From: UFO UpDates - Toronto <ufoupdates.nul>
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 11:30:03 -0400
Fwd Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 11:30:03 -0400
Subject: Kinross Solved?




Below is a forwarded-post from the Current Encounters List.

I've tried to track-down the orginal on the Web, with no
success.

The link at the bottom of Francis' post works and leads to a
'Flash' website. The report, with images, is accessed by
clicking 'New Projects' then 'Search For F-89 Scorpion'.

ebk


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From: Francis Ridge <nicap.nul>
To: current-encounters.nul
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 06:49:15 -0500
Subject: Kinross Solved?


Forwarded Message

Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 19:25:33 -0700 (PDT)
From: Preston Miller <prestonfenner.nul>
Subject: Kinross incident update
To: nicap.nul

Hi Francis,

Thought you might be interested in this.

Preston

Great Lakes Mystery Solved, Another Begins

Port Huron, MI (AP) -- A group of Michigan divers operating a
next generation sophisticated side scan sonar have answered one
of the Great Lakes enduring mysteries, and may have uncovered
another.

In 1953, during the infancy of the Cold War, a U.S. Airforce F-
89 Scorpion fighter jet disappeared over Lake Superior while
trying to intercept and investigate an unusual radar blip. The
wreckage of the plane and bodies of the two pilots had never
been found.

"We feel bittersweet" said Great Lakes Dive Company spokesman
Adam Jimenez. "I mean, on one hand we set out to answer this
thing and did, but on the other hand you realize this was a
tragedy that claimed the lives of two American pilots."

Well known among UFO enthusiasts, the incident involving the
disappearance of the F-89 has been called Michigan's "Roswell".
"Certainly this was a mysterious event, and needed to be solved.
There was a tremendous amount of unanswered questions related to
this matter." said Jimenez. The U.S. military originally claimed
that the fighter jet had collided with a Canadian transport
plane, a version of events dismissed by the Canadian government.

Jimenez went on to say that the plane is mostly intact and lying
upright in deep water. "Frankly, we came away surprised. We
expected at best, to locate an engine, wing or other small
debris. Finding the plane together was really unexpected." And
then the mystery deepened.

"In searching the general vicinity of the wreck, we believe we
have also found a part of the object that the F-89 collided
with. We are still in the process of documenting the mystery
object." Jimenez declined to elaborate on what the object is.
"There is still a lot of wreck site forensics to complete" he
said.

A feature length documentary on the history, search and
discovery of the F-89 and the mystery object is being planned.

The Great Lakes Dive Company

www.greatlakesdive.com

is a group of Michigan natives with the common interest of
shipwreck hunting and historical preservation.