Bobert, I ain't denying you saw what you saw. And long about the time you were seeing it, I was fixin' to get married in Silver Spring (1973, actually). I don't think the two are connected, though.

And if it was 1972, my brother was stationed at NSA at Ft. Meade instead of at Ft. Myer, where he tossed the Ripple.

I still betcha the CIA was involved, though.