Chief Chaos - My mother and my best friend and I saw something very similar to what you describe over Washington DC. Our sighting was in the late 60's over upstate NY, about 20 miles from Syracuse. Same deal with the lights, but I had the impression that the lights themselves were cycling around the vehicle, rather than the vehicle rotating. However, it could have been the vehicle rotating, because it was absolutely symmetrical as far as I could see through a good set of binoculars. It also eventually moved away at great speed after hovering silently for about 1/2 hour. There were numerous reports in the local papers over a period of a few weeks that year with UFO sightings. I'm not aware of any official action or reaction to those events at the time...though I'm sure they had some awareness of it. There's no way they could not have.

- LH