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Today in True Crime

November 23, 1953: Felix Moncla and Robert Wilson Disappear

Today in True Crime

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Education, True Crime, History

4.42.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2019

⏱️ 14 minutes

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On this day in 1953, Air Force pilot Felix Moncla Jr. and his radar observer, Robert L. Wilson, disappeared on a routine mission over Lake Superior. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Today is November 23rd 2019. On this day in 1953, Air Force pilot Felix Moncla Jr.

0:42.1

and his radar observer Robert L. Wilson

0:45.3

disappeared on a routine mission over Lake Superior. Officially their goal

0:51.2

was to intercept a wayward Canadian Royal Air Force plane, but some members of the

0:56.7

UFO community doubted the Air Force's claims.

1:00.8

Some thought it was a government cover-up.

1:04.0

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1:16.1

is advised. Extreme caution is advised for listeners under 13.

1:21.8

Today we're covering the mysterious disappearance of an F-89C fighter jet piloted by First

1:28.8

Lieutenant Felix Moncla Jr. and his radar observer, second lieutenant Robert L. Wilson. And according to some

1:37.2

theories, today's crime is the government lying about it to the American people.

1:43.0

Let's go back to November 23rd, 1953, a little after 6 p.m.

1:50.0

It was a quiet evening at Michigan's Kin Ross Air Force Base.

1:59.0

Thanksgiving was in a few days and the radar technicians were probably already daydreaming of a turkey dinner and a long weekend.

2:08.0

But the relaxed atmosphere was broken by a sudden radar ping. There was an unidentified object on their monitors

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