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Here is the relevant portion of the article mentioned by John Lear in
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the ParaNet.Alpha Ufology message section of 1/16/88.It is excerpted
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from the Feb. 88 issue of "GUNG-HO" (chinese for "worktogether").
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It bills itself as, "The Magazine For The International Military Man". The
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article is entitled, "Stealth and Beyond". It iswritten by "Al Frickey",
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believed to be a pseudonym in order to protect his identity.
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-Tom Mickus
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Stealth - And Beyond - A look at Aurora and Some "Unfunded Opportunities" (UFO)
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During this article,
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the Mach 3-plus (2,000 mph), SR-71 Blackbird hasbeen referred to for comparison
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several times. The SR first flew about 25 years ago. Twenty years or so before
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that, the hottest thing in th eair was the 450 mph P-51 Mustang. Today, there
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is Aurora, the codename given to a methane-powered, hypersonic,
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strategic-reconnais-sance aircraft capable of Mach 7 (5,000 mph) speed in the
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250,000 foot regime. Aurora has a three-man crew and has been operational
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since the mid-1980s, after a testing period in the Nellis Range. It is
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refueled after conventional takeoff by a specially rigged KC-135Q tanker jet,
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and can fly from Nellis to Kadena Air Force Base in Japan in less than two
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and a half hours. Aurora first came to public attention in 1985, when an
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unclassified procurement document disclosed its existence. Disclosure
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heightened speculation that the system was a stealth fighter or bomber, and
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program managers were happy to play along. Aurora's budget increase from
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$80 million in FY 86 to $2.3 billion in FY 87 was unprecedented, given that:
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(a) black-project budget figures are normally withheld; and (b) $80 million
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is very little for development, and $2.3 billion is a lot for operations.
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As for "UnFunded Opportunities," these are programs dealing with technology
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levels so advanced that one Air Force officer involved in SR-71 development
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said: "We are flight-testing vehicles that defy description. To compare them
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conceptually to the SR-71 would be like comparing Leonardo da Vinci's
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parachute design to the space shuttle." Other officers are similarily
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emphatic about the nature of these new systems. "We have things that
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are so far beyond the comphrehension of the average aviation authority as to
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be really alien to our way of thinking," says one retired colonel. Rumour
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has it some of these systems involve force-field technology, gravity-drive
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systems, and "flying saucer" designs. Rumour further has it that these designs
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are not necessarily of Earth human origin - but of who might have designed them
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or helped us to do it, there is less talk. "Let's just put it this way,"
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explained one retired Lockheed engineer. "We have things flying in the Nevada
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desert that would make George Lucas drool." (Editor's note and conclusion:
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The Air Force has had a unit at Nellis for several years; its name: Alien
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Technology Center. The first question is, do you think they are studying
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Mexicans? The center is rumored to have obtained alien ( not earth )
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equipment and, at times personnel to help develop our new aircraft star wars
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weaponry, etc. Yes, I know I sound crazy, but the rumour is aufully solid!
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The Alien Technology Center is for real. Something remarkable has caused the
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Russians to suddenly want to play ball, and I personally believe this could be
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it. Sure, it sounds strange, but the most advanced known airplane in today's
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world (SR-71) was secretly flying in 1963-64. Do you really think our best,
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23 years later, is the F-16?)
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END Opportunities (UFO)
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