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- Go ahead and spin her.
- We want to go down
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until we hit whatever
is buried in the mesa.
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The center of that formation
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should be right over
the bubble boundary.
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Whoa! They're starting
to fall out of formation.
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Did you see that?
Erik, something just zipped
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right overhead,
just above Homestead Two,
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moving real fast.
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So, watch that little dot right there.
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- Okay, there's the light.
- That could be it.
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You know, I got to tell you,
the bubble wall,
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- it could be a real thing.
- Yeah.
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Wow.
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There is a ranch in Northern Utah.
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It is considered the epicenter
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of the strangest and most
disturbing occurrences on Earth.
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For two decades,
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the federal government
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investigated the property.
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Their findings
have never been made public.
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Right there! We got something!
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Now a new team
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of independent scientists
and researchers are taking over.
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They are uncovering evidence
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that the countless stories...
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It came right out of the mesa.
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Of unidentified aerial phenomena...
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- UAP right there!
- Yep.
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Bizarre energies...
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It looks like there's
a heat source right above 'em.
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And portals that lead
to other dimensions...
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We're maybe looking at the anomaly
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for the first time, guys.
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Might actually be true.
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They will stop at nothing to reveal...
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The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch.
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Well, guys, I'm feeling scan-happy.
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Me, too.
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Yeah, I'm excited about,
what we're about to see.
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I want to show you
the terrestrial lidar scans
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when we started drilling.
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- Okay.
- Let's go. Let's do it.
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Pete's excited to share some data
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he took a couple of days ago
with his lidar scanner
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right as we started drilling a new
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vertical borehole at the top of the mesa.
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Our goal is to get down
to around 33 feet,
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which is where our drill
got damaged last year
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when it hit something super hard.
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It's completely
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welded shut.
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- It's friction-welded.
- Yeah.
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It's also where we found some material
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we think was manufactured
that we call Type A ceramic.
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It might be similar to heat shield tiles
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you'd find on the space shuttles
or starship.
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- Whoa, that's interesting.
- Yeah.
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So we're drilling
a four-foot-diameter borehole
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to get back down there and figure out
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where these ceramics came from.
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Hey, guys, the drill is in place.
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But the moment our
drill bit touched the ground...
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Look right here,
it's the 1.6-gigahertz signal.
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We got one of those strange
1.6-gigahertz signals
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that we see all the time out here
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right when we start experiments.
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That's so weird.
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So we're hoping Pete may have caught
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some kind of image that might
provide new clues or insights
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on what's producing those signals.
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So why don't I show you what we got?
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So, this is from the top of the mesa
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looking to the southwest.
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Okay.
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Now check this out.
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I spotted some interesting data.
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- Now, look at that.
- Whoa.
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Those should not be there.
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As you can see, it's intersecting
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- with the bubble boundary.
- Sure is.
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This is why I got excited.
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So, you see this large piece
of data right here.
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If I reorient, reposition our point of view,
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it's actually underground.
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Are you kidding me?
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What in the world?
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If you'll notice, they're actually on an arc.
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It looks like it's forming a semicircle.
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And then, if you look over here,
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it almost begins to look
like something circular.
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So, could we be seeing
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part of the bubble in this lidar data?
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- Could be.
- All right.
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When we've seen
this giant sphere-shaped thing
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that we call the bubble
show up in the past,
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it's always centered at the triangle
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and encompasses the mesa drill site.
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And when it appears,
it also seems to be caused
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by our activities.
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We have speculated
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several times that the bubble
can be turned on and off.
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So I can't dismiss the idea
that we're looking at something
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- caused by the drilling.
- Yeah.
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This just reinforces
that we've got to go back
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to that mesa and keep drilling.
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- Absolutely.
- Yeah.
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All right, we'll see y'all up there.
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Yeah, see you guys on top.
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- Hey, fellas.
- Sup?
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Greetings, Jan.
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- How you doing?
- Very well, sir.
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Later that morning,
before drilling started again,
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we welcomed back
our buddy Jan Francke.
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Jan's a ground-penetrating radar expert,
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and we wanted to have him run
some new GPR scans of the mesa.
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Two years ago, Jan first captured
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what's been a key image for us:
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something that seems to be a big object
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along with a bunch
of smaller objects around it
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buried inside the mesa.
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As you can see, we've
already made some progress.
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What are we, 50, 50 inches in? Yep.
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Today, as we do the drilling,
the objective is to get
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your instrument into that, borehole.
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- Yep.
- Take it all the way from bottom to top,
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- probably a couple of passes.
- Yep.
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It's similar to any of the other
ground-penetrating radar systems
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that we've used on the surface,
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except this one, being in a borehole,
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what we'll end up
making for you, hopefully,
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is a map of anomalies
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giving you depth and distance
away from the borehole.
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That's fantastic.
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Erik and I wanted
to see if putting Jan's GPR
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inside Borehole 1
might give us a clearer idea
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of what's inside the mesa.
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We're really interested
in what he captures
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at around 33 feet,
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where the drill bit
in Borehole 2 broke last year.
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- We've got a lot of work to do.
- Yeah.
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- I say we get to it.
- Let's get to work.
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- All right.
- Yeah.
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We're good.
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- It's running?
- It's running right now.
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- I can't stop it.
- Okay.
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We're on it.
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The drill bit just
made contact with the earth.
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Be advised, the drilling has begun.
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Copy that, thank you.
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Whenever you're ready
for us to start pulling,
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The GPR down the tube, let us know.
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Copy that. We'll get everything in place
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and, we'll let you know.
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As the drilling started, the rest of us
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were keeping an eye out
for strange signals
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on our spectrum analyzers
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positioned both at the top
and bottom of the mesa.
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So, we are picking up
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- a 33-megahertz s-signal.
- Wait.
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- Are you kidding?
- I am not kidding.
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It's-it's strong there.
You see it popping up?
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It is weird.
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Okay, get this, Travis.
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Sam reports he's getting
a 33-megahertz signal.
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This is not us.
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Copy that. I'm gonna start
looking for it down here.
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There it is. There it is right there.
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Yeah.
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Talk about another obvious correlation
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right when we start drilling again.
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33 megahertz was the same frequency
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broadcast by the drilling beacon last year
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when the drill bit
got destroyed in Borehole 2.
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This year's drill has no beacon,
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so what was emitting that exact signal?
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The buried object? Or something else?
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Whoa. 1.2 gigahertz
just started right there.
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Whoa. And we also have the 1.6.
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Erik, we just had
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a 1.2-gigahertz signal pop up,
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and there's a 1.6-gigahertz signal.
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Looks like we've got everything
in the box showing up.
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It was a perfect storm
of ranch strangeness.
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Over the last year,
these are the three signals
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that we detect over and over
during our experiments.
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They've got to be connected
to what's in the mesa.
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Could it possibly be
from the dad gum drill rig?
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So you guys are positive
there's nothing on this rig
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that's transmitting a signal?
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No.
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- Nothing.
- Well, I verified
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with the drillers,
there's absolutely nothing
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on this drill that is
transmitting any signal,
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so, no, it's not coming from the drill
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unless the drill somehow
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is stimulating whatever's in the mesa.
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It's not coming from the drill
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unless the drill somehow is stimulating
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whatever's in the mesa.
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This is a bit puzzling.
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I'm not really sure
what we're dealing with here.
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We're still seeing the
33-megahertz signal over here.
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Hey, Travis.
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Are you guys seeing any changes
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- down there?
- Not really.
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All right, guys. We're gonna watch it.
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As soon as we started drilling,
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our spectrum analyzers
picked up signals
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at 33 megahertz, at 1.2 gigahertz,
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and at 1.6 gigahertz.
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It was like drilling woke
something up inside the mesa
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and now it was staying awake.
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All right, so, are you about
ready to put the instrument
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- into the borehole?
- Yeah, let's do it.
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All right, so we'll start with this one.
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We thought
that if something in the mesa
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was sending out those signals,
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maybe Jan could get the best images yet
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of what it actually is.
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Nice and easy, nice and smooth.
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The device was rigged up
to a pulley system
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at the top and bottom of the mesa.
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- There it goes.
- So,
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we could pull the scanner
all the way through
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from the top to the bottom of Borehole 1.
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That's 100 feet.
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That's 450 feet right there.
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450 feet.
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Copy that, Travis. 450 feet.
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All right, Erik,
we have the instrument here now.
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Copy that, Travis.
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We've got Sam
back on this end of the rope.
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When you guys are ready, we are.
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Bring her back up.
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While we were scanning...
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Wow, that's a good one there.
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Archaeologist Chris Roberts
was standing by
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to inspect the drilling cores
with a gamma ray detector
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to measure if there were
any high levels of radiation.
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I need to get a look at that.
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The Type A ceramic
that we found last year
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had some interesting radiation levels.
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That's why we need to go in
looking for gamma rays
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or something unnatural.
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Anything that stands out that indicates
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we're getting closer
to what we need to find.
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That's weird. This is not normal.
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All right, I'm 108 right now. 110.
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'15, it's going back up.
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116, 117.
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There is some
elevated radiation in there.
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Hey, Chris for Bard. Do I got a copy?
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Yeah, Chris, go ahead.
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Yeah, I've got some
interesting gamma readings
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on this core that just came out,
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and it's elevated up to 115.
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Yeah, that's clearly
much higher than normal.
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Hey, Erik.
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When we took that, ceramic out,
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it was around 100 counts per minute.
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Exactly what I was thinking.
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Now, 100 counts
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of gamma rays per minute
isn't dangerous,
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but it's about ten times
the radiation levels
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you'd expect to see in normal sandstone.
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And here's the kicker:
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it matches the levels we detected
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on the Type A ceramics we pulled out
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of the drilling spoils last year.
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I just put it right here
in the center like this.
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Wow.
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119, 122.
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128.
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Now, that's interesting.
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Chris, do you know
our depth on this core?
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- It was at 100 inches.
- Okay.
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I did not expect to see radiation
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in the core samples
coming out of the drilling,
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at least not at this depth,
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because when we first encountered
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the ceramics last year,
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that came from a much greater depth.
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Well, that's an interesting finding.
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- I don't know what it means yet.
- Yeah.
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Is it just a coincidence? I don't know.
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But I'll tell you this,
could this be an indication
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that we are getting very close to some
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of the ceramic-like material?
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Okay, there she is.
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All right! Travis,
we've got the instrument.
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- Good run.
- Copy that.
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We got the data.
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Now my job's to go back
and process it all
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and hopefully have some results for you
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- very soon.
- Okay.
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We are just about
a third of the way down
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to our 33-foot mark
that stopped that drill.
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- That's really exciting.
- Yes.
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- It's gratifying.
- Yeah.
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It was gonna take Jan several days
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to process his data.
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I'm hoping it'll give us some real answers
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about whatever's happening
inside this mesa.
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I say we call it a day.
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- Productive day.
- Very productive.
306
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Hey, guys. Welcome.
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- Chris, how you doing?
- Good. How are you?
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I'm doing well.
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The next day, while drilling continued,
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Chris Roberts set up a video conference
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with Bob Dodge and his colleagues
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from Artemis Testing Lab
in Louisville, Colorado.
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We want to determine
how old the Type A ceramic
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we found last year might be.
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A few weeks ago,
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Chris ran a UV light test
on the Type A ceramics,
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and the results were crazy.
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Yeah, I've got four pieces in here.
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I saw some buildup and erosion
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that would take a long, long
time to occur inside the mesa.
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How much time?
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Conservatively, it's in the thousands.
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Thousands?
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Chris found material built up on them
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that would take thousands of years
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to accumulate on the surface.
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If the ceramics are really that old,
328
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how could they also have
advanced properties
329
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like the heat-absorbing tiles
on the space shuttle?
330
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That's too crazy
for me to even think about.
331
00:15:07,250 --> 00:15:10,000
So Artemis tested
the ceramics with a dating test
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called thermoluminescence.
333
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Erik and I were really curious
about what they've learned.
334
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Well, let's jump in.
335
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Let's see it.
336
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The thermoluminescence process,
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you, take a sample
from ceramics or pottery.
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We cut through
that pottery, and then we get
339
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a very kind of simple
dust amount of, material.
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And then you put it
into a very special type
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of contraption, and it measures
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the amount of stored light energy.
343
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Okay, and it's the intensity of that value
344
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that tells you the age?
345
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Yes.
346
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- I'm on the edge of my seat here.
- Yeah.
347
00:16:16,167 --> 00:16:18,667
So this piece is not from the ranch?
348
00:16:18,833 --> 00:16:21,708
Correct. That's a sample from
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an old pottery vessel.
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Perfect sample,
very easy to analyze and read.
351
00:16:35,625 --> 00:16:37,750
What the heck?
352
00:16:37,917 --> 00:16:39,125
That looks very messy.
353
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What is that?
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It's not date able?
355
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Basically, it's not date able.
356
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You said it's not date able?
357
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So, ceramics would be fired,
358
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but this material probably
359
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has not been fired...
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would be my assessment.
361
00:17:13,583 --> 00:17:16,750
When Bob said that
the material had not been fired,
362
00:17:16,875 --> 00:17:19,000
it was not created
363
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using a high amount of heat,
364
00:17:21,167 --> 00:17:23,375
which is how modern ceramics
are made.
365
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Especially the ones that are used
366
00:17:25,083 --> 00:17:27,542
to make heat-resistant tiles
on spacecraft.
367
00:17:27,708 --> 00:17:30,625
Our previous lab test
showed that our Type A ceramics
368
00:17:30,792 --> 00:17:34,125
behaved exactly like
those kinds of materials.
369
00:17:34,292 --> 00:17:37,375
So these should have been
easy to date with this test.
370
00:17:38,417 --> 00:17:41,000
There isn't the right
ingredients to get a date?
371
00:17:41,958 --> 00:17:43,250
Correct.
372
00:17:43,417 --> 00:17:45,083
So what is it?
373
00:17:46,042 --> 00:17:47,667
- Wow.
- We also did
374
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an XRF analysis of the material,
375
00:17:50,750 --> 00:17:53,917
and we're getting elements
that would lead us to believe
376
00:17:54,083 --> 00:17:56,708
it is a plaster-like substance.
377
00:18:08,833 --> 00:18:10,292
Wow.
378
00:18:11,208 --> 00:18:12,625
So it's plaster?
379
00:18:12,750 --> 00:18:14,417
- Is that what you're saying, then?
- No.
380
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It's like plaster.
381
00:18:18,458 --> 00:18:21,000
Well, it's not a plaster we've seen before,
382
00:18:21,208 --> 00:18:25,167
- I would think is a safe assessment.
- Yeah.
383
00:18:30,750 --> 00:18:32,625
It makes no sense that this material
384
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could be like plaster.
385
00:18:34,125 --> 00:18:35,565
When we found these Type A ceramics,
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our drill bit had been destroyed.
387
00:18:38,250 --> 00:18:41,500
And the bit was literally fused
to the drill bar.
388
00:18:41,667 --> 00:18:43,625
It would take something
much more durable
389
00:18:43,708 --> 00:18:45,125
than plaster to do that.
390
00:18:45,292 --> 00:18:47,250
Well, we really appreciate your expertise,
391
00:18:47,417 --> 00:18:48,875
and we appreciate this information.
392
00:18:49,083 --> 00:18:50,417
It gives us more questions
393
00:18:50,583 --> 00:18:53,042
but maybe a new road to travel down
394
00:18:53,208 --> 00:18:54,368
to try and find some answers.
395
00:18:54,500 --> 00:18:56,125
- All right.
- Thank you, too.
396
00:18:56,250 --> 00:18:58,083
- Yeah. -See you later.
- Thanks, guys.
397
00:18:59,250 --> 00:19:00,500
Would you expect
398
00:19:00,708 --> 00:19:02,333
a plaster material to survive the rigors
399
00:19:02,458 --> 00:19:04,000
of the drilling process?
400
00:19:04,167 --> 00:19:05,500
You take any plaster known to man
401
00:19:05,708 --> 00:19:09,167
and you put that kind of force
and torque on it,
402
00:19:09,292 --> 00:19:11,125
it's gonna turn into powder.
403
00:19:11,292 --> 00:19:14,042
You know,
we need to contact UVU again
404
00:19:14,208 --> 00:19:16,250
and see about getting access
to their, to the lab.
405
00:19:16,458 --> 00:19:18,458
- Yes.
- That would be great.
406
00:19:18,625 --> 00:19:20,792
We were hoping this test would help us
407
00:19:20,917 --> 00:19:24,583
take a big step forward
in figuring out these materials,
408
00:19:24,708 --> 00:19:27,458
but it didn't provide us
anything conclusive.
409
00:19:27,625 --> 00:19:30,375
All we can say for sure is,
we need to keep drilling
410
00:19:30,500 --> 00:19:32,708
to get down to that big object.
411
00:19:32,875 --> 00:19:36,125
And we need to keep looking
for new tests to find answers
412
00:19:36,292 --> 00:19:39,167
about what we're dealing with
inside the mesa.
413
00:19:39,375 --> 00:19:41,518
Well, sounds like we're giving
ourselves some marching orders.
414
00:19:41,542 --> 00:19:43,042
Thanks, guys.
415
00:19:43,208 --> 00:19:45,208
I'm gonna get back to work.
416
00:19:53,542 --> 00:19:55,102
How fast is the wind blowing right now?
417
00:19:55,250 --> 00:19:57,000
That right there feels like 50.
418
00:19:57,208 --> 00:20:00,042
It's perfect to use
the wind to our advantage.
419
00:20:00,208 --> 00:20:01,708
- Yeah.
- Later that day,
420
00:20:01,875 --> 00:20:03,917
while the drillers
kept working at the mesa,
421
00:20:04,083 --> 00:20:06,583
Erik and I wanted to turn our
attention back to the bubble.
422
00:20:06,750 --> 00:20:09,333
There were crazy high winds forecast,
423
00:20:09,500 --> 00:20:11,583
which was the perfect weather
for an experiment
424
00:20:11,750 --> 00:20:14,167
we've wanted to try for a long time.
425
00:20:14,333 --> 00:20:16,083
These are the right
conditions to run a test
426
00:20:16,250 --> 00:20:18,250
with a smoke machine
to see how the smoke interacts
427
00:20:18,375 --> 00:20:20,167
with the boundary of the bubble.
428
00:20:20,333 --> 00:20:22,250
We can exploit the fact
that we've got the wind.
429
00:20:22,417 --> 00:20:24,125
You know, we have a...
430
00:20:24,292 --> 00:20:25,875
you know, w-we know what to expect.
431
00:20:26,042 --> 00:20:27,917
It-it should just blow right through.
432
00:20:28,083 --> 00:20:31,042
Well, so, what-what I'm thinking is,
433
00:20:31,167 --> 00:20:32,750
the wind's blowing west to east.
434
00:20:32,917 --> 00:20:36,833
So I say we get on
the west side of the bubble
435
00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:40,083
and blow smoke at it
while we drive back and forth
436
00:20:40,250 --> 00:20:42,417
through the boundary
and watch it with cameras.
437
00:20:42,583 --> 00:20:43,893
- Yeah.
- So, what are you looking for,
438
00:20:43,917 --> 00:20:46,500
to see if the currents are changing at all
439
00:20:46,667 --> 00:20:48,143
- when they get to the boundary?
- See if the boundary
440
00:20:48,167 --> 00:20:50,167
does something unusual
to the smoke flow.
441
00:20:50,375 --> 00:20:51,500
Yeah, that's right.
442
00:20:51,667 --> 00:20:53,167
If we see a change in direction,
443
00:20:53,333 --> 00:20:54,542
that would tell us we may have
444
00:20:54,708 --> 00:20:56,500
- something else going on.
- Yeah.
445
00:20:56,708 --> 00:20:58,167
When we've detected the bubble
446
00:20:58,375 --> 00:20:59,708
during our experiments,
447
00:20:59,917 --> 00:21:01,476
it's always been centered at the triangle
448
00:21:01,500 --> 00:21:03,792
with a 2,000-foot radius.
449
00:21:03,917 --> 00:21:06,833
But what we don't know
is if it's always there
450
00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:09,417
or if it's maybe
something that gets activated
451
00:21:09,583 --> 00:21:12,000
to act like a giant spherical force field
452
00:21:12,208 --> 00:21:14,333
when we start using our equipment.
453
00:21:14,458 --> 00:21:17,000
It's almost like it's not even moving.
454
00:21:18,458 --> 00:21:20,417
I think something's stopping it.
455
00:21:20,583 --> 00:21:23,583
In the past, we've seen a helikite,
456
00:21:23,708 --> 00:21:25,292
drones...
457
00:21:25,458 --> 00:21:26,667
It's just stuck right there.
458
00:21:26,833 --> 00:21:28,708
And even rockets appear to bump
459
00:21:28,875 --> 00:21:31,583
against its boundary
and be pushed away.
460
00:21:31,750 --> 00:21:34,542
So now we're curious
if something like smoke
461
00:21:34,708 --> 00:21:36,500
would be affected in the same way.
462
00:21:36,625 --> 00:21:39,417
Maybe this experiment
would show whether this thing
463
00:21:39,542 --> 00:21:42,917
is always present, even if we can't see it.
464
00:21:43,083 --> 00:21:44,625
So I think it'd be fair to say
465
00:21:44,792 --> 00:21:46,601
that this is really more
of just a passive measurement.
466
00:21:46,625 --> 00:21:48,505
Purely passive, to see what...
see if it's there
467
00:21:48,708 --> 00:21:50,667
- without us poking at it.
- Yep.
468
00:21:50,875 --> 00:21:52,167
- Yeah.
- Well,
469
00:21:52,375 --> 00:21:53,833
it-it's fairly straightforward.
470
00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:55,458
Let's do it.
471
00:21:55,667 --> 00:21:57,547
- All right. -All right.
- I'll-I'll keep an eye
472
00:21:57,625 --> 00:21:59,458
- on things from the CC.
- That's great, Erik.
473
00:21:59,625 --> 00:22:01,018
I'll be giving you wind gust alerts.
474
00:22:01,042 --> 00:22:02,625
Yeah, that'll be good.
475
00:22:03,833 --> 00:22:05,633
I'm really interested
to see what we'll learn,
476
00:22:05,708 --> 00:22:08,083
given the fact that
it's a very simple approach,
477
00:22:08,250 --> 00:22:10,542
it's something we haven't done before.
478
00:22:10,667 --> 00:22:13,500
Will we see effects out at that boundary,
479
00:22:13,708 --> 00:22:15,500
as we have in the past?
480
00:22:15,667 --> 00:22:18,875
Or will we learn something more
about this bubble?
481
00:22:19,083 --> 00:22:21,083
I'll walk with the truck
482
00:22:21,250 --> 00:22:23,833
and watch for,
you know, what we're seeing.
483
00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:26,208
And, Thomas, you run
the smoke machine. Is that good?
484
00:22:26,375 --> 00:22:28,292
- Yeah. Yeah, that sounds great.
- All right.
485
00:22:28,417 --> 00:22:30,000
The plan was simple.
486
00:22:31,042 --> 00:22:33,958
We're gonna start just outside
the bubble boundary.
487
00:22:34,125 --> 00:22:35,500
Then we'll reverse the truck
488
00:22:35,708 --> 00:22:37,417
with the smoke machine
pointed towards it
489
00:22:37,625 --> 00:22:39,333
in the direction of the wind.
490
00:22:39,500 --> 00:22:41,292
The smoke should just shoot straight out
491
00:22:41,500 --> 00:22:43,208
if nothing is there to stop it.
492
00:22:43,375 --> 00:22:46,125
Hey, Erik, I'm setting up
cameras right now
493
00:22:46,292 --> 00:22:48,583
so I can, get as many views on the...
494
00:22:48,750 --> 00:22:51,875
- barrier wall as I can.
- Copy that.
495
00:22:52,917 --> 00:22:55,625
We also had several
regular and high-speed cameras
496
00:22:55,792 --> 00:22:58,250
set up all around this area.
497
00:22:58,417 --> 00:23:00,208
This camera's ready to go, y'all.
498
00:23:00,375 --> 00:23:03,250
If the smoke did anything unusual today,
499
00:23:03,417 --> 00:23:04,875
we'd be ready to capture it.
500
00:23:05,042 --> 00:23:07,167
Well, all right, Erik,
we've got everything in place
501
00:23:07,375 --> 00:23:08,625
to do the first test here
502
00:23:08,833 --> 00:23:10,583
on the western boundary of the bubble.
503
00:23:10,792 --> 00:23:12,500
We're gonna get going, so,
504
00:23:12,667 --> 00:23:15,167
we're-we're gonna start
this thing right now.
505
00:23:15,333 --> 00:23:16,667
Copy that, Travis.
506
00:23:16,833 --> 00:23:18,708
- Okay.
- All right, let's do it.
507
00:23:21,292 --> 00:23:22,750
I am recording.
508
00:23:24,667 --> 00:23:28,000
Our, gusts are at, 40
and a half miles per hour,
509
00:23:28,208 --> 00:23:31,458
current wind speeds are 31.1.
510
00:23:31,625 --> 00:23:33,345
That's crazy. It's almost like we're having
511
00:23:33,542 --> 00:23:35,500
a hurricane out here or something.
512
00:23:37,042 --> 00:23:38,583
All right, let's back up.
513
00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:41,583
Hang on, Thomas.
514
00:23:47,125 --> 00:23:49,792
All right, Jim, we're
approaching the bubble boundary.
515
00:23:49,958 --> 00:23:52,125
We're gonna stop just short of it.
516
00:23:52,292 --> 00:23:54,125
Okay, stop there.
517
00:23:58,125 --> 00:23:59,542
Wow!
518
00:24:01,042 --> 00:24:03,583
Travis, it's being pushed back at us.
519
00:24:03,750 --> 00:24:05,333
It looks like it's coming our way.
520
00:24:05,500 --> 00:24:07,542
Yeah, it came backwards on us.
521
00:24:07,708 --> 00:24:10,167
- Right at the wall.
- Yeah! I know!
522
00:24:11,208 --> 00:24:13,500
When we were right
at the boundary of the bubble,
523
00:24:13,708 --> 00:24:17,000
there was a pretty significant
and noticeable effect
524
00:24:17,208 --> 00:24:18,625
right there on the wall.
525
00:24:19,625 --> 00:24:21,750
The smoke seemed to lift up
526
00:24:21,917 --> 00:24:24,875
and kind of just
really become discombobulated
527
00:24:25,083 --> 00:24:28,208
as if some invisible force
was stopping the smoke.
528
00:24:29,250 --> 00:24:31,208
Let's keep backing up
through the boundary
529
00:24:31,333 --> 00:24:32,958
and see what happens.
530
00:24:33,083 --> 00:24:34,417
Copy that.
531
00:24:42,542 --> 00:24:44,458
We got through
the boundary of the bubble.
532
00:24:45,417 --> 00:24:46,958
That's good, Jim.
533
00:24:48,750 --> 00:24:50,792
Now that we're inside the bubble,
534
00:24:50,958 --> 00:24:52,708
it looks like it's blowing normal.
535
00:24:52,833 --> 00:24:54,375
- It is!
- Isn't that weird?
536
00:24:54,542 --> 00:24:56,167
Yeah, that's weird!
537
00:24:56,375 --> 00:24:57,833
Interestingly enough,
538
00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:00,625
as we proceeded
through the bubble boundary,
539
00:25:00,708 --> 00:25:03,792
the smoke went
from being completely chaotic
540
00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:06,792
to a well-organized stream of smoke
541
00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:09,042
in the same direction
the wind was blowing.
542
00:25:09,208 --> 00:25:12,000
- Can you believe it?
- It does seem to indicate
543
00:25:12,167 --> 00:25:16,042
that the boundary of the bubble
seems to be affecting the smoke.
544
00:25:16,208 --> 00:25:20,000
Okay, Jim, now just drive forward slowly.
545
00:25:20,167 --> 00:25:21,875
Copy that, here we go.
546
00:25:23,208 --> 00:25:25,167
Now that the smoke
is blowing in the direction
547
00:25:25,333 --> 00:25:26,792
of the wind inside the bubble,
548
00:25:26,958 --> 00:25:28,875
we're gonna drive back outside of it
549
00:25:29,042 --> 00:25:33,375
to see if the smoke changes
again at the bubble boundary.
550
00:25:33,542 --> 00:25:35,417
Now, look right here in the bubble. Look!
551
00:25:35,583 --> 00:25:38,042
- Look!
- What the hell?
552
00:25:43,667 --> 00:25:45,917
Look! Look!
553
00:25:46,083 --> 00:25:47,625
That's crazy.
554
00:25:53,625 --> 00:25:55,042
We couldn't believe it.
555
00:25:55,208 --> 00:25:57,083
Even while moving and shooting smoke
556
00:25:57,208 --> 00:25:59,667
with the direction
of 30-mile-an-hour winds,
557
00:25:59,875 --> 00:26:02,333
our smoke was being
deflected and redirected
558
00:26:02,542 --> 00:26:04,250
by the bubble boundary.
559
00:26:04,417 --> 00:26:06,500
So either the smoke triggered the bubble
560
00:26:06,708 --> 00:26:10,250
to turn on its boundary
in response to a stimulus
561
00:26:10,375 --> 00:26:14,542
or we got more data telling us
that it's always there.
562
00:26:20,542 --> 00:26:22,042
Ooh, that thing's loud.
563
00:26:23,458 --> 00:26:24,875
Hey, Erik, you copy?
564
00:26:25,833 --> 00:26:27,875
- Yeah, go ahead.
- Wow.
565
00:26:28,083 --> 00:26:31,667
The smoke, as we were
on the outside of the bubble,
566
00:26:31,875 --> 00:26:34,125
it seemed to spread across like it was,
567
00:26:34,292 --> 00:26:36,833
Hitting something and move up and out,
568
00:26:37,042 --> 00:26:38,542
but once we got through the bubble,
569
00:26:38,708 --> 00:26:40,458
it was just going with the wind.
570
00:26:40,625 --> 00:26:42,667
Copy that. I'm not sure
what to make of it yet.
571
00:26:42,875 --> 00:26:45,000
Let's move to the opposite side
572
00:26:45,125 --> 00:26:46,500
and see if the same thing happens
573
00:26:46,667 --> 00:26:48,625
at the eastern boundary of the bubble.
574
00:26:48,792 --> 00:26:50,625
I'll get the assets trained on that area.
575
00:26:50,792 --> 00:26:52,083
Copy that.
576
00:26:52,208 --> 00:26:55,250
All right. Well, let's load up and head on.
577
00:26:56,667 --> 00:26:58,458
For this next test, we were gonna take
578
00:26:58,625 --> 00:27:00,333
a little different approach.
579
00:27:01,542 --> 00:27:03,018
Since the wind's direction was blowing
580
00:27:03,042 --> 00:27:05,250
towards the eastern bubble boundary,
581
00:27:05,417 --> 00:27:07,583
we were going to approach it
with our smoke machine
582
00:27:07,750 --> 00:27:10,083
from the inside going out.
583
00:27:10,208 --> 00:27:11,917
We wanted to see if the smoke flow
584
00:27:12,125 --> 00:27:15,375
would change again when it hits
the inside of that boundary.
585
00:27:19,667 --> 00:27:21,583
Hey, man, we're in place
586
00:27:21,750 --> 00:27:23,333
and we're ready to start with the smoke
587
00:27:23,542 --> 00:27:25,167
on the east side of the bubble.
588
00:27:25,292 --> 00:27:28,000
We're just gonna back up
from inside it this time,
589
00:27:28,167 --> 00:27:31,292
and we'll ease through it
like we did over there.
590
00:27:31,458 --> 00:27:33,250
Yeah, Travis, I copy.
591
00:27:34,375 --> 00:27:36,167
All right, Thomas.
592
00:27:37,292 --> 00:27:39,833
All right, Jim, come on back.
593
00:27:48,708 --> 00:27:52,000
Okay. We're approaching
the bubble boundary now.
594
00:28:02,458 --> 00:28:04,333
I'm seeing the same thing that I saw
595
00:28:04,458 --> 00:28:06,125
over on the western side.
596
00:28:06,208 --> 00:28:08,667
That when we're right
at that bubble boundary,
597
00:28:08,833 --> 00:28:10,458
the smoke is going everywhere
598
00:28:10,625 --> 00:28:12,875
and I'm seeing a substantial lift,
599
00:28:13,042 --> 00:28:15,167
as if it's being pushed upwards.
600
00:28:29,333 --> 00:28:31,917
Okay, we are through
the bubble boundary.
601
00:28:35,333 --> 00:28:36,750
Yeah.
602
00:28:40,625 --> 00:28:43,792
- I'm not seeing it plume now.
- No, it's not. No.
603
00:28:45,875 --> 00:28:47,417
Just like before,
604
00:28:47,583 --> 00:28:48,983
the smoke started shooting straight
605
00:28:49,042 --> 00:28:50,333
with the direction of the wind
606
00:28:50,542 --> 00:28:51,833
the second it got past
607
00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:53,833
where we've marked
the bubble boundary.
608
00:29:08,875 --> 00:29:11,708
Now look, it's starting
to spread and go up.
609
00:29:13,625 --> 00:29:15,292
Yeah.
610
00:29:15,417 --> 00:29:19,000
But no matter if we were inside
or outside of the bubble,
611
00:29:19,167 --> 00:29:21,750
the smoke reacted
any time it was blowing
612
00:29:21,958 --> 00:29:23,333
against the boundary.
613
00:29:35,208 --> 00:29:36,568
Boy, from in there, it looked like
614
00:29:36,708 --> 00:29:38,000
you got the same thing.
615
00:29:38,125 --> 00:29:39,601
- Yeah.
- Was it stopping right there?
616
00:29:39,625 --> 00:29:40,905
Yeah, it was st... and going up,
617
00:29:40,958 --> 00:29:42,238
like if something's stopping it,
618
00:29:42,375 --> 00:29:43,809
and then, when we got
through it, it just went
619
00:29:43,833 --> 00:29:45,351
- straight on down the driveway.
- Yeah.
620
00:29:45,375 --> 00:29:47,333
- Isn't that something?
- Unbelievable.
621
00:29:47,458 --> 00:29:49,667
It was very chaotic, it was,
like, trying to go right,
622
00:29:49,833 --> 00:29:51,351
trying to go left, but it wasn't
going down the road
623
00:29:51,375 --> 00:29:52,958
- like you expect it.
- Yeah.
624
00:29:53,125 --> 00:29:55,250
But then at a certain...
certain point, it all went.
625
00:29:55,375 --> 00:29:56,500
I know.
626
00:29:56,708 --> 00:29:58,542
Hey, Erik, you copy?
627
00:29:58,708 --> 00:30:00,000
I copy.
628
00:30:00,208 --> 00:30:01,667
The wind's still going strong,
629
00:30:01,833 --> 00:30:03,333
so let's move on to the triangle.
630
00:30:03,542 --> 00:30:06,083
Maybe we'll see some effects
in that blob region.
631
00:30:06,250 --> 00:30:07,750
We're gonna, wrap up,
632
00:30:07,958 --> 00:30:10,125
- then head on to the triangle.
- Copy that.
633
00:30:10,250 --> 00:30:12,375
I'll get the assets ready at the triangle.
634
00:30:13,375 --> 00:30:14,667
After we finished the second run
635
00:30:14,875 --> 00:30:16,208
through the bubble boundary,
636
00:30:16,375 --> 00:30:18,750
we had one more smoke test planned.
637
00:30:18,917 --> 00:30:20,792
This time at the triangle,
638
00:30:20,958 --> 00:30:22,708
where we've seen all kinds of evidence
639
00:30:22,875 --> 00:30:24,792
of an invisible thing that we call the blob
640
00:30:24,958 --> 00:30:27,917
right at about 31 feet in the air.
641
00:30:32,292 --> 00:30:35,000
We've seen it appear
to destroy and deflect rockets
642
00:30:35,125 --> 00:30:38,292
right at that spot
more times than we can count.
643
00:30:42,458 --> 00:30:44,667
- Let's go on up.
- Okay.
644
00:30:44,875 --> 00:30:46,833
So, we used a cherry picker
645
00:30:47,042 --> 00:30:48,708
to lift the smoke machine up there
646
00:30:48,917 --> 00:30:51,500
to see if the smoke
might also get us more data
647
00:30:51,667 --> 00:30:55,833
proving the blob is real and
maybe connected to the bubble.
648
00:30:56,042 --> 00:30:58,417
Hey, Erik, do you copy?
649
00:30:58,625 --> 00:31:00,726
We're about to start the smoke
over here at the triangle.
650
00:31:00,750 --> 00:31:02,000
Are you ready?
651
00:31:02,167 --> 00:31:04,000
I'm ready to take data.
652
00:31:04,167 --> 00:31:05,583
All right, let's crank it up.
653
00:31:05,750 --> 00:31:07,458
All right, Erik, we're about to go.
654
00:31:56,542 --> 00:31:59,542
It's pushing it down. That's crazy!
655
00:32:00,542 --> 00:32:02,500
I didn't know what we were looking at.
656
00:32:02,625 --> 00:32:05,500
It was like something invisible
was right there,
657
00:32:05,667 --> 00:32:07,500
31 feet high above the triangle,
658
00:32:07,667 --> 00:32:10,792
and it was making
some of the smoke shoot downward
659
00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:13,208
instead of straight ahead with the wind.
660
00:32:13,375 --> 00:32:15,667
When it comes to getting
evidence of the blob,
661
00:32:15,875 --> 00:32:18,542
I mean, talk about
your literal smoking gun.
662
00:32:23,292 --> 00:32:25,625
It's pretty convincing
that there's something here.
663
00:32:29,375 --> 00:32:30,792
Well, we're finished here.
664
00:32:30,917 --> 00:32:32,351
I can't wait to see what you captured
665
00:32:32,375 --> 00:32:34,000
on the cameras we got out here.
666
00:32:34,167 --> 00:32:35,792
I'm looking at it.
667
00:32:35,875 --> 00:32:37,500
It's gonna take some head-scratching to,
668
00:32:37,708 --> 00:32:39,125
interpret what I'm seeing.
669
00:32:39,333 --> 00:32:41,333
So many things
have played out in this space
670
00:32:41,500 --> 00:32:43,292
that are a little difficult to explain.
671
00:32:43,458 --> 00:32:45,625
I'd really like to understand how.
672
00:32:45,792 --> 00:32:49,250
I can't wait for us to take
a look at the data and see what
673
00:32:49,375 --> 00:32:53,792
insights we find to show us
what the heck is going on.
674
00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:56,167
All right, man, we're gonna head on in.
675
00:32:56,375 --> 00:32:57,976
All right, I'll see you when you get back.
676
00:32:58,000 --> 00:32:59,833
Copy that.
677
00:33:00,042 --> 00:33:01,851
I-I was not expecting
to see something like that.
678
00:33:01,875 --> 00:33:03,333
Yeah.
679
00:33:10,042 --> 00:33:11,167
What's going on, fellas?
680
00:33:11,333 --> 00:33:12,708
I've got the results
681
00:33:12,875 --> 00:33:15,500
of our experiment with the, smoke gun.
682
00:33:15,667 --> 00:33:18,167
- All right, cool.
- Great. - I want to start
683
00:33:18,375 --> 00:33:21,000
with a video I recorded
from a camera on the mesa
684
00:33:21,208 --> 00:33:23,625
processed through
the Meta-Frame software.
685
00:33:23,792 --> 00:33:26,250
You know, you're looking down
from the top of the mesa,
686
00:33:26,417 --> 00:33:28,167
you know, I'm zoomed in on your location
687
00:33:28,333 --> 00:33:30,292
on the western side of the bubble.
688
00:33:31,292 --> 00:33:33,167
And I should probably explain,
689
00:33:33,375 --> 00:33:35,018
you know, the colors
and all that, you know,
690
00:33:35,042 --> 00:33:36,875
this is not how we normally see things.
691
00:33:37,042 --> 00:33:40,625
I've applied a filter
to detect any motion changes
692
00:33:40,833 --> 00:33:42,167
captured on the camera,
693
00:33:42,375 --> 00:33:44,167
so anything that moves, like our smoke,
694
00:33:44,375 --> 00:33:46,375
will show up in bright colors.
695
00:33:46,583 --> 00:33:49,542
Where you see black,
it's not that it's dark,
696
00:33:49,750 --> 00:33:51,208
it's that nothing has changed.
697
00:33:51,375 --> 00:33:53,042
You guys are stationed here
698
00:33:53,208 --> 00:33:55,000
looking for, you know, any behavior
699
00:33:55,167 --> 00:33:57,208
in that smoke that, we wouldn't expect
700
00:33:57,417 --> 00:34:00,083
- from normal air flow.
- Okay, got it.
701
00:34:01,042 --> 00:34:03,167
Now watch what happens here.
702
00:34:03,375 --> 00:34:05,500
This is when you guys
were parked outside
703
00:34:05,667 --> 00:34:06,875
the bubble boundary.
704
00:34:07,042 --> 00:34:08,500
You can see the bright colors here,
705
00:34:08,667 --> 00:34:10,333
which is our smoke.
706
00:34:10,542 --> 00:34:14,000
And you'll notice we can see
upward movement of the smoke.
707
00:34:14,125 --> 00:34:15,667
Yeah, look at that.
708
00:34:15,875 --> 00:34:18,083
All in this direction and in this direction.
709
00:34:19,333 --> 00:34:21,375
So it's doing this, it's fanning like this.
710
00:34:21,542 --> 00:34:23,167
Now, which direction
711
00:34:23,250 --> 00:34:25,708
was the wind
predominantly moving, though?
712
00:34:25,875 --> 00:34:27,809
- It was doing this.
- Right down that road, yeah.
713
00:34:27,833 --> 00:34:30,292
And yet you're seeing,
you know, the spreading
714
00:34:30,417 --> 00:34:32,167
of the bright area to the left and right.
715
00:34:32,292 --> 00:34:34,000
- Which is interesting, right?
- Right.
716
00:34:34,167 --> 00:34:35,559
Okay, so I'll just continue letting that play
717
00:34:35,583 --> 00:34:36,792
at its natural rate.
718
00:34:39,542 --> 00:34:42,250
Look how high the smoke's going up.
719
00:34:43,542 --> 00:34:46,042
- Can you back that up a little bit?
- Sure.
720
00:34:46,208 --> 00:34:48,333
All right, go ahead and let it play.
721
00:34:48,542 --> 00:34:50,250
- Okay.
- So, if you start looking,
722
00:34:50,417 --> 00:34:52,208
and you'll start to see in here,
723
00:34:52,375 --> 00:34:55,458
and it starts moving up, which...
724
00:34:56,458 --> 00:34:59,167
Yeah, look at that. I can see it now.
725
00:34:59,333 --> 00:35:00,768
I didn't even notice... look how high.
726
00:35:00,792 --> 00:35:02,833
That's got to be
hundreds of feet in the air.
727
00:35:02,958 --> 00:35:04,292
Correct.
728
00:35:04,417 --> 00:35:07,083
Why? Why is it going up?
729
00:35:07,250 --> 00:35:09,167
Does the "bubble,"
730
00:35:09,333 --> 00:35:10,851
does the structure we're talking about,
731
00:35:10,875 --> 00:35:14,083
actually introduce
its own effects on the smoke?
732
00:35:14,250 --> 00:35:15,833
And that's what we were looking for,
733
00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:18,000
to see if there's something invisible
734
00:35:18,167 --> 00:35:20,625
that's gonna change that normal flow.
735
00:35:22,417 --> 00:35:25,167
It was one thing to see
the smoke pushed around
736
00:35:25,333 --> 00:35:27,375
in real time at ground level,
737
00:35:27,542 --> 00:35:30,292
but Erik's Meta-Frame showed
that the smoke appeared
738
00:35:30,458 --> 00:35:33,333
to get pulled up and around
the bubble boundary,
739
00:35:33,458 --> 00:35:35,625
more than 100 feet in the air.
740
00:35:35,792 --> 00:35:38,667
Normally, it should have
dissipated in all that wind.
741
00:35:38,875 --> 00:35:40,417
So, could the bubble boundary
742
00:35:40,583 --> 00:35:44,250
have displaced the smoke
that much? How?
743
00:35:44,417 --> 00:35:46,417
Now let me show you
an alternate perspective
744
00:35:46,542 --> 00:35:51,083
of the video that was shot
out of the western boundary
745
00:35:51,208 --> 00:35:52,888
of the bubble
as you guys were approaching.
746
00:35:54,292 --> 00:35:56,542
Now, part of what makes this interesting
747
00:35:56,708 --> 00:36:00,750
is, we're looking at
120-frame-per-second video...
748
00:36:00,917 --> 00:36:03,500
- Okay.
- From over on the north side of the canal.
749
00:36:05,042 --> 00:36:06,708
I'm intrigued.
750
00:36:06,875 --> 00:36:10,542
Now what I'm gonna do
is zoom in and apply a filter.
751
00:36:12,542 --> 00:36:15,250
- Wow.
- Okay, so I'm playing through this.
752
00:36:16,708 --> 00:36:20,375
Out of nowhere, we've got
something moving around.
753
00:36:20,542 --> 00:36:22,667
Yeah, look at that.
Look at that. I can see it now.
754
00:36:25,708 --> 00:36:28,167
- That's got to be hundreds of feet in the air.
- Wow. Yeah.
755
00:36:28,333 --> 00:36:30,583
- Look at that.
- Right there. Look at that.
756
00:36:30,750 --> 00:36:33,500
- Yeah.
- What in the world is that?
757
00:36:40,333 --> 00:36:41,813
- Right there.
- Look at that. - Yeah.
758
00:36:41,917 --> 00:36:43,542
What in the world is that?
759
00:36:46,167 --> 00:36:48,167
Whatever this is, it's moving freely
760
00:36:48,375 --> 00:36:50,167
- against the wind.
- Yeah,
761
00:36:50,375 --> 00:36:52,055
like it's not even having an effect on it.
762
00:36:52,083 --> 00:36:54,833
And that's 120 frames per second.
763
00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:57,083
Lord, that thing's moving fast.
764
00:36:58,125 --> 00:37:02,167
Watching this UAP in
the enhanced, slowed-down video
765
00:37:02,333 --> 00:37:05,167
clearly showed
how it was able to maneuver
766
00:37:05,292 --> 00:37:07,208
without any wind resistance.
767
00:37:07,375 --> 00:37:10,000
I don't think a bug
or even a bird could do that
768
00:37:10,167 --> 00:37:12,833
in a 30-mile-an-hour-plus wind.
769
00:37:13,042 --> 00:37:14,500
So what was it?
770
00:37:14,667 --> 00:37:17,375
And did it come from
something inside the bubble?
771
00:37:19,708 --> 00:37:21,643
That right there is what
is real interesting to me,
772
00:37:21,667 --> 00:37:24,333
where it stops and it,
and it hovers right there.
773
00:37:24,500 --> 00:37:26,542
- Yeah, it kind of loops around and stops.
- Yeah.
774
00:37:28,208 --> 00:37:29,833
I can't believe you saw that, Erik.
775
00:37:29,958 --> 00:37:31,851
Well... there's some
things that when you see 'em,
776
00:37:31,875 --> 00:37:33,208
you can't unsee 'em.
777
00:37:34,750 --> 00:37:36,958
Are we looking at something
that could be called a UAP?
778
00:37:37,083 --> 00:37:38,500
I don't know.
779
00:37:38,708 --> 00:37:40,833
But it is interesting that it showed up
780
00:37:41,042 --> 00:37:45,292
when we were pumping smoke
at the bubble boundary.
781
00:37:45,375 --> 00:37:47,833
Makes me wonder whether
782
00:37:48,042 --> 00:37:49,625
these things are related somehow.
783
00:37:50,750 --> 00:37:53,583
All right, I want to play into the next event
784
00:37:53,750 --> 00:37:55,083
from the triangle.
785
00:37:55,208 --> 00:37:57,083
Now, this is video of our last smoke test,
786
00:37:57,208 --> 00:38:01,208
31 feet above the triangle,
processed through Meta-Frame.
787
00:38:01,375 --> 00:38:03,125
And we're punched way in.
788
00:38:03,292 --> 00:38:05,167
You can see two towers out there.
789
00:38:05,375 --> 00:38:07,250
The tower on the right is just below
790
00:38:07,417 --> 00:38:09,958
where we've seen
that blob feature before.
791
00:38:10,125 --> 00:38:11,542
- Right.
- Once again,
792
00:38:11,708 --> 00:38:14,167
I've got that change-detection filter on,
793
00:38:14,375 --> 00:38:17,583
so changes will show up lighter
than what you see here.
794
00:38:17,708 --> 00:38:19,875
- Yeah. -Yeah. - Yeah.
- All right. Okay.
795
00:38:20,042 --> 00:38:23,458
So, at this point,
already the smoke is flowing
796
00:38:23,625 --> 00:38:25,458
at the center of the triangle.
797
00:38:25,583 --> 00:38:27,500
It's flowing the way we would expect it to
798
00:38:27,667 --> 00:38:30,750
until it reaches the area
where we've seen the blob.
799
00:38:30,958 --> 00:38:34,000
Wow, right there,
see where it's coming down?
800
00:38:34,167 --> 00:38:36,292
We did see the smoke
801
00:38:36,375 --> 00:38:39,333
dive down, come about
five feet off the ground.
802
00:38:39,500 --> 00:38:41,018
Yeah, you can see it
right here in the bottom piece.
803
00:38:41,042 --> 00:38:43,667
- It does, you can see that.
- Yes. Okay.
804
00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:47,708
You see how the smoke...
805
00:38:47,875 --> 00:38:50,042
it's not coming out in a, in a smooth path.
806
00:38:50,208 --> 00:38:52,333
It's got a line to it.
807
00:38:52,542 --> 00:38:56,333
That is right over the tower
where the rocket hit the blob.
808
00:38:56,542 --> 00:38:58,500
Okay, so, if I frame forward,
809
00:38:58,667 --> 00:39:01,333
- it maintains that advancing front.
- Look at that.
810
00:39:01,500 --> 00:39:03,333
Yeah. Look at that.
811
00:39:03,542 --> 00:39:06,042
During the experiment,
we only saw it going down.
812
00:39:06,208 --> 00:39:09,542
But it looks like it was
going up around something, too.
813
00:39:09,708 --> 00:39:11,333
Let's see right there. Stop.
814
00:39:11,417 --> 00:39:13,917
- I-I'm gonna draw on the screen.
- Yeah. Go for it.
815
00:39:15,125 --> 00:39:17,333
Look at the boundary it makes.
816
00:39:17,458 --> 00:39:19,833
That right there is almost a perfect circle.
817
00:39:21,542 --> 00:39:24,208
So, is this the blob?
818
00:39:24,375 --> 00:39:25,750
Once again,
819
00:39:25,917 --> 00:39:27,958
we're seeing the smoke
being manipulated
820
00:39:28,042 --> 00:39:31,375
right where we've previously
seen evidence of the blob.
821
00:39:31,583 --> 00:39:33,833
The smoke even looked
like it was moving around
822
00:39:33,958 --> 00:39:35,542
a blob-like shape.
823
00:39:35,708 --> 00:39:37,583
Are we looking at more evidence
824
00:39:37,750 --> 00:39:40,083
that there is definitely
something there at that spot,
825
00:39:40,292 --> 00:39:42,375
31 feet above the triangle?
826
00:39:42,542 --> 00:39:44,625
So, now that we've seen
these flow patterns
827
00:39:44,750 --> 00:39:46,250
in the smoke,
828
00:39:46,417 --> 00:39:48,583
does this help explain
anything we've seen?
829
00:39:48,750 --> 00:39:50,333
Well, it doesn't explain it,
830
00:39:50,500 --> 00:39:52,208
but I think it showed more evidence
831
00:39:52,375 --> 00:39:54,333
that the bubble and the blob are real
832
00:39:54,458 --> 00:39:56,708
and maybe always present.
833
00:39:56,917 --> 00:39:59,625
- Now we need to figure out what they are.
- Yeah.
834
00:39:59,833 --> 00:40:01,792
You know, I think this informs
future experiments
835
00:40:01,958 --> 00:40:03,792
we do in both places.
836
00:40:03,958 --> 00:40:05,333
Right, back to poking harder
837
00:40:05,542 --> 00:40:07,125
at the nest for some answers.
838
00:40:07,250 --> 00:40:09,875
Well, I say we, we get to it.
839
00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:11,500
- Yeah. - Let's do it.
- Great.
840
00:40:11,667 --> 00:40:13,833
I'll see you guys.
841
00:40:17,125 --> 00:40:19,875
As we have elevated
the experimental activity
842
00:40:20,042 --> 00:40:22,375
in the region that we call the bubble,
843
00:40:22,542 --> 00:40:24,958
we see more UAP activity
844
00:40:25,167 --> 00:40:28,458
coupled with other high
strangeness than ever before.
845
00:40:28,625 --> 00:40:31,750
It will be no surprise
if we continue to see
846
00:40:31,958 --> 00:40:34,542
phenomena unfold before our very eyes,
847
00:40:34,708 --> 00:40:38,792
so long as we continue
to focus on the bubble.
848
00:40:41,208 --> 00:40:43,292
You see one rocket do something odd,
849
00:40:43,458 --> 00:40:45,208
you chalk it up to chance.
850
00:40:45,375 --> 00:40:47,167
But when you see multiple things...
851
00:40:47,333 --> 00:40:50,042
smoke, rockets, drones,
852
00:40:50,208 --> 00:40:51,750
helikites, you name it...
853
00:40:51,917 --> 00:40:54,667
all showing the same kinds of effects?
854
00:40:54,833 --> 00:40:56,273
I think we've proven that the bubble
855
00:40:56,375 --> 00:40:57,917
is a real phenomenon.
856
00:40:58,083 --> 00:40:59,851
And we're gonna hit it
with everything we've got
857
00:40:59,875 --> 00:41:02,125
until we figure out what it is
858
00:41:02,250 --> 00:41:03,708
and how it's related to the blob
859
00:41:03,875 --> 00:41:06,917
and whatever's buried inside the mesa.
860
00:41:07,875 --> 00:41:10,167
That space just above the triangle
861
00:41:10,375 --> 00:41:14,292
and the bubble boundary
continue to draw our attention.
862
00:41:14,417 --> 00:41:18,167
We are engaging with several
863
00:41:18,375 --> 00:41:19,917
very interesting features,
864
00:41:20,083 --> 00:41:23,500
both of a very physical nature
and an abstract nature.
865
00:41:23,708 --> 00:41:27,333
I think we are going to have to retool
866
00:41:27,500 --> 00:41:30,125
the approach to the unknown
on the ranch.
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