The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch

Being familiar with Skinwalker Ranch and the assorted phenomena prevalent there, I was really excited about this.

I'm also familiar with the head scientist, Travis Taylor, and his work on television and for the US Government. I had high, high hopes this would be a definitive study of a patch of land that's befuddled people for decades.

There were some interesting points, such as when they brought in several different scientific teams to do their testing. I also found it interesting they discovered the intermittent flashes of microwaves and RF. I had high hopes when this happened.

What bothered me the most was how scripted a great deal of this was, including the "meetings" they held to discuss what happened, where do we go from here? SO MUCH DRAMA!

Had this show been permitted to go without all the scripted moments, I think I'd be enjoying it more. What's going on there is already dramatic enough without the production company/History Channel adding more that is setup and scripted.

I'm disappointed purported real scientists, such as Taylor and Jim Sagala allowed this to happen, given they're "supposed" to be more science, less folklore or rumor. It makes me wonder just how much "science" they actually practice any longer, given they're apparently willing to do whatever a production company wants, so long as they get paid. Their credibility, IMHO, is taking a real hit.

I am, however, looking forward to their "conclusion" of what's happening on the ranch.

This is the first time we can get up to date video access of the ranch, this place isn't a farce. Many would have killed to get to investigate this place for years. I am curious as to the outcome of this show(only one episode has released so far) the other reviewers currently seem to not have knowledge of the site. It isn't some gimmick made up to make a tv show. Do the research on the property, Robert Biggalow would not have been there for years or even bought it in the first place and spent millions of dollars to research the site for years if it was nothing

I want to, just once, see a show about this ranch without "actors". This is almost as bad as Mountain Monsters. They try to build suspense with forced reality tv show style conflicts between the characters when the property itself is interesting alone.

It is not a serious scientific effort.

There are so many simple, yet credible tests that could have been done in a serious manner that are being completely ignored. For example, deploy 16 stationary (altitude scalable) balloons to work as permanent instrument platforms (for GPS and camera of various types - mounted and each balloon).

Such balloons should be anchored to the ground, over a large area, ensuring a 360º complete coverage around points of interest to collect continuous data. Such instruments should be permanently linked (by cable) to storage data-servers on the ground (Control Center Installations).

It is very important that such cameras and sensors stay stationary while collecting data to extrapolate what is changing, the environment or the sensors, because when all is changing (moving) at the same time (rockets, drones, heli) the data lacks a stationary reference to be correctly extrapolated (compared with) in this specific kind of investigation.

It is also important to ensure and verify the quality of the GPS chips used. Such chips should be tested, calibrated and "quality verified" in order to garant that acceleration or hardware errors are not being generated.

There are so many other important steps that are being absolutely ignored. Anyway, my opinion is that this is not a serious investigation, in fact I don't think the production team has any real interest in doing so. The main interest is to explore an entertainment business.

About me: I'm a scientifically minded person. I love astrophysics and astronomy. I love every topic regarding the Universe. I'm a NASA subscriber. My name is part of a list of names carried by Curiosity Rover (sent to Mars).

I believe that our natural human senses and brains can only identify and understand a small part of the Universe, meaning that there are "space" for everything else in the Universe but this TV show is not doing much to explore such mysteries.

Well I understand the use of theatrics but hello it's television! Scientists and engineers are not generally thought of as bowls of laughs, charismatic and people you want to binge watch. However the fact that I watched 6 episodes in one sitting tells me that I need to get a life...AND it was interesting if not engaging. That's not to say the security guard isn't annoying because he most definitely is. But Travis managed to break down complicated science jargon into things I actually understood and that I found fascinating. It's creepy, interesting and I am a believer in the strange occurrences taking place. And I disagree with others who claim nothing happens. Plenty happens but it is speculation as to what is the source. Hopefully they will eventually get there, but if not, I still consider it a very interesting, educational and engaging show.