Your theory fo a vaporizing pilot becausde of a load of jet fuel is off as well (most shooy dwons occur when the fuel left is just enough to get that aircraft back to base).
If you do your homework again (and I can help you with that since each and every day I posdt the Missong for all years for that day on the calendar), you'll note that there indeed are NO Missong...out government simply declared them all dead (KIA/BNR...Killed in Action/Body Not Recovered) in 1973 just to close the books.
Boonie Rat
MACV SOCOM, PhuBai/Hue '65-'66