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Somewhere in the Skies · July 13 · 1 hr 36 min

I Was There: Area 51 and Skinwalker Ranch with Chris Bartel

We’re joined by U.S. Air Force veteran Christopher Bartel, a former employee of both Area 51 and Skinwalker Ranch, for a candid look behind the curtain of two of the world's most enigmatic locations. After eight years with Robert Bigelow's BAASS, including six stationed at Skinwalker Ranch, Bartel recounts the extraordinary events he witnessed, the Native American history he documented through his acclaimed Skinwalker Ranch Series photographs, and his unfiltered assessment of the investigations conducted there. He also confronts one of the ranch's most controversial claims: were he and his colleagues unknowingly used as human test subjects to measure the ranch's physical effects? It's a revealing conversation with someone who lived the mystery from the inside. Join us at ANOMACON on September 12th: http://www.anomacon.com Send us a voicemail: https://www.speakpipe.com/SomewhereSkiesPod Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/somewhereskies ByMeACoffee: http://www.buymeacoffee.com/UFxzyzHOaQ Substack: https://ryansprague.substack.com/ All socials and books: https://linktr.ee/somewhereskiespod Email: ryan.sprague51@gmail.com Opening theme song by Septembryo Closing song by Per Kiilstofte Livestream music by Punch Deck: https://www.youtube.com/@PunchDeck Copyright © 2026 Ryan Sprague. All rights reserved. #Area51 #SkinwalkerRanch #Skinwalker #UFO #UFOs #UAP #Utah #SomewhereintheSkies Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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We’re joined by U.S. Air Force veteran Christopher Bartel, a former employee of both Area 51 and Skinwalker Ranch, for a candid look behind the curtain of two of the world's most enigmatic locations. After eight years with Robert Bigelow's BAASS, including six stationed at Skinwalker Ranch, Bartel recounts the extraordinary events he witnessed, the Native American history he documented through his acclaimed Skinwalker Ranch Series photographs, and his unfiltered assessment of the investigations conducted there. He also confronts one of the ranch's most controversial claims: were he and his colleagues unknowingly used as human test subjects to measure the ranch's physical effects? It's a revealing conversation with someone who lived the mystery from the inside.


Join us at ANOMACON on September 12th: http://www.anomacon.com

Send us a voicemail: https://www.speakpipe.com/SomewhereSkiesPod

Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/somewhereskies

ByMeACoffee: http://www.buymeacoffee.com/UFxzyzHOaQ

Substack: https://ryansprague.substack.com/

All socials and books: https://linktr.ee/somewhereskiespod

Email: ryan.sprague51@gmail.com

Opening theme song by Septembryo

Closing song by Per Kiilstofte

Livestream music by Punch Deck: https://www.youtube.com/@PunchDeck

Copyright © 2026 Ryan Sprague. All rights reserved.


#Area51 #SkinwalkerRanch #Skinwalker #UFO #UFOs #UAP #Utah #SomewhereintheSkies

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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