Travis Shane Taylor (born July 24, 1968, in Decatur, Alabama) is an American scientist, engineer, science fiction author, and the star of National Geographic Channel's Rocket City Rednecks which aired 2011–2013. Taylor has written numerous technical papers, science fiction novels, and two textbooks. He has appeared in television documentaries, including NGC's When Aliens Attack and starring as the lead investigator in History Channel's The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch.
Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
The UnXplained: Mysteries of the Universe (2024)
Guest starring as Travis Taylor, Ph.D. - Astrophysicist / Aerospace Engineer
- Episode 1x06: Search for the Next Frontier (Jun 7, 2024)
The UnXplained Special Presentation (2023)
Guest starring as Travis Taylor, Ph.D. - Astrophysicist / Aerospace Engineer
(3 episodes)
- Episode 1x14: Beyond Earth (May 13, 2024)
- Episode 1x13: America's Unsolved Mysteries (May 6, 2024)
- Episode 1x06: Signs of Alien Life (Mar 22, 2024)
Beyond Skinwalker Ranch (2023)
Starring as Travis Taylor, Ph.D. - Astrophysicist
(21 episodes)
- Episode 3x08: Inspiring and Terrifying (Jul 22, 2025)
- Episode 3x07: Bad Energy (Jul 15, 2025)
- Episode 3x06: Pennsylvania's Roswell (Jul 8, 2025)
- Episode 3x05: Purgatory Bridge (Jul 1, 2025)
- Episode 3x04: Chip Off the Orb Block (Jun 24, 2025)
- Episode 3x03: Swamp Things (Jun 17, 2025)
- Episode 3x02: The Ranch Strikes Back (Jun 10, 2025)
- Episode 3x01: Mountain of Mystery (Jun 3, 2025)
- Episode 2x08: Beyond the Beyond (Jul 16, 2024)
- Episode 2x07: Ranch From Hell (Jul 16, 2024)
- Episode 2x06: Tumbleweeds and UAPS (Jul 9, 2024)
- Episode 2x05: The Landing Site (Jul 2, 2024)
- Episode 2x04: Ancient Dimensions (Jun 25, 2024)
- Episode 2x03: Smoking Gun (Jun 18, 2024)
- Episode 2x02: Go Bigelow or Go Home (Jun 11, 2024)
- Episode 2x01: Skinwalker's Evil Twin (Jun 4, 2024)
- Episode 1x06: Bridgewater Triangle (Jul 18, 2023)
- Episode 1x04: Thomas Miller Ranch (Jun 27, 2023)
- Episode 1x03: Rocky Mountain Ranch (Jun 20, 2023)
- Episode 1x02: Mt. Wilson Ranch (Jun 13, 2023)
- Episode 1x01: Bradshaw Ranch (Jun 6, 2023)
The Machines That Built America (2021)
Guest starring as Travis Taylor - Engineer and Author
(4 episodes)
- Episode 1x06: Power Tool Showdown (Aug 15, 2021)
- Episode 1x05: Telephone Wars (Aug 8, 2021)
- Episode 1x02: Plane Pioneers (Jul 18, 2021)
- Episode 1x01: Tractor Revolution (Jul 18, 2021)
The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch (2020)
Starring as Ph.D. - Astrophysicist
(27 episodes)
- Episode 6x13: Fire In The Holes (Aug 26, 2025)
- Episode 6x12: Hard Boiled (Aug 19, 2025)
- Episode 6x11: Hard To Handle (Aug 12, 2025)
- Episode 6x10: Hard Target (Aug 5, 2025)
- Episode 6x09: Darting Around (Jul 29, 2025)
- Episode 6x08: Swarm Weather (Jul 22, 2025)
- Episode 6x07: Lights Out (Jul 15, 2025)
- Episode 6x06: Posting Up (Jul 8, 2025)
- Episode 6x05: Pushing Boundaries (Jul 1, 2025)
- Episode 6x04: Bursting the Bubble (Jun 24, 2025)
- Episode 6x03: Smoke It Out (Jun 17, 2025)
- Episode 6x02: The Drone Zone (Jun 10, 2025)
- Episode 6x01: Bubble Trouble (Jun 3, 2025)
- Episode 5x14: Shock And Awe (Jul 23, 2024)
- Episode 5x13: The Breakthrough (Jul 23, 2024)
- Episode 5x12: Drone-Ageddon (Jul 16, 2024)
- Episode 5x11: Bad To The Drone (Jul 9, 2024)
- Episode 5x10: What The Gel? (Jul 2, 2024)
- Episode 5x09: Spinning Out (Jun 25, 2024)
- Episode 5x08: Graves Concern (Jun 18, 2024)
- Episode 5x07: The Cone Zone (Jun 11, 2024)
- Episode 5x06: Beaming Up (Jun 4, 2024)
- Episode 5x05: The Flash (May 21, 2024)
- Episode 5x04: Bad Taste (May 14, 2024)
- Episode 5x03: Dead in the Water (May 7, 2024)
- Episode 5x02: Holy Cow (Apr 30, 2024)
- Episode 5x01: What's Up (Apr 23, 2024)
The UnXplained (2019)
Guest starring as Astrophysicist
(2 episodes)
- Episode 5x08: UFO Hotspots (Jun 2, 2023)
- Episode 4x18: The Bermuda Triangle and the Beyond (Nov 18, 2022)
3 Scientists Walk Into a Bar (2015)
Starring as Host
(8 episodes)
- Episode 1x08: The Sun (Nov 1, 2015)
- Episode 1x07: Snow & Ice (Oct 25, 2015)
- Episode 1x06: Cosmic Bling (Oct 18, 2015)
- Episode 1x05: Supernatural Weather (Oct 11, 2015)
- Episode 1x04: Electric Weather (Oct 7, 2015)
- Episode 1x03: Vol-Cannon & Oobleck (May 31, 2015)
- Episode 1x02: Cloud Simulator & Bobble Space Flight (May 31, 2015)
- Episode 1x01: Tornadoes, Wind and Wonk (May 31, 2015)
Life After People (2009)
Guest starring as Engineer & Physicist
(5 episodes)
- Episode 2x10: Take Me to Your Leader (Mar 16, 2010)
- Episode 2x09: Depths of Destruction (Mar 9, 2010)
- Episode 2x06: Holiday Hell (Feb 9, 2010)
- Episode 2x05: Home Wrecked Homes (Feb 2, 2010)
- Episode 2x03: Crypt of Civilization (Jan 19, 2010)
Ancient Aliens (2009)
Starring as Travis Taylor
(5 episodes)
- Episode 20x08: The UFO Superhighway (Mar 1, 2024)
- Episode 19x05: The MUFON Files (Feb 10, 2023)
- Episode 18x01: The Disclosure Event (Jan 7, 2022)
- Episode 16x10: The Harmonic Code (Mar 12, 2021)
- Episode 16x06: William Shatner Meets Ancient Aliens (Feb 12, 2021)