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1.ey're in tbe Sky Again
R,adar Spots More Mystery Objects Here,
Fliers Report ~igl1ti1~g Glo,ving Lights
_\Y,<1shingt_on ...:::c:tect anol!!._e..:J_away. The iloL said he wasn·t I lighted end of a cigaret.· or a
v1s1t l~ t..E.!11~ from t1ie uui~
ble to close qn__th9.!ll. and the cluster of orange and red lights.
ti~erial objects ~n:ilar lo 1~
'reall~ 1n.,ovin?." He lost
Radar operators plotted their
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~..9rtcd here_last Mond~Y· isight of them two mrnutes later. speed al from 38 to 90 miles per
At least a dozen of the mys-
The same pilot observed a hour. They were not able to de­
terious objects were reported to steady while light 10 miles east termine
their altitude. Some
49 P- 111
have b22n seen glowing in lh~ of M?unt Vernon _at ll:
• pilots reported flying over them
sky within a 30-mile radius of The _light, abo~t five miles ahead and some under them
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of lum, faded m a mmute.
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the city. 'tlWJ~~ !l.Jl1cked
The interceptors did not sight
Befote l~
we~k s i epor.L Q.[
t!JLQ.!L 1J1e radar sc~e~n of t he any more lights after that. Al-
,1e . myst~nous ,,hghts, so-~alleg
CAA Air ""Rot~
_Traffic.J:;_ontrol Ithough the radar screen still
rs
ar~
believed_.
ceqte..i.:.. at WashJngtQ!l. Naticinal picked up the objects.
One l\e~ to.l1lJ.Ye_ ~ n_p1cked t!_p on
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--- 1plane landed shortly before mid- radar ...S c re_e.JL§: • T_he O?Jects -
At. 11:25 p. m., two F-94 jet \' night, and the ot11er about 12:15 show. !! on the NationaT /\Jrp~rr
fighters were sent up by the a. m.
!;aa_ar,,,lfowever, caused defimte
Air Defense command to inves-
It was the second time these bhn..s
on the screen, wlucii
tigatc the lights. Tlli ~ilots re- , objects have been picked up by
eans contacf with solid ooj~cts,
ported seeing th<L...:.!JU~ radar. Last night's visitors rather than hghts 01· r: '\ect1ons.
wei·e 11ot able to get any""2!oser• showed up first on the screen
A CAA spokesman ' d the ob­
toUiefo- tfiari aoout7mi1eS:- -tat 9:08 p. m. and rema»ied for jects picked up last night gave
--,,;e Set pTio'ts descrioecrthe some time.
fr
off blips similar to those of reg-
lights as hatd to see and track1 Airline, private and military ular aircraft.
down.
1pilots all reported seeing them.
'.Cbe ,t.ir Force has been invcs-
Ai 11:33 p. m., one jet pilot , Some _pilots said they came with- tig_ating'last wecl<'s objects. It
observed four lights in the vicin-1i_n two or three miles or the ob- ~aid rgports of flying
'\itY of Andrews Air Force base. Jecls.
this,
saucers
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mont11 have been (he 11·
'l'lle lights were about 500 feet
'rhey were variously described es.t..sl11.ce 1947, when they
above him and about 10 miles as looking like blue lights, the were seen.
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Times-Herald ~
Wash. Post
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Wash. News -
Wash. Star
N.Y. Mirror -
N .Y. Compass­
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