Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 14 hours ago

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In the first episode of this series, we dive into the mystery of the ranch and plot our path forward. We discuss:

🛸 What John Keel saw as the biggest blunder of ufological investigation (and how to avoid it)
🛸 The conversation that convinced Jacques Vallée that science will never provide the full answer on UFOs (and how to proceed anyway)
🛸 The reason Brandon Fugal says there may be a “precognitive, sentient, non-human intelligence” on the ranch
🛸 The 6-Layer Model of Anomalous Phenomena (Vallée & Davis)
🛸 The Control Mechanism (Vallée)
🛸 Window Areas (Keel)
🛸 The UFO as Hyperobject (Madden)
🛸 And much more

EPISODE BRIEF:
uforabbithole.com/podcast/ep-27-skinwalker-ranch-pt-1-what-is-the-secret-of-the-ranch

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MUSIC
Theme: Cabinet of Curiosities by Shaun Frearson

TIMESTAMPS
00:00:31 Introduction
00:08:51 A Brief History of Skinwalker Ranch
00:10:42 —Background
00:16:46 —The Sherman Era (1994-1996)
00:17:49 —Bigelow's Ownership & NIDS Investigation (1996-2016)
00:20:01 —AAWSAP Investigations (2007-2012)
00:24:50 —Ownership by Adamantium Holdings & Increased Media Attention (2016-Present)
00:27:01 What Is “The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch”
00:28:06 —Portals
00:34:44 —Keel’s Window Areas
00:38:43 —An Intelligence
00:42:44 —Other Possibilities
00:44:01 —Here—But Not Just Here
00:45:02 Approach
00:46:29 —The 6-Layer Model & Incommensurability: Vallée & Davis
00:51:16 —Vallée & The Phenomenon As An Intelligence Problem
01:00:17 —Vallée’s Control Mechanism
01:01:24 —Madden’s Unidentified Flying Hyperobject