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The Pioneer League's Great Falls Voyagers draw their name from a famous UFO sighting—the so-called Mariana Incident. GM Jim Burks tells the story of the nickname, Dan Simon shares how the close the team was to being called the Skeeters years before that Sugar Land team, and live from 1950, Great Falls Electrics manager Nick Mariana describes how he captured the UFOs on 16mm film.

Great Falls Voyagers
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Dan Simon, Studio Simon
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Great Falls History Museum
Mariana UFO Incident article

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Curved Brim Media Network
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