WEBVTT - Episode Two: Strange Happenings

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<v Speaker 1>Previously on OBSCURUM: Invasion of the Drones.

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<v Speaker 2>I think the funnest one is the fact that they

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<v Speaker 2>were missing a nuclear warhead.

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<v Speaker 3>I like that one.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, they're quiet, but they had definite two spotlights coming

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<v Speaker 4>out of the bottom of them. It was just going

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<v Speaker 4>over the lake. The geese were just going crazy. To me,

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<v Speaker 4>it seemed like they were looking for something.

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<v Speaker 1>She was a lot more concerned. You'll, for in case

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<v Speaker 1>they're trying to find people and find kids to nab,

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<v Speaker 1>like sex traffickers are gone extremely high tech. I'm canning

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<v Speaker 1>at least one two, three, four five.

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<v Speaker 5>That actually rotated, looking as if it was appearing in

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<v Speaker 5>each window of our home.

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<v Speaker 3>Hello, where are you? I'm out by the canty line

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<v Speaker 3>and walking around looking at a few of these abandoned barns.

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<v Speaker 6>You need to be really careful out there.

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<v Speaker 7>You know what I told you when I talked to

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<v Speaker 7>my students in Benckelmann.

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<v Speaker 2>Especially the boys. They said those places can be inhabited by.

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<v Speaker 6>People that are making mess all sorts of stuff, so

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<v Speaker 6>you really need to be aware of your surroundings.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I'm going to go down by the river and.

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<v Speaker 6>So can you text me?

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<v Speaker 7>Though, even if you can't call me please, I.

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<v Speaker 3>Need to know where you are.

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<v Speaker 1>Stories are like puzzles. Nothing makes sense until most of

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<v Speaker 1>the pieces are in place, when you really start to

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<v Speaker 1>see the big picture. With the unknown aircraft, I was

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<v Speaker 1>hoping to quickly find which pieces were missing while trying

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<v Speaker 1>to verify that the FBI had given the order to

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<v Speaker 1>shoot these objects down. I dialed in on what I knew.

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<v Speaker 1>I'd learned this forms of these mysterious aircraft varied in size,

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<v Speaker 1>and we're being seen nightly over many counties. Most sightings

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<v Speaker 1>started at dusk and ended around ten pm.

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<v Speaker 8>It just makes me really uneasy because I feel like

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<v Speaker 8>somebody is watching us all the time. That's just super unnerving.

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<v Speaker 1>I'd been able to chat with a few residents and

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<v Speaker 1>at this point people were wanting more information from local authorities.

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<v Speaker 1>The following excerpt is from you MC County Sheriff Todd

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<v Speaker 1>Combe's Facebook post and was read by a voice actor.

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<v Speaker 9>I will tell you right up front, I do not

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<v Speaker 9>have a lot of answers for you at this time.

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<v Speaker 9>I wish I did, but I don't. I think we're

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<v Speaker 9>all feeling a little bit vulnerable due to the intrusion

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<v Speaker 9>of our privacy that we enjoy in our real community.

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<v Speaker 9>But I don't have a solution or no of one

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<v Speaker 9>right now. All I can say is, don't live your

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<v Speaker 9>life in the fear of the unknown. I will keep

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<v Speaker 9>you informed as soon as I hear anything.

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<v Speaker 1>Chapter three. Above the prairie, the big white one is

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<v Speaker 1>hovering low to the ground. If I had to guess,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know. Two to three hundred feet in the air.

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<v Speaker 1>There are these red and green flashes moving around it

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<v Speaker 1>to the switch was flipped. On my vacation, that calm

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<v Speaker 1>feeling you get from being at home turned into pir adrenaline.

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<v Speaker 1>With each hour, I found myself getting sucked into this

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<v Speaker 1>odd series of events that seemed more like a sci

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<v Speaker 1>fi movie than real life. I wasn't sure what my

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<v Speaker 1>next steps should be, or if I should even be

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<v Speaker 1>the one looking for next steps, as I'd soon be

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<v Speaker 1>traveling back to Los Angeles. I started googling, searching through

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<v Speaker 1>a ton of information about airplanes in UFO sidings. I

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to know if anything similar to these craft had

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<v Speaker 1>been seen in the area before.

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<v Speaker 3>What were your grandparents' names, and what were they like.

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<v Speaker 10>The man's name was Milt Clayton Moreland. Clara Moreland was

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<v Speaker 10>his wife. I do have a picture of him sitting

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<v Speaker 10>on the eve of a house with a team of

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<v Speaker 10>horses moving a house across the prairie. So he was

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<v Speaker 10>a can do it man.

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<v Speaker 1>I discovered an old article about unexplained flying objects published

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<v Speaker 1>in a local newspaper from nineteen fifty. Apparently the report

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<v Speaker 1>was given by Milton Clara Morland of Imperial, Nebraska. They

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<v Speaker 1>passed away, but I was able to talk with their grandson,

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<v Speaker 1>Terry McNair about their story. What do you remember them

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<v Speaker 1>telling you about what they experienced that day in nineteen fifty.

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<v Speaker 10>Well, I remember mostly my grandmother talking about it, and

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<v Speaker 10>she would get quite excited, and she would say that

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<v Speaker 10>these things just came buzzing along and they weren't large,

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<v Speaker 10>they were small, you know, like saucer basketball shaped, and

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<v Speaker 10>you know, they were just kind of flittering along all together,

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<v Speaker 10>a whole bunch of them, and they came in from

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<v Speaker 10>one way and swooped out a different way.

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<v Speaker 11>So she's just, you know, sitting at home one day,

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<v Speaker 11>it's it's daylight, and these saucer type basketball looking objects

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<v Speaker 11>just kind of appear.

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<v Speaker 10>They just kind of appear. They hurted noise, and they

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<v Speaker 10>went out to investigate it. That's what they found.

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<v Speaker 1>If Terry hadn't used the word saucer, his description sounded

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<v Speaker 1>eerily similar to the drone behavior I'd heard about.

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<v Speaker 11>He is of you know what, you think they saw.

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<v Speaker 10>Flying saucers. I thought that my whole life.

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<v Speaker 3>Had you heard any other stories of flying saucers in

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<v Speaker 3>that area before?

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<v Speaker 5>Not?

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<v Speaker 10>Really. I would remember my mother talking about lights in

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<v Speaker 10>the prairie when she was a kid, that they would

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<v Speaker 10>see lights in different areas where they're knew there was

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<v Speaker 10>no population. They were just lights.

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<v Speaker 3>What do you mean by by lights?

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<v Speaker 10>They were more along the land rather than high in

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<v Speaker 10>the sky. They were they were close to the earth,

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<v Speaker 10>but off in the distance. She just said that they

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<v Speaker 10>were unexplained.

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<v Speaker 3>So she just saw weird, weird lights in the prairie.

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<v Speaker 5>Mm hmm.

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<v Speaker 1>As I looked further into the history of the area,

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<v Speaker 1>I came across more interesting facts. In the nineteen sixties,

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<v Speaker 1>a number of locals saw weird objects in the sky.

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<v Speaker 1>One of those people was Barb Stanley.

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<v Speaker 6>I was ten years old and I looked out on

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<v Speaker 6>the horizon. There was a hilp and as I was

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<v Speaker 6>sitting there, I saw some type of craft that I

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<v Speaker 6>think had landed. Then it slowly rose and I thought

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<v Speaker 6>it was going to just keep going higher, but it

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<v Speaker 6>just disappeared. Just one minute was there and one minute

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<v Speaker 6>it wasn't. It was bigger than a car, but didn't

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<v Speaker 6>look like a car. You know. Back in my ten

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<v Speaker 6>year old mind, I was just like, wow, you know,

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<v Speaker 6>I've never never seen anything like that before, not what

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<v Speaker 6>the Jetsons were like. Yeah, it seemed to be the

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<v Speaker 6>real deal.

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<v Speaker 1>Barb experienced this siding on the family farm, which oddly enough,

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<v Speaker 1>was close to where these so called drones were first spotted.

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<v Speaker 6>A week later, there was a newspaper article that said

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<v Speaker 6>there was a lady in Imperial that had basically seen

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<v Speaker 6>the same thing. I took it out to my husbands

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<v Speaker 6>to read this, so that was kind of an affirmation

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<v Speaker 6>that I wasn't just making up the story.

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<v Speaker 3>You said you were sitting on the porch looking out.

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<v Speaker 3>You know what's going through your mind when you see this?

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<v Speaker 6>I'd say astonishment, because I had the feeling that I

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<v Speaker 6>was alone, you know, like my parents were gone, and

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<v Speaker 6>so who would help me. I thought, oh, wow, this

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<v Speaker 6>is thereous and they mean harm. I'm basically by myself.

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<v Speaker 1>That had to be such a surreal feeling, especially at

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<v Speaker 1>a young age without anyone around. When I continued looking

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<v Speaker 1>into these sightings, I came across an article about one

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<v Speaker 1>of the first UFO crashes in modern history. It was

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<v Speaker 1>said to have taken place in southwest Nebraska near Binkleman

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<v Speaker 1>in the late eighteen hundreds. As the story goes, in

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<v Speaker 1>early June of eighteen eighty four, a rare phenomenon occurred.

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<v Speaker 12>A few cowboys were out at a round up when

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<v Speaker 12>they were startled by a loud noise and saw what

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<v Speaker 12>looked like a blazing body fall into the earth. The

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<v Speaker 12>next day, a brand inspector found machinery scattered throughout the

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<v Speaker 12>pasture after the object was cooled, including a wheel fragment

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<v Speaker 12>with a mill rimp. The object was reported to be

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<v Speaker 12>fifty to sixty feet long, cylindrical, and about ten or

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<v Speaker 12>twelve feet in diameter.

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<v Speaker 1>Because that story was from so long ago, I took

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<v Speaker 1>it with a grain of salt. I obviously had no

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<v Speaker 1>way to check the facts with the locals who'd experienced it.

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<v Speaker 1>Whether people were seeing drones, flying saucers, or something else.

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<v Speaker 1>I began to notice a common theme. Most of these

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<v Speaker 1>sightings occurred near isolated farmhouses outside the city limits. I

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't sure how this info could plain into what was happening,

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<v Speaker 1>but it proved one thing unexplained. Aircraft weren't out of

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<v Speaker 1>the ordinary for this part of the country. Chapter four

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<v Speaker 1>surrounded it's more residents saw drone like objects flying. I

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<v Speaker 1>began contacting police stations in neighboring counties. Despite my persistence,

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<v Speaker 1>it was tough to get anyone to speak with me.

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<v Speaker 1>There was one person I knew I could lean on

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<v Speaker 1>outside of law enforcement. His name is Bill Bowerley, and

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<v Speaker 1>he's a family friend. Bill also just happens to be

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<v Speaker 1>an aviation expert. He was an Air Force pilot, Delta

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<v Speaker 1>Airlines pilot, and former member of the local airport authority.

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<v Speaker 10>How are you good?

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<v Speaker 2>I'm actually working on another aviation product.

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<v Speaker 1>Bill's an outdoorsman. When I walked into his house, there

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<v Speaker 1>were fish and animal heads up on the walls. So

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<v Speaker 1>have you been good?

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<v Speaker 2>This has been my busiest year flying.

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<v Speaker 1>After we caught up, Bill dove into his background.

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<v Speaker 2>I started got my license in seventy six on a

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<v Speaker 2>program that was the pre military. It was part of

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<v Speaker 2>my scholarship. I had to go to the military. Takes

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<v Speaker 2>a year to get through Air Force pilot training. Seventy

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<v Speaker 2>eight I graduated. They plowed me back as an instructor

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<v Speaker 2>because I did too well in the course, and then

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<v Speaker 2>in Germany for three years, and then from that I

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<v Speaker 2>went to a test squadron and flew in the test squadron.

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<v Speaker 2>Left the military on a Friday, started on Monday with Delta,

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<v Speaker 2>and I've been flying for Delta every month since.

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<v Speaker 1>It was Bill's military history that I thought might shine

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<v Speaker 1>some light on what was going on. So they've been

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<v Speaker 1>doing drones in the military for a really long time.

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<v Speaker 2>Really, that first Golf War was where they really brought

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<v Speaker 2>him in, so you didn't have to risk a man's

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<v Speaker 2>life and you could provide reconnaissance. And that's where it

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<v Speaker 2>got started. In the intel gathering and the censors they

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<v Speaker 2>can put on it. The miniaturization of all of that

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<v Speaker 2>just kept improving improvement, so they'd make him smaller and smaller. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>they kept making him a little bit bigger and giving

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<v Speaker 2>them more range. So that's where they came up with

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<v Speaker 2>these twenty four or thirty six hour drones and could

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<v Speaker 2>just loiter.

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<v Speaker 1>I'd heard the term drone tossed around a lot. I

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<v Speaker 1>pulled up an official definition. A drone is technically any

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<v Speaker 1>unmanned aircraft that can fly remotely or autonomously. In my opinion,

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<v Speaker 1>that description left a lot of room for interpretation. Was

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<v Speaker 1>the word drone just the new and more casual term

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<v Speaker 1>for UFO. I'd now seen these drones as people were

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<v Speaker 1>calling them. Three nights in a row, there were larger

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<v Speaker 1>or black objects illuminating the fields and smaller ones surrounding them.

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<v Speaker 1>Each night. They were flying in groups.

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<v Speaker 2>We were testing the ability to be able to tie

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<v Speaker 2>remotely piloted vehicles to a mothership, and that was in

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<v Speaker 2>the late eighties, so we know that you can have

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<v Speaker 2>a mothership fly and tether wirelessly other ones off of it.

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<v Speaker 1>Bill then gave me more than I bargained for a

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<v Speaker 1>first person report on what he thought maybe flying in

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<v Speaker 1>the sky.

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<v Speaker 2>These are most likely the ones that they'll put a

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<v Speaker 2>gas engine on them with a small field cell, and

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<v Speaker 2>that engine then powers electric that powers all the props.

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<v Speaker 2>We've got military drones that can stay up thirty six

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<v Speaker 2>hours if you just use the premise that they are

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<v Speaker 2>a six hour drone, and they can travel at sixty

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<v Speaker 2>miles an hour. It would be very conceivable, but that

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<v Speaker 2>you could launch the use from one hundred miles away,

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<v Speaker 2>go do your work, and then fly that hundred miles home.

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<v Speaker 1>Imagine a six foot vehicle with wings, which job takes

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<v Speaker 1>thirty six hours and covers hundreds of miles.

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<v Speaker 2>Somebody's making money doing this. Otherwise it wouldn't exist.

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<v Speaker 3>That's what I keep saying.

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<v Speaker 13>I follow the money trail.

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<v Speaker 2>Follow the money trail. That's the first step. It comes

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<v Speaker 2>down to what confidence.

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<v Speaker 7>Do you have.

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<v Speaker 2>In believing what your government tells you want.

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<v Speaker 1>By the time I left Bill's, I'd received a few messages.

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<v Speaker 1>Apparently when people hear you're back home from la and

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<v Speaker 1>asking questions about a weird phenomenon they've seen too, you

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<v Speaker 1>get a lot of tips for who to visit with the.

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<v Speaker 3>Girl you were talking about. That's your daughter in law,

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<v Speaker 3>or that's your daughter, or that's my daughter. It is

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<v Speaker 3>your daughter, Okay. When she was an inner car and

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<v Speaker 3>those three drones kind of appeared, you know, surrounding her car,

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<v Speaker 3>how close would she estimate that those were to her

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<v Speaker 3>actual vehicle as it was going down the road.

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<v Speaker 7>She said, they were just like a little above like

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<v Speaker 7>the telephone polls, So, I mean, she could see them clearly,

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<v Speaker 7>and there was like three of them and they were

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<v Speaker 7>just just kind of following her.

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<v Speaker 1>A lady named Trisha Michael told me that she'd received

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<v Speaker 1>a strange phone call late one evening when a few

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<v Speaker 1>of the unknown aircraft flew above her daughter's vehicle.

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<v Speaker 6>She called.

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<v Speaker 7>It was her phone number, but it said Palestinian territories

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<v Speaker 7>as far as our area.

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<v Speaker 5>But she I didn't answer it. So when I called her.

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<v Speaker 8>Back, she did not answer.

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<v Speaker 5>So I called the Palestinian number back just to kind

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<v Speaker 5>of see what it was and see if I would

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<v Speaker 5>get anybody or not. And I had just got a

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<v Speaker 5>male voice recording saying that the number was no longer available.

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<v Speaker 5>Once she got home and there was nothing above her,

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<v Speaker 5>and it rang in just fine, it rang in normal.

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<v Speaker 3>So when she called you, it said Palestinian territories on

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<v Speaker 3>your caller ID, where you'd normally see her name.

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<v Speaker 7>Correct, Yeah, normally it would say like local, like if

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<v Speaker 7>it's a local call, it would say Sterling, Colorado, where

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<v Speaker 7>it would say where it's from.

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<v Speaker 6>It had listed Palestinian territories.

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<v Speaker 3>What did your daughter describe, you know, feeling like when

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<v Speaker 3>those drones were following her.

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<v Speaker 8>I don't think that that one bothered her nearly as much.

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<v Speaker 8>Later in that evening, she had gotten home and she

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<v Speaker 8>was the only one here, and there were three that

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<v Speaker 8>were parked on our road, and they parked there for

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<v Speaker 8>about thirty minutes or so at least.

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<v Speaker 3>When you say parked, you mean that they were hovering

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<v Speaker 3>in the air, yeah.

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<v Speaker 5>Covering, Yeah, Yeah, they just don't move. So that made

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<v Speaker 5>her a lot more uncomfortable than just driving underneath it.

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<v Speaker 1>Could these aircraft be interfering with cell towers? It sure

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<v Speaker 1>seemed like that was a possibility. I kept searching for

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<v Speaker 1>new leads. Let's just say things got even more peculiar.

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<v Speaker 6>I just don't get, like, why they're so interested suddenly

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<v Speaker 6>in this area.

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<v Speaker 7>He said that we have the military drums out here

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<v Speaker 7>that are using scramblers that are trying to break up

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<v Speaker 7>the signals.

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<v Speaker 4>There is a river bottom down through here, and they

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<v Speaker 4>seem to work the waterway.

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<v Speaker 7>The drums that are here have been described as black.

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<v Speaker 7>We have been told that the military drones are actually light.

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<v Speaker 4>Their grid pattern was definitely around Frenchman Creek.

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<v Speaker 3>God.

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<v Speaker 1>I love sweet and Cream. I used to go here

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<v Speaker 1>growing up, and I'd always get the same order two hamburgers,

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<v Speaker 1>ketch boneley, French fry, and uh doctor pepper. It was

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<v Speaker 1>early evening and I just ordered dinner and to drive

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<v Speaker 1>through an Imperial when I received information about another encounter.

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<v Speaker 1>This one seemed different. The lady mentioned in the message

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<v Speaker 1>didn't live too far east of town. I quickly finished

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<v Speaker 1>up my meal and headed in her direction. I think

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<v Speaker 1>this is the turn and to go see this girl

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<v Speaker 1>right now named Marcy Kelly. There was a pen close

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<v Speaker 1>by with a few of Marcy's animals. Her goat named Nanny,

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<v Speaker 1>kept wanting to get in on the interview. Nanny, don't

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<v Speaker 1>eat my clothes. You are a good goat, though I

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<v Speaker 1>could tell that Marcy was a small town gall at heart.

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<v Speaker 1>Before we began our conversation, she walked me through her house,

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<v Speaker 1>past some family photos, and onto the back patio.

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<v Speaker 14>I don't remember where a question was.

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<v Speaker 1>No, I was just going to say, you know, is

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<v Speaker 1>it typical for farmers to use drums?

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<v Speaker 14>Yes, even through my husband's work, they have a drone

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<v Speaker 14>that they check the pivots with, and I think that

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<v Speaker 14>a lot of other people do too. I think that

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<v Speaker 14>Southwest Power uses them, probably check the power lines. From

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<v Speaker 14>what I've understood and now and they're not nearly this.

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<v Speaker 1>Bigh What do you make of this whole thing?

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<v Speaker 5>Do you?

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<v Speaker 3>How do you feel?

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<v Speaker 14>I feel uneasy about it, just because there's so many

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<v Speaker 14>and they've been here for so long, and we don't

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<v Speaker 14>have an answer of who's doing it. We both, my

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<v Speaker 14>husband and I both think that they shut off their

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<v Speaker 14>lights and they can fly lower than and they're undetected,

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<v Speaker 14>like later at night when they're trying to go back

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<v Speaker 14>to their check in point or whatever they're trying to do,

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<v Speaker 14>because then you can hear them, and there's no planes

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<v Speaker 14>in the area, and it's just a different kind of

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<v Speaker 14>a noise.

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<v Speaker 1>What would lead you to believe that they that they

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<v Speaker 1>shot off their lights.

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<v Speaker 14>Because when they're high up, you can't hear them, and

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<v Speaker 14>so it's just a different kind of a noise that

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<v Speaker 14>we hear. So I just it's just kind of a

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<v Speaker 14>noise that you're like, oh, they're lower and you can

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<v Speaker 14>hear them, you know, kind of like after a jet

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<v Speaker 14>goes by and then you hear it later on or

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<v Speaker 14>something like that.

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<v Speaker 1>Marcy had seen most of the aircraft near her property,

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<v Speaker 1>and she noticed something else. Wild animals weren't acting as

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<v Speaker 1>they normally would during the winter Sunday.

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<v Speaker 14>And it was like the day after the blizzard, like

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<v Speaker 14>we lost power and stuff Saturday from the snow. My

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<v Speaker 14>dog's caught a snake, and then a few days before that,

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<v Speaker 14>my friend's daughter had gotten a turtle, and I'd seen

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<v Speaker 14>a frog hopping and I'm like, what, So that was

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<v Speaker 14>weird to me that all of those things are coming

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<v Speaker 14>out of the ground.

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<v Speaker 1>Kind of worried that way. From your perspective, what do

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<v Speaker 1>the formations look like? And are there different sizes of

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<v Speaker 1>the drones from what you've seen, I think that.

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<v Speaker 14>There's different sizes. I think that there's like a docking station,

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<v Speaker 14>one that's a little bit bigger that either they get

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<v Speaker 14>energy from it or charge or reboot or exchange information too.

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<v Speaker 14>And that one seems pretty just like it hovers. It

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<v Speaker 14>doesn't really move a lot, kind of just stay stable.

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<v Speaker 14>And then the other ones. I've seen them go fast,

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<v Speaker 14>I've seen them go slow. I've seen them shut off

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<v Speaker 14>the lights and then turn them back on later. And

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<v Speaker 14>I think that they range in sizes. I don't think

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<v Speaker 14>that they'd be over ten foot at the biggest. I

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<v Speaker 14>mean probably mostly five to eight foot.

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<v Speaker 1>Could you make out that it was, in fact a drone?

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<v Speaker 14>Sounds better than a UFO identified flying object.

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<v Speaker 6>Basically, yeah, Just.

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<v Speaker 1>When I thought I'd heard every theory, Marcy dropped this one.

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<v Speaker 14>I have heard and I haven't seen. I seen a

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<v Speaker 14>picture of like a green substance that's been dropped, you know.

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<v Speaker 14>I'm like, oh, what if it's something like dangerous?

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<v Speaker 1>When I got back inside the pickup, I played that

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<v Speaker 1>audio over and over, and.

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<v Speaker 14>I seen a picture of like a green substance that's

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<v Speaker 14>been dropped, A green substance that's been dropped.

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<v Speaker 1>Marcy didn't reveal who showed her the picture or where

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<v Speaker 1>they lived. The skeptic and me kept thinking aircraft dropping

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<v Speaker 1>things from the sky at night? Why do these accounts

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<v Speaker 1>keep getting even more bizarre? Just when I begin to

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<v Speaker 1>wrap my mind around certain parts of this story, I

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<v Speaker 1>was told another credible, if unbelievable detail coming up on

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<v Speaker 1>obscure invasion of the drones.

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<v Speaker 7>Really, we have to absolutely verify what is happening in Colorado.

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<v Speaker 2>Someone has very sophisticated ways to override the FA rules

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<v Speaker 2>that are in here.

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<v Speaker 13>I can see it going off ten of our shop

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<v Speaker 13>as soon as I opened the garage door, there was

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<v Speaker 13>a white like infrared camera light.

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