Kennworth Eaton, 76, vanished during a short flight on August 25, 2007, after departing Spadaro Airstrip in East Moriches in his white Piper Cherokee 6, tail number N5067T. He planned to land seven miles away at Francis S. Gabreski Airport in Westhampton but aborted his approach. His last voice contact came nine miles north of the airport; during that exchange an air traffic controller noted he sounded disoriented. The aircraft then disappeared from radar and the last known position was over the Atlantic Ocean.

The U.S. Coast Guard conducted an extensive search but found no sign of Eaton or the plane. A nearby fisherman reported hearing a low-flying plane and later saw floating debris including insulation, a tire, and black oil cans similar to those Eaton kept on his aircraft, but neither he nor any wreckage was recovered. Eaton lived with his daughter and was taking medication for an unspecified condition at the time. What happened after that final radio call remains unexplained.

Did anyone in the area in late August 2007 see or hear anything that could shed light on Eaton’s final flight?