Triangle over Montana City, MT
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
3 orange lights in a triangle shape - large distance between them. Saw as object moved under rain clouds. Distance between lights did not change as object changed direction. Faded out or disappeared into low cloud deck.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #137392). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2017-11-20 → 2017-12-07
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