On November 23rd, 1956, two pilots took off from Kinross Air Force Base in Michigan in pursuit of an unknown aircraft. Minutes later, they disappeared from the radar leading to numerous searches over the Great Lakes area. No sign of the pilots or their aircraft have ever been found sparking rumors of secret operations and supernatural phenomena.
Numerous articles about the missing aircraft and crew. Courtesy of Open Skies Project
Lt. Felix Moncla courtesy of user Gordhearth at English Wikipedia and Open Skies Project
Photo of the alledged sonar image of the missing plane, deep beneath Lake Superior. Courtesy of the Great Lakes Dive Company and Open Skies Project
Image of an F-89 similar to Avenger Red. Courtesy of Open Skies Project
Episode Source Material
WEB/SOCIAL MEDIA/MESSAGE BOARDS
- The Kinross incident. (website).
- Missing in the Keweeaw | the Kinross incident. (website).
- The Kinross incident: alien encounter or a fatal flight error? (online article).
- Vanished: the Kinross Air Force Base and the mystery over Michigan. (blog post).
- 70 years later: researchers talk Kinross incident research, progress of Open Skies Project. (online article).
- This Air Force jet was scrambled to intercept a UFO – then disappeared. (online article).
- Unidentified flying objects and Air Force Project Blue Book. (online PDF).
- National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena. (website).
- History of radar. (online encyclopedia article).
- True Terror w/George Takei: ‘the Kinross incident’ | the Terror: infamy. (YouTube video).
- 1LT Felix Eugene “Gene” Moncla Jr. (online obituary).