I would go as far to say that the US are in some sort of diplomatic agreement with ETs. The evidence suggests genetic engineering for ET technology. The problem with that is how do you tell the world?
Here are the episodes to The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch:
- The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch S01E01
- The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch S01E02
- The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch S01E03
Gus,
I watched all three episodes. Nothing new really, but interesting to see down in the dirt views of the whole area. I did find much of that interesting. As for the TV show and the team, I have mixed feelings. For one thing, they toss around the 'radiation' phrase like its candy.
Jim Segala is an authentic scientist in my opinion...he is very quiet, his opinions are reserved and he doesn't jump to conclusions. His background is typically that of a wide skill set research scientist.
He is affiliated with Hathaway Research:
Dr. Segala has degrees in physics, biophysics, radiology, and systems engineering. He is also adept at MatLab & is a general languages programmer, including C++ & python, along with some experience using embedded microcontrollers, which can generally be decyphered as experience making data instruments. Segala was also an active researcher at the Institute for Advanced Studies at Austin, Hal Puthoff's research group. Dr. Puthoff was a regular at NIDS & the Sherman Ranch/SkinWalker Ranch. He & I have and Dr. Albert Harrison have done something in common regarding orbs. So, Dr. Segala is already likely fully indoctrinated regarding the SkinWalker area phenomena.
Also I think Erik Bard is pretty good, he has a small company, ML3 Scientific, an xray and environmental instrument products manufacturer. He's also reserved, doesn't jump to conclusions and he has already demonstrated some science ability through emulating the strong magnetic field effect on the cell-phone electronics. Simple and it is consistent with many ET object exhibitions. In addition to my having seen the effect myself. In addition to observing batteries depleting, and electronics failing to perform as intended, etc., in 1965, I saw a disc polarize the light in the sky, about the diameter of a CDrom held at arm's length around the craft, the polarized light interacted with the polarization of my spectacles...the Rayleigh effect. Those craft can emit a huge magnetic field. Bruce Macabee, optical physicist (first time I saw him, via USNRL website, he was a staff scientist for the Directed Energy Weapons Directorate of the US Naval Research Laboratory), measured a mono-polar field, about which he wrote a JSE paper. He also outlines the report on his website. The energizing field from the observed craft was so strong that it magnetized the surrounding trees!
Travis Taylor...? He has a lot of credentials and he is a showman.
Ph.D. Optical Science & Engineering,
MSc Physics,
MSc Aerospace Eng'g, all of the above from Univ Alabama, Huntsville;
MSc Astronomy Univ W Sydney,
BSc Electrical Engineering, Auburn Univ.
Dr. Taylor seems to jump to conclusions based on scanty, poor quality instrument information. That behavior is ok for preliminary poke'n and prod'n, but at best it is hobbyiest level pseudo-science, yet almost the entire show context, so far, is based upon those readings of a TriField meter. Alpha Labs TriField meters are famous and well known within the ghost-hunting and crop-circle communities as well as in the 'dirty-power' 'causes cancer' groups. But it is a simple meter, although a few of the scales are 'calibrated'. The TriField instrument is a high quality tool for the task it is designed to accomplish, but is not a tool which would be used in a serious scientific study. Its 'ok' for doing simple quick-look measurements, but science grade tools need be used to perform actual science, and they did no data-logging. Not even jotting the readings down in a notebook?
The RF/Microwave setting of the Alpha Lab LCD TF2 TriField meter specfication bandwidth states 20 MHz to 6 GHz, but its actual 'calibrated' useful sensitivity range is around 100 MHz up to 2 GHz, and is only 20% accurate at 1 GHz.
So what that means, when Dr. Taylor was claiming that they were reading high power microwave radiation up on the ridge, they did not specifically know what wavelength was really being measured! The TriField meter does **NOT** identify specific frequency being measured and could be measuring any frequency between 100 MHz to 2 GHz which is a very wide range of which only a portion is defined as being 'microwave' wavelengths. The team needed a quality spectrum analyzer to make those determinations and when they did pull out one or two spectrum-analyzers, those units were virtually hobby-grade graphing meters. Not intending to be offensive, those tools are useful for the tasks the meters are designed to service, but not as a bonafide science grade tool. Those 'spectrum analyzers' on that show are designed specifically for configuring & diagnosing consumer, 'home' and small business WiFi devices and wireless routers. To perform useful anomaly science one needs commensurate tools. The investigator does not necessarily require to use fantastic tools but the instrument must at least produce reliable data for the task it is servicing and the technician shall understand the proper usage of the tool also.
The two consultants, from Qal-Tek, they were the 'team' that were hired to perform a 'full radiation sweep', in one day. However, in their defense, they brought with them very high quality scientific grade ionizing radiation instruments, a high quality ionizing radiation survey instrument, eg., 'Geiger counter' and the other instrument system (also not mentioned in the video), an Ortec RadEagle, an ionizing 'Radiation Identification Sensor', which I think is an integrating scintillator based nuclear spectrometer. Pricey.
Also, they distributed among the show's cast members, radiation safety devices to be thorough, Tracerco PED 'Personal Electronic Dosimeters', which are also quality tools.
The fellow from Semper Environmental, the RF & microwave energy consultant, used an el-cheapo WiFi 'spectrum-analyzer' whose bandwidth and sensitivity is very limited and is not suited for performing this type of anomaly investigation in my opinion. That might not have been his doing, as he likely may have been unaware of what his role would actually be or the level of data quality required to accomplish the task that the TV show producers imply is being performed.
I mention the RF consultant's contribution last as much of the subsequent video context is based almost entirely on both the TriField meter readings and the consultant's analyzer readings taken at the 'sink-hole', eg., regarding 'microwaves'. That in of itself could be a subcurrent indication of additional information to which the show cast members have been made aware, but which was not specifically delineated in the show script for the audience at large edification. It is fairly common knowledge within the scientific NEETS community that ET craft emit significant 'steerable' microwave wavelength energy as well as emitting enormous programmable magnetic fields. Dr. Paul Hill (NASA propulsion physicist), clearly elucidated these points in his book, "Unconventional Flying Objects, a scientific analysis". Any serious Near Earth ET Studies (NEETS) investigator worth their salt has read that book. So, my point being, the fact that Dr. Taylor seems to jump to microwave based conclusions may not be as it seems, and the conclusions may not be derived entirely upon one or two meter readings as depicted in the edited video but rather indicative of a subcurrent information stream not included in the final video product.
Through my own out-in-the-field studies of environmental anomalies of suspected ET object exhibitions, I found that to truly understand what I my instruments were sensing and recording, the data had to be compared with a long-duration base-line data acquisition period. And in that base-line data capturing effort, I ferreted out all identifiable electrical, RF (radio frequency), and kinetic periodically occuring noise sources. Until the investigator does so, ALL of the data is suspect and unverifiable. I see that happening in the TV show. It seems that they are guessing and because of that, while I found the TV show interesting, the show seems to be simply just another poorly scienced documentary. In their defense, they could be doing much more than they are actually presenting?
I'd like to be on that team. But I think they'd hate me. I'd like to see what the 'sink hole' structure looks like underground. There are guys who use geophones and hammers to sonically map underground structures. I wonder how the ranch area would respond to that? Also, I'd plant a bunch of magnetometers around the area and, I'd track down and plant an array of MindSong sensors for post acquistion analysis. There is a large assortment of data-logging data-acquisition sensors that could be deployed, along with a protocol I developed to prevent 'leakage' of instrumentation deployment attempts. It seems obvious that the show team is leaking info to the watchers.
It was fun, and I'll watch it again. But I'd like to see them stop jumping to conclusions and losing balloons and using $200 WiFi 'spectrum-analyzers' being foisted as 'science instruments' and using hand held tin cans for undetermined microwave frequency reflectors, heh heh.
My HP spectrum-analyzer, (below) cost $175,000 (I bought it surplus via eBay for around $3,000). It is what I use to analyze anomalous signals, however it isn't too portable. Although there are quality portable less capable spectrum-analyzers available for around $15,000 (new).
So, I am somewhat anxious to watch next Tuesday's episode, its a fun show, if one can ignore the hobby level 'science'. But to be fair, it is a TV show and currently it is the **ONLY** TV show regarding suspected ET paranormal phenomenon that utilizes any strategy that doesn't rely soley on cameras!! That is really cool!!
plutronus