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Sea "THAT WAS NO AIRPLANE’ Are They Hidin Lights Under a Bushel? By EVERT CLARK Mysterious red lights which have flown over the Quantico Marine Base 22 times in the past six nights were officially explained away today as a new type of aircraft navigation light. But most of the Marines who saw them still don’t believe that’s what they were. In addition, The News ran into what seems to be a delib- erate attempt to cover up cer- tain facets of the longest con- tinuous “flying saucer” run in history. The first man to see the light was Pfc. Norman Viets, 18, of Greenville, Pa. Since’then, at least 30 other Marines, including half a dozen officers, have seen it, too. On one occasion, sentries report- ed seeing three lights at once. They say they have seen the lights drop straight down, fly straight up and stand still. Even the most careful—and skeptical—observer, the base prov- ost marshal, Maj. D. D. Pomerleau, admitted the lights had character- istics he never expected to find on an. airliner. FIRST SIGHTING Pfe. Viets was standing sentry duty at the Tank Park a few miles north of Camp Barrett on the south- western side of the Quantico reser- vation at 9:05 p. m. Dec. 30 when he “reported a moving, blinking red light near his post which he could not explain.” The sergeant of the guard, Sergt. Francis R. Salinder, “investigated and saw the light but could not ex- plain it.” Pfc. Viets told The News the light first appeared to come straight toward him over a line of trees about 200 yards to the south of his post. “Tt was about a foot and a half in diameter,” he said, “only going about 10 or 15 miles an hour. ‘Then it fol- lowed the tree line about 50 yards to the right and went down. “Tt went straight down, all of a sudden. Fifteen esata ee it went straight up an moved over i i ek ee, i here toward the tank shed. Ly se 4 4 x GY : Bree ae hy “Tt caw it two times after that. It LS Oa 10s WASHINGTON DATLY NEWS [ saw 1 < It 7 the ey, rt ly LUN AL Tey. NiGw did the same thing. was the, “NOT RECORDED Greater Washineton Raition weirdest looking thing I ever saw. 148 abt asningston wad There was no engine noise and no JAN 12 isg4 -5=5h, shape—just the light.” — — my