In 1953, a fighter plane leaving
Kinross AFB went missing with pilot and crew. In 2005, this photo
showed up supposedly of the plane at the bottom of Lake Superior
found by a wrecking company. The plane originally was scrambled to
chase something seen on radar and then wasn't heard from again,
leaving a mystery.
Here's the official accident report "Aircraft took off at 2322 Zebra 23 Nov 53 on an
active Air Defense Mission to
intercept an unknown aircraft
approximately 160 miles Northwest of Kinross Air Force Base. The aircraft
was under radar control throughout the interception. At approximately 2352
Zebra the last radio contact was made by the radar station controlling
the interception. At approximately 2355 Zebra the unknown
aircraft and the F-89 merged together on the radar scope. Shortly
thereafter the IFF signal disappeared from the radar scope. No
further contact was established with the F-89. (The next 16 or so
letters as well as the entire next sentence have been blacked out by Air
Force censors) An extensive aerial search has revealed no trace of
the aircraft. The aircraft and its crew are still missing. Radar
operators claim that the F-89 and the unknown object seemed to merge on their radar screens. At about
the same time as the "blips" seemed to collide, both voice and
identification friend or foe (IFF) contact were lost. According to reports, after the two objects came together,
only one object, the original rogue object remained and it appeared
not be affected as it continued on its original course and
speed. A large scale search was
immediately launched. Its important to note that the aircraft was lost in late
November and although the weather was stable, it was winter, snow covered
the ground and the water of Lake Superior was freezing."
It is unknown at this point if the radar footage is a hoax or not. The Canadian government has not been forthcoming with allowing close research. For now, the mystery remains.
It is unknown at this point if the radar footage is a hoax or not. The Canadian government has not been forthcoming with allowing close research. For now, the mystery remains.
What happened to
that pilot and crew???
Fascinating. I had never heard of this before, but now I will go and look more of this up online. Thanks, Autumn!
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