Description
Featured in a Scientific magazine which offered a first look inside the USAF's new jet fighter, the F-89 Scorpion was to have an interesting history which involved the Battle of Palmdale and a top secret Canadian UFO!
A Scientific Magazine cutaway drawing
The Fly-off competitors
The Northrop F89 Scorpion
The 437th Fighter Interceptor Squadron
An F6F Hellcat red drone
Mighty Mouse rockets
1st Lt Moncla
The Canadian UFO
The official USAF report
Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to Scientific magazine, the USAF, USN, NASA, SDASM, RKO Pictures and those available through Fair Use and Public Domain.
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