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Kinross AFB Incident

Sighting

Interceptor vanished over Lake Superior after merging on radar with an unidentified target

Witnesses — Interceptor vanished over Lake Superior after merging on radar with an unidentified target

Evidence — Radar

Status — Unresolved

Disclosure Rating — 3/10

  F-89 disappears

Air Defense Command scrambled an F-89 from Kinross Air Force Base to investigate a radar contact. Controllers watched the blip merge with the unknown before both vanished.123

  Search and speculation

No wreckage was recovered despite extensive aerial and surface sweeps. The incident remains unexplained, fueling theories of a midair collision with a UFO.45

  References

  1. en.wikipedia.org

  2. bluebookarchive.org

  3. nicap.org

  4. michiganmysteries.com

  5. greatlakesaviationhistory.com

Occured on November 23, 1953

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