I love a great conspiracy theory and we can add this one to the list. In late September we ran a story about the discovery of an Air Force F-89 fighter and UFO in Lake Superior. Recently, Divester reader Chad commented the Great Lakes Dive web site has gone missing. No page about the discovery of the jet and UFO. Not even a home page. Nothing.

After some quick Googling it seems that Great Lakes Dive may have pulled one over on us. According to a message forum I came across, MUFON, the Mutual UFO Network, covered this story in their November journal. The investigation failed to reach anyone from Great Lakes Dive so they're classifying the discovery as a hoax until the evidence can be substantiated.

Perhaps the discoverers went into hiding when (allegedly) threatened by a TV production company to "tell us the location of the dive site or else." The production company in question denied this but said they were "no longer interested in the story."

Chatter on the 'net labels it a hoax or an attempt to fraudulently raise money. Or maybe the "TV production company" was a nefarious black-ops military unit. Like I said, I love a good conspiracy!