Apparently ours (Well the USAF actually)!!!
You just never know what you’re liable to find digging around in the attic, or in this case at the National Declassification Center…
By Michael Rhodes
Recently declassified records from the Aeronautical Systems Division, USAF (RG 342 – Records of United States Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations) reveal some surprising, perhaps never-before-seen images:
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One wonders if this ‘actually’ started in 1947… (ducking the conspiracy theorists I ‘know’ will be coming out of the walls)…
You just never know what you’re liable to find digging around in the attic, or in this case at the National Declassification Center…
By Michael Rhodes
Recently declassified records from the Aeronautical Systems Division, USAF (RG 342 – Records of United States Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations) reveal some surprising, perhaps never-before-seen images:
The above illustration was discovered in the pages of a document titled “Project 1794, Final Development Summary Report” (d.1956) The caption reads “USAF Project 1794”. However, the Air Force had contracted the work out to a Canadian company, Avro Aircraft Limited in Ontario, to construct the disk-shaped craft. According to the same report, it was designed to be a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) plane designed to reach a top speed of Mach 4, with a ceiling of over 100,000 feet, and a range of over 1,000 nautical miles.
Read the full post HERE.
One wonders if this ‘actually’ started in 1947… (ducking the conspiracy theorists I ‘know’ will be coming out of the walls)…
Don’t know why it was classified. Popular Mechanics and Popular Science had articles on it years ago.
Well, the research on it started in ’47 … heh heh heh.
Sounds like a hoax to me.
WSF- True, but it WAS the USAF… I think they classify the trash can schedule…
Rev- 🙂
Andy- Nope this actually appears to be real!
Vertical Takeoff capable.
100K Ceiling.
Top speed of Mach 4, and a 1,000 mile range.
What’s that Air Force Motto…
AIM HIGH?
GB- Yep, they did, but didn’t quite get there for another 15+ years…
Interesting…..
Agirl- Isn’t it though…
I could swear I see strings in that picture…
I swear I can see the strings in that illustration…