The joke resulted in a southern Idaho visit from the Army and FBI four days after the alleged Rosewell incident, on July 11. The story didn't get much exposure outside of Idaho.
A southwest Idaho student shared a photograph of an image captured in the sky near Boise that shows a bright, round, unidentifiable object. The individual contacted the National UFO Reporting Center and filed a report.
In the report, the witness says five "orange orbs" were seen "farting around" in the sky above the base. At one point the witness says a Mountain Home Airforce Base fighter jet chased one of the objects out of the area.
A Pocatello area resident recently contacted the National UFO Reporting Center after witnessing an unexplained object interacting with some helicopters last week. The witness claims to have watched the ordeal take place for close to 30-minutes.
A national reporting center for unexplained aerial phenomenon recently made public the details regarding an Idaho sighting that occurred four weeks ago, approximately 400 miles northeast of Twin Falls.