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Skinwalker Ranch Ice-Circle Trace — February 2002

February 2002Skinwalker Ranch, Utah, Utah, United States

A roughly six-foot circle was reportedly found carved into overnight pond ice near the main house, with a shallow counterclockwise groove, ice shavings and no reported human footprints around it.

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Encounter · New Insights case observation

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CLAIM-216428reported
“In February 2002 an approximately six-foot-diameter, quarter-inch-deep circular groove reportedly appeared overnight in ice on a shallow pond near the main house.”
Inside the U.S. Government Covert UFO Program: New Insights
SRC-002150 · uploaded PDF pp. 187-194; printed pp. 178-185; section: Ice Circle
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Encounter · New Insights evidence provenance

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CLAIM-216429reported
“Examination reportedly indicated a sharp object had cut counterclockwise, leaving ice shavings at groove edges; no surrounding human footprints were reported apart from cattle hoof marks.”
Inside the U.S. Government Covert UFO Program: New Insights
SRC-002150 · uploaded PDF pp. 187-194; printed pp. 178-185; section: Ice Circle
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