From Starr's memoirs page: "On several occasions, me and my wing man had visual confirmation of what could only be described as a UFO, mostly cigar shaped objects with no visible means of propulsion and yet each time we gave chase at full throttle, they left us behind as if we were standing still.

In 1950, Starr was the primary test pilot of the previous world's smallest airplane record holders named Sky Baby and Stits SA-1A Junior.

[5] During one of the subsequent flights of the Bumble Bee II, the engine failed on downwind and the plane was destroyed in the resulting crash.

[6] The Bumble Bee I previous world record holder plane is on permanent display at the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona.

In civilian life he had participated in most of the largest Air Shows in the United States and had also been a test pilot for experimental aircraft over the years.