What's probably going on

I believe that aliens are "mining" our planet. Their main interests would likely be uranium or gold. I would think that uranium would have already been detected by the experts at Skinwalker ranch. But gold is a universal metal for all beings. The aliens don't "mine" like humans with pick and shovel. I would bet they have a much better way, and it's on the molecular or atom level method of extraction. Those "orbs" they see rising out of the mesa are just "clouds" of gold molecules being transported by some form of a portal. As for the anomalies being experienced they are just side effects of the portal, or maybe just the aliens, pardon my pun, just "screwing" with the scientists by messing with their rockets, drones and their drilling.