did you sec the orange g 1011 to the sOllth'?" ~; a i J I tholl'.!,ht
T sa\~ it, but lle pointed :;ollth and I hnJ been looking south-
west. I 1~0nt 11p on 111 C' 1'oof···- - rmd I~atrhcd til ,~ ,k;- :'1 a 11
directions. 111 the lIlCil1ltllllt' Washini~t()n CCTJlcr ~l'fiS report-
ing tnrg('ts 01\ thci l'radar scn~l'n OV('i Andrews , Andrews
Approach Control observed nothing.
[111e airman] \,a" 111 the JWor talking on the r"lOne
and interp!hmcs. lie was \.;atc1,jng;1 star and telLing various
people that :it W8S moving lip nnd Jcsct;nding f(.1pitlly and
going fromicft to ri gIlt, dlHI [another il i rrTIilll] ilnd f ,I
listening to him from the roof, hclieved we 5f )\lldt'C'w:~
fie 1(1 , I 0 :J k(. dan d ..;
port I hcard.
A USAF Captain at )\l1drew:~ i\FB rndur C(,l1l~J':
did you seC' the orang c g 10'1 to t h (, south?" ';:1 iJ I t hOll',!,h t
T 5:11, it. hut he pDinted ~;(l\lth and 1 hat! h('un look i n~', ~outh ..
west. r Ivl:nt I'Ji on lit C' 1'oof,··, - fmd ''latched t h" k; :'1 all
directions. III the lI\efl11tilllt' \'J;["hini~ton Cen1er 'HIS report-
ing tnrg('ts 01\ thci rradar SlTt'l'll ov('r Andrews, /Indrcws
Approach Control ohserved nothing.
[1110 airman] I,a" 111 the !Wor talking on the ["lOne
and interp!l\mcs. lie was ,.. atching :·1 star and telling various
people that :it WIJS moving I1p nnJ Jc<;ct:ild.ing rapidly anci
going from .left to right, fmel [another' airman] ilnd r,
listenjng to him from the roof, believed we ~;tW it 1110'.'0
too. Such is the power of su~gc5tion,
'l11is ... tar \<I<lS to the ca:;t slightly to the left of 3110\
above the rotf!tillg hC<J.con. ['111(' ai rl1l<lll) n~ported the star
[!~ two milc.'; cast of Andre"s and ;Jt an altitude of 2,fl()(1 ft.
,\ shorr time' .later. ;lp)1l'oximntely O;2(j() houri, I !'ifll'.' a
fall in,! star go from ovcrl1l'mi to the llo;'til. 1\ fel' mi nut(~s
1,ltCT nnotlH'l' Ivent ill the ~[tllle "i red. ion, lh"), faded olld
went out: I~ithin tl';O SCCOlhis. 'I1w :;ky \,';l~ full of star;', th('
Milky Way I'lL:' bright, fl'10 I \\'as surj1ri~;cd that we did not
~ee more fnlljn:.! st[lr~.
/\11 n;~hl Wasliil1gton CC'l1t,?f I.;as rl.'por1 in~~ oi'.jccts
ncar 01' OV(~l' Antlrch's, but Andrc\~:; J\Pf11'oacil (:ontrol COli tel
~t'e nothinl:" however thp~' 1~()lIld S('(' the V;ll"iOIlS ilir('raft
rep(]rtcd ~'J th(·11' [(adar] :;<:rccn l,iI~ :Ippat"cnt Jy in go')d
opE:'T'atioll.
At (";no hDurs \~a::11i Jlptoli ("'ntcl' ,":11 ),'c1 Iflt' :md n'-
port'l'd :II, uJ1knol\':j nil,iel'! fih' /IIi II'S ~"Ilthl':i'it ,)f )\11111'/'\,:;
fielll, JO)i;I'd and :,;!W lJo1IJilli:, Tliilt 11':1'; rli,' i:!st )'i.'-
part 1 h 'card.
r\ l.I~i\F Cnptain at ,\ndr("w:; !\I:I\ l';ldaf I'PIlL 1':