A small general aviation aircraft penetrated the no-fly zone around the Space Shuttle Discovery as it prepared to launch on July 26 and was accosted by a NASA patrol craft, according to recent report. The NASA fighter dropped flares and forced the airplane to land at a nearby airport, but by the time authorities could reach it on the ground, the pilot had disappeared.
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Comment: I wonder if they will ever catch this guy. The entire episode reminds me of a science fiction story about time travelers who come back to our era to do their own thing, only to disappear once they've accomplished their mission. Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction.
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