Missing: Planes That Vanished Mid-Flight
The Why FilesNov 13, 2026
This Why Files campfire-style episode explores three aviation mysteries in which flights ended in tragedy or vanished without a trace. It covers the 1972 crash of Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 in the Everglades, reportedly followed by ghost sightings of its dead crew on other planes, the 1953 disappearance of an Air Force interceptor chasing an unknown radar target over Lake Superior, and the 1978 vanishing of pilot Frederick Valentich after he reported a strange craft circling his plane. Each case left behind witnesses, records, and questions that authorities never fully answered.
