Dec 22 1969
From The Space Library
USAF ordered temporary halt to F-111 operations following 15th F-111 crash since aircraft's inception in 1965. Accident occurred 45 mi northwest of Nellis AFB, Nev., when aircraft, in shallow dive to drop smoke bombs and fire rockets, struck ground past target and exploded, killing USAF pilots Maj. James L. Anthony and L/C Thomas J. Mack. (Witkin, NYT, 12/23/69, 13)
Washington Evening Star editorial commented on Dec. 17 USAF termination of Project Blue Book: "Loyal saucer people, undeterred by bureaucratic huffiness, will now look forward to that impending twilight when a strange galaxy of glowing, humming, reds, greens and lavenders will settle over the [USAF] Academy at Colorado Springs, spirit it away to Arcturus or Andromeda and put the specimens in a zoo." (W Star, 12/22/69, A14)
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