1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,000 Hello, this is Cortez, Colorado. 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:05,000 Yes. 3 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:09,000 And I would like to report an object that I saw in the sky this morning. 4 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:11,000 Okay, let's hear about it. 5 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:15,000 It was sort of at the north end of the Lopata Mountains. 6 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:16,000 Uh-huh. 7 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:19,000 It looked like it was maybe north of Dolores, Colorado. 8 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:28,000 And it was a very long, bright object and it didn't move for about ten minutes. 9 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:36,000 And then when it did move, it never did change shape, it never did get littler or bigger, you know. 10 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:38,000 But it changed color. 11 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:39,000 Uh-huh. 12 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:41,000 It was bright orange. 13 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:45,000 And it was sort of fade out and then come back bright orange. 14 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:53,000 And then about the same time, a frontier airline took off and aircraft took off. 15 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:56,000 And it was headed directly for it. 16 00:00:56,000 --> 00:01:06,000 And then it levels off and the plane was so far away that it went out of sight and this thing was huge. 17 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:08,000 In comparison to the plane? 18 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:10,000 In comparison to the plane. 19 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:11,000 Okay. 20 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:19,000 And it looked like at that point, it looked like it had a bright light on one end. 21 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:25,000 And then maybe a vapor trail on the other end. 22 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:27,000 But it was still the same shape. 23 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:28,000 Okay. 24 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:31,000 The vapor trail was very small, you know, short. 25 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:36,000 Now you say that this was long, did it have a defined shape of any kind? 26 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:41,000 Uh, it was kind of a fused light is what it looked like. 27 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:42,000 Uh-huh. 28 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:44,000 You know, it wasn't really definable. 29 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:45,000 Okay. 30 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:52,000 But when it would fade out and come back, it would flash a light like on the front of it, on one, you know, one end of it. 31 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:53,000 Yes. 32 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:57,000 And then the vapor trail would appear on the other end. 33 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:59,000 So it was really strange. 34 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:00,000 Okay. 35 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:03,000 Now, which direction were you looking at the time? 36 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:04,000 Okay. 37 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:05,000 I was looking northeast. 38 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:06,000 Northeast, okay. 39 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:10,000 Um, Don Woodard's Trading Post at the East End of Cortez. 40 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:11,000 Okay. 41 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:16,000 And did this object move across the sky or did it stay stationary? 42 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:19,000 It stayed stationary for about 10 minutes. 43 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:27,000 And then it began to move and it would move a little ways and then stay there for the longest time. 44 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:31,000 You know, like maybe, I say the longest time, maybe three minutes. 45 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:32,000 Yes. 46 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:36,000 And then it would move again and it would stay there. 47 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:40,000 And, uh, so I had a good comparison this morning. 48 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:43,000 I had a plane that flew right under it. 49 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:50,000 And the plane was about the same distance from the ground as it was from the plane up above it. 50 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:51,000 Okay. 51 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:53,000 What time did you spot that? 52 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:59,000 Uh, that was about 10 minutes till 7, about 12 minutes till 7. 53 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:02,000 Now, did you watch this until it disappeared? 54 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:03,000 No, sir, we didn't. 55 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:07,000 We were on our way to work, so we, we didn't feel like we could stop. 56 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:09,000 Uh, there were five of us at the time. 57 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:10,000 Okay. 58 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:20,000 Now, at any time did this thing, did the light, uh, decrease to the point where it looked like it might be a solid object? 59 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:21,000 No. 60 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:22,000 Okay. 61 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:23,000 Really? 62 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:24,000 Okay. 63 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:25,000 How were the sky conditions? 64 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:30,000 Uh, it, okay, I saw one about three weeks ago. 65 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:36,000 These are the first, this is the first time I ever seen anything like this, you know, two sightings. 66 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:44,000 And it was in the same general area, only a little bit south and east of this one. 67 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:50,000 And, uh, what was your question, ma'am? 68 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:52,000 So the sky conditions? 69 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:54,000 The sky conditions, okay. 70 00:03:54,000 --> 00:04:02,000 There were the same general sky conditions, clear sky, kind of gray, um, green and pink. 71 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:03,000 Okay. 72 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:04,000 Sky. 73 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:05,000 Okay. 74 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:07,000 How long do you feel you watched that total? 75 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:11,000 I think, I think we probably watched it for about 20 minutes. 76 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:12,000 Okay. 77 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:18,000 And during that entire time, other than the period we went up the station area, we just 78 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:21,000 moved and then stopped and moved and stopped. 79 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:22,000 Yes, right. 80 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:23,000 Okay. 81 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:27,000 And twice it faded out and then came back with the bright light on the front and the 82 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:30,000 rest of it was orange, bright, bright orange. 83 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:31,000 Okay. 84 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:32,000 How about that bright light on front? 85 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:33,000 What color was that? 86 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:34,000 That was a white light. 87 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:35,000 White, okay. 88 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:36,000 But like... 89 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:40,000 Do you feel that was quite a distance from you? 90 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:41,000 Uh, yes. 91 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:46,000 I felt like it was north, kind of north of Cortez. 92 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:53,000 I don't know, um, how in comparison that plane that took off this morning and went under 93 00:04:53,000 --> 00:05:00,000 it, um, like I said, the plane went out of sight and there was that huge thing above it. 94 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:01,000 Uh-huh. 95 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:02,000 So it had to be huge. 96 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:03,000 Okay. 97 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:10,000 Because the plane went directly under it and the thing was still huge and the plane 98 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:14,000 disappeared or, you know, went out of sight. 99 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:15,000 Right. 100 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:16,000 Okay. 101 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:20,000 How many times much larger was the object than the fuselage of the aircraft? 102 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:21,000 Okay. 103 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:25,000 I would say it was about ten times bigger than the aircraft. 104 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:26,000 Okay. 105 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:28,000 And where did you get our number? 106 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:32,000 I got it from the local sheriff's department. 107 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:39,000 Well, we sure appreciate you reporting this setting and, uh, if we come up with any more 108 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:43,000 information regarding the object, why we'll get back to you and let you know. 109 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:44,000 Okay, well, fine. 110 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:45,000 I'd really appreciate that. 111 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:49,000 I did call Frontier and ask them if they had any reports from their pilot. 112 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:50,000 Uh-huh. 113 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:53,000 This thing was quite a bit higher than their plane. 114 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:57,000 But, uh, the pilot, they're going to have him call me back this afternoon. 115 00:05:57,000 --> 00:06:00,000 So we might hear something from him. 116 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:01,000 Okay. 117 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:04,000 If you see something, you might suggest that he give us a call. 118 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:05,000 Okay. 119 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:06,000 Sure, I will. 120 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:07,000 Thank you very much. 121 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:08,000 Bye-bye.