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The pilot swung the F-94 around for another pass, and this time the radar operator reported a strong return. As they closed in, the F- 94's radar showed that the target was now almost stationary, just barely moving. The F-94 continued on, but the target seemed to make a sudden dive and they lost it. The pilot of the jet interceptor continued to search the area but couldn't find anything.
Once again there was some delay, but by midnight two F- 94's from New Castle County AFB were airborne and headed south. All civilian air traffic was cleared out of the area and the jets moved in.
The real reason for the press dismissal, I learned, was that not a few people in the radar room were positive that this night would be the big night in UFO history the night when a pilot would close in on and get a good look at a UFO and they didn't want the press to be in on it. But just as the two '94's arrived in the area the targets disappeared from the radarscopes.
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