Mysteries of Flight

Is it possible for an aircraft to be so fast that it can actually outrun its own bullets?

Who was it that fell from on high in 2019 and nearly landed on a Londoner in the process? And how did it happen?

The mystery of what happened to Gertrude Tompkins Silver is one of the most enduring missing aviator cases in American history.

There must be a good reason for it, right? There is, and we tracked it down.

The Super Connie went missing over a remote tract of open ocean. Sinister theories abound. But what really happened?

After a coastal patrol for Japanese submarines, a Navy blimp drifts inland and crash-lands near San Francisco. But first responders found the control car empty.

A mid-’80s outbreak of mystery craft by hundreds of people continues to defy explanation.

Why was the Piper Tomahawk suffering so many loss-of-control crashes? After an FAA/NTSB investigation and recertification, you’d think the answer would be clear. You’d be wrong.

Aliens? Secret government cabals? Teenagers? The entities behind multiple swarms of drones over the Midwest had no clear answers.

What really happened to the Boeing 777 that changed course and disappeared with 239 souls aboard?