WEBVTT - Episode Nine: The Final Call

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<v Speaker 1>Be sure to listen until the very end of this

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<v Speaker 1>final season one episode. We have a special announcement. You

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<v Speaker 1>won't want to miss it. Last time on OBSCURUM: Invasion

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<v Speaker 1>of the Drones.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, so I can confirm that the drone sightings were

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<v Speaker 2>not related to f you, Warren or the Air Force

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<v Speaker 2>in anyway. So that would include you know, contractors or

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<v Speaker 2>one other you know, third parties.

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<v Speaker 3>That might be gentlemen. But a vivid n ran the

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<v Speaker 3>electric line in he nicked the communications cable and it's

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<v Speaker 3>pressurized and I think they said twelve minutes of the Chumberber.

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<v Speaker 3>This all falls back on the federal government who refused

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<v Speaker 3>to do anything.

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<v Speaker 4>There's a narrative and it's an fa narative and as

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<v Speaker 4>if they know everything, they're in the face. I mean,

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<v Speaker 4>this is the way it works.

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<v Speaker 5>A story that a UFO or UAP was in.

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<v Speaker 6>It's not something they want to do with.

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<v Speaker 1>There are many nights.

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<v Speaker 7>I just wonder.

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<v Speaker 1>Where will this story lead.

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<v Speaker 7>I'm anxious, but.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't worry about what might happen or the consequences

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<v Speaker 1>of revealing the truth. My curiosity into looking for a

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<v Speaker 1>connection between the strange sightings that occurred in Arizona in

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<v Speaker 1>September of twenty nineteen, and the objects that began appearing

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<v Speaker 1>over my hometown a couple months later led me to

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<v Speaker 1>uncover a string of unexplainable encounters which seemed too related

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<v Speaker 1>to actually be a coincidence. I was able to confirm

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<v Speaker 1>that in the same thirty day timeframe of December twentieth,

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<v Speaker 1>twenty nineteen to January twentieth, twenty twenty, shortly after the

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<v Speaker 1>craft first arrived in Colorado, Nebraska, and Kansas, clusters of

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<v Speaker 1>unknown objects began popping up at night in large numbers

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<v Speaker 1>and other remote areas of the country. In the FAA

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<v Speaker 1>was aware of it, Chapter seventeen, What's out There.

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<v Speaker 3>My name is Marc Colotti.

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<v Speaker 6>Last name is spelled Hla d y. I'm the sergeant

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<v Speaker 6>with the Rice County Sheriff's Office. I've been doing this

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<v Speaker 6>twenty eight and a half years with this department. Race

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<v Speaker 6>County is mainly rural. We do have two towns of

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<v Speaker 6>about twenty four thousand apiece. Northfield is in the north

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<v Speaker 6>end of the county and ferebl Minnesota's in the central

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<v Speaker 6>the south end of the county. I thirty five split

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<v Speaker 6>us right and a half.

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<v Speaker 1>In Minnesota, Sergeant Halaate of the Rice County Sheriff's Office

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<v Speaker 1>witnessed a wild spectacle in the night sky on New

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<v Speaker 1>Year's Eve of twenty nineteen.

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<v Speaker 6>It was New Year's Eve, excuse me, so about six

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<v Speaker 6>point thirty pm, dispatch gave out a report of several drones.

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<v Speaker 6>There's a small town, a very small town, unincorporated, basically

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<v Speaker 6>just northeast of Fairball called Cannon City, and some reports

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<v Speaker 6>started to come in between Cannon City and Fairbell that

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<v Speaker 6>there were several drones flying over the area.

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<v Speaker 3>I got out to the Cannon City area.

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<v Speaker 6>They would hover, they would move, then one of them

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<v Speaker 6>literally went right over my head, very very slowly, and

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<v Speaker 6>it was probably eighty to one hundred feet up, but

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<v Speaker 6>it literally went right over the top of my head

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<v Speaker 6>about eighty ninety feet. I was standing outside of my

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<v Speaker 6>squad car and a small church parking lot and looking

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<v Speaker 6>straight up. I went north on the road from this

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<v Speaker 6>small town, straight north, and it accelerated from forty to

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<v Speaker 6>fifty miles an hour up to oh, I bet it

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<v Speaker 6>was eighty was outrunning me and I was doing fifty

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<v Speaker 6>five to sixty at most.

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<v Speaker 8>They did appear to you that these were aware that

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<v Speaker 8>you were there, that you were doing that.

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<v Speaker 6>One, there's no reason to be doing twenty thirty miles

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<v Speaker 6>an hour flying around eastern Fairbau and all of a

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<v Speaker 6>sudden slowed down to five miles an hour to pass

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<v Speaker 6>directly over me. It was very obvious from the beginning

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<v Speaker 6>that these drones were not being flown by line of sight,

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<v Speaker 6>and it was obvious that these drones were being flown

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<v Speaker 6>most likely over a cell service to receive the signals

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<v Speaker 6>because these drones were going twenty to five, ten, fifteen miles.

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<v Speaker 6>Was a drone I watched when when it out ran me,

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<v Speaker 6>I stopped on the top of the hill and parked

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<v Speaker 6>in a field entrance and I watched this drone and

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<v Speaker 6>then it stopped and it was a ways out, but

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<v Speaker 6>I had my binoculars and it was flashing white.

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<v Speaker 3>And then it started to go up.

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<v Speaker 6>And what was odd is it when it started to

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<v Speaker 6>go up, it started.

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<v Speaker 3>To go up slowly, but it.

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<v Speaker 6>Kept doing it for five, ten, fifteen, twenty minutes. This

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<v Speaker 6>this thing ended up being thousands of feet in the air,

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<v Speaker 6>still flashing green and white, and I just I couldn't

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<v Speaker 6>I couldn't figure it out. But one to two hours

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<v Speaker 6>after the drones left our area, they showed up, or

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<v Speaker 6>most likely the same group we don't know, showed up

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<v Speaker 6>in Goodhue and Wabasha Counties along the Mississippi River, and

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<v Speaker 6>they were being chased around by deputies down there, to

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<v Speaker 6>the point where the state Patrol even sent I believe

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<v Speaker 6>it was a helicopter down in that area, but they

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<v Speaker 6>never even never found anything, and the drones just up

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<v Speaker 6>and disappeared.

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<v Speaker 1>As a seasoned investigator, Sergeant Haladi knew what needed to

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<v Speaker 1>be done.

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<v Speaker 6>Next, I called the FAA and Air Traffic Control, and

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<v Speaker 6>air traffic Control took the message, and then I had

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<v Speaker 6>an FA supervisor from Texas somewhere call me and questioned

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<v Speaker 6>me about this. And it was interesting because I kind

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<v Speaker 6>of got the idea that he wanted to blame it on.

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<v Speaker 6>It was that these were planes, and I'm like, these

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<v Speaker 6>were not planes. They were not moving the way planes move.

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<v Speaker 6>And I told him, I said I heard one they

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<v Speaker 6>went right over the top of me at five miles

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<v Speaker 6>an hour. He goes, well, we don't have any record

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<v Speaker 6>of anything. I'm like, okay, I'm just letting you know.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 6>I'm not a conspiracy theorist. I'm not saying they were

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<v Speaker 6>buying to me or you know, maybe they didn't know either,

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<v Speaker 6>but it's odd.

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<v Speaker 3>That's all I can say.

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<v Speaker 8>When you talked to the FAA official, did you feel

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<v Speaker 8>like they were gonna, you know, do follow up on

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<v Speaker 8>this and figure out what was actually going on? Oh?

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<v Speaker 3>Absolutely not.

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<v Speaker 6>I kind of got the idea that he wanted to

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<v Speaker 6>be able to put these were planes so he didn't

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<v Speaker 6>have to file a report. That is the god's honest

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<v Speaker 6>truth of what I after getting off the phone with

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<v Speaker 6>some I'm Mike, I think I have perturbed him more than.

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<v Speaker 3>It was informative.

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<v Speaker 6>What he was trying to get me to say is

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<v Speaker 6>they were down at five hundred feet. I'm like, no,

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<v Speaker 6>they're a hell of a lot higher than five hundred feet.

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<v Speaker 6>I think maybe he would have had to file a

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<v Speaker 6>report if something was above a certain point, so he

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<v Speaker 6>wanted to get me to say it was lower.

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<v Speaker 3>And he's like, yeah, the distance gets can make it

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<v Speaker 3>look higher.

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<v Speaker 6>And I'm like, okay, I've got twenty twenty vision at

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<v Speaker 6>fifty some years old, I know what I'm looking at,

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<v Speaker 6>and I can tell you I've watched this thing go

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<v Speaker 6>up for twenty minutes and it's a lot higher than

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<v Speaker 6>you're thinking it is.

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<v Speaker 8>He never even, like you know, months later, no one

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<v Speaker 8>ever called you to say, hey, did you ever figure

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<v Speaker 8>that out? Or nothing at all? You had no follow up.

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<v Speaker 3>No follow up none.

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<v Speaker 6>I started reading about on the news about all these

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<v Speaker 6>drones in northeastern Colorado and western Nebraska.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm like, well, sumpthing's up? What's out there?

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you for calling City of Algians for one to

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<v Speaker 2>one after hours.

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<v Speaker 5>If this is an emergency, please hang up and down nine.

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<v Speaker 6>To one to one.

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<v Speaker 1>After leaving a few messages, I was tipped off about

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<v Speaker 1>a separate incident in a neighboring state.

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<v Speaker 9>I'm a sergeant Anthony Regano and that's rig A n O.

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<v Speaker 9>So I'm you can just go with Tony. I'm a

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<v Speaker 9>sergeant with the Elgin Police Department in Elgin, Illinois, which

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<v Speaker 9>is halfway between Rockford and Chicago.

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<v Speaker 1>I sent in a Freedom of Information Act request with

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<v Speaker 1>the department. Then I was granted access to a report

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<v Speaker 1>Sergeant Rigano filled out.

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<v Speaker 7>Take me back to that day, January eighth, twenty twenty.

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<v Speaker 7>What was that day like for you?

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<v Speaker 9>So at the time, I was a patrol sergeant, So

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<v Speaker 9>I was a sergeant on the afternoon shift, which is

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<v Speaker 9>about basically three pm to eleven pm. We had had

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<v Speaker 9>a call earlier in the day. I remember it was

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<v Speaker 9>a very cold day and it had been relatively busy.

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<v Speaker 9>A caller said there was drones in the air over

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<v Speaker 9>Elgin High School. As the day progressed, maybe fast forward

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<v Speaker 9>about twenty thirty minutes, our dispatchers will routinely ask us

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<v Speaker 9>to call up to their communications division when they have

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<v Speaker 9>a question, or they have a call that they're not

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<v Speaker 9>sure if they should dispatch, or they have just general questions.

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<v Speaker 9>So I called upstairs and spoke with dispatch, and they said, hey,

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<v Speaker 9>we have more callers in a different area now, saying

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<v Speaker 9>that there's at least thirty drones up in the air

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<v Speaker 9>over the area of the water treatment facility, which is

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<v Speaker 9>kind of north of the police department, not by very much.

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<v Speaker 5>I said, don't dispatch the call. I'll just go check

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<v Speaker 5>on it myself.

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<v Speaker 9>So I drove out of the police station and I

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<v Speaker 9>went up to kind of check. Now, it was a

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<v Speaker 9>very cold day, and we have our own drone unit

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<v Speaker 9>here at the police department, so I'm relatively I'm not

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<v Speaker 9>on the drone unit, but I'm relatively familiar with them.

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<v Speaker 9>I know in cold weather they don't really fly for

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<v Speaker 9>that long, at least not the ones. We have some

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<v Speaker 9>cold weather batteries, and they still really don't stay up

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<v Speaker 9>for that long. So I was kind of surprised that

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<v Speaker 9>they were up in a different area that far away

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<v Speaker 9>from the first dispatch.

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<v Speaker 5>So when I got out there, there were a lot.

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<v Speaker 9>Of them, and they were all kind of moving at

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<v Speaker 9>the same speed in kind of in unison, and some

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<v Speaker 9>of them were huge. I'd never personally seen a drone

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<v Speaker 9>that big. There was probably I would say twenty of

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<v Speaker 9>them at least that were I would estimate about.

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<v Speaker 5>Six feet from like tip to tip.

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<v Speaker 9>Those were kind of strange because again I don't really

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<v Speaker 9>haven't seen anything that big before as far as a

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<v Speaker 9>drone that's just being flown for you know, fun. And

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<v Speaker 9>so I drove back to the police station and a

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<v Speaker 9>couple of them broke off from the formation, flying southeast

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<v Speaker 9>and stopped over the police station. It was kind of

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<v Speaker 9>at that point that I reached out to the FAA.

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<v Speaker 9>I had our dispatchers called the FAA because we have

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<v Speaker 9>it an FAA building in Elgince.

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<v Speaker 5>So I thought, well, maybe they know about whatever this is.

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<v Speaker 9>And our local FAA said, we don't know anything about that.

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<v Speaker 9>We don't show any scheduled flights, we don't show anything

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<v Speaker 9>on our radar, we don't show anything in the air.

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<v Speaker 9>Kind of being a police officer, my mind started to

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<v Speaker 9>spin a little bit, and I said, well, why don't

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<v Speaker 9>you get a hold of somebody who might be able

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<v Speaker 9>to tell me what's going on with this?

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<v Speaker 5>Because this is not normal.

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<v Speaker 9>I thought, what are some high target areas in our town?

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<v Speaker 9>So I started to kind of go to some different areas.

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<v Speaker 9>I mean, it started at the school, a large high

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<v Speaker 9>school in the area. Then it moved up to the

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<v Speaker 9>water treatment facility, and then they started moving to the

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<v Speaker 9>southeast side of town, over this huge salvage yard junkyard.

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<v Speaker 9>There were probably thirty of them by my estimation.

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<v Speaker 5>Just hovering.

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<v Speaker 9>I got on the phone with a guy from the FAA,

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<v Speaker 9>actually ironically out of Nebraska, and he was apparently the

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<v Speaker 9>point person for this, so I spoke with him. So

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<v Speaker 9>he said, well, see if you can drive and see

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<v Speaker 9>if you can catch up with them. So I ended

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<v Speaker 9>up actually following some of them into the town just

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<v Speaker 9>east of us, which is Bartlet and I was driving

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<v Speaker 9>about thirty thirty five miles an hour, and they were

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<v Speaker 9>pulling away from me.

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<v Speaker 5>That's also something I'm not really used to. I didn't know.

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<v Speaker 9>I know drones do do that, because I actually do

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<v Speaker 9>know somebody in my personal life who does drone racing,

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<v Speaker 9>but those are not large drones six feet wide. The

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<v Speaker 9>FAA guy that I was speaking to from Nebraska, he

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<v Speaker 9>actually told me to see if I could shine my.

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<v Speaker 5>Spotlight on one of the smaller ones.

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<v Speaker 9>So I did at his direction, and when I did so,

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<v Speaker 9>the lights turned off completely and it flew away.

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<v Speaker 1>If the FAA had told police to spotlight drones, I

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<v Speaker 1>was unaware of it.

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<v Speaker 9>At one point, as I was leaving Bartlett, I had

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<v Speaker 9>to stop at a two way stop sign to cross

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<v Speaker 9>the street, and one of the drones it stopped moving

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<v Speaker 9>and then elevated and then it lowered itself behind a tree.

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<v Speaker 5>That's the one part that really kind of messed with

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<v Speaker 5>me a little bit. That was a part that was

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<v Speaker 5>the most.

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<v Speaker 9>Responsive, I guess, other than the spotlighting, where it just

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<v Speaker 9>kind of it was clearly why else did it stop?

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<v Speaker 9>It knew I was, you know, it might I guess.

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<v Speaker 9>I guess apparently must have noticed I was following it.

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<v Speaker 9>For every one small one, there were two of the

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<v Speaker 9>larger ones.

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<v Speaker 5>Did you ever have any follow up from the FAA.

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<v Speaker 7>Were they able to help you conclusively, like gather more

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<v Speaker 7>information about this? No, I did have contact with another agent,

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<v Speaker 7>and I did forward my report to them, and as

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<v Speaker 7>well as the two callers I think that called it in.

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<v Speaker 7>They said they were going to follow up and talk

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<v Speaker 7>to them and see if they saw anything further. I

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<v Speaker 7>certainly went on the internet and saw started reading some

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<v Speaker 7>of the stuff about the task force forming out in

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<v Speaker 7>Colorado and Nebraska, and some people theorizing, you know, what

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<v Speaker 7>it may or may not be from. But no, I

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<v Speaker 7>never got any further interactions so to speak with the

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<v Speaker 7>FAA in regard to what it was or.

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<v Speaker 9>Nor have I and I you know, I check every

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<v Speaker 9>once in a while out of curiosity to see if

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<v Speaker 9>I can google and get any answers, and to my knowledge,

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<v Speaker 9>I have yet to see anything that really explains it.

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<v Speaker 9>The impression I got was they said that these are

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<v Speaker 9>very consistent sightings that were getting into these various different areas,

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<v Speaker 9>and you know, their stance at that point was that

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<v Speaker 9>they were just waiting any day that the military was

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<v Speaker 9>going to tell them, Hey, that was us, don't worry

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<v Speaker 9>about it.

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<v Speaker 5>But they said that, you.

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<v Speaker 9>Know, in times past where we have some strange sightings,

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<v Speaker 9>the government's pretty quick to confirm, yeah, that was us,

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<v Speaker 9>you know, because they don't really obviously, if they're dealing

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<v Speaker 9>with some type of technology they don't want out there,

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<v Speaker 9>they're not going to want it to become some big article.

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<v Speaker 9>So I you know, he kind of seemed surprised. I

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<v Speaker 9>would say that they have not gotten a phone call

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<v Speaker 9>to that point indicating it was it was done. I

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<v Speaker 9>guess the overall sense I got from them as well,

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<v Speaker 9>we hope we just get a phone call that explains this,

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<v Speaker 9>and to that point, we don't really know what else

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<v Speaker 9>to point a finger at to say what it could

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<v Speaker 9>even be.

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<v Speaker 1>What Sergeant Ragano didn't tell me about his report was

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<v Speaker 1>just as compelling as what he did. In the last line,

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<v Speaker 1>he wrote that the investigations into these drones in Elgin

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<v Speaker 1>were not even carried over to the next shift because

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<v Speaker 1>they were dismissed by the Police Department iss UFO sidings.

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<v Speaker 1>To my knowledge, there wasn't another agency that played a

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<v Speaker 1>larger role in the investigation than the FAA agent Ragano's

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<v Speaker 1>account solidified that there was high FAA confidence the sidings

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<v Speaker 1>were not related to covert military operations. An off the

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<v Speaker 1>cuff interview comment by then United States Transportation Secretary Elaine

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<v Speaker 1>Chow further echoed that stance.

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<v Speaker 10>We heard recently that there was the these covees of

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<v Speaker 10>drones flying at night over in Nebraska, in Colorado. We

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<v Speaker 10>don't know who they are, we don't know who they

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<v Speaker 10>belong to, we don't know who's operating them. To this day,

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<v Speaker 10>we do not.

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<v Speaker 4>And so.

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<v Speaker 10>The law enforce the local law enforcement initiates the action.

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<v Speaker 10>We're very lucky nothing happened. So the local law enforcements

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<v Speaker 10>have have stepped down, so we're not we're not actively

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<v Speaker 10>uh investigating that because the local law enforcements stood dead.

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<v Speaker 1>It's been over five years since I began looking into

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<v Speaker 1>this story. With the government shooting down weird objects and

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<v Speaker 1>the sky, Congressional UAP hearings in reports of an agency

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<v Speaker 1>harboring and reverse engineering alien aircraft, interest in strange sightings

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<v Speaker 1>has never been higher. I continually look to the sky,

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<v Speaker 1>but on the ground, I've been left with a revealing

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<v Speaker 1>web of theories, lies, and shocking truths. I'm frustrated, but

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<v Speaker 1>hungrier than ever to connect the dots. When I travel

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<v Speaker 1>to my hometown, I still hear accounts from locals who

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<v Speaker 1>may be out in the tractor late one night, are

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<v Speaker 1>coming home from a high school football game, and see

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<v Speaker 1>lights in the sky that aren't supposed to be there,

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes following them ever so slowly before going dark. The

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<v Speaker 1>first few episodes of this podcast have been released, and

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<v Speaker 1>I'm back in LA figuring out my next steps. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>reminded of the stark differences between southern California mountains and

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<v Speaker 1>prairies in Middle America. I'm turning right towards a beach

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<v Speaker 1>in Malibu. It's humid but mild. The water is glistening

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<v Speaker 1>in the sunlight. Pausing workout.

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<v Speaker 4>Hello, Hey, Gabe, how's it going good?

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<v Speaker 8>How are you doing?

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<v Speaker 4>I'm doing okay, doing okay. You know, I've been listening

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<v Speaker 4>to the podcast. I think it's great, really interesting. But

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<v Speaker 4>I actually have something you may want to look into.

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<v Speaker 4>You know my background, well, you know my background and

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<v Speaker 4>covering national security for a lot of years, and I've

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<v Speaker 4>been talking to some of my friends who are sources

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<v Speaker 4>and who are sources and who are off the grid.

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<v Speaker 4>You'll never hear from these people in person, but you

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<v Speaker 4>know these aircraft or drones or whatever the hell they

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<v Speaker 4>are that you're looking at. I can't share any more

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<v Speaker 4>with you right now on it. I'm going to try

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<v Speaker 4>to get some more on this, but it could be

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<v Speaker 4>a problem. This whole thing is just crazy. This could

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<v Speaker 4>be a real national security threat.

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<v Speaker 1>That call in your many tips have opened new doors.

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<v Speaker 1>The team and I are actively chasing fresh leads to

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<v Speaker 1>document how this story continues to evolve. Reports of unidentified

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<v Speaker 1>aircraft or popping up in other areas of the country.

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<v Speaker 1>In late twenty twenty four, mysterious drones began appearing in

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<v Speaker 1>the Northeast. We were on the ground investigating possible connections

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<v Speaker 1>between those sidings and what occurred over the Midwest five

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<v Speaker 1>years earlier, Which brings me to our special announcement. Next Tuesday,

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<v Speaker 1>We're dropping a raw teaser of what we first experienced

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<v Speaker 1>in New Jersey. Is the Chaos Unfolded right here on

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