1) Radar detected a low, slow-flying aircraft about 1 a.m. yesterday, according to a military official.And then we have this:2)Controllers were unable to establish radio communication with the unidentified aircraft, and NORAD was notified.
3)When the F-16s carrying air-to-air missiles were launched from Andrews, the unidentified aircraft's track faded from the radar, the military official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
For Renny Rogers, it was strange enough that military jets were flying low over his home in Waldorf in the middle of the night.My take of that there is *no* connection between what the F-16s were scrambled for and what Renny Rogers saw:It was what he thinks he saw when he headed outside to look early yesterday that floored him.
1) FAA controllers observed a slow-moving blip on their consoles that drew attention.
2) Said blip was due to meteorological conditions that caused an FAA ARSR to observe a freight train rather than actual air traffic
3) Policy calls for jets to be scrambled as a "safety" measure since the freight-train blip could not be contacted on radio
4) Renny Rogers hears the jets, get up bleary-eyed and witnesses off in the distance what he thinks is the object of their pursuit: a passenger airliner reflecting moonlight.
5) Whole story makes news on a slow weekend ...
On every thread, all the time, spouting the gov't line.
All any one with a brain has to do is cross reference this across multiple threads...