The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch

My whole life, I've been fascinated by the universe

and what's out there beyond Earth.

It led me to obtain advanced degrees

in astrophysics, aerospace engineering,

and optical science.

Then I got to work over the past three decades

with NASA, the U.S. Army, and the Department of Defense.

Travis.

Hey, Brandon. How you doing? - Brandon Fugal.

Four years ago,

I got the chance of a lifetime

to join an amazing team

in their investigation of the most bizarre place

I'd ever heard of:

Skinwalker Ranch.

At first, I was skeptical of all the legends,

but from day one, we've experienced things together

that I thought were only possible in science fiction.

What are you seeing? - A signal?

Massive energy spikes that come out of nowhere...

1.60000.

Boy that thing sounds like it's hitting something.

...evidence of a 400-foot-long,

dome-shaped object buried inside a rocky mesa.

Yeah, I'm up against something pretty hard right now.

...inexplicable animal deaths...

There's no sign of struggle, it's just dead.

...and a ton of UAPs.

Look, look, look, what is that?

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

UAP right there! - Yup.

Recently, some documents were released

to the public about a program run by the Pentagon

known as UAPTF.

The Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force.

It was created about four years ago

for the study of UAPs

and phenomena like what we've experienced on Skinwalker Ranch.

These documents also revealed that I was the chief scientist

for the UAPTF, and I helped to author

the official report that was presented to Congress in 2021.

However, I wasn't permitted to disclose

any of this to the team on the ranch.

So, now, as I'm returning to join them once again

for what I consider to be the most critical investigation

of the UAP phenomenon in the world,

I'm real eager to discuss what I can with them,

and I'm curious what their response will be.

There is a ranch in Northern Utah.

It is considered the epicenter

of the strangest and most disturbing phenomena on Earth:

animal mutilations,

bizarre UFO sightings

and unusual energies that have proven harmful to humans.

For 20 years, the federal government

tried to find answers and failed.

Now a new team of dedicated scientists,

researchers and experts has taken over.

They are determined to solve the mystery and reveal...

...The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch.

Hey, Dragon, this is, Cameron.

I have Brandon on board.

We're on the perimeter of Skinwalker Ranch. We're inbound.

I'm Brandon Fugal, the owner of Skinwalker Ranch.

I'm really excited to pull together the team today.

Every time that we enter the ranch,

there are new discoveries and

sometimes new dangers that arise.

We've seen more evidence of the reality of the phenomenon,

and we are committed to getting the answers.

Here we come in

for our landing at the Skinwalker Ranch helipad.

The revelation that Dr. Taylor

had been acting as the chief scientist

for the Pentagon's UAP Task Force

came as a shock to all of us.

I think we're still processing

the reality of what that means.

I found it to be intriguing.

I found it to be confirmation

that we are truly on to something.

Hey. - Welcome back.

Good to see you, friend. - You, too.

Hey, Kaleb. It's good to be back.

We're ready to kick off another phase of this investigation.

It's always good to see my good friend Brandon,

and we're excited to get him up to date

on what we've been doing.

Is the team assembled? - Yep.

Great.

Today, we kick off

the new research investigation this summer.

I left last year being pretty disturbed

about some of the things that I witnessed,

and so, I wonder, you know, what lies ahead

and what crazy things are we gonna experience this year?

Let's proceed. We've got a-a big day ahead of us.

And an exciting time to kick off this phase of the investigation.

Great to have Dr. Taylor back. - Thank you.

We had some interesting surprises over the last weeks

with Dr. Taylor,

the former chief scientist for the Pentagon's UAP Task Force.

It would be great to hear you shed some light on

your role and how that has,

impacted our investigation and-and how

that may influence things moving forward.

Sure.

well, so it started in a way

that you'd be surprised, actually.

So, that first summer, back in 2019, I guess it was,

there were some, signals that we had measured,

that I was concerned,

was a national security implication, and

it was this 1.6 gigahertz signal.

Really?

Erik, are you doing something at 1.6?

I'm not broadcasting.

Over the past three years,

we've repeatedly detected an energy frequency measuring

1.6 gigahertz...

What-what the heck is that?

...which we've suspected could be

some kind of communication signal.

Now, normal human technology like cell phones and radios

don't typically operate at that frequency.

So, with all the bizarre phenomena we've seen out here,

I wondered who or what

could be broadcasting that signal out here on the ranch.

I went to the Pentagon to brief,

to find out if this was us doing it or if it was

somebody else doing it.

Foreign adversaries that may be involved.

Yes, and-and I had-- So, I had to report it

to the right officials.

So, I went to a room in the Pentagon,

and I, I briefed,

what I'd seen, and then this guy

comes into the room, and, he asks

everybody else but me to leave.

And he said, "I'm the director of the UAP Task Force.

"This is very interesting, and what I'd like to do is invite

"you to, come on-on board and be the chief scientist

for the Task Force."

And he presented me

to both Congress and the White House

as the chief scientist of the Task Force,

and, and it wasn't until

he and I both retired within the last six months,

and, we were approved to r-reveal

that we actually were a part of that-that Task Force.

Interesting. Were they able

to shed light on whether we're dealing

with a foreign adversary or the nature

of what we're recording here at Skinwalker Ranch?

So, according to the charter written

in the National Defense Authorization Act,

they had to tell us if they were doing something.

Turns out it's not us, it's not anybody

that we know of, so what is it?

I know a lot of our team members have been really concerned

that they weren't actually privy to your role.

Yeah, well,

you know, I was bound by an oath and legal, requirements.

I could not say it. If I would've said it,

I'd have gone to jail.

Right? I can tell you now that, I'm in

the private sector, and I see this as a huge opportunity here.

That, hopefully, we'll see assets come available for us.

Well, it has to be reciprocal. - I agree.

This has to be a give-and-take. - Yeah.

Especially when we're dealing with

- such sensitive material. - I agree.

It was hard for me to keep information

from everyone on the ranch because

it's critical that we act and feel like a team.

But I also completely understand why the government

needed me to keep some things confidential.

Thankfully, now that I've left the UAP Task Force,

there will be no more need for secrets.

I can say from, my personal, experience here,

and from, what we've, uncovered and investigated,

this is a hot spot that,

everybody's looking at, and-and

they wish they had the access that we have

on the daily basis to do the tests and measurements.

So, if I'm correct here,

it was the work that you started doing here

that led to your opportunity

- to be part of... - That's right.

That's coming from the guy that told us we were all nuts

when we first invited you to come out here.

I knew you were gonna say that.

Just saying, I love it.

Dr. Taylor's involvement with the UAP Task Force,

this is of course a revelation.

It doesn't really change my outlook

on his contributions here,

but I also welcome any insights that may have come out

of his involvement with the UAP Task Force.

So, Erik, what would you propose as far as experiments?