[Gunrunner2]

>>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? <<

Yes. And by the way, the witnesses only saw a blue light which can easily be explained by pointing out that the strip-alert F-16's lauch in trail with full AB (A BLUE LIGHT). These fighters would keep their AB blowing until they reached their selected speed. That said, the radar anomoly AND the blue light are two separate things.

[berkeleybeej]

WTOP has a short article re the sighting on their website (http://www.wtopnews.com/) in their "local" section - something about Waldorf puts the U in UFO). Anyway, the fighters were chasing the blue light. So does the "full AB" (afterburner, right?) appear in FRONT of the jet?

[berned]

F-16's have been patrolling the eastern seaboard almost every day since 9-11. No one has EVER reported this kind of display (Read the article).

That it was reported the same instant as radar screens are going off at NORAD showing flying objects at the same kind of speeds, is beyond shrugging off with lame (no offense) excuses.