September 24, 2026

Test Pilot

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1950s-style illustration of an Air France DC-3 banking away from a flashing red light over Paris, with an inset of Orly radar technicians watching a giant echo in February 1956.
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1956: Orly Airport, France: The Radar Ghost That Stalked Paris Air Traffic

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1950s-style illustration of a red-and-green light circling a USAF F-89D Scorpion over snowy Goose Bay, Labrador on February 12, 1956.
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1956: Goose Bay, Labrador: A Red-and-Green Object Circles an F-89D

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1950s-style illustration of a de Havilland Vampire jet climbing over the Welsh coast at dusk toward a pale shape far above, from test pilot Eric Brown's February 1956 UFO encounter.
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1956: Captain Eric “Winkle” Brown and the UFO Over the Bristol Channel

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1950s-style illustration of an F-89D Scorpion climbing after a reddish light over snowy Michigan pines near Wurtsmith AFB on January 11, 1956, with tower operators watching.
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1956: Wurtsmith AFB, Michigan: The Light That Broke an F-89D Radar Lock

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