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I saw a huge UFO over the Cascade Range last week that had numerous lights and a beam of red light searching the ground for something. Has anyone seen this thing too? It was huge, probably a mile across, and at night right above Mt. Bachelor…I can’t believe it was not in the paper, I mean it was so freakin’ huge. Wow!! I was not on drugs or alcohol, so I was very alert. But, I was coming back from Dillon Falls on a run with my dog and saw this huge cigar-shaped thing above Bachelor. If anyone has seen this, please write about it, too. Ok?

Bill G.

This article appears in Sep 4-10, 2008.

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Close Encounters

by Intern, The Source - Bend, Oregon
September 3, 2008

<h1>Close Encounters</h1> <p class="byline">by Intern, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />September 3, 2008</p> <p>I saw a huge UFO over the Cascade Range last week that had numerous lights and a beam of red light searching the ground for something. Has anyone seen this thing too? It was huge, probably a mile across, and at night right above Mt. Bachelor...I can&#039;t believe it was not in the paper, I mean it was so freakin&#039; huge. Wow!! I was not on drugs or alcohol, so I was very alert. But, I was coming back from Dillon Falls on a run with my dog and saw this huge cigar-shaped thing above Bachelor. If anyone has seen this, please write about it, too. Ok?</p> <p><em><br /> Bill G.</em></p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/opinion/close-encounters-2131763/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=13996&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/opinion/close-encounters-2131763/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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