UFOMYST
CaseUnknown2009

Butte & Bozeman (between; enroute), MT, USA

rapid lights, very close in good eyesight along I-90E in between butte & bozeman, MT. ((NUFORC Note: Possible "twinkling" star? PD))

Report quality: Low29/100

This score reflects report-quality signals on file — how complete, corroborated, and precisely located the report is — not a claim about whether the sighting was a real craft.

  • Duration parsed: 2100s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (85 characters)
  • Location could not be geocoded
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
  • NUFORC attached a skeptical explanation note (e.g. Venus, satellite, meteor)
When
2009-05-05
Where
Butte & Bozeman (between; enroute), MT, USA
Shape
Unknown
Duration
30-40 Minutes
Geo
—
Slug
unknown-over-butte-bozeman-between-enroute-mt-2009-caaad7
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In context

  • One of 1 documented reports from Butte & Bozeman (between; enroute), MT in the UFOMYST archive.
  • Montana logged 32 sightings in 2009.

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