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NIDS Light-Tunnel / Humanoid Event — August 1997

a warm clear night in August 1997Skinwalker Ranch, Utah, Utah, United States

One NIDS investigator observed a growing yellow light while another, using night vision, reported a tunnel-like form and large faceless black humanoid emerging. Follow-up searching and measurements produced substantial negative evidence.

// LINKED CLASSIFICATIONS:High Strangeness & Anomalous Effects(P-000106)→Distinct / Unclassified Humanoids(S-000099)→
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Encounter · New Insights case observation

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CLAIM-216414reported
“In August 1997 Jim reportedly watched a faint yellow light enlarge on a track below the NIDS team while Mike, using night vision, described it as a tunnel and said a large faceless black creature emerged and walked away.”
Inside the U.S. Government Covert UFO Program: New Insights
SRC-002150 · uploaded PDF pp. 187-194; printed pp. 178-185; section: Humanoid Emerges from Light Tunnel
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Encounter · New Insights investigation finding

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CLAIM-216416reported
“Follow-up investigation reportedly found a sulfur-like odor but no footprints, radiation anomaly or magnetic anomaly. Infrared photographs were inconclusive and showed only a faint light.”
Inside the U.S. Government Covert UFO Program: New Insights
SRC-002150 · uploaded PDF pp. 187-194; printed pp. 178-185; section: Humanoid Emerges from Light Tunnel
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Skinwalker Ranch Faceless Black Tunnel Humanoid · New Insights reported subject characteristics

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CLAIM-216415reported
“The reported figure was large, black and faceless, but the second investigator watching the light did not see the creature.”
Inside the U.S. Government Covert UFO Program: New Insights
SRC-002150 · uploaded PDF pp. 187-194; printed pp. 178-185; section: Humanoid Emerges from Light Tunnel
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Skinwalker Ranch August 1997 Light-Tunnel Event · New Insights evidence provenance

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CLAIM-216417reported
“The source describes the light as tunnel-like, but the reproduced evidence does not establish a physical portal, wormhole or transdimensional mechanism.”
Inside the U.S. Government Covert UFO Program: New Insights
SRC-002150 · uploaded PDF pp. 187-194; printed pp. 178-185; section: Humanoid Emerges from Light Tunnel
CONTEXTUALIZES
NIDS Light-Tunnel / Humanoid Event — August 1997 (a warm clear night in August 1997): Evidence Dossier & Witness Reports | ANOMALY | ANOMALY UAP Archive & Controlled Vocabulary