US Air Force/National Museum of the United States Air Force
- An F-35 that went missing in South Carolina may have flown on autopilot for a time after its pilot ejected, though it's still unclear.
- There have been other similarly strange incidents.
- In 1970, an aircraft nicknamed the "Cornfield Bomber" pulled off a surprising unmanned landing with only minor damage after it's pilot bailed out.
It's possible that a F-35 stealth fighter that went missing over South Carolina flew on its own for a time after its piloted ejected. A little over fifty years ago, the US military encountered a similarly bizarre situation with a plane that landed itself and was later nicknamed the "Cornfield Bomber."