Kinross Incident, Air Force Interceptor Vanishes Over Lake Superior

An F-89C Scorpion interceptor piloted by First Lieutenant Felix Moncla, with radar operator Second Lieutenant Robert Wilson, was scrambled from Kinross AFB to investigate an unidentified radar return over Lake Superior. Ground radar operators watched the aircraft's blip merge with the unknown target, after which both disappeared from the screen. No wreckage, crew remains, or debris were ever recovered despite extensive searches. The Air Force attributed the loss to the aircraft running out of fuel while chasing a Royal Canadian Air Force aircraft, but Canadian authorities denied any of their planes were in the area.