By Cathryn Conroy, CompuServe News Editor
Ever since September 11, F-16 Air Force jets somewhat routinely zoom over the skies of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. But the noise can still startle residents--especially in the middle of the night. And it was this noise that woke Renny Rogers of Waldorf, Maryland early Friday morning and sent him outside to gaze heavenward. What he saw stunned him. "It was this object, this light-blue object, traveling at a phenomenal rate of speed," Rogers told The Washington Post. "This Air Force jet was right behind it, chasing it, but the object was just leaving him in the dust. I told my neighbor, 'I think those jets are chasing a UFO.'"

Military officials will confirm this much: Two F-16s carrying air-to-air missiles took off from Andrews Air Force Base early Friday morning after radar detected an "unknown aircraft" in area airspace and they were unable to establish radio communication. Although officials insist the jets were not chasing a UFO, they admit they never caught up to the object since it just disappeared. "We had a track of interest, so we sent up some aircraft," said Maj. Douglas Martin, a spokesman for the North American Aerospace Defense Command in Colorado. "Everything was fine in the sky, so they returned home." What were the jets chasing? "There are any number of scenarios, but we don't know what it was," said Maj. Barry Venable, another spokesman for NORAD, admitted to The Post. Rogers, who witnessed it all on the ground, said, "It looked like a shooting star with no trailing mist. I've never seen anything like it."

i can't believe we haven't had this thread yet:
have any of you had close encounters?
here's mine: one night, i was looking at the sky through my window and i saw the shooting star thing ^ w/ no trail
it was really fast and so weird to see i think i started to go into shock (just a little)
it went straight away from me, no stopping, it just shot overhead in continuous motion, but very fast, and it wasn't blue, just sort of bright yellow like the sun

on two other occasions, i saw a star brighten like it exploded and then disappear, kind of like nova but i don't think you can see them w/out a telescope
these were stationary and in the same exact position in the sky but happened years apart

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I believe in extraterrestrial life and have had a couple unexplainable sightings in my lifetime (no abuctions...that I'm aware of), that I found out later we seen by others who were also baffled as to what the hell they were seeing.

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Originally posted by manipulator:
well, if the americans can shoot some golf balls on the moon, surely some other species would like to fly their kites here, no?

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on the moon...but we never made it there!
here is the proof.

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Heretic ! how can you question the moon landings. It was on TV ! Millions saw it.
Believe and you might not be left behind!