Media31 Mar 2020Skinwalker Ranch, UT

The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch premieres

Name: The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch premieres
Start: 2020-03-31
Location: Skinwalker Ranch, UT

Astrophysicist Travis Taylor, a lead investigator on The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch US Army, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

History premiered The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch, a series following a team funded by owner Brandon Fugal, including astrophysicist Travis Taylor, as it investigates reported phenomena at the Utah ranch. It has continued for several seasons.

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PressHistory's The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch Tasks Scientists to Investigate Paranormal Ranch (opens in a new tab)Den of Geek / 2020-03-30
PressSkinwalker Ranch, Utah's home for UFO and paranormal legends, seen through photographs and a reality show (opens in a new tab)The Salt Lake Tribune / 2021-07-02
OtherThe Secret of Skinwalker Ranch, Season 1 (episode 1 'Bad Things Happen When You Dig', aired March 31, 2020) (opens in a new tab)HISTORY (A&E Networks) / 2020-03-31

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2016Skinwalker Ranch

Brandon Fugal acquires Skinwalker Ranch

Robert Bigelow's company sold the ranch in 2016 to Utah real estate executive Brandon Fugal, whose ownership stayed private until a 2020 History series. The Salt Lake Tribune cited a reported price of about $500,000.

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2005Skinwalker Ranch

Hunt for the Skinwalker published

Former NIDS deputy administrator Colm Kelleher and Las Vegas reporter George Knapp published Hunt for the Skinwalker, describing incidents the authors say NIDS researchers recorded at the Utah ranch, including UFO sightings, unknown animals and cattle mutilations.

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Sep 1996Skinwalker Ranch

Bigelow buys the Sherman ranch

Weeks after the Shermans went public, Robert Bigelow offered about $200,000 for the ranch and the sale closed in September 1996. His NIDS team set up an observation post; a spokesman said in 1997 that researchers had seen no flying craft.

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1994Skinwalker Ranch

Sherman family buys Uintah Basin ranch

Terry and Gwen Sherman bought a 480-acre cattle ranch south of Fort Duchesne, Utah. In a June 1996 Deseret News story they reported odd lights and craft, voices, and missing or dead cattle; the property later became known as Skinwalker Ranch.

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