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SUBJECT: AVAIATION WEEK ON PROJECT AURORA FILE: UFO2304
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PART 1
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List of AW&ST articles pertaining to the new Highspeed aircraft (Aurora?):
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1. Aviation Week May 11, 1992, page 62
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New Evidence Bolsters Report of Secret, High-Speed Aircraft
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2. Aviation Week Oct 1, 1990, page 20
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Secret Advanced Vehicles Demonstrate Technologies for
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Future Military Use
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3. Aviation Week Dec. 18, 1990 page 42
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4. Aviation Week Dec. 24, 1990, page 41
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Scientists' and Engineers' Dreams take to Skies as 'Black' Aircraft
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Herein follows partial text of article #2:
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AVIATION WEEK & SPACE TECHNOLOGY October 1, 1990
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SECRET ADVANCED VEHICLES DEMONSTRATE TECHNOLOGIES FOR FUTURE MILITARY USE
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Advanced secret aircraft developed at highly classified government
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facilities in the Nevada desert over the last decade are demonstrating and
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validating new technologies for the U.S.'s future fighters, bombers and
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reconnaissance platforms.
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Although facilities in remote areas of the Southwest have been home to
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classified vehicles for decades, the number and sophistication of new
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aircraft appear to have increased sharply over the last 10 years, when
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substantial funding was made available for "deep black" projects.
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Vehicles now flying from these well-guarded sites include both manned
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and unmanned hypersonic-capable aircraft designed to perform strategic
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reconnaissance and other, less conventionally defined missions. The
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classified fleet also comprises a number of large-winged concept
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demonstrators that evolved into the Air Force's B-2 bomber and the Navy's
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A-12 next-generation attack aircraft. Several vehicles, though, appear to
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incorporate technologies that outstrip those now employed by engineers
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charged with developing more traditional, current-generation aircraft.
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A number of these aircraft have been seen and heard repeatedly by
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ground-based and airborne observers in the western U.S. over the last few
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years. Based on about 45 reports provided by people who have seen, heard or
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had access to the advanced aircraft, there now appear to be at least two -
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but probably more - distinct types of vehicles!
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* A triangular-shaped, *quiet* aircraft seen with a flight of Lockheed
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F-117A stealth fighters several times since the summer of 1989. This may be a
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demonstrator or prototype of the General Dynamics/McDonnell Douglas A-12.
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Navy officials recently noted that full-size test models will soon be
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"exposed to public view" during testing, suggesting that predecessors of the
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A-12 are already flying.
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* A high-speed aircraft characterized by a very loud, deep, rumbling
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roar reminiscent of heavy-lift rockets. When observed at medium altitude,
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this aircraft type often makes a pulsing sound and leaves a thick, segmented
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smoke trail or contrail. Lighting patterns indicate the aircraft is on the
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order of 100+ ft. long, but no reliable description of a planform has been
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reported to Aviation Week & Space Technology.
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* A high-altitude aircraft that crosses the night sky at extremely high
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speed. Normally, *no engine noise or sonic boom is heard*. The vehicle
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typically is observed as a single, *bright light* - sometimes pulsating -
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flying at speeds far exceeding other aircraft in the area, and at altitudes
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estimated to be above 50,000 ft. Such aircraft have been reported by both
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ground-based and airborne observers. This may be the same vehicle as the one
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characterized by a loud, pulsing noise when flying at lower altitude and
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slower speed...
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...These primary types of "black" aircraft appear to employ relatively
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conventional propulsion systems, although more advanced than those available
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to the "white" world. In addition, there is substantial evidence that another
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family of craft exists that relies on *exotic propulsion and aerodynamic
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schemes not fully understood at this time*. Data pertaining to this type of
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vehicle are being studied by Aviation Week and several consultants.
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--- this is only a small part of a larger article. Get it at your Lib and read
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it all.
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* THE U.F.O. BBS - http://www.ufobbs.com/ufo *
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