# Van Eyck 1996: Millionaire Leads Quest for UFO Data > Zack Van Eyck, 1996. 10 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Dates the sale and the nondisclosure agreement, and shows new claims reaching print… Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D013ZCY5XRV/millionaire-leads-quest-for-ufo-data 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** # Millionaire Leads Quest for UFO Data Zack Van Eyck, 1996. _Deseret News_. The 20 October 1996 follow-up on Bigelow's purchase: the sale closed in September for about $200,000, the Shermans say they lost money, Terry Sherman now maintains the ranch under a nondisclosure agreement, and the researcher Ryan Layton relays further claims (about ten cows lost, three dogs vanished, a humanoid figure). **Skinwalker Ranch** Web pageChecked against the original0 ## What it's used for here Dates the sale and the nondisclosure agreement, and shows new claims reaching print second-hand. ## Cited by on this site 10 records [Carcasses of the Shermans' cattle, 1994-96](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/artifacts/ART0D015S8G3A0C/carcasses-of-the-shermans-cattle-1994-96) ART [By October 1996 the losses had become about ten cows, three dogs had vanished after chasing a ball of light,…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/evidence/EVD0D014T8A05HN/by-october-1996-the-losses-had-become-about-ten-cows-three) Evidence EVD [The Shermans said they lost money on the sale to Bigelow.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/evidence/EVD0D014KNC1EZW/the-shermans-said-they-lost-money-on-the-sale-to-bigelow) Evidence EVD [The county sheriff's office said mutilation reports usually arrive one to three weeks after the animal is…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/evidence/EVD0D014YMY098N/the-county-sheriffs-office-said-mutilation-reports-usually) Evidence EVD [The family said they lost money on the sale.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/evidence/EVD0D014S922PGA/the-family-said-they-lost-money-on-the-sale) Evidence EVD [The sheriff confirmed that a neighbour's two cows were mutilated in 1996.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/evidence/EVD0D01548M4009/the-sheriff-confirmed-that-a-neighbours-two-cows-were) Evidence EVD [The wolf, the vanished dogs and the humanoid figure are absent from the June 1996 account and appear later,…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/evidence/EVD0D014R2046MB/the-wolf-the-vanished-dogs-and-the-humanoid-figure-are) Evidence EVD [Robert Bigelow buys the ranch for NIDS](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/events/EVT0D0144967ZKX/robert-bigelow-buys-the-ranch-for-nids) EVT [Skinwalker Ranch](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch) The mystery article MYS [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 ## Cite it ``` Van Eyck, Z. (1996). Millionaire Leads Quest for UFO Data. Deseret News. https://www.deseret.com/1996/10/20/19272708/millionaire-leads-quest-for-ufo-data/ ``` [Read it free at deseret.com](https://www.deseret.com/1996/10/20/19272708/millionaire-leads-quest-for-ufo-data/) Key **SRC** 0D013ZCY5XRV 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/SRC0D013ZCY5XRV/millionaire-leads-quest-for-ufo-data/csl.json)