U.S. Doubts N.Y. Missile Sightings

The Navy tested two Trident D-5 missiles off the coast of Florida last month, but a Pentagon spokesman said it “stretches the imagination” the missiles might have been seen by pilots flying near New York City. The National Transportation Safety Board is examining pilots’ reports of possible missile flights on March 17 in the New York City area. The St. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer Press and the Star Tribune of Minneapolis reported that the pilots of three passenger jets have told federal investigators they think they saw a missile or rocket over the New York City area on the night of March 17. The possibility that a missile was responsible for the explosion of TWA Flight 800 last July 17, killing 230 people, has not been ruled out.