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What did NIDS record at the ranch between 1996 and 2004, and was any of it published as data?

Asked 26 Oct 2026 by ·3 answers·0·0 following
Most likely: what NIDS recorded at the ranch amounts to its staff's testimony; its instruments caught nothing it would…Ahead on the evidence, not yet confirmed. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

Where it stands

Three answers have been proposed. What NIDS recorded at the ranch amounts to its staff's testimony; its instruments caught nothing it would… leads, with evidence 3 for: supported by its tests. Two are still possible.

Why it matters

NIDS kept observers on the ranch around the clock, with a veterinarian and surveillance equipment, and promised to publish in scientific journals and on its website⁠[1]⁠[2]. Eight years of that should have produced a record. Whether it did decides whether the NIDS period is evidence or testimony.

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None of these.
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Evidence: none yet
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  1. Van Eyck puts forward: what NIDS recorded at the ranch amounts to its staff's testimony; its instruments caught nothing it would…
  2. Van Eyck: in April 1997 NIDS's spokesman said there had been minor observations, nothing he would stand behind, and…For: What NIDS recorded at the ranch amounts to its staff's testimony; its instruments caught nothing it would…
  3. Van Eyck: in 1998 Bigelow said strange airborne activity and unusual animal deaths had continued, but that it would be…For: NIDS recorded anomalous events on its instruments but never published the records.
  4. Kelleher et al.: when NIDS had a carcass it published a full necropsy with laboratory work, as for a Basin cow in 1998.For: What NIDS recorded at the ranch amounts to its staff's testimony; its instruments caught nothing it would…
  5. National Institute for Discovery Science: nIDS's published animal-pathology index of 2004 lists case reports from Nebraska, Montana, Oregon, New Mexico…For: What NIDS recorded at the ranch amounts to its staff's testimony; its instruments caught nothing it would…
  6. Kelleher & Knapp puts forward: nIDS recorded anomalous events on its instruments but never published the records.
  7. Kelleher & Knapp: the 2005 book describes staff sightings, some through night-vision equipment.For: NIDS recorded anomalous events on its instruments but never published the records.
  8. Sheaffer: the same book concedes very little physical evidence and none that could count as conclusive proof.Against: NIDS recorded anomalous events on its instruments but never published the records.
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