Brendan Jesus
The Sun is a terrible tabloid that spends time fomenting anger and lies under the guise of proper journalism. So it would make sense that Lue Elizondo uses it as a basis of his ‘D’isclosure. Before we jump back to one of our two favorite Utah ranches, I just want to highlight just how dangerous someone like Lue Elizondo is when it comes to belief and truth on UAPs/aliens. At this point, Elizondo’s credibility should be crushed and the only talk shows he deserves to be on are Alex Jones or Joe Rogan.
Elizondo’s latest blunder was brought to my attention by Steven Greenstreet. Elizondo went onto a radio show and practically read a report from The Sun verbatim. The issue? The Sun grossly misreported the report. “NSA warns aliens could contact humans through high-frequency signals as experts warn ‘we’re not alone in the universe’” is what their headline ran. Their article begins by saying, “A declassified document,” but the problem is that the report was never classified–it was unclassified.
Elizondo doubled down on the “declassified” claim multiple times while continuing to read the article word-for-word. When pressed on details from the radio host, Elizondo flubbed and could not answer. The big kicker here is that this unclassified document has been out since 1996. It doesn’t state that aliens do contact through high-frequency signals, rather, it reports that if aliens exist, this is one possible way they could. As someone who does believe in aliens/NHI, it’s frustrating how Elizondo grifts his way to a healthy bank account while his fancy pants lawyer tries to harass people who call him out on his bullshit.
Stepping down off of my soapbox now.
Let’s do what we usually do every week and head out to the beautiful Uinta Basin and see if we get any closer to finding out the Mystery…at Blind Frog Ranch.
Chad Takes Flight
We join Duane Ollinger, Chad Ollinger, Charlie Boy, and James Keenan at the Miner’s Shack. Season 3 Episode 1 “$3 Billion Heist” ends with James stating they could be sitting on a fortune of gold and points them in the direction of an area he thinks they should focus their search. James makes an interesting observation by saying, obviously, there are no banks or vaults at Blind Frog Ranch so where do you think the gold could be? Underground! The high mountains that surround the ranch make perfect defenses to monitor for incoming forces trying to come and steal treasures.
James says that the head of Towats is the best location for them to start looking. Duane thinks getting Chad up in the air in a Cessna would be the best bet for them to see any possible cave openings. They agree that Chad will fly at a low altitude in a south-to-north pattern and then east-to-west. Chad hops in the Cessna and takes off. He immediately hits very heavy winds but completes the grid pattern. After some flying, Chad notices a depression at the southern end of Towats. Bingo!
Here We Go Again
Chad, Charlie Boy, and James head to the location near the south end of Towats that Chad noticed from the sky. Once arriving at the overhang, James realizes the area looks backfilled and the dirt is super soft. They spend some time trying to dig into the area. They have to reevaluate once they conclude there is too much dirt to dig by hand. Duane says the best option is a controlled explosion.
The next day Duane invites Jack W. Peters (explosives specialist) and his team for a controlled explosion. Jack and his team decide they have to remove the top layer of soil so they can place three 10-pound hand charges to blow out the dirt. They get everything prepared and extend the trigger to the Miner’s Shack. Chad is the lucky one who gets to trigger the explosion.
BOOM.
Once the area is safe, they head back to the location and find bad news. The top of the rock broke and caved in. Being an optimist as always, Duane decides to bring his trackhoe down and dig out the area. He starts to dig with the rock-tooth attachment but quickly comes to notice an issue…it’s only solid rock. They need to reassess.
James decides the best idea from here is to use a magnetometer to try and find information for possible underground voids. He and Chad plot out a grid above the Keyhole Cavern. They plan to scan the ground in half-foot increments. James gets scanning and soon finds an anomaly in the data–it seems like there was a previous hole in the ground in the middle of their grid. This possible hole is a straight drop with no soil and is a 130-foot vertical shaft. They mark the spot. James says this could be an Aztec vent shaft. Duane tells them they’ll do the same thing they did earlier and blast the top layer of dirt off to see if they can find the hole.
They bring Jack W. Peters and his team back and show him their new blast location. Jack says they’ll make a 10-foot diameter and drill 16 holes around the shaft location for dynamite charges. A rathole rig is brought to the location and they start digging the holes. 15 holes are created without a problem but they hit a snag on the 16th hole. As the drill head comes out of the final hole, it comes out muddy. This is strange because all previous holes have been dry.
Suddenly, the 16th hole starts to flood. One by one, each other hole starts to flood. Realizing flooded holes would affect the blast pattern, Jack realizes he has to act fast. They drop all the dynamite and move to the trigger location. James readies the trigger and sets it off…but it doesn’t blow. A quick fix from Jack and the trigger line is fixed.
BOOM.
They all go over to check the, now, singular hole. It has flooded. But it’s not the only hole to flood. Chad, James, Charlie Boy, and Duane go check some of the other locations on the ranch and find devastating news. The holes dug by the trespassers have all flooded and there is a constant bubbling from within the Water Pit.
What Now?
The four men meet up at the Miner’s Shack to figure out just what the heck is going on. Duane is sure this water is not from snow melt. Charlie Boy says an underground tsunami could have been triggered by the blast. James has a different idea: it could be an Aztec water trap. He says they’re fully capable of that.
But where exactly do the caves connect? Chad seems to think the flooding could be coming from the Water Pit location. This implies a connection from the Water Pit to the Keyhole Cavern. Chad, being Chad, wants to dive back into the Water Pit–something that hasn’t been done since Season 1. Duane isn’t too sure about this but eventually relents and agrees to let Chad dive.
Dive On In
Chad and camera operator Ryan Powers suit up in scuba gear and get into the Water Pit. They decide to hook Chad up to a tether due to the possible heavy current from the rushing water. The two men go under and quickly realize just how murky the water is (presumably from the quickly-flowing current).
Only a few seconds under Chad resurfaces, he says something brushed up against his leg. Unperturbed, Chad and Ryan go back under. Ryan quickly resurfaces because he lost complete visual on Chad. Noticing something could be wrong, James starts to pull on Chad’s tether. A few tense seconds pass and Chad finally resurfaces.
Ryan and Chad both say just how bad the current was. Chad shows what brushed by his leg earlier: one of the tents from the trespasser’s hole! This now gives us concrete proof that all of these holes and caves are connected somehow.
Final Thoughts
This episode just reconfirms my memory of Season 3 being bland. This doesn’t really go far and, from what I remember, is quickly dropped for other areas of research. Without Eric Drummond, they’re unfocused. They base their actions on emotions rather than science. Sorry, but there isn’t much to say and reflect on about this episode because nothing really happens.
