REF: UAP/1950s/044Unexplained
1953-11-23
Kinross incident (Moncla disappearance)
Lake Superior, MI · USA·Aircraft disappearance·1950s
Unexplained
§ ASummary
F-89C scrambled to intercept an unidentified radar target; GCI watched the two blips merge; jet and crew (Moncla & Wilson) never found.
§ BWitnesses
GCI radar controllers; search teams
§ CEvidence & Documentation
Radar plots; USAF accident report
§ DOfficial Investigation
USAF investigation
§ EStatus Assessment
Official: probable crash after intercepting RCAF C-47 (RCAF denied intercept); wreckage never confirmed; unresolved
§ FVerifiable Sources
USAF accident records; NICAP file; Keyhoe, 'The Flying Saucer Conspiracy' (1955)
§ GCross-referenced cases6
1951-08-25🇺🇸 USA
Lubbock Lights
Photographic / mass sighting
1951-09-10🇺🇸 USA
Fort Monmouth radar-visual
Radar-visual
1952-07-14🇺🇸 USA
Nash-Fortenberry sighting
Airline crew sighting
1952-07-19 & 26🇺🇸 USA
Washington D.C. radar incidents ('Washington flap')
Radar-visual over capital
1952-07-02🇺🇸 USA
Tremonton, Utah film
Film
1952-09-12🇺🇸 USA
Flatwoods 'monster'
Close encounter / entity report