Sep 17, 2022 08:35 PM
Regarding the old footage at bottom concerning the Nick Mariana UFO incident...
Despite whatever odd shape the craft were purported to be (can one really tell at that obscuring distance?), they're still flying like two ordinary aircraft would on their way to an air show. Irregular though the occurrence may be, if you live along one of the oft-traveled routes, you've surely seen that sort of thing overhead on certain holidays.
UAPs of the 1950s seem deficient in terms of the fantastic acrobatics, speed, and bizarre or mutable appearances of contemporary UAPs. The staid film of that era just didn't have the glitches and anomalies of later electronic equipment.
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The interview itself actually never answers the question it addresses. Here's an account of other Montana sightings, besides the Nick Mariana one:
History of UFO Sightings – Montana
https://ufosightingsmontana.com/about/hi...s-montana/
This is a “condensed” listing of significant historical UFO sightings that have occurred in Montana. UFO cases are listed in ascending order by date. A list of resources is included with each case.
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The interview below on YouTube (audio only): https://youtu.be/Lc0pfz0EUNY
Why are there so many UFO sightings in Montana?
https://www.mtpr.org/montana-news/2022-0...in-montana
EXCERPT: For this episode, we're trying to answer a question with potentially cosmic implications: Flying saucers. Lights in the sky. Montana is a hotspot for UFO sightings. Today, Montana Public Radio reporter Edward O'Brien is tackling the question: Why are reports of UFOs so common in Montana?
Freddy Monares: Ed, how are you?
Edward O'Brien: I am well, Freddy. Thanks so much for having me.
Freddy Monares: So where does Montana's story with UFOs or unidentified flying objects start?
Edward O'Brien: Well, people have been seeing strange things in the sky for millennia. I've learned that stories of star people are part of some Native American traditions. But I think it's fair to say Montana's contemporary UFO stories began back in the summer of 1950 in Great Falls.
Freddy Monares: Tell me more.
Edward O'Brien: This guy named Nick Mariana, the general manager of a Great Falls minor league baseball team, saw something strange in the sky, so he grabbed his movie camera, picked up the objects in the viewfinder.
Now that's an excerpt of Mariana himself in what I'll loosely call a documentary from 1956 called U.F.O. The incident is thought to be one of the first unidentified flying objects ever captured on film. Since then, 100 more UFO incidents over Great Falls have been reported, apparently making it one of the most active UFO locations in North America.
Freddy Monares: So did anyone ever figure out what those UFOs were? Birds, planes? Maybe just a smudge on the camera lens mount?
Edward O'Brien: Not really. It's a long, complicated tale... (MORE - missing details)
https://youtu.be/ogQUnT_ROBQ
Despite whatever odd shape the craft were purported to be (can one really tell at that obscuring distance?), they're still flying like two ordinary aircraft would on their way to an air show. Irregular though the occurrence may be, if you live along one of the oft-traveled routes, you've surely seen that sort of thing overhead on certain holidays.
UAPs of the 1950s seem deficient in terms of the fantastic acrobatics, speed, and bizarre or mutable appearances of contemporary UAPs. The staid film of that era just didn't have the glitches and anomalies of later electronic equipment.
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The interview itself actually never answers the question it addresses. Here's an account of other Montana sightings, besides the Nick Mariana one:
History of UFO Sightings – Montana
https://ufosightingsmontana.com/about/hi...s-montana/
This is a “condensed” listing of significant historical UFO sightings that have occurred in Montana. UFO cases are listed in ascending order by date. A list of resources is included with each case.
- - - - - - - -
The interview below on YouTube (audio only): https://youtu.be/Lc0pfz0EUNY
Why are there so many UFO sightings in Montana?
https://www.mtpr.org/montana-news/2022-0...in-montana
EXCERPT: For this episode, we're trying to answer a question with potentially cosmic implications: Flying saucers. Lights in the sky. Montana is a hotspot for UFO sightings. Today, Montana Public Radio reporter Edward O'Brien is tackling the question: Why are reports of UFOs so common in Montana?
Freddy Monares: Ed, how are you?
Edward O'Brien: I am well, Freddy. Thanks so much for having me.
Freddy Monares: So where does Montana's story with UFOs or unidentified flying objects start?
Edward O'Brien: Well, people have been seeing strange things in the sky for millennia. I've learned that stories of star people are part of some Native American traditions. But I think it's fair to say Montana's contemporary UFO stories began back in the summer of 1950 in Great Falls.
Freddy Monares: Tell me more.
Edward O'Brien: This guy named Nick Mariana, the general manager of a Great Falls minor league baseball team, saw something strange in the sky, so he grabbed his movie camera, picked up the objects in the viewfinder.
"And pressed the trigger. The discs appeared to be spinning like a top and were about 50 feet across and about 50 yards apart. I could not see any exhaust, wings or any kind of fuselage."
Now that's an excerpt of Mariana himself in what I'll loosely call a documentary from 1956 called U.F.O. The incident is thought to be one of the first unidentified flying objects ever captured on film. Since then, 100 more UFO incidents over Great Falls have been reported, apparently making it one of the most active UFO locations in North America.
Freddy Monares: So did anyone ever figure out what those UFOs were? Birds, planes? Maybe just a smudge on the camera lens mount?
Edward O'Brien: Not really. It's a long, complicated tale... (MORE - missing details)
https://youtu.be/ogQUnT_ROBQ