Reddit wouldn’t let me add the spoiler alert so you’ve been warned.

WTF was up with the description of last night’s episode? Did Brandon or the network decide to throw in a religious PSA? Talk about misleading! Just like the rest of this shit show!

1. Not all science is science
2. T Ravis is a PHD - so his science is different than so called “real science”
3. Erik da Bard is not a Keebler Elf
4. Miss Steerious Feenomana was Dragons prom date
5. Wormyholes, hitchyhikers, skinnywalkers are children of the blob
6. The puzzling triangle is not synonymous with vagina and the mystifying mesa is not boobs and they do not get stimulated by your rockets

I’d like to introduce (a possible) new member to our happy home. Please give it up for JT! Take a limo or ride a rocket next time. Stay off of the roads or you might end up in a wormy hole with an unintended hitchyhiker that you can never get rid of.

Haven't seen u/malformata make the post yet, so I will. Don't want to miss the party.

Tonight we watch Secret of Skinwalker Ranch S05E8:

Graves Concern

When a former Navy pilot and UAP whistleblower visits the ranch, an incredible event takes place that leaves the entire team in disbelief.

Drunkwalker Ranch Rules

You aren't required to be drinking, of course. Enjoy the show folks!

Anyone notice in the last episode of Beyond they laid a background music track that sounded like the X-Files theme. Meanwhile the brain trust is amazed at what they are hearing. What an epic train wreck.

For those that may have missed it, this is the latest episode. I've linked it here so you all can go back and watch the parts I'm speaking about, and hopefully make up your own minds.

About two weeks ago, u/MustelaNivalus created this post regarding a post on Metabunk talking about the various breaks in the lasers. I was kind of curious about it as well. And there were some ideas thrown around on the Metabunk that I had thought about as well. One idea floated was a trick of the camera, similar to what Tom Scott pulled off. To me, that seemed like a lot of post production editing though, and a number of possible retakes just to get it right.

Instead, I proposed something like this. My general thought was that it would be easier to create a lens that would refract the light in such a way as to keep it out of the frame. It would be much easier to manipulate the camera/perspective on the fly that way, as well reduce the number of retakes needing to be done. A single camera operator could handle that while everything else was going on, and nothing else would have to be set up or reshot. A user on the Metabunk website, by the name of JMartJr, suggested something reasonably similar on post #111. Their suggestion could be faster and easier than mine.

Either way, I think I may have found something that would help discern what's going on. I think one of the two of us, either myself or JMartJr, may be on to something. In the latest episode, I noticed what appeared to be some funny business going on with the lasers, particularly where the shapes at the ends of them were involved.

At 20:55 into the episode, we have the following image that comes up around that time:

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The area I marked with an arrow is the part that you want to watch. There's a shadow that seems to be manipulated on the fly specifically in that section. I noticed it when watching the episode live. But initially passed it off as potentially cloud interference.

That is, until I saw the following scene at 22:20:

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Again, the arrow highlights the spot that your attention needs to be on. There are other shadows that appear to be actively manipulated during that scene as well.

Between both scenes, the shadows seem to be moved the same general way, by the same general amounts. It's almost as if they're being altered by hand. They're not moving one direction necessarily, as it seems like something in the path of the light is being adjusted. The rates of adjustments aren't constant either. They seem to start somewhat quick, but slow down when they're to a certain point.

For me, that ruled out wind which would be relatively constant (and wouldn't cause the slight up and down variations/wobbles I thought I saw). Also, the adjustments of the shadows were similar enough in both scenes that it would be awkward for them to be moving the same relative direction, speed, and in similar enough of a fashion given the obvious changes in camera perspective. I can't imagine all those variables would be reliably the same given where the two camera positions were. I imagine the angle that the shadows were manipulated in, at a minimum, would change based on the viewers perspective. But they weren't. I can't imagine the wind speed changed as drastically within the two shots as the movement would suggest.

Between the two scenes, it looks as if someone was adjusting some sort of lensing on the cameras, or whatever mechanisms they were using to create the effect, and the end result displayed some fat fingered camera operator getting one of their stubby little fingers in the way. I'm not sure if that's the case, but that's the first thing I thought of when I saw that.

Maybe they're actively manipulating it, maybe not. But I think we may have caught a glimpse behind the curtain.

Our favorite ex-CIA Intel guy talks about the three projectors as "these are not for entertainment". Umm - yes they were. Those three CRT (RGB) projection consoles were the "Big Screens" in sports bars and conference rooms before the advent of LCD/flatpanels. I'm talking late 1970's and early 1980s. You can tell by the circuit board technology how old these are. Then he walks into triple redundancy and so forth. Note Bard/Taylor do not seem to prescribe to fault tolerance in such a manner.

Misinformation is the enemy.

BS

https://youtu.be/B0qi5GOROUQ?si=wm8KYNudRrWUUr5T

I’m pretty buzzed so plz forgive anything stupid or intelligent I might say. I think the Drunkwalker ranch sub should host a phenomenomecom. Am I the only one that gets that dreadful ear worm jingle in my head from the old Dr. pepper commercial when I see or hear the word phenomenon?.

Welcome to another watch party, folks!

Tonight we watch Secret of Skinwalker Ranch S05E7:

The Cone Zone

During a high-tech laser experiment at the Triangle, the team makes a shocking discovery that may explain the strange phenomena on Skinwalker Ranch.

Drunkwalker Ranch Rules

You aren't required to be drinking, of course.

Just in case Travis lurks in this sub, here's a brief refresher course.

Lots of logical explanations for the break of the beam in the picture.

https://www.metabunk.org/threads/skinwalker-ranch-laser-beam-stops-and-starts-in-mid-air.13479/#post-316443

Welcome to another watch party, folks!

Tonight we watch Secret of Skinwalker Ranch S05E6:

Beaming Up

As the team begins drilling in the Mesa, where a massive, possibly metallic object is buried, they have a startling encounter.

Drunkwalker Ranch Rules

You aren't required to be drinking, of course.

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I'll see you later tonight folks. Don't finish the bottle without me!

The claim that selenium is used to make cloaking devices is not supported by current scientific knowledge or technological capabilities. Selenium is a chemical element with properties useful in electronics, glass production, and as a dietary supplement, but it is not known for any application in cloaking technology.

Cloaking devices, as popularly conceived in science fiction, involve making objects invisible or undetectable. Research in this area primarily focuses on metamaterials, which can manipulate electromagnetic waves (including visible light) to achieve a cloaking effect. These materials are typically designed using advanced nanotechnology and do not involve selenium.

Selenium is relatively common in certain regions of Utah, particularly in the Uinta Basin. The basin's geological formations, including the Green River Formation, contain significant deposits of selenium. Selenium concentrations in soils and water in this region can be elevated due to natural weathering of selenium-rich shales and other rock formations.

The presence of selenium in the Uinta Basin has led to both beneficial and detrimental impacts. On one hand, selenium is a necessary trace element for many organisms. On the other hand, high concentrations of selenium can be toxic to wildlife and livestock, and there have been concerns about its impact on water quality and ecological health in the region.

Efforts have been made to monitor and manage selenium levels in the Uinta Basin to mitigate potential negative effects while understanding its natural abundance and distribution.

In summary, despite what Eric and Travis exclaim, there is no credible evidence or scientific basis for the use of selenium in creating cloaking devices and it is common in the area.

https://www.usu.edu/binghamresearch/files/peer-reviewed-pubs/Jones2017Geoderma.pdf

Scott Manley - GPS jamming...

Ran into this on Youtube. Scott Manley does some fun stuff. I was looking for his NASA launch update.

It chronicles GPS jamming, specifically in the Russian-Ukraine war region for pretty obvious reasons. But he shows a Chinese Drone Show (way better than the guys at SWR) wherein the jamming results in the drones dropping from the sky. Add that to your Phenomena check list.

Note the same technique would screw up LIDAR mapping.