How to Land a Plane By Leaving It

By Published on October 2, 2015

On February 2, 1970, a local sheriff in Montana arrived on the scene of an accident. But this wasn’t a run-of-the-mill car crash. First of all, the accident occurred in a frozen-over wheat field, leaving a trail of melted snow in its path. Second, no one else was anywhere near the field — and no, there were no dead bodies either. And finally, the vehicle wasn’t showing a lot of damage; in fact, with only minor repairs, it’d soon return to where it came, fully in use.

Oh, and the vehicle wasn’t a car. It was a jet fighter.

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