Beyond Skinwalker Ranch

Tonight on "Beyond Skinwalker Ranch"...

Whatever you see, it's a very good chance

that it can do something so dramatic that,

you'll know without a doubt.

Well, look, look, everybody, look, look.

- Whoa! - Wow. I saw that.

I began to see what looked like the sun.

When it appeared, it shot.

The fear just rolled over me. You see it coming?

- Here it comes. - This is unprecedented,

to capture it in real time. Nobody has done this before.

For years, scientists have been working

to reveal the secrets of Skinwalker Ranch.

But is it possible that the clues to unlock the mystery

are located beyond the borders of this hub of high strangeness?

- Now... - Whoa.

An ex-CIA agent

and a veteran journalist

have been recruited by the Skinwalker team

to go on a high stakes mission across America.

Look at all this activity that's happened.

- That's unbelievable. - My gosh.

Look at that. Look at that, look at that, look at that.

The goal uncover evidence that may finally expose the truth.

- What is that thing? - It's getting more intense.

You ever seen anything like this before?

No.

This is just the beginning.

Paul and Andy, it's good to have you back at the table again.

Can't wait to see what you've got in store.

Well, this one's a little different.

This is really about a story of high strangeness

that originates not with a place, but with a person.

That's interesting.

So, you know Colonel John Alexander?

I do.

He was with NIDS and BAASS, right?

Yeah.

So, Colonel Alexander connected us

with an individual by the name of Chris Bledsoe.

So, during Colonel Alexander's time as a researcher,

he came across a story

in which Bledsoe had some kind of encounter.

And do you have a description of what that encounter entailed?

As we understand it,

there was some sort of experience that Chris had

in a river valley close to his home in North Carolina.

Right. The Cape Fear River.

And from that experience that was documented

and reported by multiple eyewitnesses,

there were orb sightings,

there were potential other life forms

that were on site as well.

And Chris had hours of lost time during this experience

where he was missing, and others were looking for him.

What was the time period when this encounter took place?

The initial encounter that Chris experienced was in 2007.

Okay.

And then very shortly thereafter, just days after,

he seemed to have a continuing, predictable,

and recurring relationship with some kind of orb activity.

Here's a guy who purports to have some kind

of connection with UAPs or orbs.

And then what's really striking is,

once Colonel Alexander and Bledsoe had connected,

they went back to the scene of Bledsoe's original experience,

and Colonel Alexander had his own experience.

Right?

Now, that's interesting.

John's never said anything about that to me.

So, after Colonel Alexander introduced us to Chris,

Chris actually welcomed us to come out and visit,

and then he sent us a clip of a recording that

- he had made just days prior. - Okay.

And I wanna share that with you.

See?

That was an orb in the tree.

Look at wow.

I mean, that looks like it's behind a tree limb

right there.

But before you do that, it doesn't.

Now, admittedly,

the focus isn't great in this particular piece,

but whatever that thing is, it's bright.

Yeah. I mean, and the question is,

is there data that we can gather

while he's, you know, having this experience,

while he's, you know, making this connection

to these orbs that he reports?

I'll just tell you, based on your results to date,

if anyone can begin with a narrative like that,

where we've got anecdotal information

and then take it into the data-generating regime,

you're the guys to do it.

- All right. - Great, guys.

Go forth and come back with great stuff.

- All right. - Sounds good. Thanks, guys.

Sunny Fayetteville.

- But I'm excited about this. - Yeah, you know,

this is the first time that we've had a chance

to take our investigation to a person instead of a place.

And it's really interesting because,

you know, Chris has been researched before

by very legitimate scientists... NASA, CIA investigators,

DIA investigators, FBI investigators.

He's probably the most credible person

in the experience or space to have ever been studied.

The thing that also is interesting about Chris is

he is clearly not someone

who is in this for the publicity, right?

This has been going on for him since 200716 years.

He is very private about this,

and so this is a unique opportunity for us.

It's almost like we're really, I think,

the first camera crew that he's spoken to in years and years.

- All right, man. - There he is.

Yeah. There's Chris.

- Hey, Chris. - Hey, hey.

- Paul. - Paul. A pleasure.

- I'm so excited to meet you. - Yeah, same here.

- Andy. It's great to meet you. - Andy, good to meet you.

I'm honored.

Can you describe what types of phenomenon it is

that you're experiencing

and what types you see the most often?

90% of it is light... Balls of fire, what I call orbs.

I basically reported these 40-foot balls of fire.

- 40-foot? - 40 foot around, yeah.

- Wow. - That's massive.

That was on this very river.

In 2007,

it came out of the sky, and...

Were you still seeing it on a daily basis

and trying to just come to terms with what was happening?

Yeah. It's been a 16-year journey

of experiencing this,

and it's only been uplifting to me,

even though it set my life upside down

for the first five years,

and our whole family.

And I got rejected from everybody in the community,

so it kind of isolated my family.

Everyone began to make fun of my kids.

People would pick on 'em in school

and church and all around town,

which actually pulled us together closer.

They've never wavered.

I've never wavered from... From that point.

We normally carry out investigations

with a lot of science and a lot of technical tools.

You know, we've got a truck full ofof gear,

but in a way, it's really

gonna be a different posture that Andy and I take.

You know, we're really gonna follow your lead

and try to just participate.

Whatever you see,

reserve judgment and humble yourself.

It's a very good chance that it can do something

so dramatic that, you'll know without a doubt.

After their initial meeting,

Andy and Paul head down the Cape Fear River

with Chris, his son, Chris Jr.,

and longtime friend Colonel John Alexander.

Chris is taking the team

to the location where he and Chris Jr.

Encountered strange phenomena on January 7, 2007.

Now, how often do you guys still, as a family,

come down to the Cape Fear River?

I haven't been on this water since,

it happened 16 years ago.

But John and I went to the river.

The night that we had the experience together,

we didn't go on the water.

We just drove down and walked down to the bank.

We didn't have any expectations.

Chris just took us down to the river and said,

"Here's where this happened,

and here's where that's happened."

And then we had walked back up to the car

that was parked up near the field,

and we were continuing there

with what I thought was a benign conversation

until he said, "I think they're here."

And with that, this thing pops into view

and goes zipping off to the south.

- I had heard the story. - Right.

The difference now was it happened to me.

Okay. I mean, that that says something.

You see how the trees up on that bank are clear behind it?

- Yeah. - That's kind of the way it was

- when the orbs landed. - It was like that?

Yeah. Right up on top of that hill.

It was a cool day,

and it was my son, Chris Jr., and three other guys,

and they asked me, "You wanna go fishing today?"

My mind wasn't into fishing at all.

I was worried about everything.

I had lost my business,

and I was worried about supporting my family.

But Chris Jr. wanted to go,