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Kinross Incident (F-89 Disappearance)

DATE23 Nov 1953
LOCAL TIME6:22 PM
LOCATIONLake Superior, Michigan, USA, United States
COORDINATES47.46°N, 87.66°W

An F-89C Scorpion jet interceptor was scrambled to investigate an unidentified radar return over Lake Superior. The jet's radar blip merged with the unknown target on ground radar, after which all contact was lost. Neither the aircraft, crew, nor wreckage were ever recovered.

[ PRIMARY CITATION // COMPILED REFERENCE · CTD-0089 ]

WITNESSES & UNITS

Military personnel & radar operators

SENSORS & EVIDENCE

Ground / airborne radar track

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