rest of the balloons were unlighted--an unbelievable coincidence.

It was not until months afterward that I found Project "Saucer" had
withdrawn this "solution." In its final report, this case, Number 207,
was listed in the "Unidentified" group. How the balloon-cluster
explanation ever got into the first report is still a mystery.

When I talked with Gorman, I told him I was baffled by the idea of a
light maneuvering through the skies with no airfoil to support it.

"I know," he said. "It got me, too, at first."

"You mean you know the answer?" I demanded.

"It's just my personal opinion," said Gorman. "But I'd rather not have
it printed. You see, I got some ideas from all the questions those
Project teams asked me. If my hunch turns out to be right, I might be
talking about an official secret."

I tried to pry some hint out of him, but Gorman just smiled and shook
his head.

"I can tell you this much," he said, "because it's been mentioned in
print. There was thought behind every move the light made. It wasn't
any radar-responder gadget making it veer away from my ship."

{p. 97}

"How do you know that?"