Camp Ripley
Military base in Morrison County, MinnesotaWikipedia
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Oct 30, 2026
Jacob BlaeserHOST
Were you in Bemidji? before piquant
Chip RankinGUEST
i was in bemidji for a year so i went to um i started my teaching career in litchfield in 98 i joined the army in 94 right down the road at camp ripley and uh in 05 i got called up i went to iraq and i was part of the surge for two years and then i came home got my first principal job like two weeks they tell you don't do any major life changes after you get home after two years i was literally was two weeks shy of two years i left my son he was two i came home he was four And I was like, gosh, I got to do something different.
Chip RankinGUEST
So I got this principal job.
Chip RankinGUEST
I went to Mora for two years.
Curt UnderhillHOST
And what better place? And you got to give back to the troops, though.
Curt UnderhillHOST
You got to give – I mean, you guys did trolling for troops for years at Camp Ripley and all kinds of different events.
Curt UnderhillHOST
So, I mean – yes i don't i mean yes you're the tax dollars did pay for it but i mean i'd rather see it on the side of your guys's rigs and a billboard on the side of the highway
Bill ShimotaGUEST
yeah no absolutely and really what what they spent on fishing was peanuts compared to what they spent on motorsports like nascar and stuff like that um go ahead sorry No, I was going to say that was kind of the fall of the FLW Tour when they lost the National Guard and then they lost Walmart.
Bret AmundsonHOST
Well, we had to stop up at Raysport Marine in Alexandria on our way up.
Bret AmundsonHOST
We were filming a Prairie Sportsman episode up at Camp Ripley, and we stopped and saw Matt Johnson up there, who joins us now here on the show, because not only do you work at Rays, but you're also our personal delivery guy, because... your parents brought back a bunch of stuff from the aglow conference for us and then they you were up at uh river bend resort up on the rainy river up there grabbed some stuff brought it down to race and we met you there and got to see eric and till and the crew tanner and everyone there at alexandria and i could tell uh that you guys are getting ready for winter in storage because there was a bunch of boats that were wrapped up and people were putting them away for the season and i bet that starts probably around labor day weekend or so
Matt JohnsonGUEST
Yeah, Labor Day.
Matt JohnsonGUEST
We had a lot of boats early this year due to water levels.
KendallHOST
Mm-hmm.
BrittanyHOST
But we would do two weeks at Camp Ripley, and all the moms with littles were like, "This is a vacation."
KendallHOST
That's so nice.
BrittanyHOST
And I went-
TonyHOST
The timeline of the event further supports the Skyhook hypothesis.
TonyHOST
On January 6th, the day before the crash, a Skyhook balloon launched from Camp Ripley was recorded as taking off at about 8 in the morning.
TonyHOST
By midday, it had ascended to around 12,000 feet and would have been within sight range of Fort Knox and the adjacent airfield.
TonyHOST
This timeline aligns with reports that an object had been spotted on January 7th early afternoon over Godman Army Airfield.
Erik HommeGUEST
Yeah
Doug WorthamHOST
... you know, into the program and, you know, spent some time up at Camp Ripley together.
Erik HommeGUEST
Sure.
Doug WorthamHOST
I mean, who hasn't spent time at Camp Ripley, right?
Erik HommeGUEST
Right.
Doug WorthamHOST
And so when you think back, back to 1986, you know, I mean, that's a long time ago.