# Van Eyck 1996: Frequent Fliers? > Zack Van Eyck, 1996. 25 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The primary source for the Sherman witness accounts and the dates of their tenure. Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D013VQR6BWM/frequent-fliers Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- [Sources](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources)[Skinwalker Ranch](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch)Van Eyck 1996 **0** # Frequent Fliers? Zack Van Eyck, 1996. _Deseret News_. The 30 June 1996 feature that first reported Terry and Gwen Sherman's accounts of lights, craft, cattle deaths and the wolf on their Uintah Basin ranch. The earliest record of every later claim about the ranch. **Skinwalker Ranch** Web pageChecked against the original0 ## What it's used for here The primary source for the Sherman witness accounts and the dates of their tenure. ## Cited by on this site 25 records [The Shermans honestly reported experiences they could not explain, and the June 1996 article is a fair record…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/answers/ANS0D014PTY1CFM/the-shermans-honestly-reported-experiences-they-could-not) Answer ANS [Yes; the wolf, the vanished dogs and other episodes first appear in later accounts, several of them…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/answers/ANS0D014SRP5ZX9/yes-the-wolf-the-vanished-dogs-and-other-episodes-first) Answer ANS [Carcasses of the Shermans' cattle, 1994-96](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/artifacts/ART0D015S8G3A0C/carcasses-of-the-shermans-cattle-1994-96) ART [The Shermans' videotapes of two sightings](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/artifacts/ART0D015S0P77HA/the-shermans-videotapes-of-two-sightings) ART [Four of the seven cows vanished without trace, which theft explains and scavenging does not.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/evidence/EVD0D014Z4J6QC6/four-of-the-seven-cows-vanished-without-trace-which-theft) Evidence EVD [Hicks, who heard the Shermans' accounts, said the Basin's UFO activity was not unusual; the same article…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/evidence/EVD0D0153S023A9/hicks-who-heard-the-shermans-accounts-said-the-basins-ufo) Evidence EVD [Several of the most dramatic Sherman episodes, including the wolf, are absent from the 1996 press accounts…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/evidence/EVD0D014AW42CKX/several-of-the-most-dramatic-sherman-episodes-including-the) Evidence EVD [The 1996 account was given to a newspaper, with names, before any buyer appeared.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/evidence/EVD0D014BVC07P6/the-1996-account-was-given-to-a-newspaper-with-names-before) Evidence EVD [The June 1996 article reports lights, three kinds of craft, orange 'doorways', flattened circles and seven…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/evidence/EVD0D014T0G70NN/the-june-1996-article-reports-lights-three-kinds-of-craft) Evidence EVD [The Shermans had not reported the cattle deaths or sightings to officials, and the county sheriff had no…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/evidence/EVD0D014QJC69FJ/the-shermans-had-not-reported-the-cattle-deaths-or-sightings) Evidence EVD [The family gave the account under their own names to a newspaper before any buyer appeared, and said they…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/evidence/EVD0D014Q2R0GGH/the-family-gave-the-account-under-their-own-names-to-a) Evidence EVD [The family said they had videotaped two sightings.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/evidence/EVD0D014QAJ07H5/the-family-said-they-had-videotaped-two-sightings) Evidence EVD [The wolf episode is in the book but in none of the 1996 accounts.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/evidence/EVD0D014V7J6HZB/the-wolf-episode-is-in-the-book-but-in-none-of-the-1996) Evidence EVD [Terry and Gwen Sherman buy the ranch](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/events/EVT0D0143SJ31J8/terry-and-gwen-sherman-buy-the-ranch) EVT [The Deseret News publishes "Frequent Fliers?"](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/events/EVT0D01441C0YVC/the-deseret-news-publishes-frequent-fliers) EVT [Gwen Sherman](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/people/FIG0D0140VT0XZQ/gwen-sherman) FIG [Terry Sherman](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/people/FIG0D0140M06VH7/terry-sherman) FIG [Zack Van Eyck](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/people/FIG0D01413M6G7P/zack-van-eyck) FIG [Skinwalker Ranch](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch) The mystery article MYS [Are the ranch's reports distinctive within the Uintah Basin's own record of sightings and animal deaths?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/questions/QST0D014EHA6BJY/are-the-ranchs-reports-distinctive-within-the-uintah-basins) Question QST [Did the published Sherman story change between the 1996 press reports and the 2005 book?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/questions/QST0D014DJ2367B/did-the-published-sherman-story-change-between-the-1996) Question QST [How reliable are the Sherman family's 1994–96 accounts, and how did they reach print?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/questions/QST0D014DA8480K/how-reliable-are-the-sherman-familys-199496-accounts-and-how) Question QST [What happened to the Shermans' cattle?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/questions/QST0D0147YC7V7H/what-happened-to-the-shermans-cattle) Question QST [Terry Sherman: With his family, reported lights from April 1995 onward and three…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/accounts/WIT0D01467P5RC0/terry-sherman-with-his-family-reported-lights-from-april) WIT [Terry and Gwen Sherman: Reported the loss of seven cows: four vanished without trace and…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/accounts/WIT0D0146QA2QR5/terry-and-gwen-sherman-reported-the-loss-of-seven-cows-four) WIT ## Cite it ``` Van Eyck, Z. (1996). Frequent Fliers?. Deseret News. https://www.deseret.com/1996/6/30/19251541/frequent-fliers ``` [Read it free at deseret.com](https://www.deseret.com/1996/6/30/19251541/frequent-fliers) Key **SRC** 0D013VQR6BWM Kind Web page Rights The publisher's Kept 29 Oct 2026, for editors Checked Against the published original Added by [apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo) The record Bibliographic records are CC0. Take this one as CSL-JSON, BibTeX or RIS. [CSL-JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D013VQR6BWM/frequent-fliers/csl.json)