CLAIM - Beyond Skinwalker Ranch S1e1 - UAP captured on video

[flarkey]

So there's a sequel out to the pioneering science show on the History Channel about Skinwaker Ranch, and they have called it Beyond Skinwalker Ranch.

Skinwalker Ranch is now widely considered to be ground zero for UAP activity and high strangeness. Now on an effort to gain a broader perspective and build larger data sets, the Skinwalker team is adding two team members and taking the offensive by pursuing evidence of similar phenomena found at analogous sites around the country. No longer content to sit, waiting to be targeted…it's time to go BEYOND SKINWALKER.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27990888/?ref_=tt_cl_eps_sm_5


Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLUii7Tlbs8

In the first episode they investigate Bradshaw Ranch in Sedona Arizona and they are accompanied by ex USAF officer and CIA Operator Andy Bustamante. (I think he's an interesting guy and has done some great podcasts recalling his time in CIA).

https://sega.nau.edu/gardens/bradshaw_ranch

Latitude and Longitude: 34.91206635, -111.9296058

In the video they set up some thermal cameras, two UAP cameras and a EM sprectrometer

Then they wait for nightfall and try to initiate contact by shining some lasers into the sky. (wtf?).

After a while the cameras detect an anomaly, which appears to be an object with two light moving across the sky in a straight line. Could this be a genuine UAP.....?

Time of UAP - Saturday 17 December 2022 19:41pm (assumed Local Time) - Sunday 18 December 2022 02.41hrs UTC time

Commentary from the video...

8:07: another one right there! it is look at that look at that look at that, look at that. what is that? that's the UFO dab doing? its job that small square that small red square is where it's super oh it just left it oh now the other one check it out look over here - oh look at that it's getting more intense. look at how bright it is. what is that thing? that is zoomed in on an object in the sky! that fits the definition for an anomaly!

So you'd think that they'd have checked to see if there were any high altitude planes such as airliners flying overhead at this time and show that there were not - thereby cementing the claim that the light was a genuine anomaly. Well, they didnt. So lets check for them....

Latitude and Longitude: 34.91206635, -111.9296058 Sunday 18 December 2022 02.41hrs UTC time

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?ica...96&zoom=10.6&showTrace=2022-12-18&trackLabels

There were three planes that would have been visible from the ranch at the time of the sighting...

Can we check if any of these planes are what was caught in the UAP Camera? There is some Azimuth and Elevation data in the onscreen overlay - but without the reference datum we wont know exactly where the cameras were looking. Maybe @Mick West could ask his friend @BrandonFugal for the original data....?

(Edits: improved graphics)

 

[JMartJr]

I was interested that they said (at 9:16) that it looks "like it's tumbling, and those lights are flickering as it goes around."

Indeed.

 

[NorCal Dave]

So you'd think that they'd have checked to see if there were any high altitude planes such as airliners flying overhead at this time and show that there were not - thereby cementing the claim that the light was a genuine anomaly. Well, they didnt.

Yes, one would think something as simple as the Flightaware or Flighttracker24 app would be standard issue. Giving all the rest of the "Scientifical" junk they have arrayed in front of them, including an EDM level laser, a free app on someone's phone that identifies lights in the sky should be no brainer. IF, one was actually trying to do a science type thing and search for real anomalies. But that's not what they're doing.

This is entertainment.

In the post network TV world with the increasingly scattered viewers, the trick is to identify a particular group of a few million or so people that reliable watch a particular type of content and just keep programing for that group. This is the rating for Secrets of Skinwalker Ranch in May 2020, so full lockdown:

https://web.archive.org/web/2020052...showbuzzdailys-top-150-tuesday-cable-original

The show pulled a little over 1.7 million viewers and a .41 share of the 25-54 age group and a 1.19 share of the over 54 age group. The greener the shade the more above average. This is pretty consistent looking at other time frames. As has been shown in other places, this show, like it's cousins Ancient Aliens, Curse of Oak Island and others appeal to a few million, mostly 50+, mostly white males. These shows are never going to equal something like The Voice with over 7 million viewers and a 10 share of 54+:

But, they can reliably deliver a particular demographic to interested advertisers over and over. To do that consistently, they have to give those particular viewers what they want, and they don't want airliners, they want UFOs and weird shitalolgoy.

Setting up all that kit and flashing lasers into the desert like they're at Burningman makes great looking TV. Having all that equipment find a UFO is even better. Glancing at a free app on a phone and announcing it's just a flight from Pheonix to Salt Lake City doesn't serve any purpose. It's counterproductive to what they are trying to do. It does make one wonder about the motivations of the people on the show. Do they really believe it was a UFO? Do none of them really not know about flight tracker apps? Or are they playing versions of themselves in a entertainment show?

And of course, the first episode went to Sedona. It's been a hot spot for New Age, UFOs and the paranormal long before Skinwalker Ranch was. It's gorgeous country, but I've always skipped the crystal shops and tours to the many "vortices of power" and just gone hiking or off-roading when visiting.

Nice work none the less, Flarkey.

 

[Ann K]

Then they wait for nightfall and try to initiate contact by shining some lasers into the sky. (wtf?).

No, they were "painting the hillside with energy". I agree, wtf? Lots of flashy show, but short on explanations.

 

[JMartJr]

In regards to the concept of shining lasers into the sky:

The FAA remains vigilant in its campaign to heighten public awareness of the serious safety risk posed by lasers pointed at aircraft. However, laser strikes continue to stay at high levels with pilots reporting nearly 9,500 laser strikes to the FAA in 2022.

and

he agency takes enforcement action against people who violate Federal Aviation Regulations by shining lasers at aircraft and can impose civil penalties of up to $11,000 per violation. The FAA has imposed civil penalties up to $30,800 against people for multiple laser incidents.

Source: https://www.faa.gov/about/initiatives/lasers/laws

"Painting the hillside" would at least avoid all that -- shining what appear to be some pretty hefty lasers into the sky where you are watching unidentified aircraft fly past would seem to be, legally and ethically, problematic.

 

[Edward Current]

It does make one wonder about the motivations of the people on the show. Do they really believe it was a UFO? Do none of them really not know about flight tracker apps? Or are they playing versions of themselves in a entertainment show?

Do the stars of the WWE think they are actually fighting each other and holding longstanding grudges?

 

[Duke]

Flarkey's comment about the SWR guys waiting until nightfall to initiate contact reminds me of all the TV ghost hunters who do their "investigations" at night. I assume they are looking for third shift spooks.

 

[Mendel]

Flarkey's comment about the SWR guys waiting until nightfall to initiate contact reminds me of all the TV ghost hunters who do their "investigations" at night. I assume they are looking for third shift spooks.

It's because the stars come out at night—if you're looking for people from the stars, you obviously have to do it at night. Duh.

(It's not because taking pictures at night makes them be likely in the LIZ.)