# NIDS recorded anomalous events on its instruments but never published the records.

> Disputed: NIDS recorded anomalous events on its instruments but never published the records.

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# NIDS recorded anomalous events on its instruments but never published the records.

NIDS recorded anomalous events on its instruments but never published the records.

**Disputed** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Disputed** Two pieces of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Logs, video or sensor files from 1996–2004 survive with Bigelow's companies and show events no mundane cause fits.

## What would rule it out

- Release of the NIDS archive showing nothing of the kind, or a statement by the investigators that none exists.

## Evidence 2 for · 1 against

[In 1998 Bigelow said strange airborne activity and unusual animal deaths had continued, but that it would be…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/evidence/EVD0D014VZ07BKW/in-1998-bigelow-said-strange-airborne-activity-and-unusual)

Suggestive

FOR

[The 2005 book describes staff sightings, some through night-vision equipment.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/evidence/EVD0D014W6T0Z7H/the-2005-book-describes-staff-sightings-some-through-night)

Speculative

FOR

[The same book concedes very little physical evidence and none that could count as conclusive proof.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/evidence/EVD0D014WEM1ZNF/the-same-book-concedes-very-little-physical-evidence-and)

Supported

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[What did NIDS record at the ranch between 1996 and 2004, and was any of it published as data?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/questions/QST0D014DSW7T1N/what-did-nids-record-at-the-ranch-between-1996-and-2004-and)

Most likelyWhat NIDS recorded at the ranch amounts to its staff's testimony; its instruments caught nothing it would…

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). NIDS recorded anomalous events on its instruments but never published the records. [Answer ANS0D014VQ67DDZ]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D014VQ67DDZ
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