A Williamsburg County, South Carolina 9-1-1 operator received a call for assistance from an unexpected organization last September after the US Marine Corps contacted the local first responders when an F-35 continued on a flight path after ejecting its pilot, ABC News reports.
“I believe we potentially have an aircraft that went down in Williamsburg County earlier today,” a major from Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort said according to call recordings made to the Williamsburg County emergency response center on September 18th after the advanced fighter mysteriously flew pilotless.
“You believe you have an aircraft that went down in Williamsburg County?” the dispatcher asked in response.
“That is correct,” the major replied. “We are trying to look for it and we are coming up dry so far.”