r/skinwalkerranch Aug 15 '23

How a D.I.A. Director's "First Vision" on SWR kicked-off AAWSAP, AATIP, Lue Elizondo and even Brandon Fugal's TV show

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James Lakatski's “Kick-off" First Vision at Skinalker Ranch in 2007:

Edited excerpt from Skinwalkers at The Pentagon

On July 26, 2007, Program Manager at the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), James Lacatski and Robert Bigelow flew to Skinwalker Ranch. The ranch looked its finest on this beautiful July day, the Russian Olives and cedars were in full bloom and the pastures were looking their verdant best. Bigelow and Lacatski sauntered on the property for a short while and then headed for the nearest building.

At the end of the entrance to the ranch was a small, picturesque dwelling which had been named Homestead 1. Bigelow introduced Lacatski to the managers in the dining room/kitchen of their house.

Abruptly, Lacatski was transfixed by something behind where Bigelow and the couple were chatting: a seemingly unearthly technological device had suddenly and silently appeared out of nowhere in the adjacent kitchen.

The materialized and hovering object looked to be a complex semi-opaque, yellowish, tubular structure. Lacatski said nothing but stared at the object, which was hovering silently. He looked away, looked back, and there it still was. It remained visible to Lacatski for no more than 30 seconds before vanishing on the spot.

About two hours after they had arrived on the property, Lacatski and Bigelow were driving back to Vernal Airport. Although conversing normally with Bigelow, Lacatski‘s mind was racing. Here he was, a ballistic missile physicist, a senior analyst at the DIA without any history of encountering anomalies, and he had just seen a vision unlike anything he had ever witnessed in his life.

Lacatski confessed later that prior to that stunning vision he had never seen anything unusual in his life. Yet within a mere 60 minutes of being on the Skinwalker property, he had seen clearly, in broad daylight, a solid object in the adjacent room within a few feet of where he stood.

This was no blurry photo of a distant saucer in the sky, this was an in-your-face, up-close and personal apparition of some kind of symbolic object. The fact that he, and he alone, of the four people in the room had seen it, was also not lost on Lacatski. What were the odds of something like that happening?

Lacatski remembered reading that the NIDS team had spent hundreds of hours on the ranch and had encountered anomalies only occasionally. Yet here he had seen a spectacular object a few feet away within an hour of setting foot on the ranch.

Later, while researching for some approximation of what he had witnessed during that astonishing two-hour interlude on the ranch, he came across a photograph of the album cover of Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells. There it was! The structure depicted on the album cover was not exact, but it was pretty close.

In the days after the ranch sighting, Lacatski slowly began to formulate a plan for capitalizing on his extraordinary experience. He was convinced that there was some kind of significance to his vision. It was difficult for him to imagine that some random event had occurred to him precisely during the two hours he had spent on the legendary Utah ranch.

The personal nature of the event motivated him to follow up with his superiors at DIA on the need to study the threat potential of technology of unknown origin in United States airspace, including UAPs.

But the most profound part of Lacatski’s vision was the song “Tubular Bells” itself. It’s actually the main theme song to “The Exorcist” motion picture - something Lacaski was completely unaware of when he saw the Tubular Bells in the Homestead kitchen.

That one event - Lacatski’s Tubular Bells First Vision1, is what directly led to AAWSAP, AAITIP, Lue Elizondo, the 2017 NYT UAP article, and even the recent Congressional Hearings. Without that Skinwalker Ranch vision, we’d be in a very different reality today. One with perhaps no form of UAP disclosure.

More About James Lacatski:

https://atmosphericlights.com/who-is-dr-james-t-lacatski-aawsap-program-manager/


r/skinwalkerranch Jul 11 '24

Why don’t they dig into the mesa?

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This question is being asked almost every day, despite being answered in our FAQ:

Why don't they just dig into the mesa? According to Travis Taylor:

  1. ⁠The property line is right in the edge of the top of the mesa, so they can't just drive heavy equipment up there.
  2. ⁠The side of the mesa is like a "Jenga game with SUV-sized blocks," and they're constantly worried that if they move the wrong thing it will all come crashing down, potentially damaging what may be in there.
  3. ⁠The surrounding area is Indian reservation, and they want to be mindful and respectful of the Indigenous groups.

Erik has also added a number of other important points in a politely worded rant on the Insiders:

  1. ⁠Erik Bard and Travis Taylor do not own the Skinwalker Ranch property. They are paid by someone else to be there and investigate it. The mandates and decisions about the property are not entirely up to them.
  2. ⁠Many of the public comments and suggestions about excavating or digging into the mesa are "underinformed, misinformed or naïve" and ultimately irrelevant to the actual course of the investigation. Bard is the scientist on the ground, not the land owner.
  3. ⁠Bard says "If you wanna do the sayin', you gotta do the payin'" - meaning those making suggestions or criticisms are not the ones funding and responsible for the work being done on the ranch.
  4. ⁠Bard states he is intensely curious and invested in the investigation, but as the principal investigator, he has to carefully consider factors like public safety, costs, logistics, and academic value before making decisions about invasive methods like excavation.
  5. ⁠Bard emphasizes that multimillion-dollar excavations are not going to happen based solely on his or Travis Taylor's discretion. There are constraints and considerations beyond their control as researchers.
  6. ⁠The data indicates that whatever is in the mesa is “electromagnetically or otherwise active.” That also affects any decisions about how it is handled.

People are welcome to beat the dead horse argue these points in the discussion below.


r/skinwalkerranch 17h ago

Theory Possible debunk on the scanning electron microscope causing the ceramic piece to "open up"

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After watching the episode this week and then revisiting the episode where they did this experiment the last time, it occured to me that perhaps they're/we're thinking about this in the wrong way. It didn't make sense to me that a piece of ceramic would "open up" at the introduction of the electron beam, then "heal" afterwards and went off to do some research on optical illusions that can be picked up by the SEM (scanning electron microscope) and found this article published in 2015 on the National Library of Medicine website:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5486231/

TL:DR; specifically on certain materials, the introduction of electrons can cause an electric charge build up in the material, which in the view of the SEM, looks darker than it otherwise would, and when the electron beam is turned off, the charge dissipates (hence, looks as though its "healing")

What do you all think?


r/skinwalkerranch 14h ago

Question Is the bubble boundary an energy field?

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If so, what kinds of energy are candidates? What type of energy field could cause drones to have to recalibrate? Smoke to “bounce off”? What would it take to broadcast such a field? Could it be broadcast from a satellite or from inside the mesa? What equipment could measure an energy field a the bubble boundary?

I’m not a scientist but I would like to see these questions asked. Also, the light flash and gamma ray burst at the Homestead, what could cause that? A directed energy weapon? What else?


r/skinwalkerranch 1h ago

I put in a way to long prompt in chatGPT

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I'm ok with it enough to post it


r/skinwalkerranch 1d ago

Abandoned Home in Rural Utah with Three Cow Bodies on the Roof [OC]

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r/skinwalkerranch 15h ago

Season Review to date now on YouTube

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@saucersandsaints YouTube channel posted a special SWR round table discussion covering Season 7 to date featuring several of the team members -Jan, Pete, Ben, others. Good discussion. It’s what Beyond The Gates should be but isn’t.


r/skinwalkerranch 1d ago

How about other sensors?

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We all know that GPS and Lidar readings go wonky in the bubble area. I have not noticed them sharing any data from non-time-based tech?. Do the readings from inertia navigation or accelerometer show corresponding wonkyness? Or have they tried tracking an aircraft with GPS and an old fashioned radar at same time?

Or my best thought is to have multiple light sources on a drone or helicopter covering the light spectrum, infra red, near IR, various colors of visible, up thru Ultraviolet. Have cameras track and map those beacons. At same time have the various Lidar mappings, GPS, gnss, radar, and any other mapping/tracking tech possible. Also, both mass and light based gyroscopes on board.. then compare all these results against each other. This could help determine if the effect is caused by disruptions in time itself, some form of light entrapment, or just radio signal alteration. I believe finding out what different types of tech are affected in different ways, if the effects are different for one-way as opposed to round-trip transit of bubble by measuring signal. And comparisons between light- and mass-based gyros and accelerometers could show off the effects are quantum or Newtonian or both.


r/skinwalkerranch 1d ago

SPOILER! S7E10 sample analysis Spoiler

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Ive just started watching the episode and ran the images of the SEM scanning electronic microscope through a couple of different ai's online.

I used the context of its colour, depth and been drilled from sandstone.

What they come back with was.

Sample A. Highly Weathered Kaolinite (Aluminosilicate Clay)

Sample B. Mineralised bone.

Im just wondering what everyone else's thoughts are, especially if you work with sem equipment etc.

Either way its interesting samples to be pulled from the ground.


r/skinwalkerranch 1d ago

Season 7, Episode 2: Flying High - My theory

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Season 7, Episode 2: Flying High - my theory about para drone showing inconsistent GPS data.

Sometimes above ground, under ground and/or far away.

Radiation induced, digital bit-flipping.

Altitude for example:
Above ground = 1, below ground = 0 (or visa-versa).

Distance and direction, a bit(s) flipped within the longitudinal and/or latitudinal coordinates.

RC control of drone lost during flight. I'm guessing a bit (for binary) or character (for hex) of the digital token pairing the drone to the rc controller was also flipped. Once the digital token pairing between drone and rc controller had a discrepancy, drone no longer acknowledged nor responded to rc controller instructions.

Rocket veering in unexpected direction. No clue. Assuming the fins were fixed and no other control surfaces were on the rocket body, nothing outside of strong winds should've forced the rocket to veer off course.

Physical or energy based "push"?


r/skinwalkerranch 4d ago

Rant: Why didn’t they physically investigate Homestead three? Spoiler

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During their investigation of Homestead two (season seven episode 17), they flew a drone over Homestead three because they were looking for a source of light that showed up on Eric’s side. When they did that, though, the drone noticed that inside Homestead three, there was a heat source that was dramatically warmer than anything else around there.

Since Thomas and Caleb were over there investigating, why not have them go into Homestead three and visually inspected for a heat source. Instead, they just went back to Homestead 2 and performed more experiments. It makes no sense. I mean, they may have investigated it in the moment and just didn’t show it on camera, but if that’s the case, and you’re not gonna show it on screen, then at least say something during the episode to let us know that it was investigating there was nothing in there. Just a short blurb.

I really feel like Prometheus needs to do a better job of cutting down on the drama, and improving on the quality of their production. Don’t they just have somebody that sits there and accompanies them while they cut these episodes together, to consult with them about how this comes across to the viewers? I feel like too many of these little things slip past. Another example, I’ve been harping now since last year, why did they not test the ceramics for superconductivity? Maybe they did! But we can only speculate because exactly 0 people on the show have discussed that very thing. It leaves the viewer in a lurch. 


r/skinwalkerranch 5d ago

Ferrofluid experiment-The Action Lab

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The last part of this experiment reminded me a LOT of the bubble.

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1562923558877441


r/skinwalkerranch 6d ago

Smoke and grid, really guys.

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Guys... That was just the smoke clearing the room... There was less smoke and the lasers were being affected by the very obvious movement of the smoke that was left.

They are scientists, Jesus Christ.


r/skinwalkerranch 5d ago

BINGO! David Paulides Presents Skinwalker Ranch Review Season 7 Episode 9

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r/skinwalkerranch 6d ago

Skinwalker should do a joint episode with Josh Gates expedition X

103 Upvotes

In the last episode there were some strange stuff that felt nearly paranormal.

I think they need to try a different angle. And josh gate and his team are the only ones I personally trust are serious and don't just create stuff for views. Dowsing rods may well give some results.


r/skinwalkerranch 6d ago

Psychic along with science

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I think they need a psychic on hand when they do these experiments. When the 1.6 GH signature happens, or any other goofy things on the science side, maybe a psychic can be there to detest the "woo" side. Just a thought.


r/skinwalkerranch 6d ago

Question Who thinks that an advanced AI is what may be creating interference, blocking signals, and perpetually ‘aware’ and protecting against interference?

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Following the many, many scientific experiments and the ‘responses’ from the ranch, I feel that an advanced AI may be protecting the area due to it being a crash site, portal, or some other important area that hasn’t been dreamed up yet. Thoughts? Other ideas?


r/skinwalkerranch 7d ago

Question Lights by Homestead 3

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Did anyone else notice 5 hot objects about the size of people on the drone camera when the drone was approaching homestead 3?

Any reason not to think these were 5 people messing around, possibly with flashlights? Maybe they jumped the fence?

I circled them in this pic in red on the top left, but it looks better in video because you can see they’re on the road and not connected to the trees or anything else.

Anyone else notice this?

Any reason to think these aren’t people?


r/skinwalkerranch 7d ago

Homestead 3 and Homestead 2

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Is the 'shadowy moving thing' in HS2 Travis pointed out simply residual smoke they were blowing into the building? Why didn't Thomas actually enter HS3?


r/skinwalkerranch 7d ago

Test Signal Generator

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Why did Travis use 1.6 GHz for his test signal in 7.17? If you just want to confirm instruments, shouldn't you use a more random number not encountered on the ranch? This would also more clearly delineate the copying effect vs simply things on 1.6.


r/skinwalkerranch 8d ago

Question If someone on the team posted proof on Reddit, would you believe them?

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I don’t mean a picture of an alien watching them shoot a rocket, I mean something like them posting their own Wow! Signal.


r/skinwalkerranch 8d ago

Does this Look familiar?

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38 Upvotes

I haven’t seen a comment about the “blob” being the shape of many rock art.


r/skinwalkerranch 8d ago

Experiment suggestion - the BB gun target test

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I think the team should mount a fixed BB gun on one side of the bubble, with a laser aligned target on the other side of the bubble.

Both target, and bb gun marked accurately on identical elivations and both mounted permanently and immoveable onto a vice platform in such a way that the bb gun always hits dead center on the target.

There should be hundreds of shots fired, to see if any of them go wildly off target despite the bb gun being perfectly aligned and rifled to ensure accuracy.

Since the team readily relies on all these ballistic type tests, i think its only fitting to have a gun on the range shooting daily at the target.


r/skinwalkerranch 9d ago

Thomas and Travis chase something behind Homestead 3

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Watching the recap after the latest episode and Travis said “Thomas and I chased something behind Homestead 2 that could only be seen with the thermals (or maybe he said night vision, wasn’t paying close attention)”. What’s he event is he referring to, I don’t recall that and I’ve watched all the episodes?


r/skinwalkerranch 9d ago

Visualizing the Blob

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I'm not experienced enough to comment on the existence of the anomaly 30 feet above the triangle, but as far as what the camera picked up when the term "the blob" was coined, there is absolutely no doubt in my mind that we are seeing a reflection of the explosion below. You can see the inverse reflection where the silhouettes of the cast members line up perfectly. And the highest point of the sparks lines up with the lowest point of the blob.

I find it interesting that it's been a few seasons since we all saw "the blob", and no one on the show has acknowledged this obvious artifact. Again, I am not saying there isn't something weird hovering over the triangle, but this season (S7) is so focused on the blob and what it could be that ignoring the obvious is doing the "investigation" a disservice.

EDIT: Found a similar post from 3 years ago (https://www.reddit.com/r/skinwalkerranch/comments/13889ec/skinwalker_ranch_blob_just_a_reflection) but my point is still valid. Why hasn't the team acknowledged this?