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SwannieK

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34. Yup...

Fri May 21, 2021, 03:38 PM

May 2021

My dad was in the Air Force and we were stationed at Malmstrom in the 50s...had UFO sightings quite often. One was a huge orange-glowing cigar-shaped ship hovering over one of the smelters in Great Falls. The pilots were scrambled and began a chase, but, were left in the proverbial dust when the ship took off at an unbelievable speed and disappeared. There was a rash of visitations back then...have done a lot of research over the years in an attempt to ascertain just what was going on then and discover why they were so damned interested. Have not figured it out yet. I do have a theory that it may have had something to do with the smelter, though....maybe they were trying to warn us of dangerous levels of toxins leaking? Anyway, that was quite an experience.

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Wow. What an experience! chia May 2021 #20

Yes. roamer65 May 2021 #15

The Air Force Just Confirmed The Reality Of It colsohlibgal May 2021 #16

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Thank you, Mulder Hekate May 2021 #45

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Yes MFM008 May 2021 #33

Yup... SwannieK May 2021 #34

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When I was Pot smoking teenager :) we would get stoned jpak May 2021 #55

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