I am sending this story to an old Air Force buddy of mine as he had a similar experience with an Air Force Fighter. You can see and read about it in the Air Force Museum in Dayton Ohio.
I've seen that F106 a couple times at the museum. Was you buddy the pilot? Here's the link to the
plane and it's story at the museum http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/modern_flight/mf30.htm Jack Hoying
Fort Loramie, Ohio