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SUBJECT: MULTIPLE SIGHTINGS OF SECRET AIRCRAFT FILE: UFO2305
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PART 2
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Excerpts from Aviation Week Oct 1, 1990 pg. 20:
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MULTIPLE SIGHTINGS OF SECRET AIRCRAFT HINT AT NEW PROPULSION,
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AIRFRAME DESIGNS
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Multiple reports from well-qualified observers lend substantial credence
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to the existence of numerous secret aircraft flying from remote bases in the
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southwestern U.S., regardless of the political, funding or technical
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arguments against that probability.
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Over the past 13 months, large, triangular wing-shaped aircraft
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characterized by a relatively quiet propulsion system have been the objects
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of at least 11 sightings near Edwards, AFB, Calif., and one near Fresno,
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Calif. These are supported by additional reports of similar vehicles seen and
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heard around remote central Nevada communities near government ranges
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operated by the Energy Dept. and the Air Force.
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Possibly prototypes of concept demonstrators of the Air Force B-2 or
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Navy A-12, the fairly flat, triangular-shaped vehicles have a rounded nose,
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rounded wingtips and probably no vertical tail surfaces. The flying wings'
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trailing edges may be slightly curved, but definitely are not sawtooth-shaped
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like those of the Air Force's B-2 bomber, according to reports received so
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far. One ovserver in Nevada described the shape as "like a manta ray."
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Key sightings include:
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* A daytime observation near the Tehachapi mountains (about 30 mi.
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northwest of Edwards AFB) in early May verified this craft's triangular
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shape. Numerous earlier sightings had been at night, although several were
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under a near-full moon that provided enough illumination to identify a large,
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triangular planform. The Tehachapi report noted that the aircraft was
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light-colored, but had a dark area near the center of the trailing edge,
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presumed to be the engine exhaust area.
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* On the night of May 3, 1990, a quiet aircraft matching the triangular
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description was reported by five different observers over a 4-hr. period. One
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or more of the aircraft made multiple passes over Tehachapi, Mojave,
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Lancaster and Palmdale, Calif., during this time.
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* A triangular aircraft also has been seen flying with multiple-ship
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Lockheed F-117A flights. Typically, the stealth fighters fly alone, spaced
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about 8-10 min. apart - a general pattern that has characterized F-117
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operations since they were first observed in California in mid-1989.
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However, on several occasions, the larger, traingular aircraft appeared
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on the same general flight path as the F-117As. It was seen after about three
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or four of the stealth fighters had passed, yet was ahead of another three or
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four. It has been spotted repeatedly over the northern end of the Antelope
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Valley, near Edwards AFB and Mojave, Calif., as well as in central Nevada.
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This vehicle is quiter that the F-117As - which already are
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substantially quieter than an F-15 or F-16 - and definitely larger. It
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normally displays a lighting pattern similar to that of the F-117s - single
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amber lights under the wingtips and a red beacon near the nose - but can be
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distinguished by its characteristic hushed engine noise and larger planform.
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All observer descriptions of the triangular aircraft correlated closely,
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and the observer who reported seeing the vehicle before sunset sketched a top
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view. That sketch matched descriptions of similar vehicles supposedly seen in
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Nevada-based government hangars several years ago and flying in military
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operating areas nearby...
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...A totally separate, distinctly different type of aircraft seen and
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heard in California and Nevada over the last year is characterized by a loud,
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very deep, rumbling engine noise, At times, the exhaust noise is punctuated
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by a slow-frequency (about 1 Hz.) pulsing sound, which has prompted observers
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to call this aircraft the "pulser." The aircraft also produces a
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sausage-link-shaped smoke trail or vapor contrail when it is pulsing. This
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vehicle is not the triangular-shaped aircraft discussed earlier, and may be
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capable of hypersonic speeds.
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At other times, however, the aircraft exhibits a more continuous noise
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without the pulsing characteristic. Observers are confident it is the same
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type of aircraft, based on its distinctive deep, loud roar.
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There have been multiple reports of "pulser" flights, including:
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* The first, in July, 1989, at about 3 a.m. near Edwards AFB, Calif. The
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vehicle was at medium altitude, flying very fast and exhibiting the
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characteristic pulsing sound. The "pulser's" position was marked by a *white
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glow*, rather than a distinct point of light.
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* An early evening takeoff from Edwards AFB on Oct. 18, 1989.
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* Multiple reports of an aircraft having a deep, pulsing roar flying
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over central and eastern Nevada during the early morning hours throughout the
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past year.
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* Eight separate reports of an aircraft exhibiting the same
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characteristics, always flying on a northerly heading near Mojave, Calif.,
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between midnight and about 5 a.m. It was typically at lower altitude and
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slower speeds than when first seen in July, often had a slower pulsing sound
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and displayed only two position lights.
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* Six reports of an extremely fast-moving vehicle in southern
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California's skies, ranging from Santa Barbara on the Pacific coastline to
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near George AFB at the eastern end of the Antelope Valley. These aircraft
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typically were flying at very high altitude, were seen as a *single bright
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light*, and seldom changed direction. Speed changes have been observed, and,
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on occasion, a pulsing red or white light was seen. Whether these so-called
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fast movers also are the "pulser" aircraft is not known.
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A Santa Barbara observer estimated the aircraft crossed "some 350 mi. of
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night sky off the Pacific Missile Range bases in about 6 min." (about 3450
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mph!) One Aviation Week & Space Technology editor estimated a similar
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aircraft - seen as a bright point of white light - required less than 20 sec.
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to transit about 70 deg. of sky...
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...On Oct. 18, 1989, the "pulser" apparently took off from North Base,
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an airfield at the north end of the Edwards AFB complex primarily devoted to
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classified programs. The noise from that takeoff was described as extremely
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loud, with a deep, throaty rumble that shook houses 16 mi. away, drawing
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residents into the street. One observer claimed the noise compared with that
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of Saturn 5 rocket tests conducted at Edwards AFB in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Although no lights were seen, the deep, vibrating roar continued for
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about 5 min., and its source appeared to be climbing steeply to the north.
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"Your eyes tended to follow the noise; something was climbing at a very steep
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angle," one observer noted. Residents of surrounding communities reported
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that the sound "was like the sky ripping," and was unlike anything they had
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heard in the Edwards area for years.
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The same pulsing, very loud, rumbling type of engine noise has been
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reported by multiple observers in central Nevada as well. It typically was
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heard in the early morning hours and was described as having a 1-2 Hz. pulse
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rate. One Nevada-based observer said tha same pulsing aircraft departed from
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the Groom Lake range and flew over a neaby community as recently as Aug. 6.
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It was "the loudest thing I've ever heard. It wasn't breaking the sound
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barrier, but it was rattling the window!" *
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An interesting note: one of the drawings accompanying the text
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shows the object as a very rounded triangular shape glowing
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orange!
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* THE U.F.O. BBS - http://www.ufobbs.com/ufo *
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