“I don’t know.” The captain scratched his chin. “And, I don’t want to be the one to find out. What if we lose flight controls next? Or the engine quits? Maybe there’s nothing there at all, and we have a serious problem with the helicopter. I don’t want to be the one to find out which it is. Let’s head back towards base. Keep it slow. Let’s see if we can get under the clouds, too. Just in case the instruments flake out again.” He looked up towards the rotor. “Might not be a bad idea to run through the ditching checklist, just in case.”