S4.E22

The Sighting

Episode aired May 11, 1978
TV-PG
30m

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Steve Landesberg in Barney Miller (1975)

A man liquidates all of his assets into gold, much to his wife's dismay. Wojo claims he saw a UFO over Staten Island.A man liquidates all of his assets into gold, much to his wife's dismay. Wojo claims he saw a UFO over Staten Island.A man liquidates all of his assets into gold, much to his wife's dismay. Wojo claims he saw a UFO over Staten Island.

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Trivia
Air Force Captain Donnelly is wearing a senior pilots wings. The single star means he participated in one war. He's also wearing a Vietnam Service Medal ribbon, a Vietnam Campaign Medal ribbon, a Good Conduct Medal ribbon, a Bronze Star ribbon, a Purple Heart ribbon, and one undetermined ribbon.

Goofs
Levitt, after lugging the gold up the stairs, makes the remark that the gold is very heavy. Dietrich tells him that gold is one of the heaviest metals because of "its dense molecular structure." Dietrich, of all people, should know that gold is an element, and is not composed of molecules- which are a combination of elements.

Quotes
Capt. Barney Miller: [holding a shotgun] Do you have a permit for this weapon, Mr. Brower?
Phillip Brower: I don't need a permit! I got gold!

Connections
References Project U.F.O. (1978)

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6/10

Doris Roberts and Peter Hobbs

"The Sighting" begins with Wojo's latest excuse for being tardy, spotting a cigar-shaped flying saucer over Staten Island. Capt. Donnelly (Jack Bannon) of the Air Force believes Wojo is just another crackpot, until corroborating evidence comes in from several Jersey residents, proclaiming the sighting to be nothing more than a weather balloon. Doris Roberts (second of four) plays Harriet Brauer, who wants her husband Phillip (Peter Hobbs, third of six) arrested for exchanging all their assets into gold. After careful deliberation, Harriet settles for getting her furniture back, while Harris buys one doubloon for $250 (Dietrich: "that's easy to count!"). Hobbs and Roberts would return as the Brauers in both "Wojo's Girl" and "Agent Orange."