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This will get me laughed at.
About 1am on a Thursday night, in the late 70s, I was driving west on a state highway in southern Montana (headed to a bear hunt that weekend). I saw an object above me and to just off to my right [hard to gauge accurately, but it appeared to be at least a thousand feet up]. The only visible part was a triangular display of three lights. But instead of being harsh, glaring beams they were fairly-dim and perfectly-formed spheres - with clear edges. Whatever it was... it followed along my path - matching my speed - for at least two full minutes (which seemed like a lot longer). It suddenly went straight up and out of sight... faster than any aircraft I'd ever seen before (or have seen since).
The state police denied having any aircraft up in that area (or anywhere, at that time of night). Not sure they even HAD a helicopter back then. Two small local airstrips denied knowing about any aircraft of any kind in the air at that time. I didn't check with the Naval Reserve Center, but two Army Reserve Centers denied having any air traffic then (Honestly, I'm surprised they even talked to me about it.)
Guess I qualify as having seen an unidentified something. Does that count?
About 1am on a Thursday night, in the late 70s, I was driving west on a state highway in southern Montana (headed to a bear hunt that weekend). I saw an object above me and to just off to my right [hard to gauge accurately, but it appeared to be at least a thousand feet up]. The only visible part was a triangular display of three lights. But instead of being harsh, glaring beams they were fairly-dim and perfectly-formed spheres - with clear edges. Whatever it was... it followed along my path - matching my speed - for at least two full minutes (which seemed like a lot longer). It suddenly went straight up and out of sight... faster than any aircraft I'd ever seen before (or have seen since).
The state police denied having any aircraft up in that area (or anywhere, at that time of night). Not sure they even HAD a helicopter back then. Two small local airstrips denied knowing about any aircraft of any kind in the air at that time. I didn't check with the Naval Reserve Center, but two Army Reserve Centers denied having any air traffic then (Honestly, I'm surprised they even talked to me about it.)
Guess I qualify as having seen an unidentified something. Does that count?
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