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Otis AFB F-94C Disappearance
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History In June 1953, Pilot Captain Suggs along with his radar operator Robert Markhoff were flying an intercept mission with a F-94C Starfire of a UFO that was seen over the alert area at Otis AFB. The plane successfully took off and was at 1500 feet when suddenly the engine, along with all electrical systems, quit and the plane began falling towards the ground. Frantic, Captain Suggs cut the nose to keep the aircraft from stalling. The plane was too close to the ground to accomplish an air start so Suggs ordered Markhoff to bail out. The canopy was then jettisoned and Suggs heard an explosion as Markhoff ejected. Suggs immediately followed suit and the plane continued on its course. Suggs landed safely. He landed but the most peculiar thing happened. There was no sound of a jet explosion. There wasn't even any sign of Robert Markhoff. Between the time when Suggs bailed out and he hit the ground, the aircraft had simply vanished. The only thing ever proving the existence of there being a plane ever in the air besides Captain Suggs was the canopy of the cockpit. Controversy The following was based on the testimony of Clarence Dargie who, in an interview with a radio reporter in Texas, told this story. There are inconsistencies that appear many times in his story. Barry Greenwood, an editor for The Computer UFO Network on the World Wide Web has investigated Dargie's account. He dug up records and there were no records that either a Captain Suggs or a Robert Markhoff ever existed. There is also data on the internet stating that there were squadrons flying the F-94C Starfire. Dargie said that the plane was the only one on the base. He might have bee right with that fact because the squadron might have been in the middle of a transition period. The Cape Cod Times also didn't include an article on the disappearance but Dargie said that the Air Force stated that they were lost at sea. A quick internat search shows that his account is the only one out there on this subject. The History Channel has opened up one of it's episodes with this story but why would they do it if he was the only one talking about this. Do they have some information that has previously been unpublished on the internet? That question is really the only thing that keeps the story alive as the potential eyewitnesses die off and take any proof that they might have with them. The Cape Cod Times articles also do mention that: And it may be at least that long before the government releases its files on the incident. The National Security Agency is withholding 131 secret documents about UFO sightings. Although it has been 20 years since the publication of this article, the Freedom of Information Act might provide access to these 131 secret documents. See Also
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