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This is the Highway Patrol in Broadus, Montana.

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Yes sir.

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We sent a number to call here, your number.

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We sent some people who spotted a bunch of flying objects last night or early this morning.

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Okay.

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And they were in, say, in southeastern Montana, I see.

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And it had to be, well, one of them, most of it was seen approximately 30 miles east or

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Broadus on Highway 212.

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Okay.

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Do you have any names of witnesses?

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I have some names and a couple phone numbers.

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And then there was the undershift here in Broadus.

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All right sir, is that it?

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Yes sir.

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Well, we sure appreciate your calling.

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Hope you don't.

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Thank you very much.

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You're welcome.

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When you first spotted these objects, how were they placed in the sky?

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Well, they were pretty much sight by sight, the north of the highway, the two, and east

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of Boyce here, all about 12 miles.

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And these lights kept flashing on and changing colors.

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We lined them up with the utility pole and they would move up and down and sideways.

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We finally got a call on the radio to come back home that there was one here in the yard.

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We got about a mile and a half from home.

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There was another real bright light fairly close to the road.

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We kept thinking we'd get a little closer to it and kept driving and we went behind the hill.

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When we came out behind the hill, it was gone.

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I see.

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About how close did that light get to the house?

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Oh, it's kind of hard to judge.

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I've done a lot of flying, but I would guess it was all two and a half, three miles at the outside.

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It's a little hard to tell.

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It's a terrible big, bright, orange, yellow light.

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It's a little hard to judge the distance unless you can line it up with some object that you know the size of.

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Right.

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Okay, now with your flying experience, could you give me any estimate on the size of these things?

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Golly, I would guess they're 60, 75, maybe 100 feet across.

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This isn't the first one I've seen, by the way.

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Okay, now how do they relate to colors?

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Are they identical or?

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All of the ones that I have seen closed, yes.

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I saw one in 1968 down near my ranch and it was the same color, about the same size and acted the same way.

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And I've only seen two real close here and there was no difference.

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Okay.

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Now how many did you see on that particular night?

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Well, I only saw five, but I understand there was one left of us here that paralleled the highway and followed the truck.

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And also when the highway patrolman caught up with it, it followed him away, too.

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I see.

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Which highway is that?

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This is US Highway 212.

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212, okay.

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Do you have any idea of the altitude that these things are operating on?

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Well, that varies.

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The two that we watched the longest east of here, I would judge it was a clear night.

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Like I say, I've got a lot of hours in the air.

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I would guess they were 4,000 to 5,000 feet high.

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But the one right here close to this door was 3,400 to 500 feet outside.

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Were there any reports of electrical interference or communication interference at the time?

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Nothing.

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We have a lot of CB radios here and it was just as clear.

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We could reach people that ordinarily we don't reach.

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You know, because of the interference.

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I see.

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Okay.

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Now, how did these objects disappear from your view?

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Did they move away?

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Well, the one like I say, the one that was closest to the door, of course, disappeared behind the hill when we went behind it.

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But the last one that we watched here in front of the door and there were four of us sitting here looking out the window and of course we all had these objects eyeballed on the part of the window frame or something.

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And this one sat there, oh, I would guess two hours, not all the same place, but moving around a little and all of a sudden it just looked like it went down out of sight behind the hill and very fast.

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Almost like a shooting star.

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I see.

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Are there any particular ground features in that area that they would be watching?

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Well, I don't know.

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We've talked this over and I really can't come up with anything.

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Nobody can.

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A definite reason anyway why they would be here.

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Oh, we have timbered hills, but mostly it's just rolling prairie land.

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Do you have a lot of cattle in that area?

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Well, yes, we have cattle, sheep, farming and one thing or another.

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Have there been any reports of mutilated livestock?

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Oh, yes, we had a neighbor over here that lost a very expensive bull with these gentle organs cut out, no tracks, no nothing. It was just dead.

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Were there any reported activities in the sky at that time?

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No, never heard of things.

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Okay.

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I'm not saying I believe in these, but there's something strange going on.

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Uh-huh.

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And how many witnesses were with you that particular night or how many other people actually saw the...

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Well, two truck drivers and, oh, that's the two, four, five and my friend here at this door and myself and the highway patrolman.

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His wife, his sister-in-law and another friend and another truck driver. I don't know why that's gone up.

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Did you by any chance have the name of that highway patrolman?

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Oh, yes. He's a real good friend. Of course, he was like we were. He was trying to get a little closer look.

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And he saw this the same night?

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Yeah.

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Okay.

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I also saw some... This was on a Monday night and I was done with my daughters on a Tuesday night and more people saw more objects and some different people.

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Is this about the same thing that you saw?

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Yes, from what they reported it is.

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Okay. And these are running about orange-ish in color?

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Well, yes. You could call it light orange.

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It's the same thing as I saw in 1968. My kids and I saw one and I can tell you we were thoroughly spooked.

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Do these lights appear to change color when they're on the move?

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Yeah, definitely. As long as they're standing still, it's pretty much the same color.

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But when they begin to move, then, oh, you can... You can use your green, especially through field glasses.

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I didn't look through field glasses the other night, but some friends did and I have looked at one once before when it started to move.

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You can see green and red and blue, yellow lights.

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Okay.

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But when they start to move, the light coverage disappears or diminishes anyway.

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I see.

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As long as they're stationary, they're really bright.

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Uh-huh.

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Have there been any reports of these things settling into the ground?

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Not as far as I know, not around here.

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Okay.

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Oh, we sure appreciate your talking to us.

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If we have any additional questions, could we get back to you later?

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Sure can.

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Thank you very much.

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You're welcome.

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Thank you.