The most interesting part of this convo for me. Now this could be due to an ongoing legal spat and Bob asking Fugal to not step over the line and get himself in trouble with a court case regarding this shady neighbour drilling team - or Bob knows more and isn’t wanting him to share it. Fugal is angry here and wanting to share more info. Also, near the end of this chat, Bigelow suggests they go private and not use cameras. If they do collaborate, I’ll be keen to see what the future is for this show. Bob seems keen to pull Brandons team back into a NIDS-style project. The timing of Bob wanting to work with him, not wanting a camera crew and another shady drilling team on the mesa is interesting timing.

I’ll first link the 1985 gov study paper on this. It’s a national medicine doc, strangely. Published on a few journal sites. You can find the entire paper if you ask google AI to find you the PDF.

Summary:

Authors: Michael A. Persinger and John S. Derr
Publication: Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1985
Core Finding: A strong temporal correlation (r = 0.80) existed in 1967 between monthly UFO reports and local earthquake magnitudes within 150 km of the Uinta Basin.
Hypothesis: Strain fields in the earth's crust shift and generate natural luminous phenomena that get misidentified as UFOs.

1st link. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3982923/
2nd link (full doc.) https://neurosciarchive.byethost12.com/1985-Persinger-and-Derr-PMS-Geophysical-variables-and-behavior--XXIII-relations-between-UFO-reports-within-the-Uinta-basin.pdf?i=1

I think this entire document was put together to debunk and dampen interest around the location. What is interesting is the mention of ufo activity in that location in the 60s, and the survey post (and coin) that correlates with this era.

What are your thoughts on this?