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

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