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This is somewhere in the skies with Ryan's bread. Oh, It was the night of October 1st, 1948. Lieutenant George Gorman was a member of the North Dakota Air National Guard.

And upon returning to Hector Airport from a cross-country flight with his squadron, he decided to keep his F-51 Mustang in the air to log some flight hours.

As he prepared to land, the air traffic control tower at Hector Airport advised him that there was another aircraft below him.

Specifically, a Piper Cub, Lieutenant Gorman acknowledged and saw the plane about 500 feet below him.

Soon after, he saw something else resembling the taillight of another aircraft,

quickly passing by him to his right.

Alerting the control tower to the second aircraft, the tower radioed back, saying

there is no others in the vicinity, except for the Piper Cub.

Wanting to investigate further, Lieutenant Gorman radioed the tower to let them know of his intentions, and he pursued the object.

Upon approaching within a thousand yards of the object,

Lieutenant Gorman estimated that the lighted object was small,

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