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March 10, 1960Single Copy 10lt;iew of Falls' house. LedgerERiDY;n from ich had g to the ave was i, which ;r start-ndoned. ded for r of hisrunk of he buri-ilainbowFive F. S Employees See, Hear SmallrFast-Flying Unidentified ObjectA small, dark, fast-flying ob-| ject was seen by three Forest Service employes and heard by two others Monday while they were marking timber belowCougar peak.Seeing the unidentified objectwere Charles Waterman, DickBrowne and Jack Truckner. Thetwo other men—Avy McCrackenand Earl Hendren heard it, butdidn’t see it. ^Browne said the object appeared to be about two feet long and about four inches in diameter and had a cone shaped nose. It was dark gray in color and was flying at speed estima-ed at about 200 miles per hours. Because of the rain and fogon the mountainside, the objectquickly flew out of sight.“I heard a heck of a racket and looked up and caught a glimpse of the flying object/* Browne said Tuesday. ‘It wasflying just above the tree tops and was headed for a huge yellow pine, which towered above the other trees. Just before it reached the yellow pine, it swerved slightly to miss the tree and then quickly melted into thefog.”The five men were taking a brief rest when they heard the object. They were about 500 feet above the river on the hillside above the Blue Slide at the time, at a point where the old historic Koontenai trail and Cougar peak trail go together.Browne said it was hard to describe the sound. “I’d never heard a sound like that before.I thought it was a bird at first, but a bird couldn’t fly that fast even in a dive.”Browne said McCracken and Hendren thought they were hearing a snowplow down on the road below and as a result,didn’t look up .to see the object fly overhead.- Browne said it passed right above McCracken before it disappeared . out ofsight.Walter F. Johnsontcsf1\II11Files for CountyCckICommission PostWalter F. Johnson, a longtime resident of Noxon, Monday became the first candidate to file in Sanders county for the June 7 primary nomination. Johnson filed on the democratic ticket for nomination as countycommissioner.Johnson resides on a ranch west of Noxon and has been employed in the woods.Filing deadline for the primary is April 28.Jesse W. Lee, whose term expires this year, is expected to seek re-election to a second six-year term.Lake Designation1I11Effects FishingAt Stream InletsWestern Sanders county anglers are going to have to “keep their distances” when fishing at the mouths of streams in the Thompson Falls, Noxon Rapids or Cabinet Gorge reservoirs between March 1 and the opening of the general fishing season, May 21. . :A recent decision by the Mon-
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Thompson Falls Sanders County Ledger
Thompson Falls, Montana, US
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