Another update...

I had submitted an email with some questions to the WB-57 program
director over at NASA. Turned out he was the pilot that day!
Basically, they were testing some sort of communications equipment
for a contractor. The altitude was 55,000 feet.

http://www.skywise711.com/misc/WB57/WB57.html

Brian
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