Disappearance of Lt. Felix E. Moncla

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The year 2003 marks the 50th anniversary of the disappearance of USAF 1st Lt. Felix E. Moncla, Jr., who, together with his fellow crew member, 2nd Lt. Robert L. Wilson, disappeared over Lake Superior on … Read More

The 1953 Kinross Air Force Base Incident

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On the evening of 23 November 1953, an Air Force radar controller became alerted to an “unidentified target” over Lake Superior, and an F-89C Scorpion jet was scrambled from Kinross AFB. Radar controllers watched as the … Read More

F-89 Disappearance

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November 23, 1953 – Lt. Felix Moncla near his F-89 Richard Hall: On the night of November 23, 1953, an Air Defense Command radar detected an unidentified “target” over Lake Superior.   Kinross Air Force Base, … Read More