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Regardless of what the U.S. military may or
may not know about the subject, one thing is
clear: UFOs love Montana, and Montanans
sure see a lot of them. As an interesting histor-
ical footnote, it was next door in Washington
State in 1947 where a pilot named Kenneth
Arnold saw a string of nine shiny "flying sau-
cers" from his small aircraft. His report caused
a nationwide sensation and kicked off the
modern era of UFO reports.
Beginning last year, the private aerospace
company SpaceX successfully deployed the first 122 satellites in a
planned constellation of up to 12,000. This string of satellites is prom-
inent and visible to the naked eye, which has resulted in an uptick on
the NUFORC database, including several "sightings"
from Montana. It's reasonable to predict that the more
objects we put into orbit around the planet, the more
those objects will be misidentified as some unexplained
phenomena.
Due to our low population density, Montana has
some of the darkest skies in the country. Our dark
skies often produce spectacular views of the Milky
Way and even the Northern Lights. The next time
you're outside at night admiring our profoundly dark
skies, you might just see something that gives you
goosebumps. If you do, make sure that you report it to the National
UFO Reporting Center (nuforc.org or 206-722-3000). Perhaps with a
bit of effort, Montana can rise to #1 in UFO sightings per capita!
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Navy fighter jet video of a mysterious object
PERHAPS
IT'S
THE
NATURE
OF
BIG
SKY
COUNTRY,
OR
MAYBE
IT'S
OUR
DARK,
CLEAR
NIGHT
SKIES
THAT
DRAW
MORE
PAIRS
OF
EYES
UPWARD.
WHATEVER
THE
REASON,
THE
FACT
IS
THAT
MONTANANS
REPORT
MORE
UFO
SIGHTINGS
THAN
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THE
OTHER
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