1 00:00:00,650 --> 00:00:09,660 [Music] 2 00:00:14,890 --> 00:00:12,310 the unknown intelligence on the ranch 3 00:00:16,900 --> 00:00:14,900 seemingly withdrew or went underground 4 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:16,910 during the latter stages of the knids 5 00:00:22,269 --> 00:00:19,610 investigation its manifestations became 6 00:00:24,609 --> 00:00:22,279 less frequent and less obvious but on 7 00:00:25,750 --> 00:00:24,619 occasion it would remind the locals that 8 00:00:28,660 --> 00:00:25,760 it was still around 9 00:00:30,910 --> 00:00:28,670 dr. colum Kelleher located the exact 10 00:00:33,220 --> 00:00:30,920 spot where the entity scratched out its 11 00:00:36,009 --> 00:00:33,230 autograph in the form of a perfectly 12 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:36,019 carved ice circle the odd creation was 13 00:00:40,180 --> 00:00:38,330 discovered by the caretaker of the ranch 14 00:00:42,969 --> 00:00:40,190 during his early morning rounds a 15 00:00:46,990 --> 00:00:42,979 geometric figure edged into the thin ice 16 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:47,000 of an irrigation canal seven o'clock in 17 00:00:52,149 --> 00:00:48,650 the morning he was taking a walk along 18 00:00:57,789 --> 00:00:52,159 the canal here when he stopped and and 19 00:01:00,910 --> 00:00:57,799 saw a perfectly aged five foot nine inch 20 00:01:03,130 --> 00:01:00,920 diameter circle in the water here by 21 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:03,140 late afternoon it would melt it looked 22 00:01:08,109 --> 00:01:05,810 like an ice skater it just cut it at the 23 00:01:10,959 --> 00:01:08,119 groove itself was probably a quarter of 24 00:01:15,550 --> 00:01:10,969 an inch thick and there were scrapings 25 00:01:17,950 --> 00:01:15,560 of ice all from all around the edge of 26 00:01:20,679 --> 00:01:17,960 the circle ice circles are rare but not 27 00:01:22,450 --> 00:01:20,689 entirely unknown larger specimens have 28 00:01:24,730 --> 00:01:22,460 appeared elsewhere in the world and 29 00:01:27,340 --> 00:01:24,740 scientists think there is one natural 30 00:01:29,859 --> 00:01:27,350 mechanism to explain their creation when 31 00:01:32,260 --> 00:01:29,869 conditions are just right circles can be 32 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:32,270 formed by the counterclockwise flow of 33 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:35,210 water there are also a few instances in 34 00:01:39,370 --> 00:01:37,130 Russia and other countries where 35 00:01:42,069 --> 00:01:39,380 eyewitnesses say they saw disc shaped 36 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:42,079 craft land or the thick ice of frozen 37 00:01:46,149 --> 00:01:44,210 lakes or rivers but neither of those 38 00:01:47,169 --> 00:01:46,159 explanations account for the circle 39 00:01:49,510 --> 00:01:47,179 found on the wrench 40 00:01:50,790 --> 00:01:49,520 nor was it created by any known animal 41 00:01:55,020 --> 00:01:50,800 being is there anything 42 00:01:58,490 --> 00:01:55,030 so explanation that you know I know not 43 00:02:02,160 --> 00:01:58,500 something that is not perfectly 44 00:02:04,110 --> 00:02:02,170 inscribed in terms of uniform 5 foot 9 45 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:04,120 inch diameter I could imagine an 46 00:02:09,750 --> 00:02:07,090 animal's crawl claws scraping a kind of 47 00:02:11,640 --> 00:02:09,760 haphazard pattern on ice as they maybe 48 00:02:14,430 --> 00:02:11,650 walk across or they look for something 49 00:02:17,460 --> 00:02:14,440 somewhere to drink from but not this 50 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:17,470 perfectly inscribed 5 foot 9 inch 51 00:02:21,690 --> 00:02:19,690 diameter circle an investigator for 52 00:02:24,330 --> 00:02:21,700 needs was on the scene within an hour of 53 00:02:26,820 --> 00:02:24,340 the circles discovery and took photos he 54 00:02:29,310 --> 00:02:26,830 also examined the muddy soil around the 55 00:02:31,710 --> 00:02:29,320 circle to look for any prints the only 56 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:31,720 ones found belong to cattle in a 57 00:02:36,150 --> 00:02:33,730 subsequent report written by the mid 58 00:02:38,220 --> 00:02:36,160 scientists it was reported the ice was 59 00:02:40,020 --> 00:02:38,230 three-quarters of an inch thick and the 60 00:02:42,300 --> 00:02:40,030 circle had been carved a quarter inch 61 00:02:44,460 --> 00:02:42,310 deep if it had been carved just a little 62 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:44,470 deeper the ice would have collapsed and 63 00:02:47,850 --> 00:02:46,090 the circle would have been dissolved 64 00:02:50,220 --> 00:02:47,860 before it could be seen by the rancher 65 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:50,230 the ice was too thin to support the 66 00:02:54,150 --> 00:02:52,330 weight of a human and there was no mark 67 00:02:56,729 --> 00:02:54,160 in the middle to indicate a tool had 68 00:02:58,830 --> 00:02:56,739 been used to draw the perfect circle but 69 00:03:01,350 --> 00:02:58,840 the scientists concluded a tool was 70 00:03:03,060 --> 00:03:01,360 definitely used to do the carving some 71 00:03:05,729 --> 00:03:03,070 of the shavings were collected for 72 00:03:08,430 --> 00:03:05,739 chemical analysis readings were taken to 73 00:03:11,190 --> 00:03:08,440 detect magnetic anomalies or radiations 74 00:03:15,660 --> 00:03:11,200 we took ice samples from outside the 75 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:15,670 circle the actual etching from the that 76 00:03:21,390 --> 00:03:19,090 had made the circle and we we sent them 77 00:03:24,090 --> 00:03:21,400 to one of the the better laboratories 78 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:24,100 for analysis and there was absolutely 79 00:03:28,410 --> 00:03:26,290 nothing unusual found the team also 80 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:28,420 analyzed the flow of water in the 81 00:03:33,150 --> 00:03:30,370 irrigation ditch and concluded there is 82 00:03:36,330 --> 00:03:33,160 no way the circle was created by natural 83 00:03:38,850 --> 00:03:36,340 forces someone or some thing carved it 84 00:03:41,460 --> 00:03:38,860 and seemingly anticipated it would be 85 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:41,470 noticed before the afternoon Sun melted 86 00:03:44,449 --> 00:03:43,450 it away it was not like tonya harding's 87 00:03:45,649 --> 00:03:44,459 lived in here and 88 00:03:46,819 --> 00:03:45,659 in the evening and did a little 89 00:03:49,069 --> 00:03:46,829 ice-skating because I'm going to 90 00:03:52,369 --> 00:03:49,079 supported her that's right 15 pounds of 91 00:03:54,470 --> 00:03:52,379 weight by by early afternoon that the 92 00:03:56,780 --> 00:03:54,480 ice had melted it was a very thin layer 93 00:03:58,819 --> 00:03:56,790 of ice it had totally melted and it was 94 00:04:00,559 --> 00:03:58,829 gone you know the other thing is that it 95 00:04:04,459 --> 00:04:00,569 was pretty obvious that it happened the 96 00:04:09,729 --> 00:04:04,469 night before because the the ice melts 97 00:04:12,110 --> 00:04:09,739 every day in February case unsolved 98 00:04:14,420 --> 00:04:12,120 investigators were unable to determine 99 00:04:17,270 --> 00:04:14,430 how the formation had been created or 100 00:04:19,729 --> 00:04:17,280 more importantly why the mystery circle 101 00:04:22,099 --> 00:04:19,739 became the last definitive episode of 102 00:04:25,380 --> 00:04:22,109 the knids era and it was interpreted by