Flandersville Incident

The Flandersville Incident was an event that took place on June 19th, 1951, in which an experiemtnal aeroplane was shot down by the State of New Flanders Commonwealth Guard, when it were mistaken for an 'extraterrestrial transport'. The event took place not long after the film, Journey from San was released in theaters in Delamaria. Local residents reported seeing a large object hovering through the sky, this hovering effect was most likely an optical illusion as the aircraft was circling parts of the state, testing its engines.

At 11:30 AM the New Flanders State Commonwealth guard recieved multiple calls from city officials throughout the state, worried that they were under attack. Then New Flanders governor, Walter Murphy, was reported to be in the Governor's mansion's tornado shelter for the most part of the day. The Stirling Radio Centre in Stirling attempted to communicate with the aircraft on multiple occasions, at the direction of the State Commonwealth Guard, however it is believed that a technical failure within the aircraft prevented any communication with the craft.

At 12:55 PM, after numerous attempts to contact it, the aircraft was shot down by Air turrets at McKeelson Army Base, at the direction of New Flanders Commonwealth Guard commander Colonel Hayward Maple. The craft crashed into a farm near the town of Flandersville, destroying a small barn, and killing several cows on its way down. The area was cordened off by the State Commonwealth Guard until The Department of Defence could arrive. When officials arrived at the scene they realised what had happened and immediately contacted then airplane manufacturer Tourton, which was testing the aircraft, and reported it missing after it disappeared off its radar screens.