F-35B ejection and crash - USMC asking for help locating the crash site

[y_p_w]

The pilot ejected and landed in a residential neighborhood, but they can't seem to find the crash site. Seems odd.

https://www.postandcourier.com/news...cle_404198ae-559c-11ee-b093-eb0fcd810284.html

 

[MSCH]

probably in the bottom of a swamp..

kinda like Valuejet 592 in the Everglades.. its there but its buried in a 100 feet of swamp

 

[MolaKule]

Shouldn't there be some radar tracking history to show the flight path?

 

[97K15004WD]

stealth aircraft

 

[MSCH]

my guess is it is underwater... they will find it but its not going to be fun to recover.

 

[BMWTurboDzl]

The pilot ejected and landed in a residential neighborhood, but they can't seem to find the crash site. Seems odd.

https://www.postandcourier.com/news...cle_404198ae-559c-11ee-b093-eb0fcd810284.html

Scuttlebutt is that a UAP, using a tractor beam, captured the aircraft and flew off with it.

 

[97K15004WD]

surely he had a wingman with him.

 

[SC Maintenance]

I live in the area and it seems very odd to me. There is plenty of swamp between where they took off from and where the pilot was found, however the pilot was found essentially in the city. There is a national forest to the North - but thats 10 miles. Its at least 15 miles to sea. How far would the plane go from time of pilot ejecting? Luckily it didn't crash in the city.

Red mark shows where the pilot was found - essentially the Charleston suburbs. The line shows the distance from the air station.

Very strange.

 

[Elkins45]

Shouldn't there be some radar tracking history to show the flight path?

And an IFF transponder signal as well?

 

[mk378]

In peacetime practice, they're supposed to have fitted a radar reflector and regular transponder to help civilian ATC avoid them. The radar reflector also conceals how stealthy the plane might be without it.

 

[SupremePossum]

Can't they just fire up the "Find My F35" app?

 

[Dave Sherman]

The military is asking the public for help in finding their missing stealth jet. You can't make this stuff up. How long before Bubba finds it and you start seeing listings for F35 parts on Craigslist or eBay?

 

[SupremePossum]

The military is asking the public for help in finding their missing stealth jet. You can't make this stuff up. How long before Bubba finds it and you start seeing listings for F35 parts on Craigslist or eBay?

I'll give him $100 for the GAU-22/A

 

[Astro14]

Scuttlebutt is that a UAP, using a tractor beam, captured the aircraft and flew off with it.

It’s happened before. The USAF lost an F-104 in 1969. This was the actual footage from that event..

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[y_p_w]

It’s happened before. The USAF lost an F-104 in 1969. This was the actual footage from that event..View attachment 179260.

They didn't take the plane though. They grabbed the pilot, but the plane still broke up.

Paramount also did a "George Lucas" where they fiddled with the original to try and make it look cooler.

 

[edyvw]

If they spent money on the LoJack, they would have found it by now.

 

[02SE]

In peacetime practice, they're supposed to have fitted a radar reflector and regular transponder to help civilian ATC avoid them. The radar reflector also conceals how stealthy the plane might be without it.

I guess we know just how stealthy they are now...

 

[thescreensavers]

They trying to flush out a spy or something? Weird indeed. The F35 has arm guards by it when at airshows so this isn't something they would even advertise.

 

[y_p_w]

Found - apparently in a swamp.

https://www.postandcourier.com/news...cle_de94c536-561d-11ee-9262-bffa1e188902.html

 

[edyvw]

They remembered latest IOS update notice: