UFO controversy

Tribune readers commented about a Sunday Tribune story on unidentified flying objects, including a photo; Gov. Steve Bullock’s move on Yellowstone Park area bison; and U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke’s vote in favor of the $1.15 billion federal omnibus spending bill.

John Trimble:

Sorry, Doc; what you saw was a drone disguised to look like the Millenium Falcon. They exist and people have been remotely flying them, lights attached and all for the full effect.

Ida Huff Lydick Bramhall, Greenleaf, Idaho:

I have seen a few UFOs in my lifetime. The most impressive one was in Bishop, Calif., in 1966 or ’67. It was huge and gave off a green glow in the dark color.

CG Arnell:

I applaud the efforts of the few to prove UFOs, the extra-terrestrial kind, exist. But it is more than a little annoying that no one, nowhere has ever taken a good, closeup picture or video of a UFO. Thousands of “sightings”... no video!

Merville Frederick, Seattle:

Just because we can’t identify an object in the sky, doesn’t mean little green men. It just means we can’t identify the object. The extraterrestrial is a whole other level of proof, but a UFO is a start.

Dan Thomson:

I have no doubt that we are not alone. I believe the UFOs we see are robotic probes that are like our probes to Mars and elsewhere; they do not always succeed. Roswell was a failed probe that was shot down. Marcel only saw wreckage, because it was a probe launched millions of years ago by an advanced civilization that is probably waiting another million years to hear back from their probes.

William Tash, Pinellas Park, Fla.:

If you spend years taking pictures and hoping to see a hammer, eventually you will see a hammer.

Bison roaming

Speak for the Animals Slaughtered by Wolves:

The boundaries of the park are the boundaries of the park. Period. The governor has no authority to dump these inbred, diseased bison on residents outside those boundaries. We don’t want them and this does nothing to control the overpopulation.

Zinke’s vote

Howard Strause, Tucson, Ariz.:

About 54 percent of all federal discretionary spending goes for military purposes. We spend as much on the military as the next highest nine countries combined. Yet (U.S. Rep. Ryan) Zinke says we need to spend even more. He suggests we cut the budget for the EPA. But spending for the EPA has decrease 75 percent, measured against the total budget, since 1980. The EPA's budget is only about .3 percent of the total budget. It spends close to 50 percent of its budget on clean water issues, something very important to Montana.

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