What was that bright light in Maryland's sky???

WTOP has learned that residents near Andrews Air Force base were shakenfrom their beds early Friday morning by some strange activity in the air.

"Incredible. Absolutely incredible" is what Renny Rogers of Waldorfcalls it. Just before two in the morning, Rogers says he saw a large blueball of light streaking across the sky. But it was the military jets thatreally startled him.

"(The jets) were right on its tail. As the thing would move, a jet wasright behind it," Rogers recalls.

He is not the only one who saw it. Several people called WTOP Radioreporting seeing a bright blue or orange ball moving very fast, being chasedby jets.

Rogers says there was no smoke coming from the object, no flashing lights,and says it was smooth, and eerily silent.

The Air National Guard confirms they scrambled the 113th squadron. SpokesmanSheldon Smith says they are investigating and in contact with NORAD.