722 00:31:11,917 --> 00:31:13,125 [Travis] So, what do you got, Erik? 723 00:31:13,292 --> 00:31:15,000 We got, uh, Preston and Matt, 724 00:31:15,208 --> 00:31:17,125 uh, from Sky Elements on the line, 725 00:31:17,292 --> 00:31:18,625 and I can't wait to find out what kind of data 726 00:31:18,792 --> 00:31:20,833 they've got to share with us. 727 00:31:22,375 --> 00:31:24,667 Hey, Preston. Hey, Matt. Thanks for joining. 728 00:31:24,875 --> 00:31:26,667 -How's it going, guys? -Hey. 729 00:31:26,875 --> 00:31:30,167 [Travis] Erik and the guys from Sky Elements worked fast 730 00:31:30,250 --> 00:31:32,875 to get all their data processed by the next day. 731 00:31:33,042 --> 00:31:35,500 So, after all the problems they had with the drones 732 00:31:35,708 --> 00:31:37,250 during the experiment, 733 00:31:37,417 --> 00:31:40,042 we hoped to learn some things about the bubble boundary. 734 00:31:40,208 --> 00:31:41,958 What I'd like to do is, uh, is-is have you guys jump 735 00:31:42,125 --> 00:31:45,375 right into the data coming back out of the drone swarm. 736 00:31:45,542 --> 00:31:48,333 Yeah, absolutely, so, Matt got some real interesting data 737 00:31:48,542 --> 00:31:51,458 looking at some of the Wi-Fi communication issues, 738 00:31:51,583 --> 00:31:52,875 and then, also, some of the, uh, 739 00:31:53,042 --> 00:31:55,667 the other weirdness that we saw that night. 740 00:31:55,750 --> 00:31:57,292 [Matt] I'll share my screen here. 741 00:31:59,250 --> 00:32:00,625 [Erik] Okay. 742 00:32:00,792 --> 00:32:02,375 [Matt] So, this is data we've collected 743 00:32:02,542 --> 00:32:04,667 from one of our drones from our 100-drone swarm test 744 00:32:04,833 --> 00:32:06,417 the other night. 745 00:32:06,542 --> 00:32:08,875 Once we were able to connect most of the drones, 746 00:32:09,042 --> 00:32:10,875 here's what we were able to get from the field. 747 00:32:11,917 --> 00:32:13,167 -[Erik] Yes. -[Matt] Um, and then kind of 748 00:32:13,375 --> 00:32:15,375 zigzagging our way up to 1,000 feet, 749 00:32:15,542 --> 00:32:18,375 flying out through the bubble in here, right? 750 00:32:18,583 --> 00:32:21,167 Each drone has two communication channels with the ground. 751 00:32:21,333 --> 00:32:23,167 And that's really important from a redundancy perspective, 752 00:32:23,375 --> 00:32:25,375 as well as for safety, for the drones 753 00:32:25,542 --> 00:32:28,208 to keep their formations tight and locked in. 754 00:32:28,417 --> 00:32:29,875 The green and orange lines here represent 755 00:32:30,042 --> 00:32:31,625 two independent data connections. 756 00:32:31,750 --> 00:32:34,750 Orange is Wi-Fi, green is our long-range wireless signal. 757 00:32:34,875 --> 00:32:36,625 And when they are both connected and working normally, 758 00:32:36,708 --> 00:32:38,250 these lines overlap. 759 00:32:38,417 --> 00:32:40,833 But in this area, this is communication loss. 760 00:32:40,958 --> 00:32:42,833 -Really? -Yes. 761 00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:44,917 [Matt] When we get to a little over 200 feet 762 00:32:45,083 --> 00:32:46,833 above the ground, as we're transitioning 763 00:32:47,042 --> 00:32:49,292 through the bubble boundary, our Wi-Fi channel, 764 00:32:49,458 --> 00:32:52,208 which is the orange line here, begins to degrade. 765 00:32:52,375 --> 00:32:54,250 [Travis] So, you're showing that you're missing data 766 00:32:54,417 --> 00:32:57,208 once you cross through the bubble barrier. 767 00:32:57,375 --> 00:32:59,500 -Yes. Correct. -Wow, look at that. 768 00:32:59,708 --> 00:33:01,083 [Royston] Look at that. 769 00:33:01,208 --> 00:33:03,083 [Matt] There's definitely something in this area 770 00:33:03,208 --> 00:33:06,125 right here that is reducing our Wi-Fi signal. 771 00:33:06,292 --> 00:33:07,833 [Travis] Well, that's interesting. 772 00:33:07,958 --> 00:33:09,833 [Preston] Yeah, I wouldn't expect 773 00:33:09,917 --> 00:33:11,167 to lose Wi-Fi communication, 774 00:33:11,375 --> 00:33:13,625 especially at a lower altitude as well. 775 00:33:13,792 --> 00:33:15,167 [Travis] That makes sense. 776 00:33:16,125 --> 00:33:17,958 [Matt] But you can kind of see here, 777 00:33:18,083 --> 00:33:20,250 as we start to come out of the bubble boundary, 778 00:33:20,417 --> 00:33:22,417 things seem to kind of resolve themselves, 779 00:33:22,583 --> 00:33:24,583 which is, in itself, interesting. 780 00:33:24,750 --> 00:33:26,000 [Travis] Wow, look at that. 781 00:33:26,167 --> 00:33:28,333 That is a significant difference. 782 00:33:28,458 --> 00:33:30,000 Yeah. Yep. 783 00:33:30,208 --> 00:33:32,083 I'm interested to see if you saw a similar effect 784 00:33:32,250 --> 00:33:34,333 on the two drone formation flights. 785 00:33:34,500 --> 00:33:35,833 Great question. 786 00:33:36,042 --> 00:33:38,125 I can pull one of those up right now, too. 787 00:33:39,875 --> 00:33:41,792 There you go. 788 00:33:41,917 --> 00:33:43,708 Big loss of signal there. 789 00:33:43,875 --> 00:33:45,917 [Travis] Wow, look at that. 790 00:33:46,042 --> 00:33:48,833 Hey, Matt, what was the point, um, 791 00:33:48,958 --> 00:33:50,958 from when you lose connection 792 00:33:51,125 --> 00:33:52,667 and when you get it back, how much time was that? 793 00:33:52,833 --> 00:33:54,292 Yeah, what is that time? 794 00:33:54,458 --> 00:33:56,458 [Matt] That's, like, a full minute. 795 00:33:56,583 --> 00:33:59,542 [Travis] What is the speed that these drones were flying? 796 00:33:59,667 --> 00:34:01,167 -Do we know? -[Matt] During that period 797 00:34:01,375 --> 00:34:03,500 of time when we lost connection to the drones, 798 00:34:03,625 --> 00:34:06,417 we were going about two feet per second horizontally. 799 00:34:06,583 --> 00:34:09,417 [Travis] Two feet per second for one minute, 800 00:34:09,542 --> 00:34:11,250 that's 120 feet. 801 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:15,000 We just may have, for the first time ever, 802 00:34:15,208 --> 00:34:17,417 measured the width of the bubble boundary. 803 00:34:17,583 --> 00:34:20,167 -[Thomas] Wow. -Wow. 804 00:34:20,292 --> 00:34:22,125 [Travis] According to the data, when the drones 805 00:34:22,250 --> 00:34:24,333 zigged and zagged up through the bubble boundary, 806 00:34:24,542 --> 00:34:26,583 the connection to the base station 807 00:34:26,708 --> 00:34:31,583 cut out for a horizontal distance of exactly 120 feet. 808 00:34:31,708 --> 00:34:33,458 This experiment helped us to better map out 809 00:34:33,583 --> 00:34:35,792 the actual dimensions of the bubble 810 00:34:35,875 --> 00:34:38,167 and the thickness of its boundary. 811 00:34:38,375 --> 00:34:40,667 It's about 120 feet thick, 812 00:34:40,833 --> 00:34:43,250 or at least it was on this particular experiment. 813 00:34:43,375 --> 00:34:45,208 [Erik] Yeah, it could be fluctuating. 814 00:34:45,375 --> 00:34:47,583 [Travis] And it might only be that thick for the signal 815 00:34:47,750 --> 00:34:50,042 the drones were using to communicate with. 816 00:34:50,208 --> 00:34:51,667 So, we need to measure it with other phenomenon. 817 00:34:51,875 --> 00:34:53,167 -Yeah, that's a good point. -[Thomas] It'll be something 818 00:34:53,333 --> 00:34:55,167 to watch as we do future experiments, 819 00:34:55,250 --> 00:34:57,875 to see if that 120 stays consistent 820 00:34:58,042 --> 00:34:59,250 or if we see fluctuation. 821 00:34:59,417 --> 00:35:01,042 Oh, that's a great idea. Man. 822 00:35:01,208 --> 00:35:03,958 This is exciting, guys. This is fantastic. 823 00:35:04,125 --> 00:35:07,000 Preston, Matt, you know, gosh, this has brought 824 00:35:07,125 --> 00:35:08,500 so many insights to the table. 825 00:35:08,708 --> 00:35:11,292 We are so grateful to have this level of detail 826 00:35:11,500 --> 00:35:14,167 coming out of this one exercise. 827 00:35:14,375 --> 00:35:15,833 Can't wait to follow up. 828 00:35:16,042 --> 00:35:18,542 We'll see you guys next time, all right? 829 00:35:18,708 --> 00:35:20,000 Sounds good. Thanks, guys. 830 00:35:20,167 --> 00:35:21,333 -Thanks, everybody. -[Erik] Thank you. 831 00:35:21,542 --> 00:35:23,333 See you guys. 832 00:35:23,500 --> 00:35:25,958 Now, Pete, I know you've got some data to share with us 833 00:35:26,125 --> 00:35:27,500 -from the bubble boundary. -Mm-hmm. 834 00:35:27,667 --> 00:35:29,750 -Uh, you ready to bring that up? -Sure. 835 00:35:29,958 --> 00:35:31,458 I'll show you what I have. 836 00:35:33,083 --> 00:35:37,000 So, this is the terrestrial laser scanner data 837 00:35:37,208 --> 00:35:40,333 from, uh, just outside the bubble boundary. 838 00:35:40,542 --> 00:35:44,792 So, you can see over here, this is the face of the mesa, 839 00:35:44,958 --> 00:35:46,833 and then the tree line, 840 00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:50,083 and Homestead Two is right in those trees. 841 00:35:50,250 --> 00:35:52,042 -Uh-huh. -Look at that. -[Pete] Now, 842 00:35:52,208 --> 00:35:54,458 what is this? 843 00:35:57,208 --> 00:35:59,500 [Travis] I can't-- zoom over there to it. 844 00:36:00,500 --> 00:36:03,500 Hmm. Well, that's up in the sky. 845 00:36:03,625 --> 00:36:05,833 [Erik] Well, it seems like the trees there 846 00:36:06,042 --> 00:36:08,250 appear to be pushed up in the sky 847 00:36:08,417 --> 00:36:10,667 above the Homestead area. 848 00:36:10,833 --> 00:36:13,042 You think we're looking at displaced data there again? 849 00:36:13,208 --> 00:36:15,000 Because we've certainly seen that before. 850 00:36:15,167 --> 00:36:18,625 We have, but displaced from what? 851 00:36:20,250 --> 00:36:21,417 [Erik] Let's see if that lines up 852 00:36:21,583 --> 00:36:23,792 -with the other features. -[Pete] Okay. 853 00:36:24,792 --> 00:36:26,792 [Thomas] If you zoomed in just a little bit... 854 00:36:28,208 --> 00:36:30,583 [Travis] There it is. There it is. 855 00:36:30,750 --> 00:36:32,333 -[Erik] There it is. -[Travis] It's supposed to be 856 00:36:32,542 --> 00:36:35,167 right there. Look right there. It's supposed to fit. 857 00:36:35,375 --> 00:36:37,875 -So, it's the top of that tree... -[Erik] Displaced. 858 00:36:38,042 --> 00:36:40,583 [Travis] Right over Homestead Two, and it's pushed out. 859 00:36:40,750 --> 00:36:42,667 -[Pete] 60 meters. -[Travis] 60 meters, so... 860 00:36:42,875 --> 00:36:45,167 For some reason, 861 00:36:45,333 --> 00:36:48,833 you're displaced about 200 feet 862 00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:51,000 away from Homestead Two. 863 00:36:51,208 --> 00:36:52,458 -That's interesting. -[Erik] Hmm. 864 00:36:52,583 --> 00:36:54,667 [Travis] Um... 865 00:36:54,833 --> 00:36:56,458 Well, but wait a minute. 866 00:36:56,625 --> 00:36:59,500 Right where that displaced treetop is, 867 00:36:59,708 --> 00:37:02,333 that's right where we saw a blue orb 868 00:37:02,542 --> 00:37:04,208 fly from the mesa across Homestead Two 869 00:37:04,375 --> 00:37:05,958 -to the trees on the south. -Yes. 870 00:37:06,125 --> 00:37:08,167 -Wow. -Wow. 871 00:37:13,792 --> 00:37:15,667 [Travis] Pete's lidar data was split, 872 00:37:15,833 --> 00:37:18,750 and part of it was displaced, like, 200 feet away 873 00:37:18,875 --> 00:37:20,792 from where it should have appeared. 874 00:37:20,875 --> 00:37:24,625 I swear, that's right where Kaleb and I saw a UAP 875 00:37:24,792 --> 00:37:26,000 during the experiment. 876 00:37:26,208 --> 00:37:28,333 That's too crazy to be a coincidence. 877 00:37:30,083 --> 00:37:32,375 Did you record this in Meta-Frame? 878 00:37:32,542 --> 00:37:34,500 We might have a Meta-Frame trace of it. 879 00:37:34,667 --> 00:37:37,250 [Pete] That would be amazing. 880 00:37:37,375 --> 00:37:39,000 [Erik] Let's take a look. 881 00:37:39,208 --> 00:37:42,167 I'm gonna take us to the exact time of Pete's lidar scan. 882 00:37:42,375 --> 00:37:45,208 And remember, this will play like a time-lapse. 883 00:37:49,750 --> 00:37:53,458 Okay, so, you may recognize already the form that you see. 884 00:37:53,667 --> 00:37:55,458 You know, that this lines up perfectly 885 00:37:55,667 --> 00:37:58,500 -with the flight plan for the, for the drones. -[Thomas] Yeah. 886 00:37:58,708 --> 00:38:01,167 [Erik] Okay, so we're gonna play forward. 887 00:38:01,375 --> 00:38:03,333 Any new lights emerge? 888 00:38:04,208 --> 00:38:05,792 [Thomas] I think I see it. 889 00:38:07,500 --> 00:38:09,667 So, watch that little dot right there. 890 00:38:09,833 --> 00:38:13,250 -Okay. -All right, should I back up, Thomas? 891 00:38:13,417 --> 00:38:15,542 -[Thomas] Uh, yeah. -[Erik] Okay. 892 00:38:15,708 --> 00:38:16,917 I'm backing up. 893 00:38:19,417 --> 00:38:21,250 Okay, going forward. 894 00:38:23,292 --> 00:38:24,667 Okay, there's the light. 895 00:38:24,875 --> 00:38:26,167 [Kaleb] That's right over Homestead Two. 896 00:38:26,292 --> 00:38:27,667 [Travis] That could be it. 897 00:38:27,833 --> 00:38:30,125 -It could very well be. -[Thomas] And see, 898 00:38:30,292 --> 00:38:32,333 if you look close, 899 00:38:32,500 --> 00:38:34,292 these are the posts for the bubble boundary 900 00:38:34,458 --> 00:38:35,792 right here by Homestead Two. 901 00:38:35,917 --> 00:38:37,417 -Oh, yeah. -Yes, they are. -[Thomas] Right? 902 00:38:37,625 --> 00:38:40,125 So, that kind of gives you a reference as to 903 00:38:40,250 --> 00:38:42,708 -where you're at in space. -Yeah. -Yeah. 904 00:38:42,833 --> 00:38:44,417 And it appeared right about the time 905 00:38:44,542 --> 00:38:47,458 -we said that it was, it would appear. -Mm-hmm. 906 00:38:47,625 --> 00:38:49,833 [Travis] So, during about that same time, 907 00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:52,167 we've got your lidar anomaly, 908 00:38:52,375 --> 00:38:53,875 we've got that light in the sky. 909 00:38:54,083 --> 00:38:55,750 -[Erik] Mm-hmm. -And then, we've got the other things 910 00:38:55,917 --> 00:38:59,042 going on with the drones, so that's fascinating. 911 00:38:59,250 --> 00:39:01,542 -I mean, it correlates, anyway. -Right. 912 00:39:01,708 --> 00:39:04,042 [Travis] I don't know what that UAP was, 913 00:39:04,208 --> 00:39:06,500 where it came from or where it went, 914 00:39:06,708 --> 00:39:09,292 but could it have been related to Pete's messed-up data? 915 00:39:09,375 --> 00:39:11,792 And was it somehow connected 916 00:39:11,958 --> 00:39:14,125 to whatever caused the issues that Sky Elements had 917 00:39:14,292 --> 00:39:16,333 at the start of the experiment? 918 00:39:16,542 --> 00:39:18,958 Just more questions we need to find answers for. 919 00:39:19,083 --> 00:39:21,500 You know, I got to tell you, the more and more we do 920 00:39:21,667 --> 00:39:23,458 these experiments on the barrier 921 00:39:23,583 --> 00:39:25,583 of the bubble wall, whatever it is, 922 00:39:25,750 --> 00:39:27,083 it makes me think it... [chuckles] 923 00:39:27,250 --> 00:39:29,417 ...that this, it could be a real thing. 924 00:39:29,542 --> 00:39:31,542 -[Erik] Yeah. -It's so weird. 925 00:39:31,708 --> 00:39:33,625 Well, I have a feeling that's gonna be a driver 926 00:39:33,708 --> 00:39:35,792 for our experiments for weeks to come. 927 00:39:35,958 --> 00:39:38,375 [Travis] We're gonna figure this out, guys. 928 00:39:38,542 --> 00:39:40,333 -[Thomas] All right. -All right. 929 00:39:40,500 --> 00:39:42,167 [Erik] This is the kind of homework I like to have. 930 00:39:42,375 --> 00:39:43,750 [Travis] All right, man. 931 00:39:45,792 --> 00:39:48,167 [Erik] Every one of these experiments that we perform, 932 00:39:48,333 --> 00:39:50,917 exploring the boundary of the bubble, 933 00:39:51,083 --> 00:39:53,583 is an attempt to determine whether we're dealing with 934 00:39:53,792 --> 00:39:56,125 something that is just a digital artifact 935 00:39:56,250 --> 00:39:58,000 or something that is physically real. 936 00:39:58,125 --> 00:39:59,750 And the more we see these results 937 00:39:59,875 --> 00:40:02,000 where, uh, systems are being interfered with, 938 00:40:02,208 --> 00:40:04,625 or strange things are happening out on that periphery, 939 00:40:04,750 --> 00:40:06,583 the more I think some members of our team 940 00:40:06,750 --> 00:40:08,125 are becoming convinced that we're dealing with something 941 00:40:08,292 --> 00:40:09,958 that is, in fact, physically real. 942 00:40:10,125 --> 00:40:13,375 [Thomas] Any time we can get Sky Elements out here, 943 00:40:13,542 --> 00:40:16,000 it gives us hundreds of GPS sensors, 944 00:40:16,167 --> 00:40:18,458 hundreds of magnetometers 945 00:40:18,625 --> 00:40:21,042 and just so much data to go off of. 946 00:40:21,208 --> 00:40:24,167 Last night's experiment yields us a lot of information 947 00:40:24,375 --> 00:40:25,958 to help us better understand 948 00:40:26,125 --> 00:40:28,125 the nature of this bubble, 949 00:40:28,292 --> 00:40:29,500 and really, how it's affecting us. 950 00:40:29,708 --> 00:40:31,333 It drives home the point 951 00:40:31,500 --> 00:40:33,542 that we need to do more experiments 952 00:40:33,708 --> 00:40:35,750 right along this bubble boundary. 953 00:40:36,708 --> 00:40:38,417 [Travis] There has to be some sort 954 00:40:38,583 --> 00:40:41,250 of energetic force inside the bubble. 955 00:40:41,375 --> 00:40:43,542 Something that isn't just physical 956 00:40:43,708 --> 00:40:45,708 but has the capability to interact 957 00:40:45,875 --> 00:40:48,917 and even interfere with advanced technology. 958 00:40:49,042 --> 00:40:50,708 And we're not giving up 959 00:40:50,875 --> 00:40:54,958 until we can say for sure exactly what it is. 960 00:40:58,458 --> 00:40:59,667 [Erik] Be advised, the drilling 961 00:40:59,875 --> 00:41:01,167 has begun. 962 00:41:01,333 --> 00:41:02,750 We are picking up a signal. 963 00:41:02,917 --> 00:41:04,833 -Are you kidding? -I am not kidding. 964 00:41:05,042 --> 00:41:06,375 -There it is. Right there. -Right there. 965 00:41:06,542 --> 00:41:08,542 -This is not us. -[Travis] Wow! 966 00:41:08,708 --> 00:41:09,958 It looks like it's coming our way. 967 00:41:10,083 --> 00:41:12,042 [Travis] Yeah, it came backwards on us! 968 00:41:12,208 --> 00:41:13,458 [Royston] That's crazy. Did that just reverse 969 00:41:13,625 --> 00:41:15,042 when we hit the bubble wall? 970 00:41:15,208 --> 00:41:16,542 Out of nowhere, 971 00:41:16,750 --> 00:41:18,292 -we've got something... -[Travis] Oh, yeah, 972 00:41:18,458 --> 00:41:20,125 that's got to be hundreds of feet in the air. 973 00:41:20,292 --> 00:41:21,958 What in the world is that? 974 00:41:24,458 --> 00:41:26,708 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A E NETWORKS