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Post by auntym on Aug 29, 2018 12:11:43 GMT -6
bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3518331/hunt-skinwalker-takes-viewers-paranormal-hotspot-trailer/ ‘Hunt for the Skinwalker’ Takes Viewers to a Paranormal Hotspot August 28, 2018 By Brad Miska / bloody-disgusting.com/author/mrdisgusting/Based on the best-selling book by George Knapp & Dr. Colm Kelleher, Hunt for the Skinwalker investigates the confidential, most extensive scientific study of a paranormal hotspot in human history. It will be available to own on digital September 11 and to stream on demand September 19. “Skinwalker Ranch in Utah is famous throughout the world because of the myriad of frightening, seemingly supernatural events that have been reported in the scenic basin surrounding the property for hundreds of years. Sightings include orbs, UFOs, animal mutilations, unknown creatures, poltergeist-type activity, and many other inexplicable incidents. “An exhaustive, multidisciplinary scientific study began in 1996, spearheaded by an enigmatic Las Vegas billionaire named Robert Bigelow. A team of PhD-level investigators was deployed to collect evidence and spent more than a decade on the ground, interviewing witnesses, searching for explanations, and directly confronting an unknown intelligence. “Recent headlines have revealed that a second, government-funded but confidential study was initiated by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). This second investigation was designed to determine if the phenomena at the ranch might have national security implications or could point to technological breakthroughs.” The shroud of mystery hanging above Skinwalker Ranch and the Utah Basin has fascinated director Jeremy Corbell (Patient Seventeen) for years. He finally journeyed to the property to interview eyewitnesses – including the new owner of the ranch – and uncover rare, previously unreleased recordings. Here’s the previously released trailer and poster art. bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3518331/hunt-skinwalker-takes-viewers-paranormal-hotspot-trailer/
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Post by paulette on Aug 29, 2018 12:29:07 GMT -6
Hmmm. Bloody-disgusting.com isn't reassuring to me. I think that with wild fires surrounding me (and much of BC) that I have enough adrenaline in my system already.
Also, in spite of watching some "disgustingly, bloody movies about ghosts, demons, etc, my experiences with the paranormal have been personal and friendly. And I'd like to keep it that way. If something happens in my own little world that challenges that, I'll rethink.
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Post by jcurio on Sept 2, 2018 9:49:31 GMT -6
Yah, I don’t understand the “thrill” of watching all these movies that are...... bloody disgusting.
So, kind of sad, that a true story like this is marketed here.
I still have thrills, wrapping my mind around, the original book is from the time that all that money and testing was done by
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Post by auntym on Sept 3, 2018 13:05:07 GMT -6
Army Colonel Reveals Amazing Skinwalker Ranch Stories
Open Minds Production
Published on Oct 29, 2013
Retired Army Colonel John Alexander was part of a group researchers and scientists who investigated reports of cattle mutilations and other strange occurrence at Skinwalker Ranch. The ranch is located southeast of Ballard, Utah, and was previously known as the Sherman Ranch. For years stories of cattle mutilations, sightings of UFOs, orbs and bigfoot, among other paranormal events, have been reported on the ranch.
Dr. John Alexander, a retired U.S. Army Colonel and a leading advocate for the development of non-lethal weapons faces Stanton Friedman, the original civilian investigator of the Roswell incident in this heated debate. Moderated by Danny Sheehan, this deliberation quickly became a hot ticket during the 2011 International UFO Congress.
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Post by auntym on Oct 9, 2018 12:45:22 GMT -6
www.theufochronicles.com/2018/10/what-is-really-happening-at-skinwalker-ranch.html What is Really Happening at the Skinwalker Ranch? Hunting the Skinwalker By James Carrion 2-8-2011 It was after uncovering some disturbing information about the Skinwalker Ranch owned by Robert Bigelow that I began to have doubts about the real purpose behind the MUFON-BAASS project. Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS) is an aerospace company allegedly involved in discovering novel and cutting edge space technologies and contracted MUFON in 2009 to perform UFO investigations on its behalf. In the following email to the MUFON Board of Directors, I summarized my research findings and my misgivings about any further relationship with BAASS.
Note that this email has been modified to remove identifying information about the confidential source here called Brad Newton who is still under a non-disclosure agreement from his work with the now defunct National Institute for Discovery Sciences (NIDS), also an organization founded by Robert Bigelow. CONFIDENTIAL – DO NOT FORWARD – FOR MUFON BOARD ONLY – HIGHLY SENSITIVE Gentlemen, Since taking on the MUFON International Director position, I have been in observation mode trying to understand the true nature of the UFO phenomenon. In 2007 I personally financed a “meeting of the minds” in Fort Collins to try and gain insight into what the status quo was in Ufology. I have personally investigated high level cases such as Kinross and the California Drones and have found myself on the receiving end of a constant flow of disinformation. What I have observed over the last three years seriously disturbs me. It is my belief that there are forces at work here that “manage” Ufology for their own purposes. When an organization like MUFON starts to operate outside of the box “they” intend to keep us in, then these controlling forces move in to tighten their grip. Case in point is MUFON’s relationship with BAASS. Although John (Schuessler) knows who BAASS’ sponsors are, I am no longer comfortable with the MUFON-BAASS relationship. Let me explain in detail. Just last month, I financed my own trip to Utah with Dr. Frank Salisbury who was looking to republish his book “The Utah UFO Display” and was looking for new material to add. Since the book covered the Uintah Basin in North East Utah where the Bigelow Skinwalker Ranch is located, Salisbury sought and was denied access to the Ranch. I also asked and was denied access. Instead, we spent our time interviewing new witnesses around the Ranch. Our contact person was Brad Newton (real name withheld) who has researched the area for many years. What I learned from Brad is what has led to the doubts I now harbor. Brad worked with NIDS on the ranch and mentioned that after an alleged sighting, metal rods were found on the ranch that were sent to NIDS for analysis. Brad was in contact with a NIDS scientist who informed him that the rods were made from Element 115 and did not originate on earth, and that he (the scientist) had worked at Area 51 on a reverse engineering project where they had accumulated 300 pounds of this material. This in a nutshell is the Bob Lazar story. Through Dr. Salisbury, we were able to interview the brother of the original owner of the ranch who sold it to the Shermans who subsequently sold it to Bigelow. The ranch owner’s brother was adamant that there was no UFO or strange activity on the ranch prior to the Sherman’s purchase, contrary to what was discussed in the Skinwalker Book and that he (the owner’s brother) had personally received a call from Bigelow trying to convince him otherwise. I found this to be extremely odd and disturbing. I also subsequently learned of a business relationship between Lazar and Bigelow (documented in the MUFON archives). What I see in the MUFON-BAASS relationship is active management of MUFON’s work, despite assurances from BAASS otherwise. By carefully controlling the purse strings with each contract evaluation period, they are ensuring they receive a constant flow of information from MUFON while also making sure that MUFON does not end up with operational funding to stabilize its long term financial well being. Who’s on the receiving end of this information? Since that will not be disclosed to MUFON, I cannot state for sure, but I don’t feel confident that the information is being used for what MUFON was originally informed. If you were able to listen to my speech at the Symposium or read my paper in the Proceedings or read my blog, then you know where I stand on the active management and control of information on the part of governmental or quasi governmental forces in our work. Conspiracy theory? Yes. Plausible? Yes. MUFON has an obligation to the public to fulfill its mission. I for one believe that we cannot adequately do so as long as we are actively managed, nor can I in good faith stand by while this is happening. Those are my personal feeling however and as such I don’t want to speak for the organization when making the decision to renew or terminate our contract with BAASS. I leave it to the Board for a decision on this. I have already stated my decision to step down as the International Director, and in large part my decision has been based on my research. I will continue to work within MUFON and for MUFON’s long term viability, but I will not stand by and be managed. My time will be better spent actively uncovering the trail left by the forces of disinformation and my efforts focused on uncovering the truth. In the end that is all that is important. Sincerely, James John Schuessler responded with the following email: James, I am concerned for you if you are basing decisions on what Brad has said. It is not my intent to argue the point, but the whole Element 115 thing is pure bunk. Don't take my word for it, just ask any scientist. Both CSICOP scientists and MUFON scientists like Stanton Friedman have thoroughly debunked Lazar's Element 115 story. If you could get Element 115 (or Elements 114 and 116) to be stable enough to make them into rods, they would make extremely heavy rods. I can find no one except Bob Lazar and now Brad that believes there are Element 115 rods anywhere, let alone dumping them out on the ground in an uncontrolled environment on a ranch in Utah. As for the rods found on the Skinwalker Ranch, I was on the NIDS Scientific Advisory Board back in those days and can verify that rods were found. They were not heavy Element 115 rods. Instead, they were thin carbon rods that are used in arc lamps to make very bright lights in field operations. I have personally used this type of rods in arc lamp operations many years ago. John My email response to John follows: Hi John, That is my point exactly. Lazar and element 115 are bunk but it appears to me that the NIDS scientist was promoting it to Brad. Why? I found Brad to be honest in his demeanor and he is held in high esteem by everyone we came into contact with including many of the witnesses we interviewed. Brad has no motive for promoting the Bob Lazar story but it was communicated to him nonetheless. Actually, it was the former ranch owner’s brother’s assertions that cemented for me that something is amiss. The Skinwalker ranch story did not play out as described in the book and that coupled with us being denied access does not add up for me. I can only conclude that BAASS is at someone else’s beck and call. The Board does not need to agree with me on this, which is why I am leaving the contract renewal response to the Board. Best wishes, James It was after this email exchange that the MUFON Board bypassed me as acting MUFON International Director and secretly engaged BAASS in renegotiating the MUFON-BAASS contract while purposely keeping me out of the loop. As you can see from the email exchange, this secretive communication was altogether unnecessary because I deferred to the majority decision of the MUFON Board. Unethical behavior on the part of the MUFON Board aside, the following questions still beg for answers: What is really happening at the Skinwalker Ranch and why are serious investigators being denied access? Why was a NIDS scientist pushing the Bob Lazar story which is a known farce? Why does the book “Hunt for the Skinwalker” describe paranormal activity present on the ranch prior to the Shermans purchasing it when a close surviving relative of the former owner denies such activity? Why is the truth about activities on the ranch being censored through non-disclosure agreements? It appears that once again in Ufology there are more questions than answers; common fare for a field where the waters are muddied but never cleared. If you consider yourself a truth seeker then perhaps it is time to take a stand against these forces of ambiguity that seek only to obscure the truth rather than bring it to light. It is time to promote truth and not mystery in a field that has too many mysteries already. It is time to reveal the truth by not compromising ethics or principles or by allowing truth to be censored. It is time to stop falling prey to fear and lies but instead to hunt the Skinwalker forces of deception in their own territory. Who is up for a hunting trip? Editor's Note: As most know, James Carrion is the former International Director of MUFON. Given the renewed interest in the Skinwalker Ranch precipitated by Jeremy Corbell's documentary, based on George Knapp and Colm A. Kelleher book of the same name, Hunt for The Skinwalker, we re-present James' article on the ranch and his involvement originally published in 2011-FW
www.theufochronicles.com/2018/10/what-is-really-happening-at-skinwalker-ranch.html
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Post by jcurio on Oct 11, 2018 0:27:17 GMT -6
ufotrail.blogspot.com/2018/10/hunt-for-skinwalker-dia-connection.html?m=1******* Be sure to read all the comments afterwards. Pretty please. (Maybe I will dissect some of this later..... I haven’t seen Jeremy C.’s movie, and probably won’t. I was “reeled in” by the book by Knapp and Co. and the book would be a hard act to come up with any thing better afterwards).
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Post by auntym on Oct 16, 2018 8:41:57 GMT -6
www.openminds.tv/george-knapp-hunt-for-the-skinwalker-interview-transcript/42039 George Knapp Hunt for the Skinwalker Interview TranscriptPosted by: Alejandro Rojas / www.openminds.tv/author/alejandro October 15, 2018 Award-winning investigative journalist George Knapp was a recent guest on Open Minds UFO Radio. His interview was so full of important unreleased information that we are providing a transcript of the interview here. Visit this page to listen to the interview. www.openminds.tv/george-knapp-the-governments-ufo-and-paranormal-study-the-skinwalker-ranch-sept-18-2018/41978Alejandro Rojas: I am here with George Knapp. Thank you so much for joining us. George Knapp: Always good to talk to you, Alejandro Rojas and it was great to see you in our little secret soiree in Las Vegas last weekend; you’re a traveling guy. Rojas: I am. I am all over the place, but when Jeremy let me know that you all were going to be screening the film, there was no way I was going to miss that, and especially to see you all who were there which was a lot of fun. Knapp: Well, it was an interesting crowd. You’ll have to admit there was some interesting faces in the mix. Rojas: Yeah, definitely. Some of the names we can’t share, but that makes it even more fun and intriguing for the audience, I think. Knapp: That’s okay, you can say it. Oh, there is one you can’t say, but we’ll get at that, we’ll get at that. Rojas: Yeah, yeah, we’ll talk about that. I guess to begin with is the fact that really this documentary was the format you wanted to share information about the ranch with in the first place. Knapp: That’s true. I mean, I started shooting video at the ranch late ’90’s, of course, I’de learned about the ranch around the time the rest of the world did in 1996. There were a couple of newspaper articles that came out about the weird happenings of the property; mostly focused on UFO activity and of course the Uintah Basin already had a reputation well-earned of, has been a UFO hotspot for as long as people have lived there. So, when Bob Bigelow and his team went to the ranch, bought the place, set up shop, installed detection equipment and cameras and the team of scientists this on the property, I got to learn little bits and pieces about what was going on under the condition that I not talk about it until they gave the okay to go forward. In 1999, I finally got my first visit to the property, and then, started going back periodically with photographers. Matt Adams has been my most frequent collaborator on the property, and we were shooting video for what I hope would one day be a documentary project, maybe more than one. After a couple of years of making this business though, Bob Bigelow was concerned, he sort of changed his mind about the direction I was taking. He was concerned that if we came out with the film, the place might be overrun by UFO enthusiasts and other kinds of paranormal researchers. And in fact, it turned out he was right. So, I put the documentary on hold, at least plans of any kind of distribution, but I continued to visit the property over the years, a couple of times a year, at least once a year, and would always bring a photographer and record what I could. And when we couldn’t go on the ranch itself which in particular during the vast of period which we’ll talk about, I would interview other people in the basin, talk to the witnesses, I got to know some of the Utes and some of the long-time residents, and continued to collect information. And I didn’t know if it would ever come out. I really didn’t if it would ever bear fruit because once Bob Bigelow gave me the okay, Colm and I to come up with a book, there was no turning back. I mean, we did our best, we used different names for the rancher family because NIDS had made that promise to him. We didn’t identify the location, we didn’t use any photos, but of course, people figured it out and started blocking to the property anyway; and it caused a lot of problems. I think, Mr. Bigelow regretted ever allowing the book to go forward. In fact, I know he did. And again, I still made the promise to him that I wouldn’t go forward with the footage, and so, I didn’t. There were tiny, little bits of it that I used in public presentations a couple of times, but that was it; little tiny slivers. And then, when the property was sold in 2016, it occurred to me, maybe I don’t want to cause problems for the owner, but maybe there’s a chance that I could go forward with this and the new owner said yes, and Jeremy Corbell had been bugging me about it, I see you Skinwalker stuff. And so, that’s how it came together. Rojas: When it came to the book, the book was a pretty big hit. I mean, it sold well, it got the word about Skinwalker out there. Were you all, including Bigelow, maybe not expecting the book to be as popular as it was? Knapp: No. I thought it would be pretty popular because it carved a new niche in the field. There was no place quite like it and certainly has never been a study quite like that. I mean, it is the most intensively studied paranormal hotspot ever. You never had seen a scientist on the ground, boots on the ground doing that kind of research. Now, I know there are a lot of criticisms of the study and justifiably so, but there is no template for it; there is no sort of a guide book to follow for something like this because there just aren’t any places like it. Hessdalen is a long-standing study, but it’s mostly looking at lights in the sky, not the kinds of things that the NIDS team had to deal with. So, I think that Mr. Bigelow probably regrets ever allowing it to go forward, but I knew it would be a hit. And a hit is a relative term because that book, although it’s sold well compared to other paranormal books, it never really pierced the veil into the larger public. And that’s we’re hoping to do with the film, is to attract a larger audience beyond the UFO paranormal field to even if it seems sort of rudimentary to bring people along step by step on how the story unfolded. We want to try to appeal to a much broader audience. CONTINUE READING: www.openminds.tv/george-knapp-hunt-for-the-skinwalker-interview-transcript/42039
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Post by auntym on Oct 27, 2018 12:40:04 GMT -6
SKINWALKER RANCH : presentation by George Knapp with Q&AJeremy Corbell Published on Sep 22, 2018 Watch full movie geni.us/HuntforSkinwalker George Knapp presents on the mysteries of Skinwalker Ranch and the film, Hunt For The Skinwalker by Jeremy Corbell. Knapp goes in-depth on the history of the ranch, as well as, the details of the private and government programs to study the paranormal and UFO activity there. He talks about the 22 million spend by the US Department of Defense to fund the investigation at the ranch, and about the involvement by the Defense Intelligence Agency. He comments on the current situation with the governments UFO studies and what role Skinwalker Ranch has played in the history of The Phenomenon. There is also an informative Q&A at the end. Learn more at www.HuntTheSkinwalker.com
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Post by swamprat on Oct 27, 2018 17:40:13 GMT -6
And here is DeVoid's reaction to the Rojas-Knapp interview:Thanks for nothing, SatanBy Billy Cox Thursday, Oct 25, 2018 10:59 AM
If you’re just now crawling out of your Y2K Armageddon-survival hole and you’re coming into this TTSA/AATIP/AWSAP/NIDS/BAASS thing late, the transcript of a conversation between Open Minds podcast host Alejandro Rojas and KLAS-TV investigative reporter George Knapp will catch you up. But while the caravan moves on – To The Stars Academy’s financial statements are sparking legitimate debate over the organization’s viability and ethics – I’m still staring at another gorilla in the room that’s kinda making my skin crawl.
Since cranking up in 2007, De Void has attempted to adhere narrowly to UFO matters, and to frame those developments within the context of media, politics, and popular culture. By narrowly, I mean I’ve tried to steer clear of the more subjective twists, abductions, animal mutilations, reptoids and Sirians, the stuff that seemed at best tangential and, at worst, counterproductive for drawing more mainstream curiosity into the mystery. Clearly, something weird is happening in our skies, and at times those displays of apparent hyper-advanced technology have been downright garish. So yeah, the fewer Twilight Zone distractions, the better.
But if Knapp’s information is accurate – and he’s got a pretty good track record for sourcing – what initially moved the Defense Intelligence Agency to take an official look at the phenomenon weren’t the uninvited intruders overhead. The origin of the DIA’s headlines-making Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program is an “X-Files”-style orgy of weirdness on the ground — at a remote, 480-acre tract in northeast Utah known now as Skinwalker Ranch.
The story broke big in 2005 with the publication of Hunt for the Skinwalker, which Knapp co-authored with researcher Colm Kelleher. The narrative got another spur to the flanks with the late-summer release of Jeremy Corbell’s two-hour documentary by the same name. And now, well, dude, my cup runneth over, because UFOs aren’t the half of it. Start with Native American lore on shapeshifters, throw in some poltergeist mischief, add bullet-proof dire wolves, and look over yonder in the trees, there’s something up there using “Predator”-like camouflage. Oh, and down at the bottom of a ridge, there’s a mid-air portal opening with some big humanoid extracting itself from another dimension. And there are cattle mutilations, Bigfoot (of course), and next thing you know, circa 2007, you’ve got a DIA operator snooping around the property. Like, right out of a Chris Carter script. A “very serious, rock solid, brilliant guy,” adds Knapp, who continues to withhold the agent’s identity.
So it’s this DIA guy who contacts then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who in turn meets with DIA officials, who in turn ask for federal funds to check this stuff out. And 10 years later, you’ve got the NY Times with a front-page splash on AATIP and F-18 footage of UFOs. Only, there’s no mention of this Skinwalker business. Days later, the since-retired Reid tells Knapp on camera AATIP was killed in part because of “the religious views of people” at the top of the intelligence community.
Knapp is less euphemistic. He tells Rojas the official inquiry was terminated on account of “fundamentalist Christians who think that anything involving UFOs and the paranormal is satanic, that by studying it we invite Satan into this world.”
And this is where De Void turns a whiter shade of pale. Many who’ve investigated the Skinwalker scenario describe it as a sentient, manipulative and fully conscious “trickster,” a label that leads us not into the development of novel hardware to pursue new physics, but which instead drags us back into the primordial swamps of religion. Have you been paying attention to this?
A week after the Times broke the AATIP story, one of its columnists – Ross Douthat, whose politics are largely informed by his Catholic faith – took note and blew it off. “(A)lien encounters, whether real or imaginary [are] the same kind of thing as the fairy encounters of the human past.” However … the guy was a little concerned about what all this publicity might portend, like what happens if sustained interest in UFOs begets a new religion. Without referring to the trickster phenomenon that hooked the DIA, and maybe without even being aware that Skinwalker theatrics were what initially prompted the Agency to check it out, Douthat wrote that God emerges “honestly, straightforwardly, in a vulnerable and fully human form – and exposes himself publicly, whether in a crowded stable or on an execution hill.” In other words, he concluded, God “does not play tricks.”
OK. So we know Skinwalker Ranch has nothing to do with God. But just how high up the Defense Department chain does this fixation go? And how pervasive is it at the Pentagon? The Good v. Evil scenario is ancient, but given the publicity generated by the AATIP revelations over the past year, it’d be a mistake to underestimate institutional resistance to a wide open, unbiased discussion.
In 2015, Christian scholar and best-selling author Timothy Dailey published a sprawling body of thought called The Paranormal Conspiracy: The Truth About Ghosts, Aliens, and Mysterious Beings. In July, American Family Radio host Janet Mefferd had Dailey on her show and asked, “What could possibly be the reason the devil might be motivated to make an appearance, even if it’s a UFO or an alien that somebody sees, why would the devil do this?”
“It’s part of the devil’s modus operandi,” Dailey responded without hesitation. “He has always used this kind of phenomenon to, once again, destabilize, to engender fear and open us up to the possibilities of other realities and other beings, and then we begin getting involved with demonic spirits.
“So yeah, all through history there have been many, many different varieties of beings that are primarily spiritual beings that have terrorized civilizations and peoples, and non-Christian cultures are very aware of this.”
In January, just weeks after the Times story, Creationism evangelist Gary Bates, author of Alien Intrusion: UFOs and The Evolution Connection, released a film called “Alien Intrusion: Unmasking a Deception.” I’ve seen only the trailer, but I personally know one of its subjects, who insists UFO abductions can be foiled if the victims are smart enough to appeal to Jesus for help. Clearly, you wouldn’t need Jesus’ help if aliens wore white hats.
In March, on a Creation Magazine Live! vlog sponsored by Christian Ministries International, the hosts discount the possibility of extraterrestrial intelligence altogether because, as Richard Fangrad says, “Christ is not going to be a polygamist with many brides from other planets.” Adds cohort Matt Bondy, “It’s understanding the big picture message of the Bible and the gospel message that enables us to conclude why the Bible doesn’t mention extraterrestrials – and, uh, it’s because there aren’t any.” Which means whatever’s behind those UFOs, or Skinwalker Ranch, or Bigfoot, can only be … well … uh …
Again, variations of this controversy are as old as language. The difference now, if we believe the hearsay, is that important members of the intelligence community have defunded research into UFOs because of their religious convictions. And Skinwalker Ranch, with its shapeshifters and exsanguinated bovine cadavers, sure as hell isn’t making things easier.
Worse, I can’t shake this image of a polygamist with many brides from other planets, like something out of the bar-scene freak show on Tatooine. I mean, it’s flat-out lodged in my brain.
devoid.blogs.heraldtribune.com/author/cox/
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Post by jcurio on Oct 28, 2018 10:38:52 GMT -6
So yeah, all through history there have been many, many different varieties of beings that are primarily spiritual beings that have terrorized civilizations and peoples, and non-Christian cultures are very aware of this.” Read more: theedgeofreality.proboards.com/thread/1024/skinwalker-ranch?page=3#ixzz5VFDtD8Nz************ So ......... the “Christians” should burn all the books and just ignore it??
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Post by jcurio on Oct 28, 2018 10:45:00 GMT -6
......... the official inquiry was terminated on account of “fundamentalist Christians who think that anything involving UFOs and the paranormal is satanic, that by studying it we invite Satan into this world.” Read more: theedgeofreality.proboards.com/thread/1024/skinwalker-ranch?page=3#ixzz5VFEhMyj8************* Satin (does it really have one name?) is already in this world. What you gonna do about it?
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Post by jcurio on Oct 28, 2018 11:03:15 GMT -6
In March, on a Creation Magazine Live! vlog sponsored by Christian Ministries International, the hosts discount the possibility of extraterrestrial intelligence altogether because, as Richard Fangrad says, “Christ is not going to be a polygamist with many brides from other planets.” Adds cohort Matt Bondy, “It’s understanding the big picture message of the Bible and the gospel message that enables us to conclude why the Bible doesn’t mention extraterrestrials – and, uh, it’s because there aren’t any.” Read more: theedgeofreality.proboards.com/thread/1024/skinwalker-ranch?page=3#ixzz5VFGi0Xie************* THIS I have to look into. Who are these clowns? It is plainly insulting if I wasn’t laughing 🤣. “The Bride” of Christ is A REFERENCE. A SYMBOL (that humans, with all our hang-ups should understand) of the LOVE that Christ has for the PEOPLE of His church. Bride, marriage. . . Yep. In this day and age I can see that some people do not see the concept for a “type of love”. But it’s all over Books. . . In plain language and in parables. These “clowns” don’t read their Bible(s).
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Post by auntym on Oct 11, 2019 14:38:09 GMT -6
www.ufoinsight.com/skinwalker-ranch-strangest-place-earth/ Skinwalker Ranch, “The Strangest Place On Earth!” February 27th, 2019 by: Marcus Lowth / Home to a plethora of strange activity and sightings is relatively little known about “Skinwalker Ranch” – labeled by one researcher as “the strangest place on Earth!” Perhaps all the more interesting about this secretive place is that it has deep ties to secretive government projects. The entrance to Skinwalker Ranch. The ranch sits in the small town of Ballard, Utah. It has been the subject of serious paranormal investigation for over half a century. However, accounts of strange activity on this land goes back as far as recorded history. Perhaps even further when you consider the indigenous tribes and their oral accounts. For their part, they consider the land under a curse. There have been several well-known UFO sightings over the area. Arguably one of the most widely reported incidents occurred in 1978. A huge saucer-shaped object – witnessed by several people – hovered directly over Skinwalker Ranch. It would remain there for several minutes before disappearing. Skinwalker Ranch found itself in the mainstream again thanks to the 2013 movie, “Skinwalkers”. While the story is complete fiction, the background and specific events base themselves entirely on years of research, and local legend of the area. The video below is the trailer for the 2013 film on the events at the ranch. George KnappThe name “Skinwalker” is a creature known in Native American legends who has the ability to shapeshift into “any animal they desire!” The land where the infamous ranch resides is rich with such creatures. In fact, the whole land, according to Native American tribes, is a place of strange activity. Perhaps the first journalist to begin to seriously investigate the ranch is leading UFO researcher, George Knapp. The ranch was a recent purchase of the Sherman family (and is sometimes referred to as Sherman Ranch). Noticing bizarre and terrifying activity, they reached out to Knapp, and his fellow investigator, Colm Kelleher, to investigate. They experienced strange flashing lights over their land and strange voices that would speak to them “out of thin air!” Furthermore, the voices always spoke in a bizarre language that was unknown to them. Over a dozen of their cattle were subject to precise cattle mutilation. Even three of their family dogs would “disappear right in front of them!” while chasing an orb-like light. Perhaps most startling of all was the night Terry Sherman looked out of his window. In front of him was a “huge spaceship – about the size of multiple football fields!” Knapp and Kelleher would witness for themselves “strange creatures with glowing red eyes!” Perhaps even more chilling, these creatures appeared unhurt when fired upon. They would also notice bizarre magnetic readings, as well as the glowing orbs that the Shermans claimed to have seen. The Shermans, following Knapp’s and Kelleher’s investigation, would eventually sell the site to a billionaire businessman, Robert T. Bigelow, who had a vast interest in the paranormal, as well as vast wealth to conduct independent research. Before we look at Bigelow, the short video below looks at the basics of Skinwalker Ranch. Robert T. Bigelow and NIDSAt around the same time that Bigelow purchased the ranch from the Sherman family in 1996, he also invested multiple millions of dollars into the National Institute for Discovery Science – known as NIDS. The purchase of Skinwalker Ranch would allow them, to study the multiple amounts of paranormal activities. According to Knapp and Kelleher, this would be done in secret. Bigelow did indeed turn the ranch into an “interactive” research facility. He would position cameras all over the ranch and surrounding land. Every acre was under at least one camera, twenty-four hours a day. Research teams would also work around the clock – in particular, they were investigating any extra-terrestrial activity. Initial reports revealed an abundance of strange activity, stating in one section that the objects they had witnessed “were not consistent with covert American military aircraft!” However, by 2004, Bigelow struggled to continue to fund the project, and the program eventually shut down. Bigelow though still owns the ranch and the land around it. This means, for all intents and purposes, he is still in charge of any research, that might go ahead. And for it to go ahead, it is Bigelow who has to grant permission. As we will look at in a moment, some of the business ties that followed would raise an eyebrow or two as to his real motivation for shutting down the project on Skinwalker Ranch. Before look at that a little further, check out the video below. It features people’s first-hand accounts of the ranch, as well as some “in-the-field” footage. Too Close For “Government’s” Comfort?Given that the initial NIDS findings suggested very much a UFO connection to the strange happenings at Skinwalker Ranch, and the fact that Bigelow himself had stated to the media that he had some “pretty strong convictions” of the “authenticity and existence” of such things, it is strange that he should suddenly shut the project down, and more to the point, not allow any other party to conduct any research on the land. Some believe that he was, in fact, too close to “the truth!” So close, that he would receive an “offer” to close down the research. Bigelow would move into the Space Tourism field – an area he had little experience in. That didn’t seem to stop him obtaining some lucrative contracts from NASA for his new company, Bigelow Aerospace. Maybe Bigelow have shut down the research at Skinwalker Ranch in return for these contracts? Might he be developing extra-terrestrial technology and wisdom from studies at the ranch to use in the space tourism industry? Might the ranch become a testing ground for such technology? As a company, Bigelow Aerospace rarely acknowledge the research that took place at Skinwalker Ranch. One of the only statements, in a rather mocking and tongue-in-cheek response as to the reason for the sudden end to the research, was “maybe he (Bigelow) wanted to leave the aliens in peace!” Many people still flock to the boundaries of the area, and many strange reports of sightings still surface. Check out the video below, which features George Knapp speaking about the experiences on Skinwalker Ranch. He also talks about some of his theories as to why so much strange activity appears to concentrate on such a small patch of land. www.ufoinsight.com/skinwalker-ranch-strangest-place-earth/
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Post by jcurio on Oct 13, 2019 11:44:22 GMT -6
Whoa! 2 hours long with George Knapp! Have to make time for that one!
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Post by auntym on Mar 11, 2020 14:50:23 GMT -6
www.vice.com/en_us/article/m7qxyx/brandon-fugal-owner-of-skinwalker-ranch This Is the Real Estate Magnate Who Bought Skinwalker Ranch, a UFO HotspotBrandon Fugal bought the infamous Utah ranch from aerospace billionaire Robert Bigelow in 2016.by MJ Banias / www.vice.com/en_us/contributor/mj-baniasMar 10 2020 Image: MJ Banias The person who owns the infamous Skinwalker Ranch, a supposedly haunted UFO hotspot in Utah, has decided to come out of the shadows. Twenty-two stories up in a striking glass building in downtown Salt Lake City, I sat down with Brandon Fugal, a Utah-based real estate mogul and tech investor. Overlooking the city’s skyline, the 46-year-old business leader pointed out Utah’s most famous landmarks: Temple Square, the global headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also known as the Mormons, and only two blocks north of it, Utah’s State Capitol Building. Surrounding these thrones of Church and State, two ideals that are not totally separate in Utah, were half a dozen commercial buildings and skyscrapers that Fugal has represented. Fugal was cofounder and owner of Coldwell Banker Commercial Advisors before it merged with Colliers International. His name seems connected with nearly every commercial real estate deal in the Intermountain West. He is also a tech investor, venture capitalist and entrepreneur. “You can ask me anything, and I’ll tell you the truth,” he said, turning away from the window. He sat down at a long table. I immediately asked him the question I had been waiting to ask since I boarded my flight to Utah. “Why the hell did you buy Skinwalker Ranch? Are you crazy?” I asked. He burst out laughing. “Maybe a little?” The ranch, a 512 acre property in Utah’s Uintah Basin, is known for being a hotspot of UFO sightings and paranormal stories. In 2016, aerospace billionaire Robert Bigelow sold the ranch to Fugal, though his identity has remained a secret until now. In November, Fugal invited me to see the ranch, which he has overhauled with new sensors and cameras designed to detect UFOs or other abnormalities. At the time, he would only allow me to come if I promised to keep him anonymous in that initial story, however, he has since agreed for his identity to be revealed for the purpose of this interview. “Why does someone like you buy something like Skinwalker Ranch?,” I asked. “You’re right. It is strange. Skinwalker Ranch, as a project, is so unconventional and so outside of my normal course of business and really, frankly, anyone's normal course of business, that it presents a whole new problem set,” he said. “I’ve lost some sleep over it. I worry about what some of my clients and colleagues will think. It’s controversial. That is why I’ve waited so long and stayed out of the spotlight.” Fugal said that he knew he could not keep his ownership of the ranch secret forever. After all, it is one of the most scientifically studied paranormal hotspots on the planet. He recognizes that given the high profile nature and notoriety of the place, he would have to eventually engage with the press and the public. Recently, the ranch was the subject of a broader Defense Intelligence Agency study, known as the Advanced Aerospace Weapons System Applications Program or AAWSAP. According to an article in The New York Times, in 2007, a Defense Intelligence Agency official visited the ranch, and a short time later, met with Senator Harry Reid of Nevada. “Mr. Reid said he met with [DIA] agency officials shortly after his meeting with Mr. Bigelow and learned that they wanted to start a research program on UFOs.” Bigelow was given a government contract and his company received $22 million to study and generate reports on exotic science, UFOs, and other anomalous phenomena. The strange events on the ranch, as well as other locations bearing purported paranormal anomalies, were involved in the study. AAWSAP was cancelled after two years and, in 2011, Bigelow’s government funding ran out. Fugal is a science fiction geek. He has a large movie memorabilia collection, complete with the shot-up jacket Arnold Schwarzenegger wore in The Terminator and the black robe Marlon Brando wore in Superman The Movie when he sentenced General Zod to an eternity in Krypton’s interdimensional prison system. He told me that he’s always had a nerdy passion for science, and while his real estate empire and brokerage operations are firmly rooted to the ground with cement and bricks, he is always daydreaming about future possibilities in technology and physics. The gates of Skinwalker Ranch. Image: MJ Banias Fugal’s journey to Skinwalker Ranch began in 2010. He and several other investors launched a project focused on testing gravitational physics theories involving exotic propulsion and renewable energy. In really simple terms, it was an attempt to create a gravitational reduction device that could produce clean energy. Fugal admits it was a shot in the dark. “It was a challenging time. Admittedly, we were all governed by this childlike wonder. We were filled with excitement and gut-wrenching frustration at every turn,” Fugal said. “To be blunt, there were issues concerning the original partner involved with the project. None of us anticipated the emotional or technical difficulties involved," he added. "We made changes to the team, forged ahead, but in the end, we all knew it was a big risk. Not every bet pays off.” Fugal continued to invest in and launch other technology companies. From various software ventures to most recently a company that has developed a shoebox-sized high-performance liquid chromatograph that enables immediate analysis of various liquids such as blood. “It’s James Bond/Mission Impossible tech,” Fugal explained with a grin. Though Fugal’s pursuit of breakthroughs in advanced physics was not a success, there was a silver lining. Several scientists who were brought in to consult on the project, namely Dr. Hal Puthoff and Dr. Christopher Green, were also involved in Bigelow’s DIA project. They became friends. Even after the project was shut down in 2014, Fugal stayed in touch with these scientists. “They wanted to introduce me to Mr. Bigelow because of the positive experience we had working together and asked if I would be willing to potentially entertain meeting with Mr. Bigelow regarding the ranch,” Fugal stated. “I had heard of the ranch but I never really thought about it until they proposed the idea.” Fugal traveled to Las Vegas to meet with Bigelow and they spent a day together talking about various topics, from Bigelow’s personal interest in the paranormal to their entrepreneurial projects to space exploration. “It was an absolute honor to meet Mr. Bigelow,” Fugal said. “Say what you want about his beliefs and his practices, he is a very intriguing fellow. I consider him a friend, and Bigelow Aerospace reminded me of a James Bond villain lair. Very cool.” Skinwalker Ranch's command center. Image: MJ Banias The sale was arranged, Fugal flew in on his private helicopter and assessed the property, and purchased Skinwalker Ranch following months of legal negotiations. Fugal believes that he was the ideal successor. With a background in commercial real estate development and a passion for science, he also lives and works in Utah. “The important scientific mission aside, the ranch provides an escape for me from my daily work,” Fugal said. Fugal participated in The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch, a History channel documentary that will premiere March 31. He declined to say how much he paid for the ranch. The following is a Q&A I had with him, it has been edited for length and clarity: Motherboard: Are you susceptible to magical thinking? Fugal: History has long forgotten the names of the men and women who told the Wright brothers that they would never build a working airplane. We do remember the two men who suffered from magical thinking however. Necessity is the mother of invention, but sometimes crazy ideas also play their part. Do you think you will make history? We are all judged by it in the end. I honestly don’t know, but I do believe this project has significant scientific value. Advertisement Do you believe in aliens? [Laughs] Science and discovery are what drive me. It's not money. It's not that I'm obsessed with UFOs or little green men or cattle mutilations or shape-shifting demonic entities. I have no idea if aliens exist. You’d have to ask them. People have speculated that you are trying to develop a ‘paranormal retreat’ or a tourist destination. Really? That isn’t going to happen. The ranch isn’t some place for ghost hunters to get their jollies. It's a serious scientific endeavor that requires patience and humility, and I have committed significant resources dedicated to discovering the truth of what is really happening. What a silly idea. There is zero intention to monetize it in any way, although we do have traditional ranching activities such as raising cattle. And the upcoming History TV show? Is there a financial stake in it for you? I have yet to personally take a penny related to my involvement with the show. The show is primarily a vehicle to inform the public regarding the reality of what we are monitoring and recording on the ranch. I believe it is the greatest science project of our time. I want to be clear. The ranch has been hidden from the public for a long time. The TV show presents an opportunity to allow the public some access and view of what is truly occurring there. I can’t just open the gates. That would be irresponsible. How about the local indigenous groups? Have they been involved in the process? We have been working closely with the Native American elders since acquiring the property, as well as reaching out to tribal leaders in the spirit of friendship and collaboration. We are focused on science, but there may be historical and cultural aspects related to the property that we will need to carefully consider and study in the future. One of our full-time caretakers is a credentialed and published anthropologist, which I think underscores the fact that we are committed to the history of the property and area. I have nothing but the utmost respect for the land and the tribes that surround it. What do you think it is? Have you had any strange experiences on the ranch itself? I have no idea. Perhaps it's an intelligence from another reality or dimension. Perhaps it is some unknown natural phenomenon. I’m open to many possibilities. My personal beliefs here don’t really matter. What does the data say? That is all that matters. Currently, we have evidence for anomalous injuries, footage of anomalous aerial phenomena, transient EMF and a whole array of other bizarre things. As for your second question, a shockingly high number of people who I consider ‘normal’ have had UFO sightings on the property and they do not broadcast it. I have had some very credible and highly respected people tell me their stories. Many of those individuals have been with others who all simultaneously saw an aerial anomaly. That is all I can say about that. Did Bigelow give you any data or evidence from his investigations? Do you intend to release the evidence you collect? [Fugal explained that absolutely no transfer of data or information was involved with the sale of the ranch. Bigelow has yet to make his findings public. As for my team, my scientists] will be working on releasing reports and information on a peer reviewed basis in the future. You know, in order for something to be properly understood from a scientific perspective, it has to be characterized physically. You have to have repeatable results. It can't be anecdotal. It can't be random. There have to be physical laws that govern it, and right now, what we're doing is trying to gain a better understanding or a new understanding relative to the physical laws that are being challenged right now. It’s strange. You literally buy land and build on it. Your career is heavily vested in developing buildings and building roots. Buying a ranch with so many stories about UFOs and monsters seems like the opposite of that. One of the things I love most regarding the commercial real estate business is the privilege of seeing a tangible manifestation of my labor. To be able to see the results of the work and to put fingerprints on the literal landscape. In my line of work, you have to produce and execute precise physical results in order to succeed. Fugal, like many in Utah, was born into the Mormon church and considers himself spiritual. I considered the possibility that the Skinwalker Ranch project was a personal quest for him; a quest for validation or for God. Don’t we all have the tendency to explore and seek out the unknown? Perhaps this was Fugal’s Bildungsroman, his journey into the unknown to seek adventure and, in some strange way, knowledge. Looking over his shoulder, twenty-two stories up, my thoughts returned to downtown Salt Lake City, the skyscrapers and buildings Fugal has built his career around, and the massive church that loomed over the city. I wondered if he was truly driven by all the steel and bricks entrenched in the dirt that he was responsible for, or if his true passion and purpose was on a curious little ranch just on the other side of Utah’s mountain range. www.vice.com/en_us/article/m7qxyx/brandon-fugal-owner-of-skinwalker-ranchSECRET OF SKINWALKER RANCH...TUESDAY,MARCH 31, 10:00...HISTORY CHANNEL
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Post by auntym on Mar 12, 2020 12:25:40 GMT -6
www.newsweek.com/skinwalker-ranch-ufo-sightings-uap-robert-bigelow-poltergeist-1491532?sf119026543=1 Skinwalker Ranch Owner Reveals UFO Hotspot Is Wired With Sensors and CamerasBy Andrew Whalen / www.newsweek.com/authors/andrew-whalen 3/10/20 A 1993 representation of a UFO. Hotel magnate Robert Bigelow has investigated UFOs and other aerial phenomena for decades, including at the mysterious Skinwalker Ranch in Utah. Photo by Alfred Gescheidt/Getty Images The once secret owner of purported Utah UFO hotspot Skinwalker Ranch has stepped forward, describing a bevy of sensors and cameras he's installed on the site for the collection of evidence related to anomalous phenomena, including UAP, or Unidentified Aerial Phenomena. In 2016, Brandon Fugal, 46, a Utahn real estate tycoon, bought the 512 acre property from its former owner, aerospace billionaire Robert Bigelow, who also sought out anomalous phenomena on the site. Officially owned by Adamantium Real Estate, Fugal's ownership remained secret until a Tuesday interview with Vice, in which Fugal described his plans for the property and its alleged mysteries, while declining to disclose how much he paid Bigelow for the property. "Science and discovery are what drive me. It's not money. It's not that I'm obsessed with UFOs or little green men or cattle mutilations or shape-shifting demonic entities. I have no idea if aliens exist. You'd have to ask them," Fugal told Vice. U.S. in UFO Race with China, Russia, Harry Reid Says Fugal has installed sensors and cameras on the Skinwalker Ranch and has so far collected unreleased footage of "anomalous aerial phenomena," in addition to evidence of "anomalous injuries" and "transient EMF"—unexplained electrical phenomena. This, in addition to the numerous UFO sightings and previous data collected at Skinwalker Ranch by Bigelow, was not provided to Fugal as part of the purchase. Describing the exploration of the ranch's mysteries as "the greatest science project of our time" Fugal says he's committed "significant resources" to uncovering what, if anything, is happening on the property. He intends to eventually release peer reviewed reports. A collector of movie memorabilia—including a bullet-riddled jacket worn by Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Terminator and Jor-El's cloak, worn by Marlon Brando in 1978's Superman—Fugal has invested in long shot, almost-science-fictional technology for the past decade. His investments included a gravitational physics project meant to produce clean energy. It didn't work out. But two consultants on Fugal's investments brought him into contact with Bigelow, eventually leading to his purchase of Skinwalker Ranch. CONTINUE READING: www.newsweek.com/skinwalker-ranch-ufo-sightings-uap-robert-bigelow-poltergeist-1491532?sf119026543=1
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Post by jcurio on Mar 15, 2020 12:49:59 GMT -6
www.vice.com/en_us/article/m7qxyx/brandon-fugal-owner-of-skinwalker-ranch This Is the Real Estate Magnate Who Bought Skinwalker Ranch, a UFO HotspotBrandon Fugal bought the infamous Utah ranch from aerospace billionaire Robert Bigelow in 2016.by MJ Banias / www.vice.com/en_us/contributor/mj-baniasMar 10 2020 Image: MJ Banias The person who owns the infamous Skinwalker Ranch, a supposedly haunted UFO hotspot in Utah, has decided to come out of the shadows. Twenty-two stories up in a striking glass building in downtown Salt Lake City, I sat down with Brandon Fugal, a Utah-based real estate mogul and tech investor. Overlooking the city’s skyline, the 46-year-old business leader pointed out Utah’s most famous landmarks: Temple Square, the global headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also known as the Mormons, and only two blocks north of it, Utah’s State Capitol Building. Surrounding these thrones of Church and State, two ideals that are not totally separate in Utah, were half a dozen commercial buildings and skyscrapers that Fugal has represented. Fugal was cofounder and owner of Coldwell Banker Commercial Advisors before it merged with Colliers International. His name seems connected with nearly every commercial real estate deal in the Intermountain West. He is also a tech investor, venture capitalist and entrepreneur. “You can ask me anything, and I’ll tell you the truth,” he said, turning away from the window. He sat down at a long table. I immediately asked him the question I had been waiting to ask since I boarded my flight to Utah. “Why the hell did you buy Skinwalker Ranch? Are you crazy?” I asked. He burst out laughing. “Maybe a little?” The ranch, a 512 acre property in Utah’s Uintah Basin, is known for being a hotspot of UFO sightings and paranormal stories. In 2016, aerospace billionaire Robert Bigelow sold the ranch to Fugal, though his identity has remained a secret until now. In November, Fugal invited me to see the ranch, which he has overhauled with new sensors and cameras designed to detect UFOs or other abnormalities. At the time, he would only allow me to come if I promised to keep him anonymous in that initial story, however, he has since agreed for his identity to be revealed for the purpose of this interview. “Why does someone like you buy something like Skinwalker Ranch?,” I asked. “You’re right. It is strange. Skinwalker Ranch, as a project, is so unconventional and so outside of my normal course of business and really, frankly, anyone's normal course of business, that it presents a whole new problem set,” he said. “I’ve lost some sleep over it. I worry about what some of my clients and colleagues will think. It’s controversial. That is why I’ve waited so long and stayed out of the spotlight.” Fugal said that he knew he could not keep his ownership of the ranch secret forever. After all, it is one of the most scientifically studied paranormal hotspots on the planet. He recognizes that given the high profile nature and notoriety of the place, he would have to eventually engage with the press and the public. Recently, the ranch was the subject of a broader Defense Intelligence Agency study, known as the Advanced Aerospace Weapons System Applications Program or AAWSAP. According to an article in The New York Times, in 2007, a Defense Intelligence Agency official visited the ranch, and a short time later, met with Senator Harry Reid of Nevada. “Mr. Reid said he met with [DIA] agency officials shortly after his meeting with Mr. Bigelow and learned that they wanted to start a research program on UFOs.” Bigelow was given a government contract and his company received $22 million to study and generate reports on exotic science, UFOs, and other anomalous phenomena. The strange events on the ranch, as well as other locations bearing purported paranormal anomalies, were involved in the study. AAWSAP was cancelled after two years and, in 2011, Bigelow’s government funding ran out. Fugal is a science fiction geek. He has a large movie memorabilia collection, complete with the shot-up jacket Arnold Schwarzenegger wore in The Terminator and the black robe Marlon Brando wore in Superman The Movie when he sentenced General Zod to an eternity in Krypton’s interdimensional prison system. He told me that he’s always had a nerdy passion for science, and while his real estate empire and brokerage operations are firmly rooted to the ground with cement and bricks, he is always daydreaming about future possibilities in technology and physics. The gates of Skinwalker Ranch. Image: MJ Banias Fugal’s journey to Skinwalker Ranch began in 2010. He and several other investors launched a project focused on testing gravitational physics theories involving exotic propulsion and renewable energy. In really simple terms, it was an attempt to create a gravitational reduction device that could produce clean energy. Fugal admits it was a shot in the dark. “It was a challenging time. Admittedly, we were all governed by this childlike wonder. We were filled with excitement and gut-wrenching frustration at every turn,” Fugal said. “To be blunt, there were issues concerning the original partner involved with the project. None of us anticipated the emotional or technical difficulties involved," he added. "We made changes to the team, forged ahead, but in the end, we all knew it was a big risk. Not every bet pays off.” Fugal continued to invest in and launch other technology companies. From various software ventures to most recently a company that has developed a shoebox-sized high-performance liquid chromatograph that enables immediate analysis of various liquids such as blood. “It’s James Bond/Mission Impossible tech,” Fugal explained with a grin. Though Fugal’s pursuit of breakthroughs in advanced physics was not a success, there was a silver lining. Several scientists who were brought in to consult on the project, namely Dr. Hal Puthoff and Dr. Christopher Green, were also involved in Bigelow’s DIA project. They became friends. Even after the project was shut down in 2014, Fugal stayed in touch with these scientists. “They wanted to introduce me to Mr. Bigelow because of the positive experience we had working together and asked if I would be willing to potentially entertain meeting with Mr. Bigelow regarding the ranch,” Fugal stated. “I had heard of the ranch but I never really thought about it until they proposed the idea.” Fugal traveled to Las Vegas to meet with Bigelow and they spent a day together talking about various topics, from Bigelow’s personal interest in the paranormal to their entrepreneurial projects to space exploration. “It was an absolute honor to meet Mr. Bigelow,” Fugal said. “Say what you want about his beliefs and his practices, he is a very intriguing fellow. I consider him a friend, and Bigelow Aerospace reminded me of a James Bond villain lair. Very cool.” Skinwalker Ranch's command center. Image: MJ Banias The sale was arranged, Fugal flew in on his private helicopter and assessed the property, and purchased Skinwalker Ranch following months of legal negotiations. Fugal believes that he was the ideal successor. With a background in commercial real estate development and a passion for science, he also lives and works in Utah. “The important scientific mission aside, the ranch provides an escape for me from my daily work,” Fugal said. Fugal participated in The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch, a History channel documentary that will premiere March 31. He declined to say how much he paid for the ranch. The following is a Q&A I had with him, it has been edited for length and clarity: Motherboard: Are you susceptible to magical thinking? Fugal: History has long forgotten the names of the men and women who told the Wright brothers that they would never build a working airplane. We do remember the two men who suffered from magical thinking however. Necessity is the mother of invention, but sometimes crazy ideas also play their part. Do you think you will make history? We are all judged by it in the end. I honestly don’t know, but I do believe this project has significant scientific value. Advertisement Do you believe in aliens? [Laughs] Science and discovery are what drive me. It's not money. It's not that I'm obsessed with UFOs or little green men or cattle mutilations or shape-shifting demonic entities. I have no idea if aliens exist. You’d have to ask them. People have speculated that you are trying to develop a ‘paranormal retreat’ or a tourist destination. Really? That isn’t going to happen. The ranch isn’t some place for ghost hunters to get their jollies. It's a serious scientific endeavor that requires patience and humility, and I have committed significant resources dedicated to discovering the truth of what is really happening. What a silly idea. There is zero intention to monetize it in any way, although we do have traditional ranching activities such as raising cattle. And the upcoming History TV show? Is there a financial stake in it for you? I have yet to personally take a penny related to my involvement with the show. The show is primarily a vehicle to inform the public regarding the reality of what we are monitoring and recording on the ranch. I believe it is the greatest science project of our time. I want to be clear. The ranch has been hidden from the public for a long time. The TV show presents an opportunity to allow the public some access and view of what is truly occurring there. I can’t just open the gates. That would be irresponsible. How about the local indigenous groups? Have they been involved in the process? We have been working closely with the Native American elders since acquiring the property, as well as reaching out to tribal leaders in the spirit of friendship and collaboration. We are focused on science, but there may be historical and cultural aspects related to the property that we will need to carefully consider and study in the future. One of our full-time caretakers is a credentialed and published anthropologist, which I think underscores the fact that we are committed to the history of the property and area. I have nothing but the utmost respect for the land and the tribes that surround it. What do you think it is? Have you had any strange experiences on the ranch itself? I have no idea. Perhaps it's an intelligence from another reality or dimension. Perhaps it is some unknown natural phenomenon. I’m open to many possibilities. My personal beliefs here don’t really matter. What does the data say? That is all that matters. Currently, we have evidence for anomalous injuries, footage of anomalous aerial phenomena, transient EMF and a whole array of other bizarre things. As for your second question, a shockingly high number of people who I consider ‘normal’ have had UFO sightings on the property and they do not broadcast it. I have had some very credible and highly respected people tell me their stories. Many of those individuals have been with others who all simultaneously saw an aerial anomaly. That is all I can say about that. Did Bigelow give you any data or evidence from his investigations? Do you intend to release the evidence you collect? [Fugal explained that absolutely no transfer of data or information was involved with the sale of the ranch. Bigelow has yet to make his findings public. As for my team, my scientists] will be working on releasing reports and information on a peer reviewed basis in the future. You know, in order for something to be properly understood from a scientific perspective, it has to be characterized physically. You have to have repeatable results. It can't be anecdotal. It can't be random. There have to be physical laws that govern it, and right now, what we're doing is trying to gain a better understanding or a new understanding relative to the physical laws that are being challenged right now. It’s strange. You literally buy land and build on it. Your career is heavily vested in developing buildings and building roots. Buying a ranch with so many stories about UFOs and monsters seems like the opposite of that. One of the things I love most regarding the commercial real estate business is the privilege of seeing a tangible manifestation of my labor. To be able to see the results of the work and to put fingerprints on the literal landscape. In my line of work, you have to produce and execute precise physical results in order to succeed. Fugal, like many in Utah, was born into the Mormon church and considers himself spiritual. I considered the possibility that the Skinwalker Ranch project was a personal quest for him; a quest for validation or for God. Don’t we all have the tendency to explore and seek out the unknown? Perhaps this was Fugal’s Bildungsroman, his journey into the unknown to seek adventure and, in some strange way, knowledge. Looking over his shoulder, twenty-two stories up, my thoughts returned to downtown Salt Lake City, the skyscrapers and buildings Fugal has built his career around, and the massive church that loomed over the city. I wondered if he was truly driven by all the steel and bricks entrenched in the dirt that he was responsible for, or if his true passion and purpose was on a curious little ranch just on the other side of Utah’s mountain range. www.vice.com/en_us/article/m7qxyx/brandon-fugal-owner-of-skinwalker-ranchSECRET OF SKINWALKER RANCH...TUESDAY,MARCH 31, 10:00...HISTORY CHANNEL Hard to believe that B. sold this land. And now we know that it was in 2016 (another surprise) Keep reading 😊
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Post by auntym on May 14, 2020 15:29:06 GMT -6
www.phantomsandmonsters.com/2020/05/skinwalker-warnings-from-navajo.html Thursday, May 14, 2020 'Skinwalker' Warnings From the NavajoPosted by Lon Strickler 2 different accounts of Skinwalker experiences by Navajo people on the New Mexico reservation. They both warn of evil and death. “Hi Lon, I am Navajo and a Christian, but I do believe in the devil and I believe that Skinwalkers are demons. I grew up in the rural community of Crystal, New Mexico. It’s full of trees, mountains, and hills. The houses are scattered. The nights are pitch black at times, especially when the moon is low. My family is very humble, thankful to God for our success. We help and appreciate others, as all people should be treated. Sometimes we are tested. One night I had a friend sleep over. We were in my room talking and hanging out. It was around 11 p.m. or so. Nice summer night, so my window was wide open and it was very dark outside. My dad was in the living room watching TV. As usual he fell asleep on the couch. My mom had already gone to bed. My friend and I were talking, when all of a sudden we heard the screen door open and slam shut. We thought it was my dad. While that happens, my mom claims she heard footsteps going through her room toward the restroom. She thought it was my dad, but then she soon realized that she was unable to move as if she were paralyzed. Still in my room with my friend, we soon heard the screen door open and slam again. The slam woke my dad and he came to my bedroom to check on us. He wanted to see if we were still there and not into mischief. My mom told us the next morning about what she heard, and how she could not move. She also told us that the second time the door slammed, she then heard horse hooves run by her bedroom window. A few nights later, I was in bed asleep. I woke because something outside my open window was making noise; like a loud stomping sound. I was too scared to get up and close the window. I stayed still and continued to listen. Then I heard something running away. I slowly got up and walked over to the window. As I pulled it shut, a large dark shadow formed outside. I ran back to my bed and pulled the covers over my head. The next morning, my dad told me that there was a Skinwalker visiting at night. This was the first time he ever mentioned a Skinwalker to me. He told me not to fear it; our faith will protect us. I don’t know what was on the Skinwalker’s agenda, but what I do know is that my family was stronger than it. Our faith is strong and we know our savior will provide protection for our family. Every year we hike up the mountain to a high point and we pray for our community’s protection from evil. JK” ----- "My family never mentioned Skinwalkers or witches to me so I knew nothing about them. My grandpa died a few years ago so my parents sent me to live with my grandma to help her around her ranch on the reservation. I brought my cat along. Well just after two weeks of living there my cat went missing. I figured that he would come back but he never did. I called him and looked for him but nothing. So I went to go put some hay behind the barn for the horses when I saw my orange cat's remains. I thought maybe something attacked him like a coyote so I picked it up and I saw that there were no bones just skin and the outside of his fur there was red and yellow even white paint on the outside of him. I couldn't figure out what it was. I buried him behind a hill with a little stone with his name carved on it. I was so heart broken. My grandma said she could get me a new cat but I didn't want a new cat. Pretty soon enough I kept hearing meows outside the hogan and scratches at the door. My grandma doesn't have any other cats so I would open the door and find nothing. Then one day, I went to go check on my cat's grave and dig it up to make sure he was still there. He was gone...but his bones were there. I just couldn't believe it! Why were his bones there? I thought I buried his skin? Ever since I have lived there I have experienced some of the strangest things in my life. I don't want to go back. I can't even share what kind of crazy things happened to me because from there I drew the line. I was confused and scared about these people but at the same time I knew I was one of these people. I have a greater respect for the Navajo people which is why I don't think getting involved with Skinwalkers is a good idea. Just don't mess with them and they won't mess with you." JJ www.phantomsandmonsters.com/2020/05/skinwalker-warnings-from-navajo.html
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Post by auntym on Aug 12, 2021 18:25:51 GMT -6
THE SECRET OF SKINWALKER RANCH Returns - Interview with Dr. Travis Taylor
Apr 21, 2021
Watch our interview with Dr. Travis Taylor, aerospace engineer, optical scientist, author, and lead investigator in the History Channel series, The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch.
After an exciting first season, Travis Taylor, alongside a team of credited researchers and investigators, head back to the ranch located in Utah’s Uintah Basin in an attempt to uncover what’s actually taking place on this active site of more than 200 years of mysterious paranormal and UFO related activity. Big thanks to our UFO expert Alejandro Rojas for hosting!
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Post by auntym on Oct 11, 2021 17:42:08 GMT -6
www.abc4.com/news/national/skinwalker-ranch-increases-surveillance-with-new-hi-tech-cameras/?fbclid=IwAR0mdgoK4FKxLN47I3zKLBAa4jDtwsCSHLvDwK4xXIdlMHuhun9JOWBjt-ASkinwalker Ranch increases surveillance with new hi-tech cameras
by: Duncan Phenix / www.mysterywire.com/author/duncan-phenix/Posted: Oct 7, 2021 MYSTERY WIRE — There are now at least a dozen new hi-tech cameras that operate off the grid placed around Skinwalker Ranch in Utah. This is in addition to the state-of-the-art surveillance system already in place. The new system being used is from a Utah company called LiveView Technologies (LVT). These new, and mobile camera units can be placed almost anywhere on the ranch thanks to solar and battery technology along with wheels. Alleged UFO sighting at Skinwalker Ranch – Brandon Fugal’s eyewitness account UAP News (George Knapp): 10.11.21 Skinwalker Ranch Increases Surveillance uap.news New Skinwalker Ranch Cameras Ranch owner, Brandon Fugal has invested a great deal of money on scientific staff and equipment required to verify events. Mystery Wire recently spoke with Erik Bard and Derek Boggs about this upgrade. Bard is known to many as one of the investigators featured on History’s Secret of Skinwalker Ranch where he is the principal investigator and chief scientist. Boggs works with LVT and has spent time at the ranch with Bard getting the new system setup. The soft-spoken Bard said of this new system, “It’s essential that we have surveillance assets like the ones that we’ve put across the ranch as well as these new ones from LVT. Operating 24/7. We have no idea when this phenomenology that we see is going to show up in what the effects are going to be. So you know, the constant year-round vigil has now incorporated the LVT equipment and it’s going to stay up as long as they’ll let us keep it on the ranch.” Skinwalker Ranch is known as one of the most paranormal places on Earth. Stories of all kinds of activity go back hundreds of years with Native Americans who used to live there. More recently, the ranch was used by the National Institute for Discovery Science, better known as NIDS, to research odd and sometimes violent paranormal activity. NIDS studied the ranch when it was owned by Las Vegas billionaire Robert Bigelow. The ranch was also studied during the DIA-initiated AAWSAP program from 2008-2010, the once-secret UFO investigation supported by Senator Harry Reid and colleagues. Gilsonite: Utah’s strange but economically valuable resource Now, with the new owner, Salt Lake City realtor Brandon Fugal, the ranch is the central character in the History channel show, currently shooting the third season on the ranch. Fugal’s team has documented unknown aerial objects, lights that emanate from the ground, and radiation that’s caused injuries to team members. “It’s transient, it comes and goes, it’s not always in the same place it moves across the property affects people differently,” Fugal said in an interview in April of this year. “You know, one moment, the equipment, the sensors are going off like crazy. And you know, minutes later, it’s gone. And no matter what samples are taken, no matter how many experts we bring into the property in order to test it, there’s no consistency relative to really understanding, at least up until now, we’ll see what the future holds as we tighten up some of our protocols, but we have yet to be able to really pin that down and it is definitely transient in nature.” Boggs said he knew about the stories of Skinwalker before being involved with it, but did not experience anything himself on or off the ranch. Both Bard and Boggs agree there are place on the ranch they can now setup 24/7 surveillance that they could not before this upgrade. “I think a good example of that is on the mesa itself,” Boggs said. “I don’t know if you want to speak to that, and the challenges that we had, getting a unit that we thought we were going to have, but it ended up being relatively easy, and we were able to set something up in less than 30 minutes, probably getting it up in mesa.” CONTINUE READING: www.abc4.com/news/national/skinwalker-ranch-increases-surveillance-with-new-hi-tech-cameras/?fbclid=IwAR0mdgoK4FKxLN47I3zKLBAa4jDtwsCSHLvDwK4xXIdlMHuhun9JOWBjt-A
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Post by auntym on Oct 17, 2021 20:42:05 GMT -6
www.skinwalker-ranch.com/"We will declare frankly that nothing is clear in this world. Only fools and charlatans know and understand everything." — Anton Chekhov SKINWALKER RANCH — OFFICIAL
Recognized as the most scientifically studied paranormal hotspot on the planet, Skinwalker Ranch is a 512 acre secure site that has been monitored for decades with armed security and surveillance 24/7/365. This remote location was involved with a Pentagon funded black budget project studying UFO activity, cattle mutilations and strange phenomena, and is also known as a living laboratory for studying other intelligences and possible interdimensional phenomena.
This is the official website for Skinwalker Ranch and the core team, as seen on History Channel's new hit series, The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch. Documentation of current research, past research, and future experiments can be found here, as well as current photos, videos, and happenings on the ranch. www.skinwalker-ranch.com/
Please note that Skinwalker Ranch is closed to the public and does not allow tours.
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Post by auntym on Dec 1, 2021 15:33:45 GMT -6
www.theufochronicles.com/2021/11/claims-of-paranormal-activity-at.htmlWednesday, December 01, 2021 Claims of Paranormal Activity at Skinwalker Ranch, Campfire Tales?By James Carrion historydeceived.blogspot.com 11-24-21 Dead Men Tell No Tales It is not nice to speak ill of the dead, but even more so if you are calling them a liar, since they are no longer around to defend their reputation. Recently, I had a discussion with Brandon Fugal, current owner of the Skinwalker Ranch in Utah where he suggested that Dr. Garth Myers, deceased, was lying about the nonexistent long paranormal history of the ranch, as detailed in Dr. Frank Salisbury’s book: The Utah UFO Display. In 2009, Salisbury interviewed Garth, whose brother Kenneth Myers and sister-in-law Edith Myers lived on the ranch decades longer than the Sherman family – the Shermans being the first to claim strange activity. On page 218, Garth states: “I can tell you right off that my brother died in April of 1987. My sister-in-law lived alone there until about 1992. She died in March 1994. And I can tell you unequivocally that up to 1992 there had never been and there never were any signs of that [UFO and similar activity].” On Page 219, Garth continues: “The next thing I knew I get this information that there were UFOs, and he [Terry Sherman] was scared to death, and then this man in Las Vegas phoned in and was going to buy it… All I know is, about a month or six weeks after he bought it, Bigelow called me on the phone and wondered why we hadn’t told anybody about the UFOs. I told him they didn’t get there until [Terry Sherman] got there, and he said: ‘UFOs were coming there, and you had dogs keeping the people away.’ And I said all they had at most were two dogs, and the last time my sister-in-law lived there five years with a three-legged dog and part of the time with no dog at all, and there were no UFOs. And he said ‘Oh, you’re not telling me the truth.’ I said, “If you don’t believe it, I guess we don’t need to talk and more,’ and that was about it.” When Salisbury asked Garth Myers if it were possible that his brother and sister-in-law didn’t tell him about UFO activity they were experiencing. Garth vehemently denied it: “He said he was very close to his brother (in spite of the age difference), knowing every detail of their lives. After his brother died, he kept in very close touch with his sister-in-law – many visits and close emotional ties as he worried about her living there alone. He feels totally confident that his brother and sister-in-law would have told him about any strange activity, especially under the circumstances.” Fugal however doesn’t believe Garth, stating: “Garth Myers was not truthful and was purposely misleading in his statement to Salisbury. As reported by Gwen Sherman, Garth Myers acknowledged and confirmed strange activity on the property historically to them, even though he never really spent time there.” Fugal continued: “I am simply relating the facts, as presented by first-hand witnesses, including numerous recent statements from the co-author of Salisbury’s book [Junior Hicks], which contradict Garth Myer’s statement.” I’ll get to Gwen Sherman’s allegations and Junior Hicks a little bit later but first let me respond to Fugal stating that Garth never really spent time on the ranch. Per Dr. Salisbury, on page 220: “Remember, however, that he [Garth] was there himself (as a teenager) for three summers without seeing any UFOs.” In addition to the many visits over a five-year period to check on his sister-in-law after his brother died, Garth also checked in on the ranch during the two-year period it was vacant after Edith left. I would say that constitutes time on the ranch. Dr. Garth Myers was no country simpleton, but was a M.D. in pediatric neurology, having spent most of his career at the LDS Primary Children’s Hospital and having worked for the State Department of Health. Garth’s obituary mentions that he was from the greatest generation having served in WW2. “His parents taught him to work hard and to accept responsibility for his actions. Honesty and integrity were expected.” If only he was around so he could confirm all of what was revealed in Salisbury’s book: the time spent on the ranch, the zero strange activity, the close relationship with his brother and sister-in-law and the Bigelow phone call, but unfortunately dead men tell no tales. The pro-paranormal Skinwalker investigators like Ryan Skinner and Brandon Fugal want you to believe that the ranch always had paranormal activity on it, and if anyone tells you differently, they are lying. They reach their immovable position, not with firsthand knowledge of what the Myers experienced while on the ranch for six decades but based on stories they have collected from adjacent property owners, other investigators, or just other strange stories from the surrounding community. Let’s examine each source. Skinwalker investigator Ryan Skinner believes Garth Myers was lying and bases that position on interviewing others who told him so. Skinner cites Gwen Sherman’s testimony that Myers was being less than truthful. As proof, Skinner presented a snippet of the interview here: CONTINUE READING: www.theufochronicles.com/2021/11/claims-of-paranormal-activity-at.html
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Post by swamprat on Dec 7, 2021 14:47:51 GMT -6
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Post by jcurio on Dec 11, 2021 7:38:11 GMT -6
IMO, it is “telling” that Bigelow and corp. have moved on to other “things”.
See if you can discover what Bigelow is studying now? 😉🤔
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Post by swamprat on Jan 18, 2022 11:02:09 GMT -6
New episode tonight on the History Channel, 9:00 Eastern.
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Post by auntym on May 25, 2022 13:14:13 GMT -6
www.mysterywire.com/ufo/ive-seen-more-ufos-than-i-can-count-dod-scientist-says/‘I’ve seen more UFOs than I can count,’ DOD scientist saysby: George Knapp / www.mysterywire.com/author/george-knapp/Posted: May 24, 2022 'Science needs to investigate the unknown,' says prominent Pentagon scientist'Science needs to investigate the unknown,' says prominent Pentagon scientist MYSTERY WIRE –– Thanks to his appearances on popular television programs, Dr. Travis Taylor is one of the world’s best-known UFO hunters, including “Ancient Aliens” and “The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch.” But Taylor is not a true believer. He was brought in as a consultant to both programs because of his rigorous, skeptical nature. It is possible, he says, to pursue the unknown, even the paranormal, and still adhere to the scientific method. “If you’re supposed to be a trained scientist or engineer, you’re supposed to be asking these questions, you know, instead of running away and hiding from these questions. I think the perception has changed,” Travis told Mystery Wire. NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – MAY 12: Travis Taylor speaks onstage during the Ancient Aliens Live Tour at NJPAC on May 12, 2022 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for History)Taylor joined businessman Brandon Fugals’s team at Fugals’s infamous Skinwalker ranch three years ago and firmly believed he would be able to resolve the ranch’s assorted mysteries in short order. But the longer he stayed, the stranger things became. “You know, I had never seen a UFO until I got out there. Now, I have seen more UFOs now than you can count.” TRAVIS TAYLOR He does not merely play a scientist on TV. Taylor boasts a doctorate in aerospace systems engineering, a doctorate in optical science and engineering, a master’s degree in physics, a master’s degree in mechanical and aerospace engineering, and a master’s degree in astronomy. He has had a 20-year career supporting NASA, the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, and other customers. An accomplished writer, he has written two textbooks, over 15 papers, and 21 science fiction novels. He was recently hired to work for Radiance Technologies, a tech firm that performs classified work for the Department of Defense. One of his colleagues is John “Jay” Stratton, the former head of the Pentagon’s UAP Task Force, a unit created to investigate military encounters with UFOs. BALTIMORE, MD – NOVEMBER 09: Travis Taylor speaks onstage at the Ancient Aliens: Area 52 – Secret Space Programs panel during Day 1 of AlienCon Baltimore 2018 at the Baltimore Convention Center on November 9, 2018 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Riccardo Savi/Getty Images for HISTORY)In a surprisingly candid and wide-ranging interview, Taylor shares his opinions about the role of science in the pursuit of the unknown, his personal experiences with strange phenomena on Skinwalker Ranch, the physical effects of close encounter cases, and the mysterious ‘hitchhiker effect’ that multiple UFO/paranormal eyewitnesses have reported. www.mysterywire.com/ufo/ive-seen-more-ufos-than-i-can-count-dod-scientist-says/
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Post by auntym on May 29, 2022 11:19:27 GMT -6
An overview of the "Hitchhiker Effect"
George Knapp Λ Colm Kelleher on Skinwalker Ranch, Evidence for UFOs, and the Hitchhiker Effect
Premiered Feb 3, 2022
interview starts at 4:00
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Post by auntym on Jun 14, 2022 15:28:49 GMT -6
www.scientificexploration.org/docs/edgescience/edgescience-50.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0MyfmRnNiJxe12rufZ5rKVtAPXJt084dMJw6hijNNkvRrUi_w8ZUlCGmE#page=19The Pentagon’s Secret UFO Program, the Hitchhiker Effect, and Models of Contagionby Colm A Kelleher / June 2022 In September 2008 the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) initiated a $22 million, two-year contract with Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Studies (BAASS) to scientifically study UFOs and their effects on humans. And so began one of the most controversial programs in the history of the United States Government. The program was named Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program (AAWSAP) and was kept secret from the public until The New York Times broke the story in December 2017 (Cooper, Blumenthal & Kean, 2017). DIA senior analyst James T. Lacatski was the primary creator of AAWSAP. Within five months of the AAWSAP start date in 2008 a team of 50 PhD and Masters level scientists, technicians, engineers, analysts, military intelligence professionals, program managers, and security officers had been recruited, hired, and were being assigned security clearances. During the program’s 24 months duration plus a three month no-cost extension, BAASS delivered over one hundred technical reports on different aspects of UFO performance, as well as reports describing medical, psychological, and physiological effects of UFOs and associated phenomena. Skinwalker Ranch One area of investigation initiated by AAWSAP involved the (in)famous Skinwalker Ranch where multiple UFO sightings had taken place over decades as well as a plethora of anomalies that included cattle mutilations, sightings of orbs of different colors, discarnate entities, and poltergeist activity (Kelleher and Knapp, 2005). Shortly after the AAWSAP investigations began, the DIA deployed several military personnel on site visits to Skinwalker Ranch to corroborate and evaluate earlier reports of anomalous phenomena. Lacatski himself had experienced a profound anomaly on the ranch in 2007; this experience, in fact , was a significant instigation for the formation of the AAWSAP/BAASS program. All five DIA personnel deployed to the ranch experienced profound anomalies while on the property, and more importantly, all five “brought something home” with them. The leader of these five military personnel was a Naval Intelligence officer whom we gave the pseudonym Jonathan Axelrod in our book (Lacatski, Kelleher & Knapp, 2021). Axelrod was an accomplished engineer who would eventually be promoted to the rank of two-star admiral within Naval Intelligence and who possessed Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS SCI ) clearances at the time of his ranch Axelrod, accompanied by Jim Costigan and David Wilson, encountered an anomaly on the ranch that caused a lot of fear in all three men. But little did he know that this incident was only the beginning of his troubles. Within a month of arriving back home in Virginia, a plethora of paranormal phenomena suddenly erupted in Axelrod’s home. For several years following his July 2009 and subsequent trips to the Ranch, Axelrod’s wife and teenage children were subjected to nightmarish “dogmen” appearing in their backyard; to blue, red, yellow, and white orbs routinely floating through the home and in the yard; to black shadow people standing over their beds when they awoke; and to a relentless barrage of loud, unexplained footsteps walking up and down the stairs of their house. The Axelrod teenagers endured some very scary episodes in their bedrooms; Paul, the younger teenager, claims to have been attacked by blue and red orbs in his bedroom on the night of February 7, 2011. But they kept quiet about their strange experiences. So imagine Paul’s shock when he was approached by one of his high school friends in 2011 who told him that on the previous night, he had looked out his bedroom window and had witnessed a large wolf-like creature standing outside his bedroom looking in at him. A few weeks later another friend told Paul of seeing strange blue lights flying around his backyard. These revelations by the two friends came without prompting from Paul. In other words, they cannot be dismissed as “me too” phenomena. The experiences by Paul’s school friends suggests that the perception of bizarre creatures and blue orbs was transferable beyond the Axelrod family home and out into the neighborhood. It’s unlikely that these events could be explained as a series of improbable coincidences. Likewise, since the Axelrod children were very reticent in discussing these experiences outside their immediate family, the incidents with their school friends cannot be dismissed as peer mimicry. The Axelrod family also suffered health effects with the wife suffering flare-ups of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (Lupus) and Raynaud’s Disease. Both Axelrod teenagers also endured intense flu-like symptoms at different times following anomalies in their home, with the most serious medical symptoms occurring in the younger teenager. What was once a normal middle-class home in suburban Virginia became an inferno of unexplained phenomena. And Axelrod and his family were certain that the trigger for this transformation was his first trip to Skinwalker Ranch. Axelrod and his family can be considered the “poster children” for the eruption of anomalies in the home following trips to Skinwalker Ranch. visit in July 2009. CONTINUE READING: www.scientificexploration.org/docs/edgescience/edgescience-50.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0MyfmRnNiJxe12rufZ5rKVtAPXJt084dMJw6hijNNkvRrUi_w8ZUlCGmE#page=19
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Post by auntym on Jun 24, 2022 22:34:00 GMT -6
www.mysterywire.com/ufo/skinwalker-ranch-and-the-hitchhiker-effect/Skinwalker Ranch and the ‘hitchhiker effect’ by: George Knapp / www.8newsnow.com/author/george-knapp/Posted: Jun 24, 2022 Dr. Travis Taylor was an arch skeptic but has had profound experiences on Skinwalker Ranch, including the dreaded "hitchhiker effect". Dr. Travis Taylor describes the scope and intentions of the investigation at Skinwalker Ranch, including, various UFOs and other phenomena MYSTERY WIRE — Dr. Travis Taylor is well known as one of the principal scientific investigators on the History Channel program The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch. In this part of our interview, he describes the scope and intentions of the investigation, various UFOs and other phenomena he has personally witnessed, the challenges of investigating phenomena that are seemingly under intelligent control, the validity of a spooky “hitchhiker effect.” A partial transcript of this 13-minute interview appears below. Watch the video for Taylor’s explanations of phenomena he witnessed at Skinwalker Ranch. George Knapp: There has been so much discussion in public on Twitter, social media about whether Skinwalker is legit, whether it’s worth studying. The AAWSAP program was based in part on experiences that happened there, and a concern whether or not there are legitimate national security interests there. Is it just a mystery, a paranormal mystery? Or is it a national security matter? Dr. Travis Tayor: Well, I can tell you this, George, and this is the part that really scares me the most is GPS signals over the ranch — and sometimes it stops at the fence line on the ranch, not just in the region — get jammed, and stop working. And even are spoofed to make vehicles think that they’re underneath the surface, and not where they are. And this could cause airplanes to crash. We’ve actually had drones crash, because of this many times. And these aren’t just little cheap drones, I’m talking $50,000 drones. And that is a dangerous thing. If someone has a technology that can do that, they could pick a region and make GPS quit functioning, then you’re gonna have airplanes that could crash, you could have automated drones that are going to crash, you could have vehicles that follow GPS systems. I mean, there’s so many things that could affect. And if it can do that to GPS, you can do that to other things. So this is a capability that’s happening as some kind of phenomenon that’s happening is that could potentially be a threat. Knapp: Can you explain that? Is there the physics of the hitchhiker effect? I know people find that just too far out. You’ve experienced it yourself. Taylor: Yeah. And, you know, we were always nervous about talking about the hitchhiker effect, because we might stimulate it. We don’t know what causes it. But could there be a physics explanation? Well, if it’s maybe functioning through quantum physics, there’s a possibility of quantum entanglement, that somehow whatever describes our consciousness, which is most likely a quantum phenomena gets entangled with whatever the phenomena is. And so wherever you go, you’re still connected to it. And that sounds hokey. It’s called the quantum measurement problem. A lot of scientists are, are studying it in great detail. And there’s been some Nobel Prize nominations for the for the topic. And so I think that could be an explanation, or at least somewhere in the ballpark. Knapp: You’ve taken it home with you. Taylor: Oh, I have seen some things and some things that my car has started and stopped itself. Sometimes it’ll the electronics way weird for no reason, and then they’ll be fine. I’ve actually had that happen once driving out of my driveway, my car just turned itself off. And I just happened to get out because I was wondering, just curiosity. And I thought, well, if I’m at the ranch, and we’ll get out, start looking around. So I got out of the car, and I looked up and there was an odd vortex in the clouds above my house. When this happened, I can’t explain that. I’m just saying those are correlated events. I don’t have any other data to go along with it. But that’s the weird piece of data. But when I got back in, the car cranked right up. CONTINUE READINHG: www.mysterywire.com/ufo/skinwalker-ranch-and-the-hitchhiker-effect/
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Post by auntym on Jul 2, 2022 13:30:25 GMT -6
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