Shouldn't this get you kicked out of Starfleet?

[LawBeefaroni]

Oops.

BLUEFIELD – A tank's mysterious transformation from olive drab to lemon-lime green was solved Wednesday when the sponsor of a Bluefield State College club came forward and said some paint that was ordered turned out to be the wrong color.

Local residents and officials were puzzled Tuesday when Daily Telegraph photographer Eric DiNovo shot a picture of the tank parked near Bowen Field. DiNovo had noticed that the tank had been painted a bright lemon-lime color. Bluefield city officials were initially unaware of the color change. City Manager Dane Rideout, a retired Army colonel, hesitated to call the change vandalism since numerous organizations and groups maintain many of the local landmarks.



The mystery was solved Wednesday when Jerry Conner, sponsor of the U.S.S. Yeager Chapter of Starfleet International, a science fiction club at Bluefield State, sent a letter to the Daily Telegraph describing how the color change had happened.

Wanted for questioning:

[hepcat]

The Lemonator? Yellow Death? Shock and Aaaawwww?

[Jeff V]

Just think how awesome it would look at night lit up with black light spotlights.

[Isgrimnur]

Still less freaky than seeing the Ghost of Sam Houston as you drive on I-45.

[em2nought]

It could have been worse.