Wyoming
Wyoming residents prepare to set clocks back, marking end of daylight saving time
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — It’s that time of year again: Wyoming residents are reminded to set their clocks back one hour tonight as daylight saving time comes to a close. At 2 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 3, clocks will “fall back,” giving everyone an extra hour of rest but also leading to shorter, darker evenings in the weeks ahead.
Today in Cheyenne, sunrise was at 7:32 a.m. and sunset is expected at 5:52 p.m. After clocks turn back tonight, Sunday’s sunrise will be at 6:33 a.m. and sunset will arrive significantly earlier at 4:51 p.m., giving mornings a brighter start but bringing dusk earlier than many might be used to.
Daylight saving time has a long history, rooted in the desire to make the best use of natural daylight, according to the U.S. Department of Defense. The idea dates back to World War I, when the U.S. first enacted the Standard Time Act of 1918 as an energy-saving measure.
Originally, the extra daylight in the evenings was intended to reduce the need for artificial lighting, which helped conserve fuel needed for the war effort. This practice became known as “war time” during World War II, when it was reintroduced for similar reasons.
Following the war, daylight saving time continued but without a clear nationwide standard, leading to confusion. For decades, states and local governments set their own rules, which created challenges for transportation, broadcasting and businesses operating across state lines.
Finally, in 1966, Congress passed the Uniform Time Act, establishing a consistent schedule for daylight saving time across the country.
Since then, the exact start and end dates have been modified a few times, with the current schedule set in 2007 under the Energy Policy Act. Daylight saving now begins on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November, giving Americans a few extra weeks of extended evening light each year.
As the clock falls back tonight, Wyomingites will experience brighter mornings for the next few months, a welcome change as winter draws near. However, the early sunsets may feel like an adjustment, especially as daylight becomes scarcer heading into the winter solstice.
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Wyoming power plant booming with suspected UFO, drone sightings — but still no answers after over a year
Fleets of drones and suspected UFOs have been spotted hovering over a Wyoming power plant for more than a year, while a local sheriff’s department is still searching for clues.
Officials with the Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office recorded scores of beaming, drone-like objects circling around the Red Desert and Jim Bridger Power Plant in Rock Springs over the last 13 months — though they didn’t specify how many, the Cowboy State Daily reported.
Sheriff John Grossnickle was one of the first to witness the spectacles, and last saw the mind-boggling formation on Dec. 12, his spokesperson Jason Mower told the outlet.
The fleets periodically congregate over the power plant in coordinated formations, Mower claimed.
The sheriff’s office hasn’t been able to recover any of the suspected UFOs, telling the outlet they’re too high to shoot down.
The law enforcement outpost’s exhaustive efforts to get to the truth haven’t yielded any results, even after Grossnickle enlisted help from Wyoming US Rep. Harriet Hageman — who Mower claimed saw the formation during a trip to the power plant.
Hageman could not be reached for comment.
“We’ve worked with everybody. We’ve done everything we can to figure out what they are, and nobody wants to give us any answers,” Mower said, according to the outlet.
At first, spooked locals bombarded the sheriff’s office with calls about the confounding aerial formations. Now, though, Mower said that people seem to have accepted it as “the new normal.”
Mower noted that the objects, which he interchangeably referred to as “drones” and “unidentified flying objects,” have yet to pose a danger to the public or cause any damage to the power plant itself.
“It’s like this phenomenon that continues to happen, but it’s not causing any, you know, issues that we have to deal with — other than the presence of them,” he told the outlet.
The spokesperson promised the sheriff’s office would “certainly act accordingly” if the drones pose an imminent harm.
Meanwhile, Niobrara County Sheriff Randy Starkey told the Cowboy State Daily that residents of his community also reported mystery drone sightings over Lance Creek — more than 300 miles from the Jim Bridger Power Plant — starting in late October 2024 and ending in early March.
Starkey said he’s “just glad they’re gone,” according to the outlet.
Drone sightings captured the nation’s attention last year when they were causing hysteria in sightings over New Jersey.
Just days into his second term, President Trump had to clarify that the drones were authorized by the Federal Aviation Administration to quell worries that they posed a national security threat.
Still, the public wasn’t convinced, but the mystery slowly faded as the sightings plummeted.
In October, though, an anonymous source with an unnamed military contractor told The Post that their company was responsible for the hysteria.
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