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>>"faded from the radar screen"<< usually means it just disappeared from the scope. This is not unusual, as anomalies happen all the time, even with the most advanced pulse-Doppler radars. In fact, I had on many occasion ran my radar out to max rage, scrolled it “up” just to see if anything was trolling along. And sometimes I did lock onto something. Sometimes it stayed in place and nothing happened, sometimes it was moving at terrific speeds, but in all cases it was resolved to be an an anomaly that caused the return, or another aircraft that was able to be identified. I would suspect this event was one of those I just described.

Basically, I think the radar returns were anomalies and the blue light was an illusion (the AB glow from the lead aircraft, as seen from behind by the guy on the ground).

I can gar-an-darn-tee yah it wasn’t no experimental aircraft-—no way would we ever let one of those out of the box, especially over heavily populated areas and hi-alert areas like the east-coast/Wash DC. No way. No how.

Bottom line, to repeat myself, the jets scrambled to investigate an anomaly, the blue light was the AB glow of the lead aircraft from zero aspect. The blue light went away when the lead aircraft pulled out of AB.

Nothing more.

>>This is a very curious story. There must be other witnesses if there actually was an attempted intercept ... even at 1am ... and if there are other witnesses who come forward and are publicized, then the story could get very interesting indeed.<<

Like most stories of “UFO’s,” it will take on a life of its own, as those that want to believe will, and those that offer explanations are one of “those” that are hiding the secret, and the lack of proof jusy goes to show ya just how good the cover up really is.

Now, that is not to say we don’t have secrets, we do, but we don’t take our secrets out into the world to be seen by the neighbors.

Basically, I think the radar returns were anomalies and the blue light was an illusion

Both happening SIMULTANEOUSLY??? On radar screens at NORAD and SIMULTANEOUSLY to onlookers on the ground in DC?

>>"faded from the radar screen"<< usually means it just disappeared from the scope. This is not unusual, as anomalies happen all the time,

I would be particularly interested to know how many radars were painting the "anomaly", whether the F-16s were painting it, and how many times in recent history anyone's been scrambled for a radar anomaly (yes I'll admit that may be a little more likely now than before). But we may never know. Incidentally, my c.v. should make me a fairly credible and sophisticated witness, and because of two "sightings" of my own (the first one 40 years ago), you can classify me in the "believer" category.

May the force be with you!

Like most stories of “UFO’s,” it will take on a life of its own, as those that want to believe will, and those that offer explanations are one of “those” that are hiding the secret, and the lack of proof jusy goes to show ya just how good the cover up really is.

I remember the '50s when the pilots were asking what they were seeing.

They were told they didn't see anything. They said, "OK".

Bottom line, to repeat myself, the jets scrambled to investigate an anomaly, the blue light was the AB glow of the lead aircraft from zero aspect. The blue light went away when the lead aircraft pulled out of AB.

It took 59 posts, but somebody finally posted common sense. Good job.