10,000 to 27,000 feet, and several times the object made what seemed
to be ramming attacks. The light was described as white, 6 to 8
inches in diameter, and blinking until it put on power. The pilot
could see no silhouette around the light. The similarity to the Fargo
case was striking.

On the night of December 10, 1952, near another atomic installation,
the Hanford plant in Washington, the pilot and radar observer of a
patrolling F-94 spotted a light while flying at 26,000 feet. The crew
called their ground control station and were told that no planes were
known to be in the area. They closed on the object and saw a large,
round, white "thing" with a dim reddish light coming from two
"windows." They lost visual contact, but got a radar lock-on. They
reported that when they attempted to close on it again it would
reverse direction and dive away. Several times the plane altered
course itself because collision seemed imminent.

In each of these instances, as well as in the case narrated next,
the sources of the stories were trained airmen with excellent
reputations. They were sincerely baffled by what they had seen. They
had no conceivable motive for falsifying or "dressing up" their
reports.

The other dogfight occurred September 24, 1952, between a Navy pilot
of a TBM and a light over Cuba.

The pilot had just finished making some practice passes for night
fighters when he spotted an orange light to the east of his plane. He
checked on aircraft in the area, learned that the object was
unidentified, and started after it. Here is his report, written