For decades, Skinwalker Ranch has drawn scientists, military personnel, and investigators seeking answers to unexplained phenomena in the Utah desert. Recognized as the most scientifically studied paranormal hotspot on Earth, the ranch remains an active site of surveillance, experimentation, and ongoing discovery.
Skinwalker Ranch is a 512-acre secure research site in northeastern Utah that has drawn scientists, military personnel, and investigators for decades. Known for documented reports of unexplained aerial phenomena, electromagnetic disturbances, animal incidents, and other anomalies, the ranch later became the focus of a Pentagon-funded investigation into activity that still resists explanation.
Today, research continues through ongoing experiments, advanced surveillance, and unprecedented access to what happens behind the gates.
Since 2020, The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch has documented a real-time investigation into unexplained activity at one of the world's most infamous properties. Using advanced scientific tools and surveillance systems, Brandon Fugal and his team pursue answers to questions that remain unresolved.
Three centuries of documented strangeness in the Uintah Basin. Scroll through the record.
The Dominguez-Escalante Expedition passes through the Uintah Basin along what will become known as Skinwalker Ridge — one of the earliest written records of the region's terrain.
The name "Skinwalker" takes root in the Uintah Basin, drawn from Navajo folklore describing a shapeshifting figure said to move between human and animal form. Attached to this stretch of land, the name follows the property for generations.
Homesteaders in the Uintah Basin report strange noises to local newspapers — the first documented public accounts of unusual activity in the area.
Terry and Gwen Sherman purchase the ranch. Within months they document over 100 incidents — cattle mutilations, unidentified aerial objects, large unidentified animals, objects moving through walls. They sell two years later, shaken.
Las Vegas aerospace billionaire Robert Bigelow acquires the property and deploys the National Institute for Discovery Science — PhD scientists, former military intelligence officers, and law enforcement professionals. Full surveillance and monitoring begins.
The Pentagon quietly awards a classified contract to Bigelow’s aerospace company to study unexplained aerial phenomena. Skinwalker Ranch becomes a primary research site. The program remains secret for nearly a decade.
Bigelow sells. Brandon Fugal acquires the ranch through Adamantium Real Estate and resumes the investigation with expanded technology and full transparency.
The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch debuts on History Channel. The world gets its first real look inside the gates.
A dedicated research team. Seven seasons of documented evidence. The investigation continues — and for the first time, you can watch it happen in real time.
Watch live →Businessman, investor, and steward of the ranch since 2016. Leads and funds the ongoing investigation.
@brandonfugalLongtime steward of the property and firsthand witness to unexplained events.
@thomasrwintertonScientist, engineer, and former chief scientist of the Pentagon’s UAP Task Force.
@travis.s.taylor314Physicist and architect of the ranch’s surveillance and monitoring systems.
Protects the perimeter and documents unusual activity across the ranch.
@kaleb.benchOversees ranch security operations and team safety across the 512-acre site.
@swrdragonThe most scientifically studied paranormal hotspot on the planet.
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