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A-12 Blackbird #06928 / #125

Location: Lost on January 5, 1967 at Groom Lake, NV.

With a faulty fuel gauge, CIA Pilot Walt Ray was on final to Groom Lake, NV, when the A-12 ran out of fuel. Walt Ray ejected from the aircraft, he failed to seperate from the ejection seat and was killed when he landed in seat.

Author: Blackbird Historian
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