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There was an area
on this mesa slope,
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and it led to this open cave.
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Hey, I found what
looks like to be a cavern.
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Oh, yeah.
I'm pretty sure this is it.
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Popping smoke, popping smoke.
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Look, look,
it's getting sucked in.
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There is some sort of
network underneath the mesa.
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I'm very curious to find out
what may be hidden in that area.
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NARRATOR:
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 phenomena on Earth:
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animal mutilations,
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bizarre UFO sightings
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and unusual energies that have
proven harmful to humans.
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For 20 years,
the federal government
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tried to find answers
and failed.
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Now a new team
of dedicated scientists,
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researchers and experts
has taken over.
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They are determined to solve
the mystery and reveal...
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...The Secret
of Skinwalker Ranch.
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-THOMAS: They're here.
-BRYANT: Awesome.
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THOMAS:
I'm excited for the equipment.
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TRAVIS:
After last week,
when Chris Bartel,
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who worked security on the ranch
for Robert Bigelow more than
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a decade ago, showed us where
a cave entrance in the mesa had
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mysteriously been covered over,
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we invited a team of drillers
to the ranch
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to help figure out
what the Bigelow team
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might have wanted
to keep hidden.
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THOMAS:
Okay.
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BRYANT:
Welcome to
Skinwalker Ranch, man.
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-I'm Bryant. Nice to meet you.
-Aaron.
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-Erik Bard. Welcome.
-Aaron.
-Thanks for coming out.
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Well, we've had
all kinds of, uh,
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strange things
happening in the mesa.
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I think that
there is something there
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that we need
to investigate further.
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Okay.
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We inherited
so many different stories
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about strange things
happening out there.
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Yeah.
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BRYANT:
The mesa has always been
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a point of interest for us.
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There are all sorts of rumors
and stories about things that
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happened while the Bigelow team
was here on the property.
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I've even heard a story of
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people claiming to see
the side of the mesa open up
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and a spaceship flying in
and it closing up again.
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Or stories about
these openings that lead to
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some sort of
an underground base or cavern.
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I think there's a lot more
there to be discovered,
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and we need to spend
more time over there exploring.
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TRAVIS:
Hearing those kinds
of rumors makes you wonder
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how anything of the sort
could be possible in a solid
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sandstone mesa that covers
about three square miles.
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But just last week,
after Chris Bartel's visit,
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we dropped smoke bombs into
the crevices between the large
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boulders covering
this supposed cave entrance.
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-Orange smoke, orange smoke.
-TRAVIS: And inexplicably,
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the smoke was being sucked down
inside somewhere,
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like there really could be a
huge cavern system of some kind.
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Look, look,
it's getting sucked in.
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Yeah, the smoke's going down.
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We're hoping that we can
go drill through it
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and see if we hit any voids
or any type of...
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You know, we really don't know
what to expect.
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Well, we'll just get
the drill off the trailer
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and then start walking it, so...
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-THOMAS: Okay.
-You let us know
what we can do to help.
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Okay. Will do.
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BRYANT:
Aaron and his crew from
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Straight Shot Drilling,
they're gonna do some
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horizontal drilling
into the side of the mesa.
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The way that this
horizontal drill works
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is they're actually
gonna go down under the road,
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under this canal, and then
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be able to maneuver up
and hopefully
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puncture up into the mesa
and see if we find a void there.
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You want to just
park up here a little bit?
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BRANDON:
Given the ongoing anomalies
witnessed at the mesa,
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everything from smoke
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being sucked into the mesa
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and disappearing into an unknown
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chamber or cavern system,
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coupled with other anomalies...
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-Is that plugging
into the USB here?
-Yeah.
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BRANDON:
Considering all the evidence
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that has been presented,
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I've given my approval
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to proceed forward,
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with caution.
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We're using
the RF spectrum analyzer,
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which we've used on
pretty much all of these digs.
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I'm data logging
for gamma radiation,
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-as we've gotten
when we do digs.
-Yeah.
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Also, since we've got
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GPS anomalies showing up
out here in the field,
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I'm doing real-time
GPS tracking,
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and so we're
getting a data point
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every second on those guys,
and they're data logging.
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There really isn't any place
that we can go and not be
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exposed to some level
of background radiation,
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but when we get
gamma ray spikes during
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our experiments,
that's when we become concerned.
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So, before we start
disturbing the earth,
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we want to make sure
that we have
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all the monitoring equipment
in place
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to detect anything that we might
stir up inside the mesa itself.
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So, we'll, uh,
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dig an exit pit
right here for the mud,
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and then we'll set up
behind that pit
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and drill in, and our bit
has a beacon in it,
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and we have
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the equipment
to locate that beacon
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all the way up
to where you guys want to go.
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You said you could reach
500 feet?
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-Is how much rod
you've got with you?
-AARON: Right.
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-I have 500 foot
of rod right now.
-ERIK: Wow.
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-This is awesome.
-Yeah.
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THOMAS:
Well, I think
that we, uh, get to work.
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-Get you guys drilling.
-All right.
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THOMAS:
Ever since I've gotten
here on the ranch,
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we've been really curious
what lies underneath the mesa.
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So, the guys are gonna
begin drilling
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by digging a pit
on the south side of the road.
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This pit allows them
to catch all of the drill mud
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and the spoils
that are coming out
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of the hole as they drill.
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Yeah, man.
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THOMAS:
I think that it may tell us
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something pretty
interesting about what's
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going on near the mesa.
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Well, I say we get the drill
set up and get going on this.
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All right.
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AARON:
The rig that we're using
is a directional bore machine.
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It has 30,000 pounds
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of push and pull, and you can
guide the drill bit
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wherever you want it to go.
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It could go left,
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or it could go right.
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Or I can steer it to come up,
or I can steer it to go down.
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It is that one, right?
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Yeah. So, where that
little clay outcropping is.
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If we came in at
the edge of those rocks
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or just a little bit
under them, that's...
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I mean, that's right
where that opening's at.
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-Make sense? Okay.
-Okay. Yeah.
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TRAVIS:
The drill bar requires
hundreds of gallons
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of water to keep it lubricated
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as it penetrates into
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the sandstone rock
that the mesa's made from.
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So, it's gonna be
an extra messy job
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for the team to look for clues
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as the water and spoils
shoot back out into the pit
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they dug by the rig.
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But hopefully,
by the end of the day,
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they'll confirm
if there's a big void
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and even obtain evidence
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of an object or structure that
could be hidden inside there.
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You're all good to go, huh?
Okay.
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AARON:
Inside that head of that drill
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is a beacon.
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And the beacon
is the brains of it.
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We can follow it with
the locator, and it will
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tell me where I'm at,
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how deep I am, what my pitch is
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and what direction I'm going in.
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-So, do you have to walk
along and track...
-Yeah.
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...wherever that's going? So,
you'd have to hoof it up there?
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Yeah. I'll be doing some hiking.
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-Is it pretty soft drilling?
-No.
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-Really?
-It's not in the rock.
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It feels like a really tight,
sticky clay.
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Have you hit the mesa yet?
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No.
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-Still a ways this way?
-Yeah.
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Cool.
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Yeah, he's up
against something hard.
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Okay, well...
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I think we should go up
with your safe camera idea.
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All right, well, if were gonna
go for a hike, I'm gonna shed
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a couple layers here.
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BRYANT:
This drilling process
takes a lot of time,
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so in the meantime,
Thomas and I have decided
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to hike up the mesa
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to where we
had previously dropped
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these smoke canisters down.
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I don't know what the path
of least resistance is.
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You've been up there the most,
so I'll follow you.
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Well, there is no path
of least resistance.
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BRYANT:
We want to see if we can run
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a snake camera down
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and see if we can figure out
how deep this thing goes
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or if we see anything strange.
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-The hole's right here.
-Okay.
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This one actually has
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the ability
to pan, tilt and zoom,
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so if we get it down in there,
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we can actually, with this
little remote right here,
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we can move it around.
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THOMAS:
Maybe the camera will
reveal some clues to us.
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Maybe we'll see
an opening or a void as we
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channel this snake cam
deep into the hill.
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I think we're live.
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-I'm gonna hit record.
-All right.
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THOMAS:
Still going down?
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You're still going.
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THOMAS:
I have not seen
any sign of smoke bombs.
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-Neither have I.
-I thought for sure
we'd see those.
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BRYANT:
Now we're down 21 feet.
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I mean, that's pretty far down.
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What the hell is that?
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BRYANT:
What is that?
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It looks like metal
right there on the top.
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It definitely
looks like it's reflecting
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something off of there.
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Those smoke canisters
we dropped down there
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were basically
just paper and cardboard.
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There's nothing
reflective on them.
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BRYANT:
What is that?
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It looks metallic.
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BRYANT:
It really does look metallic.
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THOMAS:
This object is sitting
about 23 and a half feet
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below the entrance of this hole,
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and we're trying to get
the camera
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in position to see what it is,
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and I can't tell what it is.
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I'd definitely like to find a
way of getting it out of there.
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It looks like it could go more
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if we can actually
manipulate it.
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-It looks like it's
almost like on a ledge.
-I want to see if I can...
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THOMAS:
It appears to be pretty large.
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Let me see if I can
somehow manipulate
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this camera into it
with a different angle.
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BRYANT:
Oh, gosh, I wish we could get
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something down there
and retrieve that.
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There's your canister.
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-There's the smoke bomb.
-It got wedged, and there's
still even more opening.
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There's the base of
the smoke bomb right there.
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So, we know that that other
thing is not the smoke canister.
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'Cause that other thing
didn't look anything like that.
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Well, you know,
Chris Bartel talked about
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a significant opening.
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-Uh-huh.
-This is definitely significant.
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I mean, we are 26-ish feet.
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THOMAS:
There's all kinds of rumors
247
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that have been floating
around this ranch
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since the day
that I stepped foot on it.
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Whether it be
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the mesa opening up
and some type
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of aerial craft
flying into the hill,
252
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secret underground bases
under the mesa.
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BRYANT:
I really was surprised
with what we found.
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I've never seen anything
like it anywhere on the ranch.
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Is this hard evidence
that there is truly
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something going on
inside this mesa?
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I'm really anxious
to see what we find out.
258
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Well, I'll tell you what.
That's as far as we're going.
259
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Okay.
260
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Well, I think
we've got what we need here.
261
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I'm gonna just
power this thing off.
262
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-I'm shocked we got down so far,
actually, to be honest with you.
-I-- Honestly.
263
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It's becoming obvious to me
that there's many,
264
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many different channels
and-and chambers down this hole.
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Some of them appear
to be very, very large.
266
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There's definitely a lot
of empty space inside this mesa.
267
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That was really surprising.
268
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I want to get in there
more than ever now and discover,
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where is this metal coming from?
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-THOMAS: Hey, Erik.
-Hey, Tom.
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I'm really interested
in what you guys found up there.
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I feel like we got about a third
of the way down the mesa.
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When we got down in that
20, 24-foot range,
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we saw something that looks
completely out of place.
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The first thought, maybe,
it might have been
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the outside of one
of those smoke canisters.
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-ERIK: Yeah.
-But this was not.
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THOMAS:
The object appeared
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to be reflecting light back,
280
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-like it was metallic.
-Uh-huh.
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It was, like, ridges and lines
282
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of-of a metallic-looking
or reflective type stuff,
283
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not packaging of some sort
that would be reflecting light.
284
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ERIK:
What is this material made of,
285
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and what is it doing
286
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in the depths of a mesa
in eastern Utah?
287
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We're gonna be
drilling for a while.
288
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So, now, really, we need to
289
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call Travis
and tell him what we found.
290
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-Yeah. I agree.
-Let's do it.
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-TRAVIS: Hey, fellas.
-ERIK: Hey, Travis.
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-Hey, there.
-How you guys doing?
293
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It-it's been
a busy time out here.
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BRYANT:
Yeah.
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While the drill rig
was going on,
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on the side of the mesa,
Thomas and I decided
297
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to go back up
to that hole at the top
298
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where, you remember
the smoke vacuumed
299
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back down into the hole.
300
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That cavern that
Chris Bartel showed us.
301
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Right, right. It vanished, yeah.
302
00:13:03,375 --> 00:13:05,292
So, we went up there
and started running
303
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this snake camera down
and encountered
304
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an object that looks
305
00:13:10,333 --> 00:13:13,000
like it has
a metallic quality to it.
306
00:13:13,125 --> 00:13:14,458
What?
307
00:13:14,542 --> 00:13:17,125
In fact, it was reflecting
our light back at us.
308
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We found those smoke canisters,
309
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and so we have those
to reference against.
310
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It didn't look
anything like that.
311
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Wow.
312
00:13:27,167 --> 00:13:29,667
Travis, I want to get
your eyes on this material.
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Take a look at that image.
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TRAVIS:
Oh, wow.
315
00:13:36,875 --> 00:13:38,958
Do you see that
shiny object there,
316
00:13:39,083 --> 00:13:40,958
near the bottom of the image?
317
00:13:41,042 --> 00:13:43,125
TRAVIS:
It looks like a...
318
00:13:43,208 --> 00:13:45,792
I don't know, a strip
of aluminum or something.
319
00:13:45,875 --> 00:13:48,667
-Is there any way to get
a sample of that?
-We couldn't pick it up.
320
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TRAVIS:
It'd be really good
to see what it is.
321
00:13:51,375 --> 00:13:53,792
Clearly, lines
322
00:13:53,875 --> 00:13:55,583
and yellow,
323
00:13:55,708 --> 00:13:57,208
and there's a black strip
324
00:13:57,333 --> 00:13:59,667
and then other
black strips on it.
325
00:13:59,792 --> 00:14:01,917
How'd it get down in that hole?
326
00:14:02,042 --> 00:14:04,042
Well, it definitely looks
out of place.
327
00:14:04,167 --> 00:14:06,750
And that was about
23 and a half feet down,
328
00:14:06,875 --> 00:14:08,583
is where we encountered that.
329
00:14:08,708 --> 00:14:11,000
TRAVIS:
And is it a single piece
330
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or something poking out
of that rock?
331
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THOMAS:
That's what we were wondering.
332
00:14:15,167 --> 00:14:16,500
Wow.
333
00:14:16,625 --> 00:14:19,083
Well, for this to be
that far down in that hole,
334
00:14:19,208 --> 00:14:22,500
I mean, it didn't
get there by itself.
335
00:14:23,708 --> 00:14:25,083
And to what end?
336
00:14:25,208 --> 00:14:27,208
I mean, why is this thing there,
and what is it?
337
00:14:28,583 --> 00:14:31,917
It sounds like there's
a significant void or something.
338
00:14:33,250 --> 00:14:34,833
BRYANT:
This particular snake cam
339
00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:37,083
has the ability to tilt
340
00:14:37,208 --> 00:14:39,833
and zoom and pan around,
so we could see that
341
00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:41,750
the opening
was quite substantial.
342
00:14:41,875 --> 00:14:44,125
THOMAS:
From the camera,
it looked like that hole
343
00:14:44,250 --> 00:14:47,000
could've been as much as
maybe ten foot in diameter.
344
00:14:47,083 --> 00:14:48,500
You're kidding.
345
00:14:50,667 --> 00:14:51,917
Wow. So, there might actually be
346
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some caves under there, then.
347
00:14:55,125 --> 00:14:57,417
TRAVIS:
The video is unmistakable.
348
00:14:57,542 --> 00:15:01,083
This is clearly some type
of metallic-looking material.
349
00:15:01,208 --> 00:15:04,500
I don't know how it got there,
but we immediately
350
00:15:04,625 --> 00:15:06,833
need to put some sort
of robot in this hole
351
00:15:06,958 --> 00:15:08,167
to see if it's a single object
352
00:15:08,333 --> 00:15:10,750
or part of something
much bigger.
353
00:15:10,875 --> 00:15:12,917
Well, we've got a lot to do.
354
00:15:13,042 --> 00:15:15,000
Hurry up and finish
your crap in Alabama
355
00:15:15,167 --> 00:15:16,708
and get the hell back here.
356
00:15:16,833 --> 00:15:19,167
(laughs) All right, man.
357
00:15:19,333 --> 00:15:21,708
Uh, I hear you.
This is amazing stuff.
358
00:15:21,833 --> 00:15:23,792
I-I can't wait
to get back out there
359
00:15:23,917 --> 00:15:26,083
and do some more drilling
into the mesa.
360
00:15:26,208 --> 00:15:27,792
-That's crazy stuff.
-THOMAS: For sure.
361
00:15:27,875 --> 00:15:29,083
ERIK:
All right, well,
362
00:15:29,208 --> 00:15:30,708
we'll get back in touch with you
363
00:15:30,875 --> 00:15:32,250
if we see anything else
like this, Travis.
364
00:15:32,375 --> 00:15:34,208
TRAVIS:
All right. Thanks, guys.
365
00:15:34,333 --> 00:15:35,167
-THOMAS: See you soon.
-BRYANT: All right, see you.
366
00:15:45,208 --> 00:15:47,708
-How deep are you?
-80 feet.
367
00:15:47,875 --> 00:15:49,583
-You're 80 feet out?
-AARON: Yup.
368
00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:56,000
Right now, he said
he's drilled back 80 feet, so...
369
00:15:56,083 --> 00:15:58,125
-Oh.
-Oh, wow.
370
00:15:58,208 --> 00:16:00,875
He's, uh, motioning for us
371
00:16:01,042 --> 00:16:02,375
-to come down there, guys.
-BRYANT: All right.
372
00:16:04,833 --> 00:16:05,875
What's going on?
373
00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:07,292
We can keep drilling,
374
00:16:07,375 --> 00:16:09,292
but I just don't know
where it's going.
375
00:16:09,417 --> 00:16:12,208
ERIK:
As we continue
drilling at this site,
376
00:16:12,333 --> 00:16:14,667
that slurry of water
and bentonite clay
377
00:16:14,833 --> 00:16:17,833
going into the mesa should be
coming out of the mesa,
378
00:16:17,917 --> 00:16:19,292
but it's not.
379
00:16:19,375 --> 00:16:21,500
How many gallons of fluid
are we into this now
380
00:16:21,625 --> 00:16:22,750
that haven't come back out?
381
00:16:22,875 --> 00:16:24,792
500 out of this tank,
382
00:16:24,917 --> 00:16:26,833
1,000 out of the last one
383
00:16:26,917 --> 00:16:28,667
and four out of the first.
384
00:16:30,208 --> 00:16:32,000
THOMAS:
This fluid has to be
flowing into some
385
00:16:32,125 --> 00:16:33,667
cavity along the path.
386
00:16:33,792 --> 00:16:35,875
-AARON: Correct. Yeah.
-BRYANT: So, we're talking
387
00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:38,292
2,000 gallons, around there?
388
00:16:38,417 --> 00:16:41,500
It could be punching through
into that void.
389
00:16:42,667 --> 00:16:44,375
Wow.
390
00:16:54,375 --> 00:16:57,500
-So, those tanks are
1,000 gallons each.
-Okay.
391
00:16:57,625 --> 00:16:59,417
THOMAS: So, you can picture
the size of that
392
00:16:59,542 --> 00:17:01,500
-sitting somewhere
inside that hill.
-Yeah.
393
00:17:01,625 --> 00:17:04,958
TRAVIS:
The drill bit
is lubricated by water
394
00:17:05,042 --> 00:17:07,542
as it punches
through the base of the mesa,
395
00:17:07,667 --> 00:17:10,292
and so far, more than
1,500 gallons has been used
396
00:17:10,375 --> 00:17:12,792
to get nearly 100 feet inside.
397
00:17:12,917 --> 00:17:15,917
You'd expect to see that water
run back out into the pit,
398
00:17:16,042 --> 00:17:17,917
but it's not.
399
00:17:18,042 --> 00:17:19,833
That's just like
what happened last week.
400
00:17:19,958 --> 00:17:21,333
Popping smoke. Popping smoke.
401
00:17:21,500 --> 00:17:22,667
TRAVIS:
When we dropped smoke bombs
402
00:17:22,833 --> 00:17:24,167
in the crevices of the mesa,
403
00:17:24,333 --> 00:17:25,833
-no smoke emerged.
-THOMAS: Look.
404
00:17:25,958 --> 00:17:27,167
Look. It's getting sucked in.
405
00:17:27,292 --> 00:17:29,292
There has to be
a massive void in there.
406
00:17:29,417 --> 00:17:33,250
It's just a question of how big
it is and what it might contain.
407
00:17:33,375 --> 00:17:36,542
Whoa, look at this.
That. What's going on there?
408
00:17:36,667 --> 00:17:38,625
Okay, so there it is again.
409
00:17:38,750 --> 00:17:41,958
Again, we're doing something
here that we've not done before.
410
00:17:42,083 --> 00:17:43,667
Out here, outdoors,
with this thing running.
411
00:17:43,833 --> 00:17:44,833
Yup.
412
00:17:44,917 --> 00:17:46,583
ERIK:
And so,
413
00:17:46,708 --> 00:17:48,333
um, there's a correlation.
414
00:17:48,500 --> 00:17:49,667
-Always.
-Yeah.
415
00:17:50,875 --> 00:17:52,625
ERIK:
I noticed that
the spectrum analyzer
416
00:17:52,708 --> 00:17:54,167
is giving us, once again,
417
00:17:54,250 --> 00:17:57,125
this mysterious
1.6 gigahertz signal,
418
00:17:57,208 --> 00:18:01,292
like the one recently captured
at Homestead Two.
419
00:18:02,500 --> 00:18:05,625
Erik, are you
doing something at 1.6?
420
00:18:05,708 --> 00:18:07,292
I'm not broadcasting.
421
00:18:07,375 --> 00:18:08,792
THOMAS:
What are you seeing?
422
00:18:08,875 --> 00:18:13,750
TRAVIS:
The signal. 1.60000.
423
00:18:13,875 --> 00:18:15,667
Look at that.
424
00:18:15,750 --> 00:18:17,625
TRAVIS:
Two weeks ago,
425
00:18:17,708 --> 00:18:19,042
just after we dug a trench
426
00:18:19,167 --> 00:18:20,667
near Homestead Two,
427
00:18:20,833 --> 00:18:23,000
that night, we detected
428
00:18:23,125 --> 00:18:26,667
the mysterious 1.6 gigahertz
RF radiation signal.
429
00:18:26,833 --> 00:18:30,542
And then, later,
Erik's surveillance cameras
430
00:18:30,667 --> 00:18:34,250
caught an incredible UAP
floating around the homestead.
431
00:18:34,375 --> 00:18:35,875
-What the hell is that?
-TRAVIS: You captured
432
00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:38,417
a UAP on camera here, Erik.
433
00:18:38,542 --> 00:18:40,958
Every time we've
seen that signal,
434
00:18:41,042 --> 00:18:43,125
something really strange
has happened.
435
00:18:43,250 --> 00:18:46,042
ERIK: Hey, Bryant.
If you guys are game,
436
00:18:46,167 --> 00:18:47,500
I've got some
handheld instruments
437
00:18:47,583 --> 00:18:49,250
that you could take out
to the homesteads.
438
00:18:49,375 --> 00:18:52,417
You know, j-just wander about
and see if you get any
439
00:18:52,542 --> 00:18:54,292
unusual readings out there.
440
00:18:54,417 --> 00:18:56,917
Yeah, it always seems like,
it's almost,
441
00:18:57,042 --> 00:18:59,375
like, a bait-and-switch
type of a thing.
442
00:18:59,500 --> 00:19:01,667
You focus your energies
in one spot,
443
00:19:01,833 --> 00:19:04,042
-and then, all of a sudden,
stuff happens in other areas.
-Right.
444
00:19:04,167 --> 00:19:05,333
Well, do you want
to go head down
445
00:19:05,458 --> 00:19:07,083
-to the homestead, then?
-Yeah.
446
00:19:07,208 --> 00:19:08,792
Okay. Let's do it.
447
00:19:10,208 --> 00:19:13,250
ERIK:
I've decided
to send Tom and Dragon
448
00:19:13,375 --> 00:19:15,500
out to the homesteads
449
00:19:15,625 --> 00:19:19,125
and see if we pick up
anything happening out there.
450
00:19:19,208 --> 00:19:22,208
Erik, it looks
like we have flow back.
451
00:19:22,375 --> 00:19:24,917
You starting to get
some of the fluid coming back?
452
00:19:25,042 --> 00:19:27,208
Yeah, it looks
like we got it back.
453
00:19:27,375 --> 00:19:29,833
Yeah. I can see that coming out.
454
00:19:29,917 --> 00:19:32,250
So, after about 2,000 gallons,
we're finally starting
455
00:19:32,375 --> 00:19:33,875
to see some of our water.
456
00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:35,250
AARON:
Yup.
457
00:19:35,375 --> 00:19:36,917
So, how's the drilling going?
458
00:19:37,042 --> 00:19:39,625
As you can see,
it's a little hard still.
459
00:19:39,750 --> 00:19:42,208
So, if there's a void
in there, maybe we filled it up.
460
00:19:42,333 --> 00:19:44,500
Yeah. That's a possibility.
461
00:19:44,667 --> 00:19:47,958
All right. Let me know
if you see anything else change.
462
00:19:48,083 --> 00:19:50,292
Okay.
463
00:20:11,375 --> 00:20:14,375
I guess we'll walk around
with both the Geiger counter,
464
00:20:14,542 --> 00:20:16,583
and then you've got
the tri-field meter.
465
00:20:16,708 --> 00:20:18,958
We'll see if anything
strange pops up
466
00:20:19,083 --> 00:20:20,917
and keep in touch with them.
467
00:20:21,042 --> 00:20:22,958
Yeah. So far, so good.
468
00:20:27,708 --> 00:20:30,000
BRYANT:
I've also got
the lightning detector.
469
00:20:30,125 --> 00:20:32,208
And right now,
it's not measuring
470
00:20:32,375 --> 00:20:34,167
anything above background.
471
00:20:34,292 --> 00:20:37,333
Okay. Yeah.
472
00:20:37,458 --> 00:20:40,500
Let's walk around the back where
we've seen some strange stuff,
473
00:20:40,625 --> 00:20:43,417
and then I guess we could
even poke around inside
474
00:20:43,542 --> 00:20:45,500
-the building a little bit.
-Okay.
475
00:20:45,625 --> 00:20:46,792
Yeah.
476
00:20:54,167 --> 00:20:55,917
THOMAS: We're about
probably 25 feet from...
477
00:20:56,042 --> 00:20:58,792
McCOY:
Wait, hold on.
Listen to that right there.
478
00:20:58,917 --> 00:21:00,000
CHASE:
You can hear him.
479
00:21:00,167 --> 00:21:02,625
(machinery rattling)
480
00:21:11,750 --> 00:21:13,917
Come on, sweetheart.
481
00:21:16,583 --> 00:21:18,667
THOMAS:
We can hear the drill bit,
482
00:21:18,833 --> 00:21:21,208
-down below, punching.
-Copy you.
483
00:21:21,375 --> 00:21:23,125
CHASE:
He's right here.
484
00:21:23,250 --> 00:21:25,583
THOMAS:
I can feel the vibration.
485
00:21:25,708 --> 00:21:27,125
CHASE:
What you're hearing,
though, over here
486
00:21:27,208 --> 00:21:28,833
is like I said,
it's that paddle bit.
487
00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:31,000
-THOMAS: Right.
-CHASE: And so,
every time it makes
488
00:21:31,083 --> 00:21:32,583
a rotation,
you'll hear it smack.
489
00:21:32,708 --> 00:21:34,292
Right.
490
00:21:34,375 --> 00:21:38,500
However, considering that
he's eleven foot five,
491
00:21:38,667 --> 00:21:40,625
he's pretty damn deep
for us to hear it that loud.
492
00:21:41,958 --> 00:21:43,583
McCOY:
Usually when he's at 11,
493
00:21:43,708 --> 00:21:45,333
-we don't hear it.
-We don't hear him.
494
00:21:45,500 --> 00:21:47,792
So, guys, uh, there is
something of interest here.
495
00:21:47,917 --> 00:21:49,583
That bit
496
00:21:49,708 --> 00:21:52,167
is down 11 feet
from the surface,
497
00:21:52,292 --> 00:21:53,750
and we can hear it really good,
498
00:21:53,875 --> 00:21:56,417
like it's just six inches
below the soil.
499
00:21:56,542 --> 00:21:58,167
These guys are saying, usually,
500
00:21:58,250 --> 00:21:59,333
when it's that deep,
you can't hear it.
501
00:21:59,417 --> 00:22:00,792
Yeah. Ten-four.
502
00:22:00,875 --> 00:22:03,208
Copy you, Tom.
That's really interesting.
503
00:22:03,333 --> 00:22:04,792
He must be into something
really solid
504
00:22:04,875 --> 00:22:06,542
that's carrying
the vibration well.
505
00:22:07,750 --> 00:22:09,667
Ten-four.
506
00:22:09,792 --> 00:22:12,667
Yeah, I'm up against
something pretty hard right now.
507
00:22:12,792 --> 00:22:14,542
(computer beeping)
508
00:22:17,667 --> 00:22:19,708
-Now, what am I getting?
-I don't know.
509
00:22:19,833 --> 00:22:21,625
It's a lot of noise.
510
00:22:23,708 --> 00:22:26,000
ERIK:
Oh, wow.
511
00:22:26,125 --> 00:22:28,500
Whoa.
512
00:22:31,125 --> 00:22:34,583
This doggone thing
is broadcasting.
513
00:22:34,708 --> 00:22:36,958
This thing shouldn't
be broadcasting anything.
514
00:22:37,083 --> 00:22:39,167
Why would a device
that's designed to receive
515
00:22:39,250 --> 00:22:40,583
be broadcasting?
516
00:22:41,750 --> 00:22:44,000
Hey, Bryant? Tom? You copy?
517
00:22:44,167 --> 00:22:45,500
Yeah, I got you. Go ahead, Erik.
518
00:22:45,625 --> 00:22:47,833
ERIK:
We've got an
519
00:22:47,958 --> 00:22:50,458
RF spectrum analyzer,
which is a receiver,
520
00:22:50,583 --> 00:22:52,625
that seems to be broadcasting
521
00:22:52,750 --> 00:22:55,083
instead of just receiving.
522
00:22:55,208 --> 00:22:56,458
That's not good.
523
00:22:56,542 --> 00:22:58,125
Well, just
have a listen at this.
524
00:22:58,250 --> 00:23:00,083
(beeping, static crackling)
525
00:23:07,250 --> 00:23:08,625
BRYANT:
Are you okay?
526
00:23:08,708 --> 00:23:10,333
No.
527
00:23:20,708 --> 00:23:22,167
BRYANT:
Are you okay?
528
00:23:22,292 --> 00:23:25,167
No. I just, I just blacked out.
529
00:23:25,333 --> 00:23:28,167
BRYANT:
Like, blacked out?
530
00:23:28,292 --> 00:23:29,667
Yeah, it was, like,
531
00:23:29,750 --> 00:23:32,917
all the blood rushed out
of my-my brain.
532
00:23:33,042 --> 00:23:34,583
This is not okay.
533
00:23:36,542 --> 00:23:38,375
Here, help me up.
534
00:23:42,042 --> 00:23:44,000
Dude, you're shaking.
535
00:23:44,125 --> 00:23:46,042
-You want to go?
-Yeah. Let's go.
536
00:23:47,667 --> 00:23:49,458
-I can't feel my hand.
-You, like...
537
00:23:51,958 --> 00:23:53,500
You can't,
you can't feel your hand?
538
00:23:53,667 --> 00:23:55,167
I c-can't feel my hand.
539
00:23:55,333 --> 00:23:57,500
-That's your left arm?
-It's my left arm.
540
00:23:57,583 --> 00:23:59,542
That's scary, dude.
I don't... Here, give me--
541
00:23:59,708 --> 00:24:01,292
Put your arm around me.
542
00:24:01,375 --> 00:24:02,750
I don't want to
(bleep) around with that.
543
00:24:02,875 --> 00:24:04,833
BRYANT:
Tom Lewis said that
544
00:24:04,958 --> 00:24:06,333
he had no feeling
in his left arm.
545
00:24:06,500 --> 00:24:08,000
I knew it had to be
546
00:24:08,125 --> 00:24:09,917
something cardiac-related.
547
00:24:11,167 --> 00:24:13,792
With my position on the ranch,
I made the decision
548
00:24:13,917 --> 00:24:16,125
right then and there
to get him the hell out of here.
549
00:24:16,208 --> 00:24:18,042
You have any chest pains?
550
00:24:18,208 --> 00:24:20,708
TOM:
No, but it's hard
to keep my breath.
551
00:24:20,833 --> 00:24:22,500
(bleep)
552
00:24:22,667 --> 00:24:24,292
BRYANT:
I don't know what it is
about this area.
553
00:24:24,417 --> 00:24:26,625
I've never felt
anything strange,
554
00:24:26,708 --> 00:24:30,417
but where Tom Lewis went down
is also within feet
555
00:24:30,542 --> 00:24:32,458
of where Roland McCook
almost blacked out.
556
00:24:32,542 --> 00:24:34,667
-Hold on.
-Hey.
557
00:24:34,792 --> 00:24:37,208
BRYANT: And it's where Travis
had his radiation burns.
558
00:24:38,500 --> 00:24:40,667
I really want to find out
what's truly happening
559
00:24:40,792 --> 00:24:42,500
on Skinwalker Ranch
560
00:24:42,583 --> 00:24:45,542
but not at the cost of
people's health and welfare.
561
00:24:46,917 --> 00:24:48,667
BRYANT (over walkie-talkie):
Hey, you guys.
562
00:24:48,750 --> 00:24:50,583
Tom is experiencing stuff.
He blacked out--
563
00:24:50,708 --> 00:24:53,042
blacked out,
has pain in his arm.
564
00:24:53,208 --> 00:24:54,833
KANDUS:
Are you serious? Oh.
565
00:24:56,083 --> 00:24:57,292
BRYANT: I'm getting him
the hell out of here.
566
00:24:57,417 --> 00:24:58,625
I'm pretty concerned.
567
00:24:58,708 --> 00:25:01,375
I need my bag.
It's got my phone in it.
568
00:25:01,542 --> 00:25:03,083
He's taking him straight
to the emergency room.
569
00:25:03,208 --> 00:25:04,625
I think so.
570
00:25:04,708 --> 00:25:06,458
ERIK:
We need to get the truck
out of the road.
571
00:25:06,542 --> 00:25:07,833
(grunts)
572
00:25:07,958 --> 00:25:10,167
I need to clear this
out of the way.
573
00:25:10,250 --> 00:25:11,875
Let's just move it.
574
00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:14,875
ERIK:
Maybe that's
the better way to go.
575
00:25:16,667 --> 00:25:19,333
THOMAS:
Bryant, Kandus
is right behind you.
576
00:25:19,458 --> 00:25:21,125
So, you can be watching for her.
577
00:25:27,167 --> 00:25:29,000
(phone line ringing)
578
00:25:31,875 --> 00:25:33,958
BRYANT:
Hey, Brandon.
579
00:25:34,042 --> 00:25:36,708
I'm calling because
we had an urgent matter
580
00:25:36,833 --> 00:25:38,667
that you need to know about.
581
00:25:38,750 --> 00:25:40,833
We were doing
the drilling exercise,
582
00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:43,667
and Tom Lewis and I
were near Homestead Two.
583
00:25:43,750 --> 00:25:46,500
He started to black out,
basically collapsed,
584
00:25:46,625 --> 00:25:48,125
was complaining
about pain down his arm.
585
00:25:48,208 --> 00:25:51,250
So, I immediately rushed him
out of there.
586
00:25:51,375 --> 00:25:54,292
And Kandus met us
at the hospital.
587
00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:59,208
BRANDON:
I've known Tom Lewis
for most of my life.
588
00:25:59,375 --> 00:26:01,208
We grew up together.
589
00:26:01,333 --> 00:26:03,000
Having Tom collapse
590
00:26:03,083 --> 00:26:05,500
in conjunction
with the drilling activity,
591
00:26:05,625 --> 00:26:07,500
it leaves me
592
00:26:07,667 --> 00:26:09,833
stunned and speechless.
593
00:26:09,917 --> 00:26:11,792
For the time being,
I'm just gonna keep
594
00:26:11,875 --> 00:26:14,000
everybody away
from Homestead Two.
595
00:26:14,167 --> 00:26:16,292
-Thank you.
-Bye.
596
00:26:17,958 --> 00:26:20,375
BRANDON:
I trust Dragon and his
597
00:26:20,500 --> 00:26:22,500
dedication to safety.
598
00:26:22,667 --> 00:26:24,917
So long as we're
implementing the right health
599
00:26:25,042 --> 00:26:26,667
and safety protocols
and measures
600
00:26:26,833 --> 00:26:28,625
to keep everyone safe...
601
00:26:28,708 --> 00:26:30,750
THOMAS:
Looks like Bryant's back.
602
00:26:30,875 --> 00:26:33,042
BRANDON:
...I am open to allowing
603
00:26:33,167 --> 00:26:35,542
further exploration
of the property.
604
00:26:35,667 --> 00:26:38,208
Well, I hope he's got good news.
605
00:26:41,250 --> 00:26:43,333
So, uh, updates?
606
00:26:43,458 --> 00:26:44,500
BRYANT:
Not yet.
607
00:26:44,625 --> 00:26:46,125
ERIK:
So, I really want to know
608
00:26:46,208 --> 00:26:48,708
what you think about
continuing what we're doing.
609
00:26:48,833 --> 00:26:50,542
BRYANT:
So, nothing measured
610
00:26:50,667 --> 00:26:53,000
at all on any
of the instrumentation.
611
00:26:53,125 --> 00:26:54,875
-Right.
-BRYANT: The other thing is,
612
00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:56,375
I don't feel anything,
you guys have felt
613
00:26:56,500 --> 00:26:57,583
-perfectly fine.
-No.
614
00:26:59,042 --> 00:27:01,000
We're a team here.
How do you feel about
615
00:27:01,083 --> 00:27:03,708
continuing the exercise,
given what has taken place?
616
00:27:03,833 --> 00:27:05,208
That took place over there.
617
00:27:05,333 --> 00:27:07,333
Yup. It did.
618
00:27:07,458 --> 00:27:08,917
THOMAS:
So, as long as the readings
619
00:27:09,042 --> 00:27:11,417
are all normal
and-and we're feeling fine,
620
00:27:11,542 --> 00:27:13,292
I don't know why
we would shut her down.
621
00:27:13,375 --> 00:27:17,917
Yeah, I just don't want anybody,
anybody seriously hurt.
622
00:27:21,083 --> 00:27:23,583
-Hey, guys, come over here.
-ERIK: You hear that?
623
00:27:25,333 --> 00:27:26,875
What's going on?
624
00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:29,500
Well, it looks like we're in
625
00:27:29,625 --> 00:27:33,167
a ledge that's holding this
from coming up.
626
00:27:33,292 --> 00:27:35,625
So, the-the ledge is
coming to where it won't let
627
00:27:35,708 --> 00:27:37,708
-your bit catch and go up?
-Right.
628
00:27:37,875 --> 00:27:40,167
Right. And I'm just
hitting it and riding it.
629
00:27:40,292 --> 00:27:42,833
Can you tell
whether it's clay or rock?
630
00:27:42,958 --> 00:27:44,500
Not really sure what it is.
631
00:27:44,583 --> 00:27:46,750
So, is this something
you often run into?
632
00:27:46,875 --> 00:27:49,042
We'll run into it every once
in a while, but usually,
633
00:27:49,167 --> 00:27:50,792
I can get out of it.
634
00:27:50,875 --> 00:27:52,708
But I've been in it
for probably,
635
00:27:52,875 --> 00:27:54,500
I'd say four rods now.
636
00:27:54,583 --> 00:27:56,208
Yeah, 40 feet.
637
00:27:56,333 --> 00:27:57,500
-BRYANT: Really?
-Yeah.
638
00:27:57,625 --> 00:27:59,667
What's your recommendation?
639
00:27:59,792 --> 00:28:02,208
We just keep going
the way we're going and see
640
00:28:02,375 --> 00:28:03,833
if we can get out of it.
641
00:28:03,917 --> 00:28:06,708
Okay. See how far back
before you can get...
642
00:28:06,833 --> 00:28:08,167
Start coming up.
643
00:28:08,292 --> 00:28:09,708
Okay, well, I guess you keep
644
00:28:09,833 --> 00:28:12,208
adding rod length
to it and see if
645
00:28:12,333 --> 00:28:13,708
we can finally pop out.
646
00:28:13,875 --> 00:28:15,500
Let us know
if you get on the back side
647
00:28:15,583 --> 00:28:16,875
and you're able to come up.
648
00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:17,958
I will.
649
00:28:18,042 --> 00:28:19,333
Okay.
650
00:28:22,458 --> 00:28:24,875
THOMAS:
So, Aaron keeps hitting
a hard surface,
651
00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:27,458
and it's not allowing the bit
652
00:28:27,542 --> 00:28:30,000
to penetrate
and go on up through it.
653
00:28:32,208 --> 00:28:33,708
THOMAS:
You know what? I think it
654
00:28:33,833 --> 00:28:35,333
might be wise
to just shut it down
655
00:28:35,458 --> 00:28:36,667
for a little bit and, uh...
656
00:28:36,792 --> 00:28:38,167
-Yeah.
-...regroup.
657
00:28:38,292 --> 00:28:39,625
BRYANT:
Yeah, I agree.
658
00:28:39,750 --> 00:28:41,167
We've got so much crap
going on right now,
659
00:28:41,333 --> 00:28:43,833
given the fact that
we're hitting this thing that
660
00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:47,042
they can't get through,
the episode with Tom,
661
00:28:47,167 --> 00:28:50,250
the weirdness with your meters
and everything like that,
662
00:28:50,375 --> 00:28:51,667
I just think that
663
00:28:51,792 --> 00:28:53,583
maybe it's time
to give this a rest.
664
00:28:53,708 --> 00:28:55,167
Hey, Aaron!
665
00:29:00,333 --> 00:29:03,292
THOMAS:
All right, well, if that's it,
we can head back.
666
00:29:09,875 --> 00:29:11,833
(monitor beeping)
667
00:29:14,667 --> 00:29:18,167
We're here at
the emergency room. Still.
668
00:29:18,292 --> 00:29:21,083
The doctor finally came
with results,
669
00:29:21,208 --> 00:29:23,500
and, basically,
670
00:29:23,583 --> 00:29:26,125
couldn't say what
exactly happened
671
00:29:26,208 --> 00:29:28,917
to cause Tom to pass out
or black out.
672
00:29:29,042 --> 00:29:32,833
He said my heart
is skipping beats
673
00:29:32,958 --> 00:29:35,625
every so often,
674
00:29:35,750 --> 00:29:38,667
and so he's running
675
00:29:38,833 --> 00:29:42,000
lots of lab tests to see
if he can figure out why.
676
00:29:42,167 --> 00:29:45,333
It's very unsettling because of
677
00:29:45,417 --> 00:29:49,042
the sequence of events
that led up to that radio call
678
00:29:49,167 --> 00:29:51,042
for-for what I was experiencing
679
00:29:51,167 --> 00:29:55,042
and the sounds that Erik
was sharing with everyone
680
00:29:55,208 --> 00:29:58,125
and the way that it starts to...
681
00:29:58,208 --> 00:29:59,833
It's... (sighs)
682
00:29:59,958 --> 00:30:03,000
Those things
don't seem coincidental,
683
00:30:03,083 --> 00:30:04,417
just like so many others.
684
00:30:04,542 --> 00:30:06,083
Of course.
685
00:30:06,208 --> 00:30:10,417
Once again, more questions
than answers,
686
00:30:10,542 --> 00:30:13,083
but... at least I'm alive.
687
00:30:13,208 --> 00:30:14,875
-(laughs): Yeah.
-(chuckles)
688
00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:17,458
It was scary,
and that's all for now.
689
00:30:24,167 --> 00:30:26,167
ERIK: Aaron, I really
want to understand
690
00:30:26,292 --> 00:30:28,708
what we're up against here
inside of this mesa.
691
00:30:28,833 --> 00:30:31,208
I'd like to know,
how unusual is it,
692
00:30:31,333 --> 00:30:33,375
in your experience,
to not be able
693
00:30:33,500 --> 00:30:35,542
to punch up
through something like this?
694
00:30:35,667 --> 00:30:38,792
Well, seeing the rock
that is on the ground out here,
695
00:30:38,875 --> 00:30:43,333
and it's a sandstone
type of rock,
696
00:30:43,417 --> 00:30:47,167
the stuff that we are using
right now to drill up
697
00:30:47,292 --> 00:30:50,292
through this mesa,
it should go through that...
698
00:30:50,417 --> 00:30:52,083
layer pretty easily.
699
00:30:53,542 --> 00:30:54,750
And it's not.
700
00:30:54,875 --> 00:30:56,042
Does that make you think that
701
00:30:56,167 --> 00:30:57,917
maybe what you're up against is
702
00:30:58,042 --> 00:30:59,750
something other than sandstone?
703
00:30:59,875 --> 00:31:01,667
Yeah.
704
00:31:01,792 --> 00:31:03,583
I wonder what that is.
705
00:31:03,708 --> 00:31:04,833
THOMAS:
How far back are we?
706
00:31:04,958 --> 00:31:07,375
We are about 300 feet.
707
00:31:08,708 --> 00:31:10,250
THOMAS:
Now that you've got a little bit
708
00:31:10,375 --> 00:31:12,333
of the mud flowing back
from here, too,
709
00:31:12,458 --> 00:31:14,667
where you're hitting
some of this hard surface
710
00:31:14,792 --> 00:31:16,792
and where you've been
bumping up against this,
711
00:31:16,917 --> 00:31:18,583
whatever it is,
712
00:31:18,708 --> 00:31:20,708
uh, I'm gonna be
really fascinated
713
00:31:20,833 --> 00:31:23,000
to see what's coming
out of that hole.
714
00:31:23,125 --> 00:31:25,667
So, when you guys get ready
to dump the spoils,
715
00:31:25,792 --> 00:31:28,333
we definitely want to put
a screen under there
716
00:31:28,417 --> 00:31:30,250
and catch it and just see
717
00:31:30,375 --> 00:31:32,250
if maybe we might be able
to discern...
718
00:31:32,375 --> 00:31:33,958
I mean, you're saying that
whatever you're hitting
719
00:31:34,083 --> 00:31:35,667
is harder than sandstone.
720
00:31:35,750 --> 00:31:36,958
-Correct.
-THOMAS: And so,
721
00:31:37,042 --> 00:31:39,333
maybe you're chipping it,
722
00:31:39,458 --> 00:31:42,000
or-or piece of it, kind of,
is coming out,
723
00:31:42,125 --> 00:31:44,792
so I think that we
definitely want to analyze that.
724
00:31:44,875 --> 00:31:46,625
And if we're doing that,
it should be
725
00:31:46,708 --> 00:31:48,375
at the bottom
of that pit right there.
726
00:31:48,500 --> 00:31:49,708
-THOMAS: Okay.
-So...
727
00:31:49,833 --> 00:31:50,917
All right, we'll let you
get back to work.
728
00:31:51,042 --> 00:31:52,125
-Thank you.
-All right.
729
00:31:56,458 --> 00:31:57,833
THOMAS:
What happened to Tom,
730
00:31:57,958 --> 00:31:59,667
it's serious.
731
00:31:59,792 --> 00:32:02,000
The ranch
takes a toll on people.
732
00:32:02,167 --> 00:32:04,833
But we need to move forward,
733
00:32:04,958 --> 00:32:07,167
go back into the hole
and keep drilling.
734
00:32:13,958 --> 00:32:15,708
As we get deeper into the hill,
735
00:32:15,833 --> 00:32:17,750
the mud finally starts flowing.
736
00:32:17,875 --> 00:32:21,708
It fills up this large hole
that they dug with the backhoe
737
00:32:21,833 --> 00:32:23,500
to catch this stuff.
738
00:32:23,625 --> 00:32:25,333
It becomes necessary
to vacuum it out.
739
00:32:25,458 --> 00:32:27,833
I wonder what
that black stuff is.
740
00:32:27,917 --> 00:32:29,292
I don't know.
741
00:32:33,667 --> 00:32:35,000
-AARON: Hey, Thomas.
-Yeah.
742
00:32:35,125 --> 00:32:38,208
My, uh, back's full.
I need to go dump it.
743
00:32:38,333 --> 00:32:39,250
Oh, okay.
744
00:32:39,375 --> 00:32:41,167
All right.
745
00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:48,667
THOMAS:
You think that'll catch it?
746
00:32:48,792 --> 00:32:50,292
McCOY:
Yeah.
747
00:32:50,417 --> 00:32:52,000
THOMAS:
We put a screen
underneath of it
748
00:32:52,125 --> 00:32:54,083
when we dumped it,
just to see if we could catch
749
00:32:54,208 --> 00:32:56,333
anything that might be
coming out of that hole.
750
00:33:01,625 --> 00:33:03,292
Okay.
751
00:33:13,542 --> 00:33:15,083
What is that?
752
00:33:22,542 --> 00:33:24,208
Hey, uh...
753
00:33:26,542 --> 00:33:27,833
Look at that.
754
00:33:27,958 --> 00:33:31,667
Thomas, what are you seeing?
755
00:33:31,833 --> 00:33:33,875
-THOMAS: I don't know
if that's a rock...
-Looks like you're studying...
756
00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:36,208
THOMAS:
...or if it's like rust or...
757
00:33:38,208 --> 00:33:40,625
-Oh, my.
-THOMAS: Just rock?
758
00:33:42,375 --> 00:33:45,333
-It's brittle.
-ERIK: This is really thin.
759
00:33:47,583 --> 00:33:49,833
What did you think it was
when you first saw it?
760
00:33:49,958 --> 00:33:52,167
THOMAS:
I wondered if it was, like,
metal flakes or something.
761
00:33:52,250 --> 00:33:54,833
That's exactly
the same impression I got.
762
00:33:54,958 --> 00:33:57,625
THOMAS:
Yeah, there's quite a bit
of that flake stuff in here.
763
00:33:57,708 --> 00:33:59,458
ERIK:
Yeah, you got
a good eye, Thomas.
764
00:33:59,542 --> 00:34:01,750
I don't know how you
spotted that in all that mess.
765
00:34:01,875 --> 00:34:04,958
THOMAS:
I mean... (sighs, stammers)
766
00:34:05,083 --> 00:34:07,958
-You know when a piece of metal
rusts and then flakes off?
-Uh-huh.
767
00:34:08,042 --> 00:34:09,333
Yeah, that's what came
to mind as soon...
768
00:34:09,458 --> 00:34:11,208
as soon as you handed me that.
769
00:34:11,333 --> 00:34:15,667
I'm surprised to see that there
are pieces of material--
770
00:34:15,792 --> 00:34:18,500
not rock, possibly metal--
771
00:34:18,583 --> 00:34:22,083
being screened out of that
800-gallon volume of slurry
772
00:34:22,208 --> 00:34:23,958
with bentonite clay.
773
00:34:24,042 --> 00:34:25,417
I don't know
what this material is.
774
00:34:25,542 --> 00:34:27,333
At first,
it appears to be like rust
775
00:34:27,458 --> 00:34:29,917
or-or some kind of sheet metal
776
00:34:30,042 --> 00:34:32,083
that has been broken
into pieces.
777
00:34:32,208 --> 00:34:34,833
-You see that?
-I know what it looks like.
778
00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:36,958
Bryant, you want
to have a look at this?
779
00:34:37,083 --> 00:34:38,333
THOMAS:
I think this is just stuff
780
00:34:38,500 --> 00:34:40,500
-that's fallen down in the...
-Mm-hmm.
781
00:34:40,583 --> 00:34:42,292
...hole.
782
00:34:43,458 --> 00:34:45,292
You know,
it might be interesting
783
00:34:45,417 --> 00:34:47,000
to put a metal detector...
784
00:34:47,125 --> 00:34:48,833
Well, there's a few things
that come to mind.
785
00:34:48,958 --> 00:34:52,333
The metal detector, of course,
and then the XRF device.
786
00:34:52,458 --> 00:34:55,458
We can do some elemental
analysis on it with the XRF.
787
00:34:55,542 --> 00:34:58,667
You know, it-it also
wouldn't hurt to take a look
788
00:34:58,833 --> 00:35:00,833
at this stuff that's coming out
and see if we get
789
00:35:00,958 --> 00:35:03,000
elevated gamma readings on it.
790
00:35:03,167 --> 00:35:05,333
What is it that
we're hitting inside there?
791
00:35:05,458 --> 00:35:08,333
We've heard of tunnels
and caverns
792
00:35:08,417 --> 00:35:10,833
and underground bases
here in the mesa.
793
00:35:10,917 --> 00:35:13,750
Could what we hit in the mesa
be behind that narrative?
794
00:35:15,042 --> 00:35:15,875
-So this is that really...
-Oh, that's...
795
00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:17,208
That's that really large one.
796
00:35:17,375 --> 00:35:18,625
That's the biggest one
we found, right?
797
00:35:18,708 --> 00:35:20,542
Yeah, yeah. All right,
I-I want to rinse it off
798
00:35:20,667 --> 00:35:21,833
-back here,
away from the electronics.
-THOMAS: Okay.
799
00:35:21,917 --> 00:35:23,083
Let's get the other side.
800
00:35:25,042 --> 00:35:26,792
All right.
801
00:35:26,875 --> 00:35:29,125
-ERIK: Well, look at that.
-Does it have any...?
802
00:35:29,208 --> 00:35:31,375
ERIK:
Yeah, look at this surface here.
It's all bumpy.
803
00:35:31,500 --> 00:35:34,458
It's a kind of a brown,
brownish color.
804
00:35:34,542 --> 00:35:36,792
And this has got streaks
of that brown in it,
805
00:35:36,875 --> 00:35:39,042
but there's a black color here
on this much flatter,
806
00:35:39,208 --> 00:35:40,292
smoother surface.
807
00:35:40,417 --> 00:35:41,875
Well, let's find out what it is.
808
00:35:42,042 --> 00:35:43,375
Does it have to be dry
to analyze it?
809
00:35:43,500 --> 00:35:45,708
-Yeah, I prefer
to let the thing dry off.
-Okay.
810
00:35:45,833 --> 00:35:48,500
ERIK:
In order to identify
what that material is,
811
00:35:48,583 --> 00:35:50,500
at least to get a sense
of its composition,
812
00:35:50,667 --> 00:35:53,333
I've decided to use the handheld
X-ray fluorescence analyzer,
813
00:35:53,458 --> 00:35:56,750
or XRF instrument,
and see what elements show up.
814
00:35:58,083 --> 00:36:00,250
I like to describe
the XRF device
815
00:36:00,375 --> 00:36:03,083
as basically
a fancy X-ray flashlight.
816
00:36:03,208 --> 00:36:05,208
We shine those X-rays at objects
817
00:36:05,375 --> 00:36:07,833
and we look at what
X-ray colors come back
818
00:36:07,958 --> 00:36:11,792
to identify the materials
of which they're made.
819
00:36:11,875 --> 00:36:14,750
So, this is telling me, on
this first reading on this side,
820
00:36:14,875 --> 00:36:18,583
we're looking at calcium, iron,
silicon, aluminum, magnesium.
821
00:36:18,708 --> 00:36:19,875
-Wait, iron?
-What?
822
00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:21,750
-Yeah, there's...
-And aluminum?
823
00:36:21,875 --> 00:36:24,000
Yeah, it's, like, eight percent
aluminum on that shot.
824
00:36:24,167 --> 00:36:26,167
How much iron is it?
825
00:36:26,333 --> 00:36:29,125
Uh, th-that time, it was 26%.
826
00:36:29,208 --> 00:36:31,375
So, this is
definitely metallic, then?
827
00:36:31,542 --> 00:36:33,417
Oh, yeah. Let's take
a look at this other side.
828
00:36:33,542 --> 00:36:35,167
THOMAS:
Aluminum. Oh, wow.
829
00:36:36,417 --> 00:36:39,292
-ERIK: Guys?
-THOMAS: That number's
much different.
830
00:36:39,375 --> 00:36:41,000
Yeah, this side
of this thing is showing up
831
00:36:41,167 --> 00:36:43,792
at almost 72% iron.
832
00:36:45,125 --> 00:36:46,958
This thing is just
straight-up metal?
833
00:36:47,083 --> 00:36:49,708
This sample
is almost solid metal.
834
00:36:49,875 --> 00:36:52,000
Wow.
835
00:36:52,083 --> 00:36:55,167
What is metal doing coming out
of the hill 300 feet in?
836
00:37:01,375 --> 00:37:03,208
-ERIK: Hey, guys.
-THOMAS: Erik.
837
00:37:03,333 --> 00:37:07,167
I have Travis cued up here
to videoconference with us.
838
00:37:07,292 --> 00:37:09,625
We need to bring him up to speed
on what's been going on.
839
00:37:09,708 --> 00:37:11,375
Mm-hmm.
840
00:37:11,500 --> 00:37:14,542
ERIK: After finding
the material in the mesa,
841
00:37:14,667 --> 00:37:18,500
a deeper and more searching
analysis with an XRF device
842
00:37:18,667 --> 00:37:21,208
suggests a much more
interesting composition,
843
00:37:21,333 --> 00:37:23,333
potentially a much more
interesting history.
844
00:37:23,500 --> 00:37:26,167
So I want
to reach out to Travis.
845
00:37:26,333 --> 00:37:28,167
It's important that
we get him these findings.
846
00:37:28,250 --> 00:37:29,667
TRAVIS:
Hey, fellas.
847
00:37:29,750 --> 00:37:32,292
-BRYANT: Hey, Travis.
-How are you guys doing?
848
00:37:32,375 --> 00:37:34,167
It-it's been a busy time
out here.
849
00:37:34,250 --> 00:37:36,667
-Yeah, it's been pretty crazy.
-Oh, yeah?
850
00:37:36,833 --> 00:37:39,083
-What have y'all been up to?
-I took Tom Lewis
851
00:37:39,208 --> 00:37:41,958
with me down to Homestead Two,
852
00:37:42,042 --> 00:37:46,167
and right then and there,
Tom Lewis fell to his knees,
853
00:37:46,333 --> 00:37:47,917
basically blacked out.
854
00:37:48,042 --> 00:37:52,083
And it required me getting him
to the emergency room.
855
00:37:52,208 --> 00:37:53,917
-Well, is Tom okay?
-He is.
856
00:37:54,042 --> 00:37:57,167
Fortunately, the doctors
checked him out and they did say
857
00:37:57,333 --> 00:37:59,333
that he had a strange
heart arrhythmia,
858
00:37:59,500 --> 00:38:02,167
-which he's never had before.
-What?
859
00:38:02,250 --> 00:38:04,375
ERIK:
Yeah, this makes
no sense, Travis.
860
00:38:04,500 --> 00:38:09,333
Now, it has been pointed out
that our drilling
861
00:38:09,458 --> 00:38:11,917
had just reached what would be
below ground,
862
00:38:12,042 --> 00:38:13,667
at the base of the mesa,
863
00:38:13,792 --> 00:38:16,667
at the point in time
when Tom Lewis had his episode.
864
00:38:16,750 --> 00:38:18,208
That's insane.
865
00:38:18,333 --> 00:38:21,000
And what about the drilling?
866
00:38:21,125 --> 00:38:24,708
We decided to-- the drilling,
and we would use a screen,
867
00:38:24,833 --> 00:38:29,625
uh, to screen any material
coming out of that-that slurry,
868
00:38:29,708 --> 00:38:34,167
in case we saw any... anything
that we think doesn't belong.
869
00:38:34,292 --> 00:38:36,667
-And boy, did we find something.
-Really?
870
00:38:36,792 --> 00:38:39,208
It was actually Thomas
who noticed
871
00:38:39,375 --> 00:38:43,583
that there were some
unusual pieces of material,
872
00:38:43,708 --> 00:38:47,250
uh, sticking out of
that bentonite clay residue.
873
00:38:47,375 --> 00:38:51,875
And this material, uh, is flat.
874
00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:54,708
-It is metallic.
-Have you got, uh,
pieces of it
875
00:38:54,833 --> 00:38:57,667
-that you can show me?
-Oh, yes, we do.
876
00:38:59,208 --> 00:39:01,917
We're talking about
anywhere from 30%
877
00:39:02,042 --> 00:39:04,708
-to 72% iron.
-Wow.
878
00:39:04,833 --> 00:39:08,750
And curiously, we see
aluminum in this material.
879
00:39:08,875 --> 00:39:10,167
-Really?
-Yeah.
880
00:39:10,292 --> 00:39:11,708
Oh, man, I wish
I could zoom in on that.
881
00:39:11,875 --> 00:39:14,083
Does it look like
it's got any layering to it?
882
00:39:14,208 --> 00:39:15,875
Any lamination?
883
00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:18,375
My hope is that when we get
some additional processing,
884
00:39:18,500 --> 00:39:20,500
we'll be able to answer
questions like that.
885
00:39:20,625 --> 00:39:23,333
That's exactly the question
that we had on the ground.
886
00:39:23,417 --> 00:39:25,792
But this is some
really unusual-looking stuff.
887
00:39:25,875 --> 00:39:29,542
This is not something I would
have expected to encounter,
888
00:39:29,708 --> 00:39:31,833
uh, you know,
hundreds of feet into the mesa.
889
00:39:31,958 --> 00:39:34,333
TRAVIS:
And-and what's it doing there?
890
00:39:34,500 --> 00:39:36,208
That doesn't make sense.
891
00:39:36,333 --> 00:39:38,458
I would normally expect
to see iron
892
00:39:38,542 --> 00:39:42,333
only in the form
of an oxide in the ground.
893
00:39:42,458 --> 00:39:45,167
Yeah, this has been refined,
and it's got a-a mixture
894
00:39:45,292 --> 00:39:48,958
of, uh, other, uh,
you know, metals in it.
895
00:39:49,042 --> 00:39:50,458
And to what end?
896
00:39:50,542 --> 00:39:52,292
Yeah, I'm perplexed
by the aluminum content,
897
00:39:52,375 --> 00:39:54,083
to be honest.
898
00:39:54,208 --> 00:39:56,542
I don't know why I'm seeing
as high as ten percent aluminum
899
00:39:56,667 --> 00:39:58,417
in some of my measurements.
900
00:39:58,542 --> 00:40:02,000
And how did it get 300 feet
underneath the mesa?
901
00:40:02,167 --> 00:40:04,458
TRAVIS:
These metallic fragments
that the drill extracted
902
00:40:04,542 --> 00:40:06,458
from below the base of the mesa
903
00:40:06,583 --> 00:40:08,542
made me wonder
if there's a connection
904
00:40:08,708 --> 00:40:12,125
to the metal-looking object that
Thomas and Dragon got video of
905
00:40:12,208 --> 00:40:13,667
from the crevice above.
906
00:40:13,792 --> 00:40:16,417
And how whatever
could be in the mesa
907
00:40:16,542 --> 00:40:19,333
might be connected
to Tom Lewis's health episode.
908
00:40:19,458 --> 00:40:21,000
We need to keep drilling
909
00:40:21,125 --> 00:40:24,500
and get a detailed elemental
analysis of that material
910
00:40:24,625 --> 00:40:26,500
from a university-level
laboratory
911
00:40:26,625 --> 00:40:28,875
to be certain
of just what it is.
912
00:40:29,042 --> 00:40:32,542
ERIK:
Well, I guess
we're done here for now.
913
00:40:32,667 --> 00:40:34,458
We'll, uh, get back
in touch with you
914
00:40:34,583 --> 00:40:36,542
if we see anything else
like this, Travis.
915
00:40:36,708 --> 00:40:38,833
All right, thanks, guys.
I'll see you guys in a few days.
916
00:40:38,958 --> 00:40:41,000
THOMAS:
Okay, see you soon.
917
00:40:42,625 --> 00:40:44,167
KANDUS:
While this investigation
is important
918
00:40:44,292 --> 00:40:45,667
to everyone here on the team,
919
00:40:45,833 --> 00:40:49,375
everybody's physical health
is number one,
920
00:40:49,542 --> 00:40:51,583
above the investigation.
921
00:40:51,708 --> 00:40:54,333
We feel like we're
at a crossroads right now,
922
00:40:54,417 --> 00:40:58,917
because what happened with Tom
has shaken our comfort level.
923
00:40:59,042 --> 00:41:02,500
BRYANT:
As the experiments
get bigger and better,
924
00:41:02,625 --> 00:41:05,000
they also get more dangerous
and more hazardous.
925
00:41:05,125 --> 00:41:07,625
What are we going to trigger
with these bigger experiments?
926
00:41:07,708 --> 00:41:10,000
THOMAS:
Metal flakes or something.
927
00:41:10,167 --> 00:41:12,667
TRAVIS:
I don't know how this
material got inside the mesa.
928
00:41:12,750 --> 00:41:14,875
Could it be
from an asteroid impact
929
00:41:15,042 --> 00:41:18,083
or an alien spacecraft
or an underground base?
930
00:41:18,208 --> 00:41:19,625
Who knows?
931
00:41:19,750 --> 00:41:22,792
But what we do know
is whatever this is,
932
00:41:22,917 --> 00:41:26,000
it's made up of rare
and unusual elements.
933
00:41:26,083 --> 00:41:29,667
We need to find out what it's
doing here on Skinwalker Ranch.
934
00:41:35,542 --> 00:41:36,667
THOMAS:
Well, you guys ready
to go at it again?
935
00:41:36,792 --> 00:41:38,292
AARON:
Yeah, we're ready.
936
00:41:38,417 --> 00:41:41,333
I'm up against something
pretty hard right now.
937
00:41:41,458 --> 00:41:42,875
THOMAS:
Look how big that chunk is.
938
00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:44,000
BRYANT:
Are we chipping away
at something
939
00:41:44,125 --> 00:41:45,833
much larger under the mesa?
940
00:41:45,917 --> 00:41:47,917
It's almost as if
it all came off the same object.
941
00:41:48,042 --> 00:41:49,917
TRAVIS:
Those materials are used
in modern
942
00:41:50,042 --> 00:41:51,875
quantum computer systems.
943
00:41:52,042 --> 00:41:55,125
BRYANT:
Is it some sort of a craft
that was put in there
944
00:41:55,208 --> 00:41:56,542
that was never supposed
to be discovered?
945
00:41:56,667 --> 00:41:58,667
-(low rumble)
-What was that?
946
00:41:58,792 --> 00:42:00,625
-(whooshing)
-Whoa! What was that?
947
00:42:00,708 --> 00:42:02,250
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