Case:Black - 11. Chapter 11

Memphis, TN

July 16, 2016 0730

The morning traffic was rising to its peak as Officers Carson and Ogletree pulled their cruiser out on the big loop around town comprised of I-240 on the South, I-40 on the North and I-69 around the West. Morning traffic watch was a big headache and both of them were relieved that they would soon be rotating shifts. It never failed that someone would screw up and tie up traffic for miles.

Sure enough, the first call of the day took them to the Lamar Avenue exit on I-240. They got off and road the shoulder the last quarter mile and found a three car stack. A Honda had rear ended an old Pontiac and driven it into the back of a Toyota Tacoma.

Another blue and white car of the Memphis PD pulled up and wreckers. They took pictures of the scene and statements of the drivers. Just like they had a few thousand times before when Ogletree heard something. He looked up and saw a tiny aircraft flying right down the length of Lamar Avenue moving directly toward them from the South-east.

He yelled, "Carson, look!"

Carson looked up from his pad just in time to see the tiny aircraft fly directly over them and follow the road to the North-west.

He shrugged and went back to filling out the accident report.

A few minutes later, a fine mist began landing. Carson saw it first on the Honda's windshield. Ogletree had actually seen it streaming out of the back of the tiny aircraft.

Carson walked over to Ogletree and said, "What the f*ck, Tom?"

Ogletree said, "I don't like it. I don't like it at all. Remember those Homeland Security drills?"

Carson said, "Call it in. Call it in RIGHT NOW."