An elk hunter watches a silent black triangle weave between peaks and climb straight up (Wind River Range, Wyoming, 2003)
In 2003, at dusk in the St. Lawrence area of the Wind River Range, Wyoming, elk hunter Gary Medicine Cloud of the Wind River Reservation and a friend watched a huge, silent, matte-black triangle with no lights fly low between two mountain tops. About 15 minutes later it passed them again, then turned 90 degrees and climbed straight up until it was a speck of light. He told the story to Cowboy State Daily after PURSUE Release 07 described a similar triangle seen by federal agents; the two accounts are similar, not linked.
How plausible · Moderate
A named hunter with a companion describes a silent, lightless triangle at close range, low between peaks and then climbing vertically; he volunteers his own first guess of a military aircraft and rejects it.
- ●●Access Close range, at dusk, twice.
- ●●No gain sought Nothing sought.
- ●○Cost of speaking Speaks under his own name.
- ●○Independent convergence His friend saw it too; the description matches the 2026 federal agents' triangle.
- ●○Restraint Gives his first mundane guess and no abduction claim.
Plausibility weighs how well an account fits where secrecy hides the documents by design, so missing records never count against it. Strength measures what is documented. Assessed 2026-10-24.