Category 9
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UFO Intercept/Missing F-89 Case
Kinross AFB, Michigan
November 23, 1953

Francis Ridge:
On November 23, 1953, an F-89 crew was on a UFO intercept mission over Kinross AFB, Michigan. Nobody denies that fact. Radar blips of the aircraft and the UFO "merged" on the screen and the F-89 and its two-man crew were never found. What CAN be found is the best compilation of evidence on this case, right here, with 90% of that in the form of research and the collection of official documents by CUFON (The Computer UFO Network at http://www.cufon.com/ ). Our special thanks to Jim Klotz (SYSOP), Chris Lambright (Webmaster), and UFO Reporting and Information Service Director, Dale Goudie. 

Update: Dec. 29, 2006
The latest comes from James Carrion in his Part II article below. Controversey surrounds this story and it appears the diving company in question has also disappeared.
Salvage Story A Hoax? - Don Ledger


The Kinross Report - Richard Hall
RCAF letter debunking AF claim
Great Lakes Dive Company Locates a F-89?
1953 Kinross F-89 May Have Crashed "Head-On" with UFO - Dirk Vander Ploeg
Nov. 26, 2006 - Lake mystery still unsolved - The truth about a vanished... - The Mining Journal
Investigation of the Great Lakes Dive Co., Part I - James Carrion
Investigation of the "Great Lakes Dive Co., Part II - James Carrion


Our thanks to CUFON for the following information
Map of region with points plotted (CUFON)
Kinross AFB Missing F-89C - 23 Nov 1953 Case (CUFON)
Kinross AFB/USAF Report Of Aircraft Accident (CUFON)
Aircraft Flight Report Part 1 (CUFON)
Aircraft Inspection and Maintenance Record Part II (CUFON)
Second Page
Delayed Correction Discrepancy List - Part III (CUFON)
Second Page
Photographs Of Search Area (CUFON)
Individual Flight Record: Wilson (CUFON)
Second Page
Individual Flight Record: Moncla (CUFON)
Weight and Balance Clearance Form F (CUFON)
Summary Of Pilot Experience (CUFON)
Search Grid Map - Appendix F (CUFON)
Search Grid Map - Appendix G (CUFON)

The Kinross Incident (and photos) - Joel Carpenter
The Kinross Incident - Investigation Report - Gord Heath (UFOBC)
The F-89 Scorpion

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