Ever since I learned the full details of the five WWII torpedo bombers (they were even featured in Close Encounters) I realized it’s all explainable. Those guys just ignored their compasses because they thought they were over one land mass when they were really over a different one. If they’d followed their compasses they would have been fine.
Stuff like that. And then the TV shows over the last six decades sensationalize normal stuff.
cuban leaf wrote: “Ever since I learned the full details of the five WWII torpedo bombers (they were even featured in Close Encounters) I realized it’s all explainable. Those guys just ignored their compasses because they thought they were over one land mass when they were really over a different one. If they’d followed their compasses they would have been fine.”
Actually, it was the flight commander’s fault when he chose to ignore his compass even when other flyers questioned his judgement.
Not a big surprise to anyone who has watched some junior officers trying to navigate using a compass.