Redell filled his pipe again. "But you still can't quite accept it?"

"I'm positive they saw the light--but what the devil was it? How could
it fly without some kind of airfoil?"

"Maybe it didn't. You remember Gorman described an odd fuzziness
around the edge of the light? It's in this Air Force report. That
could have been a reflection from the airfoil."

"Yes, but Gorman would have seen any solid--" I stopped, as Redell
made a negative gesture.

"It could be solid and still not show up," he said.

"You mean it was transparent? Sure, that would do it!"

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"Let's say the airfoil was a rotating plastic disk, absolutely
transparent. The blurred, fuzzy look could have been caused by the
whirling disk. Neither Gorman nor the C.A.A. men in the tower could
possibly see the disk itself."

"Paul, I think you've hit it," I said. "I can see thc rest of it--the
thing was under remote control, radio or radar. And from the way it
flew rings around Gorman, whoever controlled it must have been able to
see the F-51, either with a television 'eye' or by radar,"

"Or by some means we don't understand," said Redell. He went on
carefully, "In all these saucer cases, keep this in mind: We may be