Kinross UFO Incident — The 1968 Lake Superior Wreckage Discovery
Kinross UFO Incident — The 1968 Lake Superior Wreckage Discovery
[edit | edit source]Overview
[edit | edit source]Fifteen years after the Kinross incident, in late October 1968, a brief and ultimately inconclusive discovery revived interest in the case. Prospectors exploring Cozens Cove*** on the eastern shore of Lake Superior — in Ontario, Canada — came across aircraft wreckage that was subsequently examined by both Canadian provincial police and American military personnel.
The Discovery
[edit | edit source]| Detail | Information |
|---|---|
| Location | Cozens Cove, eastern shore of Lake Superior; Ontario, Canada |
| Date discovered | Late October 1968 |
| Discovered by | Prospectors |
| Distance from 1953 search area | Approximately 200 miles from the area where the 1953 five-day search was conducted |
| Primary piece | A stabilizer (tail section component) |
| Material assessment | Heavy metal consistent with a high-performance military aircraft designed to withstand heat from high-speed flight |
| Ontario Provincial Police | Attended the scene; recovered the stabilizer; confirmed military construction |
| USAF assessment | Major J.H. Parker of USAF Kincheloe Air Base (formerly Kinross AFB) confirmed the stabilizer belonged to a military jet; identified it as from a high-performance aircraft |
| Initial conjecture | The piece might be from Moncla's F-89 Scorpion |
| Subsequent determination | "Earlier there was some conjecture it could have been wreckage from an F-89 Scorpion interceptor downed in 1953 but this later appeared unlikely"*** |
| Official identity | Never published; identity of the wreckage remains officially unknown |
| Current location of wreckage | Unknown |
Anomalies in the Discovery
[edit | edit source]Several aspects of the 1968 wreckage discovery are puzzling:
- The piece was found approximately 200 miles from the search area*** where the 1953 five-day search was concentrated. This enormous distance from the last known radar position is difficult to explain if the aircraft crashed at the location where radar contact was lost.
- A US Air Force officer confirmed the piece was from a military jet, but the identity was never published. The article describing the discovery ends with the statement that it "appeared unlikely" to be from the 1953 F-89 — but provides no explanation for why.
- Canadian authorities subsequently stated they had no information about the discovery. This mirrors the broader pattern of Canadian authorities having no record of events that American sources documented.
- The wreckage has apparently been lost — no record of its current location exists in publicly available sources.
What the Discovery Leaves Open
[edit | edit source]The 1968 wreckage cannot definitively connect to Moncla's F-89 based on available information. However, its characteristics — military construction, high-performance materials, Lake Superior shoreline location, proximity (even at 200 miles) to the general area — mean it cannot be definitively ruled out either. The failure to publish the identity of the wreckage is itself an anomaly in standard military accident investigation procedure.
