Saturday 14 July 2018

What does the Skinwalker Ranch tell us about the bigger picture of the UFO phenomena?

"George Knapp (06-17-08) Hunt for the Skinwalker." Published on the UPARS´s Youtube channel, 11th of  February 2015. Duration; 2:01:27.


Are you ready to go further down the rabbit hole? If not, you should skip listening to George Knapp´s presentation about the Skinwalker Ranch. 

Let me first say that I think that George Knapp, together with Leslie Kean, is probable the best professional journalist investigating and covering the UFO phenomena today, and has been so since he started writing about the UFO phenomena in the late -80´s. He is driven by a genuine curiosity, he is humble about his knowledge and understanding about the UFO phenomena, and he knows a lot of high level people invovled in the UFO research field. For example, in this presentation he mentions people like Robert "Bob" Bigelow and Jacques Vallée. 

So George Knapp is not a "UFO nerd" with a tin foil hat on his head. Neither are the people he is connected to and work with. 

I want to make that clear here in the beginning, because George Knapp´s presentation above is nothing less than one of the most bizarre ,and in some instances, the most disturbing phenomena I have ever heard of. In other words, it is hard to know what to think and believe or not about all the different abnormal activity going on in the Skinwalker area; everything from UFO sightings and encounters to poltergeist phenomena.

And like George Knapp himself is saying in the beginning of his presentation: To inform the public about the truth is his trade and obsession, but the Skinwalker Ranch case, or phenomena, has made him think twice about if the truth always should be told to the general public.

What is also important to know is that the Skinwalker phenomena is not just stories and anecdotes from credible and honest people. There has been several scientists and teams of scientists, trying to study, document and evaluate the Skinwalker phenomena with rigours scientific approach and methods. Around the 1 hour and 11 minutes mark, George Knapp describes what kind of science has been done on the Skinwalker Ranch and in the surrounding area. 

It is almost impossible for me to give you particular high lights in Knapp´s presentation, because the whole presentation is filled with examples of all the different and weird ways in which the Skinwalker phenomena is manifesting. But I can recommend - not really the right expression - the video clip of a case of a cattle mutilation that Knapp shows 57:30 minutes into the presentation. That particular cattle mutilation was investigated by Robert Bigelow´s team of scientists. 

The weird, bizarre and disturbing phenomena are not something new or current for the Skinwalker area. The whole Uintah basin of Utah seems to have been a "hot spot" for UFO sightings and paranormal activity for hundreds of years. And the Skinwalker area seems to be the "epicenter" of all that "high strangeness." In the native american folklore a "skinwalker" is a shape shifting witch or soccerer who can manipulate and controll the human mind. 

I do not believe in all the weird and bizarre stuff that is being claimed happening on the Skinwalker Ranch. I do not think George Knapp´s or other peoples interpretations of the Skinwalker phenomena are correct. And Knapp is not claiming that he himself or any other person has the answers to what is happening on the Skinwalker Ranch, what is causing the phenomena or how. 

But I think that some very strange phenomena and activity are manifesting in the Skinwalker area. What and how is as far I can understand still a mystery. 

The last 30 or 40 minutes of the presentation George Knapp answers questions from the audience, and the questions are mostly about other topics than the Skinwalker phenomena, for example, about John Lear and Bob Lazar. 


For a more recent development of the Skinwalker Ranch phenomena, you can listen to Open Minds UFO Radio podcast with the guest documentary filmmaker, Jeremy Corbell. You can listen to Jeremy Corbell talk about his work with George Knapp "to create a documentary with footage that has never been seen by the public of an investigation by Bigelow Aerospace’s Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS) division. It has recently been revealed this investigation was funded in part by the Department of Defense", here.

The podcast "Jeremy Corbell - Upcoming Documentary on The Skinwalker Ranch" was posted by Alejandro Rojas on Open Minds UFO Radio, May 15, 2018. Duration; 75 minutes. The interview with Jeremy Corbell starts around 25:20 minutes into the podcast. The link to the interview with Jeremy Corbell again, http://www.openminds.tv/jeremy-corbell-upcoming-documentary-on-the-skinwalker-ranch-may-15-2018/41795.

I can also recommend the interview with Jeremy Corbell done by Robbie Graham and published on Mysterious Universe website, 29 June, 2018. The interview is mostly about the Skinwalker Ranch and Corbell´s up coming documentary about the phenomena at the Skinwalker area, but Corbell also gives some interesting information on the difference between the "Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program" (AATIP) and the "Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program" (AAWSAP), and the U.S goverment´s interest in and scientific investigations of the phenomena at Skinwalker Ranch.

Here is the link to the interview; https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2018/06/hunt-for-the-skinwalker-filmmaker-reveals-secrets-of-infamous-utah-ranch-dubbed-the-paranormal-disneyland/


I know, it is very hard for even open minded people to decide what to think and believe or not about what is happening on the Skinwalker Ranch. 

Take care!

Janne













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