[maquiladora]

Well it had to be something that didn't belong to us if we scrambled jets to investigate it.

Having said that, the glow could be coming from an engine. Perhaps it was Russian?

Pulse Detonation engine maybe?

[Momaw Nadon]

Well it had to be something that didn't belong to us if we scrambled jets to investigate it.

Well, not neccessarily.

A key aspect of keeping secrets is compartmentalization of information.

The people that ordered the jets to scramble may have not known about any secret experimental testing of advanced aircraft.

I don't claim to know what it really was.

I'm just saying that one hand doesn't always know what the other is doing.

[JusticeLives]

Someone is playing their harp.