1 00:00:01,875 --> 00:00:03,518 - Go ahead and spin her. - We want to go down 2 00:00:03,542 --> 00:00:05,333 until we hit whatever is buried in the mesa. 3 00:00:05,500 --> 00:00:07,667 The center of that formation 4 00:00:07,875 --> 00:00:10,167 should be right over the bubble boundary. 5 00:00:10,250 --> 00:00:12,625 Whoa! They're starting to fall out of formation. 6 00:00:14,042 --> 00:00:16,167 Did you see that? Erik, something just zipped 7 00:00:16,333 --> 00:00:18,833 right overhead, just above Homestead Two, 8 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:20,458 moving real fast. 9 00:00:20,625 --> 00:00:23,500 So, watch that little dot right there. 10 00:00:23,708 --> 00:00:26,167 - Okay, there's the light. - That could be it. 11 00:00:26,375 --> 00:00:28,135 You know, I got to tell you, the bubble wall, 12 00:00:28,292 --> 00:00:29,750 - it could be a real thing. - Yeah. 13 00:00:29,875 --> 00:00:31,667 Wow. 14 00:00:32,708 --> 00:00:36,167 There is a ranch in Northern Utah. 15 00:00:36,375 --> 00:00:38,750 It is considered the epicenter 16 00:00:38,958 --> 00:00:44,083 of the strangest and most disturbing occurrences on Earth. 17 00:00:44,250 --> 00:00:45,500 For two decades, 18 00:00:45,708 --> 00:00:47,167 the federal government 19 00:00:47,333 --> 00:00:49,333 investigated the property. 20 00:00:49,500 --> 00:00:53,000 Their findings have never been made public. 21 00:00:53,167 --> 00:00:54,367 Right there! We got something! 22 00:00:54,417 --> 00:00:56,375 Now a new team 23 00:00:56,542 --> 00:01:00,375 of independent scientists and researchers are taking over. 24 00:01:00,958 --> 00:01:02,167 They are uncovering evidence 25 00:01:02,333 --> 00:01:04,083 that the countless stories... 26 00:01:04,250 --> 00:01:06,125 It came right out of the mesa. 27 00:01:06,250 --> 00:01:08,750 Of unidentified aerial phenomena... 28 00:01:08,875 --> 00:01:10,083 - UAP right there! - Yep. 29 00:01:10,292 --> 00:01:12,000 Bizarre energies... 30 00:01:12,208 --> 00:01:14,101 It looks like there's a heat source right above 'em. 31 00:01:14,125 --> 00:01:16,708 And portals that lead to other dimensions... 32 00:01:16,875 --> 00:01:18,184 We're maybe looking at the anomaly 33 00:01:18,208 --> 00:01:19,625 for the first time, guys. 34 00:01:19,708 --> 00:01:22,000 Might actually be true. 35 00:01:22,125 --> 00:01:24,708 They will stop at nothing to reveal... 36 00:01:27,375 --> 00:01:31,125 The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch. 37 00:01:36,375 --> 00:01:38,083 Well, guys, I'm feeling scan-happy. 38 00:01:38,208 --> 00:01:39,833 Me, too. 39 00:01:39,958 --> 00:01:41,809 Yeah, I'm excited about, what we're about to see. 40 00:01:41,833 --> 00:01:44,542 I want to show you the terrestrial lidar scans 41 00:01:44,708 --> 00:01:46,500 when we started drilling. 42 00:01:46,667 --> 00:01:48,917 - Okay. - Let's go. Let's do it. 43 00:01:49,042 --> 00:01:50,667 Pete's excited to share some data 44 00:01:50,750 --> 00:01:54,000 he took a couple of days ago with his lidar scanner 45 00:01:54,167 --> 00:01:55,958 right as we started drilling a new 46 00:01:56,125 --> 00:01:58,208 vertical borehole at the top of the mesa. 47 00:01:58,375 --> 00:02:01,167 Our goal is to get down to around 33 feet, 48 00:02:01,333 --> 00:02:05,000 which is where our drill got damaged last year 49 00:02:05,167 --> 00:02:07,167 when it hit something super hard. 50 00:02:07,292 --> 00:02:08,542 It's completely 51 00:02:08,708 --> 00:02:10,208 welded shut. 52 00:02:10,375 --> 00:02:12,000 - It's friction-welded. - Yeah. 53 00:02:12,125 --> 00:02:14,458 It's also where we found some material 54 00:02:14,625 --> 00:02:18,667 we think was manufactured that we call Type A ceramic. 55 00:02:18,833 --> 00:02:21,333 It might be similar to heat shield tiles 56 00:02:21,500 --> 00:02:24,875 you'd find on the space shuttles or starship. 57 00:02:25,042 --> 00:02:26,667 - Whoa, that's interesting. - Yeah. 58 00:02:26,833 --> 00:02:29,083 So we're drilling a four-foot-diameter borehole 59 00:02:29,250 --> 00:02:31,000 to get back down there and figure out 60 00:02:31,208 --> 00:02:33,458 where these ceramics came from. 61 00:02:34,667 --> 00:02:36,875 Hey, guys, the drill is in place. 62 00:02:37,042 --> 00:02:39,333 But the moment our drill bit touched the ground... 63 00:02:39,500 --> 00:02:42,333 Look right here, it's the 1.6-gigahertz signal. 64 00:02:42,542 --> 00:02:46,000 We got one of those strange 1.6-gigahertz signals 65 00:02:46,167 --> 00:02:48,167 that we see all the time out here 66 00:02:48,333 --> 00:02:50,000 right when we start experiments. 67 00:02:50,167 --> 00:02:51,333 That's so weird. 68 00:02:51,542 --> 00:02:53,625 So we're hoping Pete may have caught 69 00:02:53,833 --> 00:02:57,042 some kind of image that might provide new clues or insights 70 00:02:57,208 --> 00:02:59,792 on what's producing those signals. 71 00:03:01,042 --> 00:03:04,417 So why don't I show you what we got? 72 00:03:06,208 --> 00:03:08,125 So, this is from the top of the mesa 73 00:03:08,292 --> 00:03:10,000 looking to the southwest. 74 00:03:10,167 --> 00:03:11,625 Okay. 75 00:03:11,792 --> 00:03:13,792 Now check this out. 76 00:03:13,917 --> 00:03:19,292 I spotted some interesting data. 77 00:03:20,333 --> 00:03:22,250 - Now, look at that. - Whoa. 78 00:03:22,375 --> 00:03:24,583 Those should not be there. 79 00:03:29,333 --> 00:03:31,458 As you can see, it's intersecting 80 00:03:31,625 --> 00:03:34,167 - with the bubble boundary. - Sure is. 81 00:03:35,542 --> 00:03:37,958 This is why I got excited. 82 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:42,167 So, you see this large piece of data right here. 83 00:03:42,333 --> 00:03:47,000 If I reorient, reposition our point of view, 84 00:03:47,208 --> 00:03:49,667 it's actually underground. 85 00:03:49,792 --> 00:03:51,917 Are you kidding me? 86 00:03:52,083 --> 00:03:53,833 What in the world? 87 00:03:54,042 --> 00:03:57,417 If you'll notice, they're actually on an arc. 88 00:03:58,583 --> 00:04:01,458 It looks like it's forming a semicircle. 89 00:04:03,208 --> 00:04:05,333 And then, if you look over here, 90 00:04:05,458 --> 00:04:09,792 it almost begins to look like something circular. 91 00:04:11,625 --> 00:04:13,042 So, could we be seeing 92 00:04:13,208 --> 00:04:16,083 part of the bubble in this lidar data? 93 00:04:16,250 --> 00:04:18,000 - Could be. - All right. 94 00:04:18,167 --> 00:04:21,167 When we've seen this giant sphere-shaped thing 95 00:04:21,333 --> 00:04:23,750 that we call the bubble show up in the past, 96 00:04:23,875 --> 00:04:26,000 it's always centered at the triangle 97 00:04:26,167 --> 00:04:28,333 and encompasses the mesa drill site. 98 00:04:28,542 --> 00:04:31,125 And when it appears, it also seems to be caused 99 00:04:31,250 --> 00:04:33,375 by our activities. 100 00:04:33,542 --> 00:04:35,250 We have speculated 101 00:04:35,458 --> 00:04:37,958 several times that the bubble can be turned on and off. 102 00:04:38,125 --> 00:04:41,458 So I can't dismiss the idea that we're looking at something 103 00:04:41,625 --> 00:04:43,667 - caused by the drilling. - Yeah. 104 00:04:43,875 --> 00:04:46,292 This just reinforces that we've got to go back 105 00:04:46,458 --> 00:04:48,292 to that mesa and keep drilling. 106 00:04:48,458 --> 00:04:50,167 - Absolutely. - Yeah. 107 00:04:50,333 --> 00:04:51,684 All right, we'll see y'all up there. 108 00:04:51,708 --> 00:04:53,375 Yeah, see you guys on top. 109 00:04:57,542 --> 00:04:59,750 - Hey, fellas. - Sup? 110 00:04:59,958 --> 00:05:01,167 Greetings, Jan. 111 00:05:01,333 --> 00:05:03,042 - How you doing? - Very well, sir. 112 00:05:03,208 --> 00:05:06,125 Later that morning, before drilling started again, 113 00:05:06,208 --> 00:05:09,250 we welcomed back our buddy Jan Francke. 114 00:05:09,375 --> 00:05:11,667 Jan's a ground-penetrating radar expert, 115 00:05:11,833 --> 00:05:14,750 and we wanted to have him run some new GPR scans of the mesa. 116 00:05:14,875 --> 00:05:17,583 Two years ago, Jan first captured 117 00:05:17,708 --> 00:05:20,083 what's been a key image for us: 118 00:05:20,250 --> 00:05:22,583 something that seems to be a big object 119 00:05:22,750 --> 00:05:25,292 along with a bunch of smaller objects around it 120 00:05:25,458 --> 00:05:27,375 buried inside the mesa. 121 00:05:28,833 --> 00:05:31,667 As you can see, we've already made some progress. 122 00:05:31,833 --> 00:05:33,875 What are we, 50, 50 inches in? Yep. 123 00:05:34,042 --> 00:05:37,167 Today, as we do the drilling, the objective is to get 124 00:05:37,375 --> 00:05:39,958 your instrument into that, borehole. 125 00:05:40,125 --> 00:05:42,125 - Yep. - Take it all the way from bottom to top, 126 00:05:42,292 --> 00:05:44,000 - probably a couple of passes. - Yep. 127 00:05:44,083 --> 00:05:47,417 It's similar to any of the other ground-penetrating radar systems 128 00:05:47,625 --> 00:05:49,500 that we've used on the surface, 129 00:05:49,667 --> 00:05:51,792 except this one, being in a borehole, 130 00:05:51,958 --> 00:05:54,000 what we'll end up making for you, hopefully, 131 00:05:54,167 --> 00:05:55,792 is a map of anomalies 132 00:05:55,875 --> 00:05:58,958 giving you depth and distance away from the borehole. 133 00:05:59,083 --> 00:06:00,792 That's fantastic. 134 00:06:00,958 --> 00:06:03,458 Erik and I wanted to see if putting Jan's GPR 135 00:06:03,583 --> 00:06:06,250 inside Borehole 1 might give us a clearer idea 136 00:06:06,375 --> 00:06:08,333 of what's inside the mesa. 137 00:06:08,500 --> 00:06:10,875 We're really interested in what he captures 138 00:06:11,083 --> 00:06:12,667 at around 33 feet, 139 00:06:12,875 --> 00:06:15,792 where the drill bit in Borehole 2 broke last year. 140 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:18,518 - We've got a lot of work to do. - Yeah. 141 00:06:18,542 --> 00:06:19,976 - I say we get to it. - Let's get to work. 142 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:21,333 - All right. - Yeah. 143 00:06:26,042 --> 00:06:27,292 We're good. 144 00:06:27,458 --> 00:06:28,976 - It's running? - It's running right now. 145 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:30,583 - I can't stop it. - Okay. 146 00:06:33,708 --> 00:06:34,958 We're on it. 147 00:06:40,208 --> 00:06:42,583 The drill bit just made contact with the earth. 148 00:06:42,750 --> 00:06:45,917 Be advised, the drilling has begun. 149 00:06:47,542 --> 00:06:49,167 Copy that, thank you. 150 00:06:49,375 --> 00:06:52,167 Whenever you're ready for us to start pulling, 151 00:06:52,333 --> 00:06:54,667 The GPR down the tube, let us know. 152 00:06:54,875 --> 00:06:56,667 Copy that. We'll get everything in place 153 00:06:56,833 --> 00:06:58,375 and, we'll let you know. 154 00:06:58,542 --> 00:07:01,333 As the drilling started, the rest of us 155 00:07:01,458 --> 00:07:03,333 were keeping an eye out for strange signals 156 00:07:03,458 --> 00:07:05,000 on our spectrum analyzers 157 00:07:05,167 --> 00:07:08,000 positioned both at the top and bottom of the mesa. 158 00:07:16,042 --> 00:07:17,542 So, we are picking up 159 00:07:17,708 --> 00:07:20,833 - a 33-megahertz s-signal. - Wait. 160 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:23,000 - Are you kidding? - I am not kidding. 161 00:07:23,208 --> 00:07:26,083 It's-it's strong there. You see it popping up? 162 00:07:26,292 --> 00:07:28,000 It is weird. 163 00:07:28,167 --> 00:07:29,833 Okay, get this, Travis. 164 00:07:30,042 --> 00:07:34,333 Sam reports he's getting a 33-megahertz signal. 165 00:07:34,417 --> 00:07:36,000 This is not us. 166 00:07:36,208 --> 00:07:40,000 Copy that. I'm gonna start looking for it down here. 167 00:07:42,583 --> 00:07:45,000 There it is. There it is right there. 168 00:07:45,167 --> 00:07:46,542 Yeah. 169 00:07:48,167 --> 00:07:50,333 Talk about another obvious correlation 170 00:07:50,542 --> 00:07:53,417 right when we start drilling again. 171 00:07:53,625 --> 00:07:55,917 33 megahertz was the same frequency 172 00:07:56,083 --> 00:07:58,667 broadcast by the drilling beacon last year 173 00:07:58,833 --> 00:08:01,500 when the drill bit got destroyed in Borehole 2. 174 00:08:01,667 --> 00:08:03,750 This year's drill has no beacon, 175 00:08:03,875 --> 00:08:06,500 so what was emitting that exact signal? 176 00:08:06,667 --> 00:08:09,500 The buried object? Or something else? 177 00:08:09,625 --> 00:08:13,125 Whoa. 1.2 gigahertz just started right there. 178 00:08:14,125 --> 00:08:17,542 Whoa. And we also have the 1.6. 179 00:08:18,708 --> 00:08:20,167 Erik, we just had 180 00:08:20,375 --> 00:08:22,708 a 1.2-gigahertz signal pop up, 181 00:08:22,917 --> 00:08:26,125 and there's a 1.6-gigahertz signal. 182 00:08:27,875 --> 00:08:30,583 Looks like we've got everything in the box showing up. 183 00:08:30,750 --> 00:08:33,792 It was a perfect storm of ranch strangeness. 184 00:08:33,958 --> 00:08:36,625 Over the last year, these are the three signals 185 00:08:36,750 --> 00:08:40,042 that we detect over and over during our experiments. 186 00:08:40,208 --> 00:08:43,000 They've got to be connected to what's in the mesa. 187 00:08:44,708 --> 00:08:47,958 Could it possibly be from the dad gum drill rig? 188 00:08:48,125 --> 00:08:50,500 So you guys are positive there's nothing on this rig 189 00:08:50,667 --> 00:08:52,250 that's transmitting a signal? 190 00:08:52,417 --> 00:08:53,667 No. 191 00:08:53,875 --> 00:08:56,000 - Nothing. - Well, I verified 192 00:08:56,167 --> 00:08:58,000 with the drillers, there's absolutely nothing 193 00:08:58,167 --> 00:09:00,875 on this drill that is transmitting any signal, 194 00:09:01,042 --> 00:09:04,208 so, no, it's not coming from the drill 195 00:09:04,375 --> 00:09:05,917 unless the drill somehow 196 00:09:06,083 --> 00:09:08,167 is stimulating whatever's in the mesa. 197 00:09:15,875 --> 00:09:17,500 It's not coming from the drill 198 00:09:17,708 --> 00:09:20,417 unless the drill somehow is stimulating 199 00:09:20,625 --> 00:09:21,875 whatever's in the mesa. 200 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:24,458 This is a bit puzzling. 201 00:09:24,667 --> 00:09:26,587 I'm not really sure what we're dealing with here. 202 00:09:27,042 --> 00:09:30,500 We're still seeing the 33-megahertz signal over here. 203 00:09:30,667 --> 00:09:32,625 Hey, Travis. 204 00:09:32,708 --> 00:09:34,667 Are you guys seeing any changes 205 00:09:34,792 --> 00:09:37,292 - down there? - Not really. 206 00:09:37,458 --> 00:09:39,917 All right, guys. We're gonna watch it. 207 00:09:40,917 --> 00:09:42,542 As soon as we started drilling, 208 00:09:42,708 --> 00:09:44,958 our spectrum analyzers picked up signals 209 00:09:45,125 --> 00:09:48,375 at 33 megahertz, at 1.2 gigahertz, 210 00:09:48,542 --> 00:09:51,167 and at 1.6 gigahertz. 211 00:09:51,333 --> 00:09:54,500 It was like drilling woke something up inside the mesa 212 00:09:54,667 --> 00:09:56,667 and now it was staying awake. 213 00:09:56,875 --> 00:09:59,059 All right, so, are you about ready to put the instrument 214 00:09:59,083 --> 00:10:01,500 - into the borehole? - Yeah, let's do it. 215 00:10:01,708 --> 00:10:03,308 All right, so we'll start with this one. 216 00:10:03,333 --> 00:10:05,167 We thought that if something in the mesa 217 00:10:05,375 --> 00:10:07,292 was sending out those signals, 218 00:10:07,458 --> 00:10:09,542 maybe Jan could get the best images yet 219 00:10:09,708 --> 00:10:11,083 of what it actually is. 220 00:10:12,500 --> 00:10:14,167 Nice and easy, nice and smooth. 221 00:10:14,375 --> 00:10:16,375 The device was rigged up to a pulley system 222 00:10:16,542 --> 00:10:18,333 at the top and bottom of the mesa. 223 00:10:18,500 --> 00:10:20,000 - There it goes. - So, 224 00:10:20,208 --> 00:10:22,667 we could pull the scanner all the way through 225 00:10:22,833 --> 00:10:25,583 from the top to the bottom of Borehole 1. 226 00:10:26,542 --> 00:10:28,792 That's 100 feet. 227 00:10:31,375 --> 00:10:33,292 That's 450 feet right there. 228 00:10:33,417 --> 00:10:34,917 450 feet. 229 00:10:35,083 --> 00:10:37,708 Copy that, Travis. 450 feet. 230 00:10:41,125 --> 00:10:44,417 All right, Erik, we have the instrument here now. 231 00:10:44,625 --> 00:10:46,083 Copy that, Travis. 232 00:10:46,250 --> 00:10:48,458 We've got Sam back on this end of the rope. 233 00:10:48,667 --> 00:10:50,167 When you guys are ready, we are. 234 00:10:50,333 --> 00:10:51,750 Bring her back up. 235 00:10:55,833 --> 00:10:56,958 While we were scanning... 236 00:10:57,125 --> 00:10:59,167 Wow, that's a good one there. 237 00:11:01,750 --> 00:11:03,708 Archaeologist Chris Roberts was standing by 238 00:11:03,833 --> 00:11:06,833 to inspect the drilling cores with a gamma ray detector 239 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:09,833 to measure if there were any high levels of radiation. 240 00:11:10,042 --> 00:11:11,583 I need to get a look at that. 241 00:11:11,750 --> 00:11:13,750 The Type A ceramic that we found last year 242 00:11:13,958 --> 00:11:16,333 had some interesting radiation levels. 243 00:11:16,500 --> 00:11:19,167 That's why we need to go in looking for gamma rays 244 00:11:19,250 --> 00:11:20,875 or something unnatural. 245 00:11:21,042 --> 00:11:23,333 Anything that stands out that indicates 246 00:11:23,500 --> 00:11:26,042 we're getting closer to what we need to find. 247 00:11:28,708 --> 00:11:31,250 That's weird. This is not normal. 248 00:11:32,917 --> 00:11:35,708 All right, I'm 108 right now. 110. 249 00:11:36,708 --> 00:11:38,792 '15, it's going back up. 250 00:11:40,500 --> 00:11:42,708 116, 117. 251 00:11:42,875 --> 00:11:45,917 There is some elevated radiation in there. 252 00:11:46,917 --> 00:11:48,792 Hey, Chris for Bard. Do I got a copy? 253 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:50,500 Yeah, Chris, go ahead. 254 00:11:50,708 --> 00:11:52,792 Yeah, I've got some interesting gamma readings 255 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:54,625 on this core that just came out, 256 00:11:54,792 --> 00:11:57,875 and it's elevated up to 115. 257 00:11:59,042 --> 00:12:02,083 Yeah, that's clearly much higher than normal. 258 00:12:02,250 --> 00:12:03,542 Hey, Erik. 259 00:12:03,750 --> 00:12:06,750 When we took that, ceramic out, 260 00:12:06,917 --> 00:12:09,625 it was around 100 counts per minute. 261 00:12:09,792 --> 00:12:11,458 Exactly what I was thinking. 262 00:12:11,667 --> 00:12:13,208 Now, 100 counts 263 00:12:13,375 --> 00:12:15,167 of gamma rays per minute isn't dangerous, 264 00:12:15,375 --> 00:12:18,167 but it's about ten times the radiation levels 265 00:12:18,375 --> 00:12:20,667 you'd expect to see in normal sandstone. 266 00:12:20,833 --> 00:12:22,042 And here's the kicker: 267 00:12:22,250 --> 00:12:24,458 it matches the levels we detected 268 00:12:24,583 --> 00:12:26,023 on the Type A ceramics we pulled out 269 00:12:26,208 --> 00:12:28,250 of the drilling spoils last year. 270 00:12:28,375 --> 00:12:31,583 I just put it right here in the center like this. 271 00:12:31,750 --> 00:12:34,125 Wow. 272 00:12:34,292 --> 00:12:36,708 119, 122. 273 00:12:37,625 --> 00:12:39,125 128. 274 00:12:40,542 --> 00:12:42,000 Now, that's interesting. 275 00:12:43,208 --> 00:12:45,792 Chris, do you know our depth on this core? 276 00:12:45,958 --> 00:12:48,583 - It was at 100 inches. - Okay. 277 00:12:48,792 --> 00:12:50,958 I did not expect to see radiation 278 00:12:51,083 --> 00:12:52,958 in the core samples coming out of the drilling, 279 00:12:53,125 --> 00:12:54,750 at least not at this depth, 280 00:12:54,917 --> 00:12:56,237 because when we first encountered 281 00:12:56,375 --> 00:12:58,000 the ceramics last year, 282 00:12:58,125 --> 00:13:00,208 that came from a much greater depth. 283 00:13:01,208 --> 00:13:03,417 Well, that's an interesting finding. 284 00:13:03,583 --> 00:13:05,333 - I don't know what it means yet. - Yeah. 285 00:13:05,542 --> 00:13:07,417 Is it just a coincidence? I don't know. 286 00:13:07,583 --> 00:13:11,708 But I'll tell you this, could this be an indication 287 00:13:11,875 --> 00:13:13,625 that we are getting very close to some 288 00:13:13,792 --> 00:13:15,167 of the ceramic-like material? 289 00:13:16,375 --> 00:13:18,042 Okay, there she is. 290 00:13:19,875 --> 00:13:22,417 All right! Travis, we've got the instrument. 291 00:13:23,542 --> 00:13:25,750 - Good run. - Copy that. 292 00:13:28,583 --> 00:13:29,875 We got the data. 293 00:13:30,042 --> 00:13:31,917 Now my job's to go back and process it all 294 00:13:32,042 --> 00:13:33,601 and hopefully have some results for you 295 00:13:33,625 --> 00:13:34,958 - very soon. - Okay. 296 00:13:37,208 --> 00:13:39,917 We are just about a third of the way down 297 00:13:40,042 --> 00:13:42,958 to our 33-foot mark that stopped that drill. 298 00:13:43,125 --> 00:13:45,542 - That's really exciting. - Yes. 299 00:13:45,708 --> 00:13:47,333 - It's gratifying. - Yeah. 300 00:13:47,542 --> 00:13:49,542 It was gonna take Jan several days 301 00:13:49,708 --> 00:13:51,000 to process his data. 302 00:13:51,208 --> 00:13:53,208 I'm hoping it'll give us some real answers 303 00:13:53,375 --> 00:13:56,625 about whatever's happening inside this mesa. 304 00:13:56,792 --> 00:13:58,375 I say we call it a day. 305 00:13:58,542 --> 00:14:01,917 - Productive day. - Very productive. 306 00:14:07,083 --> 00:14:09,042 Hey, guys. Welcome. 307 00:14:09,208 --> 00:14:11,750 - Chris, how you doing? - Good. How are you? 308 00:14:11,917 --> 00:14:13,458 I'm doing well. 309 00:14:13,583 --> 00:14:16,125 The next day, while drilling continued, 310 00:14:16,292 --> 00:14:17,851 Chris Roberts set up a video conference 311 00:14:17,875 --> 00:14:19,792 with Bob Dodge and his colleagues 312 00:14:19,958 --> 00:14:23,125 from Artemis Testing Lab in Louisville, Colorado. 313 00:14:23,250 --> 00:14:25,917 We want to determine how old the Type A ceramic 314 00:14:26,042 --> 00:14:27,542 we found last year might be. 315 00:14:28,958 --> 00:14:30,833 A few weeks ago, 316 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:33,667 Chris ran a UV light test on the Type A ceramics, 317 00:14:33,833 --> 00:14:35,583 and the results were crazy. 318 00:14:35,750 --> 00:14:37,667 Yeah, I've got four pieces in here. 319 00:14:37,792 --> 00:14:39,833 I saw some buildup and erosion 320 00:14:40,042 --> 00:14:44,500 that would take a long, long time to occur inside the mesa. 321 00:14:44,708 --> 00:14:46,000 How much time? 322 00:14:46,208 --> 00:14:49,250 Conservatively, it's in the thousands. 323 00:14:49,417 --> 00:14:50,833 Thousands? 324 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:53,042 Chris found material built up on them 325 00:14:53,208 --> 00:14:54,792 that would take thousands of years 326 00:14:54,958 --> 00:14:56,708 to accumulate on the surface. 327 00:14:56,875 --> 00:14:58,917 If the ceramics are really that old, 328 00:14:59,042 --> 00:15:01,333 how could they also have advanced properties 329 00:15:01,542 --> 00:15:04,167 like the heat-absorbing tiles on the space shuttle? 330 00:15:04,375 --> 00:15:07,083 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 332 00:15:10,208 --> 00:15:12,042 called thermoluminescence. 333 00:15:12,208 --> 00:15:15,292 Erik and I were really curious about what they've learned. 334 00:15:16,750 --> 00:15:17,958 Well, let's jump in. 335 00:15:18,125 --> 00:15:19,542 Let's see it. 336 00:15:20,542 --> 00:15:22,833 The thermoluminescence process, 337 00:15:23,042 --> 00:15:27,083 you, take a sample from ceramics or pottery. 338 00:15:27,250 --> 00:15:30,000 We cut through that pottery, and then we get 339 00:15:30,125 --> 00:15:34,375 a very kind of simple dust amount of, material. 340 00:15:34,583 --> 00:15:38,000 And then you put it into a very special type 341 00:15:38,208 --> 00:15:40,667 of contraption, and it measures 342 00:15:40,833 --> 00:15:43,417 the amount of stored light energy. 343 00:15:55,542 --> 00:15:57,184 Okay, and it's the intensity of that value 344 00:15:57,208 --> 00:15:59,208 that tells you the age? 345 00:15:59,375 --> 00:16:00,583 Yes. 346 00:16:05,292 --> 00:16:06,932 - 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 349 00:16:21,875 --> 00:16:25,250 an old pottery vessel. 350 00:16:25,458 --> 00:16:28,500 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 00:16:39,292 --> 00:16:40,625 What is that? 354 00:16:47,125 --> 00:16:49,083 It's not date able? 355 00:16:53,875 --> 00:16:56,000 Basically, it's not date able. 356 00:16:56,167 --> 00:16:57,500 You said it's not date able? 357 00:17:03,333 --> 00:17:05,833 So, ceramics would be fired, 358 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:08,708 but this material probably 359 00:17:08,875 --> 00:17:10,250 has not been fired... 360 00:17:11,250 --> 00:17:13,458 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 00:17:19,208 --> 00:17:21,000 using a high amount of heat, 364 00:17:21,167 --> 00:17:23,375 which is how modern ceramics are made. 365 00:17:23,500 --> 00:17:24,875 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 00:17:47,833 --> 00:17:50,583 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 00:18:16,208 --> 00:18:18,333 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 00:18:32,792 --> 00:18:33,958 could be like plaster. 385 00:18:34,125 --> 00:18:35,565 When we found these Type A ceramics, 386 00:18:35,667 --> 00:18:38,125 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.