Giant Black Triangles: Ours or Theirs?

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I have yet to meet anyone who doesn't have their own theory about what these enormous "black delta" craft might be. We've all heard about them by now and these craft have become the subject of quite a few UFO documentaries, books and internet articles. A quick search of youtube yields dozens of surprisingly clear videos from multiple states, but they seem to be concentrated in Pennsylvania, New York state (the Hudson Valley region), Illinois and of course, southern California. Seeing giant delta shaped and boomerang shaped craft near Bakersfield, CA is at the very least unsurprising given the plethora of black budget aerospace companies that call the area home. However, NY, PA and IL make much less sense if these craft are indeed 'ours.'

This leads me to several important questions that anyone researching this topic should ask:

1) IF there are indeed delta craft in excess of 300 feet in diameter flying low above the heads of stunned onlookers in the Hudson Valley, where exactly are these craft based out of? Upstate NY and PA do not have any operational airbases. The nearest candidate would be Andrews, home of Air Force One. The problem here is that aside from the AF1 hangar, there aren't any hangars at Andrews capable of stowing such a craft. Additionally, the base is surrounded on all sides by residential areas including schools and neighborhoods. Not an ideal base to store an ultra secret black budget aircraft.

2) IF these craft are military in nature, WHY on earth would you fly slowly and at times treetop-level above rural areas such as Pine Bush, NY and Harrisburg, PA? This makes zero sense from a logical standpoint. The first rule of black budget aircraft is to keep them as hidden as possible. Clearly, these delta and boomerang-shaped craft have no problem being seen, and in some cases seem to intentionally draw attention to themselves.

3) WHAT is the story with the utterly insane lighting patterns and non-FAA regulation navigational lights? I can picture a craft such as this needing to pass over a rural area en route to another destination. If so, would it not make sense to go completely dark? No lighting whatsoever? A black craft in a black sky with no lights would very likely not be noticed by the average person, yet the lighting configuration of almost all of these craft go completely against the normal pattern of military thinking.

Clearly, this phenomenon isn't a figment of people's imaginations. There have been far too many sightings in far too many states by qualified eyewitnesses to dismiss this as just one craft, or a flight of daredevil ultralight pilots in formation, or a military spy blimp. Multiple police officers observed and followed this type of craft during the now infamous Highland, Illinois incident in January of 2001. There's a great deal of data available regarding this incident which I'll go into later.

So let's take a look at some possible theories...

 TR-3B "Astra"

There has been much talk of this so-called TR3B anti-gravity craft originally brought to light by the controversial Edgar Fouche. I won't go into too much detail about his credentials and questionable background, you can research that on your own here. In a nutshell, this supposedly triangular craft meets most of the criteria of a 'nearly silent, giant black delta' craft. But again, WHY would the military knowingly and willingly reveal this craft to the populace, even if it's at night, and even if it's in a rural area? Is it accidental? Is it a remotely piloted craft not responding to commands? Can you imagine the fallout if one of these craft were to crash in a populated area?  None of these possibilities make any rational sense. Furthermore, the description of this craft given by Fouche and others in the aerospace industry do not exactly match descriptions given by the eyewitness's in NY, PA, IL and CA.

Military Spy Blimp

It's no secret that the military has had a distinct need for a very large low-observability surveillance platform with a long loiter time over target. A lighter-than-air vehicle with stealth capabilities would make perfect sense, and Lockheed, Boeing and Northrup Grumman have all explored this avenue (with as yet unknown results). The only military blimp to make it into the 'white world' is the U.S. Army’s Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle (LEMV) which flew for the first time from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, NJ on August 7th. The only problem with the airship theory is that it rules out the majority of the sightings due to the sheer speed and acceleration characteristics. A blimp cannot accelerate from a near standstill to 600+ mph "like ice on a hotplate" as one Highland, IL police officer vividly described his sighting. The slow speed and 'faint humming' sound is certainly in line with the airship theory, but the acceleration and lighting characteristics are not.

Another Type of Military Anti-Gravity Craft?

Almost all of these sightings have the earmarks of an electrogravitic craft. Extremely slow speed combined with extreme acceleration. Silent operation, aside from a low 'humming' sound. Some witnesses even describe an electrostatic charge in the atmosphere: hair standing up on their arms and heads, and even overwhelming feelings of serenity and calm which in the past have been associated with exposure to intense electromagnetic fields. 

This still begs the question--why on earth would the military be flying quite possibly the most advanced piece of technology in it's inventory through the Hudson Valley, or above a series of small towns east of St. Louis? Well, in the case of the southern Illinois incident there's always the possibility that this craft was being tested out of the Boeing Phantomworks facility located at Lambert field in St. Louis, or even out of nearby Scott AFB. A close friend of mine was stationed at Scott AFB in a senior management position during the Highland sighting. I questioned this person regarding that event and they had no recollection of any unusual activity around the base at that time. Would this person have given up any details if there HAD been activity? Perhaps... or perhaps not. Regardless, the Highland incident would have been a major black eye for the military. Having multiple law enforcement officers communicating with eachother across multiple jurisdictions about an enormous, well-lighted delta shaped craft is the last thing the military--or an aerospace manufacturer--wants.

Clues to The Origin?

One possible clue to the origin of these black triangles may be found in the testimony of Dennis Bossack, a Rhode Island resident:

Dennis reports that on February 15, 1999, a triangle passed overhead heading west to east while he was driving on Route 138 north of Woodville. He lost sight of it due to the trees. A few days later, on February 20, he and his wife were sitting in their sunroom at 11:40 PM. They were watching a fox feed on bread they had put outside, when a craft appeared heading in a southerly direction. They stepped out on the porch for a closer look. Dennis states, "The craft passed over us silently, slowly, steadily and very low. The underside of it was dimly lighted by a hazy white light, thus making it possible to see the logo. The logo was a triangle edged in yellow containing the Earth being struck by two lightning bolts with the number '1' in the right hand corner. As it approached, a feeling of serenity and calm came over us making it a wonderful feeling to watch as it passed overhead. I estimate the speed of the craft at five to ten miles and hour. The size was approximately 40 feet in length and forty feet wide at the rear of the craft with the nose of the craft forming a point. The craft looked similar to a Stealth fighter, however it was a much larger plane.* The altitude of the craft was about one hundred feet, I repeat there was not a sound from the craft and it did not even create a breeze. I would appreciate any answers you might have to as what this craft is or who it belongs to." Thanks to Dennis Bossack. Editors Note: I have spent several hours on the phone interviewing Dennis who states the logo or insignia was five feet in diameter and at the front was the Omega symbol. The two lightning strikes that penetrate Earth begin at the 11 and 1 o'clock position. A similar lightning symbol was used by Roman soldiers conquering ancient Britain. The lightning strikes could infer a discharge of atmospheric electricity or perhaps intentions of colonizing Earth. We are also receiving strange communications from someone claiming to be Robert Omega. The Bossack's are respectable home owners mystified by this sighting.

*Note: The F-117 Nighthawk 65 feet in length with a 43 foot wingspan, so my guess is that Dennis' estimates on the size may have been slightly off or it may have been higher than 100 feet (which is incredibly low). When untrained observers witness something very unusual their sense of size and distance tends to be compromised. I suspect this craft was larger than 40 feet in diameter and very likely higher than 100 feet in altitude. But his detailed description of the craft's insignia is what's most important here.

Interestingly enough, his description of the insignia on this craft closely matches that of the US Space Innovation & Development Center out of Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado. IF these craft are US military, then it would make sense that they are involved in space warfare and would be under the command of this division of the military.

Doing a bit more digging around I discovered several other military patches that match elements of Dennis' description, one of them (interestingly enough) being a Cadet Squadron at the Air Force Academy in Colorado. Are we starting to see a pattern of triangular shapes, lightning bolts, the globe, yellow numerals and ties to Colorado? I certainly am.

David Wilcock wrote an excellently in-depth and informative piece entitled "US Space Command: The Proof is in The Patches" which delves further into the symbology of military insignias. I highly recommend reading the article as it is truly a 'rabbit hole' worthy of falling into. We can only begin to guess at the origin and meanings behind patches such as these (note the #1 in the patch to the left). Trevor Paglen wrote a book about patches of the clandestine world which is also worth checking out.

But my main point here is that all of these elements point toward a man-made craft likely operated by the military in a space warfare/defense role. So WHY reveal these craft to people in areas of the country that make little sense? If these craft were routinely being seen in and around areas such as Nellis AFB, southern California and Tonopah, Nevada it would make perfect sense. But they're not only being seen there. Why the Hudson river valley? Why Pennsylvania? Why southern Illinois? WHY? There is a serious logic problem with all of this and it bothers me on multiple levels. These sightings make zero rational sense. Either the military has gotten extremely sloppy (unlikely) or one or more aerospace manufacturers have gotten extremely sloppy (equally unlikely).

This leaves us with our final possibility--that these craft are not military.

What if They're Not Ours?

So let's assume for the sake of this article that these craft are extraterrestrial in origin as many people believe (excluding Dennis' sighting). Well, that opens up a whole new can of worms, doesn't it? But I still question what their interest was/is in these particular areas. It could be anything.

• Were they searching for something or someone?
• Was this part of a sequence of abductions?
• Were they interested in our nuclear power plants?
• Or were they having some technical problems with no real intention of ever being spotted?

We simply don't know. But what we DO know is that these giant black triangles and enormous boomerangs don't seem to be fading into the background. In fact, they're being seen more and more not just in North America, but all over the globe. This fact alone starts to lend more credence to these things not being of earthly origin. The military has no need to spy on some kid in the countryside. Is this a system of acclimation on the part of the military if they're ours? Or conversely, visitors slowly getting people used to the idea of seeing a giant black delta craft in the skies above them? We don't have all the answers yet, but I do think we're getting closer.

Note: For further research into this topic, check out the report on "The Enigma of the Black Triangles" published by the National Institude of Discovery Sciences (NIDS) in 2004. NIDS no longer exists, but I managed to pull this report from Archive.org and placed it on the TOR server for download.

Recommended Black Delta & Boomerang Videos:

UFO Hunters: Giant Triangles (S3/E1 - Full Episode)




Very detailed eyewitness sighting of a black delta craft from an experienced pilot:



Two terrified women film a boomerang/arrowhead shaped craft flying silently and slowly above the side of a highway 60 miles north of Bakersfield, California. Very good footage from two obviously frightened witnesses. Note the background sounds from the highway and total lack of aircraft-related sounds. Download entire 16 minutes worth of footage here.   



Very good video of triangular shaped craft over Murraysville, Pa in January of 2011. Murraysville was actually in the midst of a full-on UFO flap at this time:



Craft filmed in Michigan with an extremely unusual lighting pattern. Again, the eyewitness seems genuinely concerned about what it is:



If any of our viewers out there have their own delta/boomerang-shaped craft firsthand testimony or videos they would like to share, please contact us via email.

Agent K

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ADDENDUM: Eyewitness Accounts

We received a first-hand eyewitness account of a black triangle craft up close and personal from one of our readers, Drew Hempel (he granted us permission to use his name): 

 

So summer 1997 I'm in the living room with my sister watching X-files.  The show ends.  I saunter over to the sliding door window out to the deck.  I see lights on the horizon -- across a field -- towards the West in a rural area.  I get my sister and she gets bored and goes in.  I rule out the lights -- not a helicopter, not car headlights, not a tower light, etc.  Large spheres each a different color doing inexplicable manuevers.  Suddenly I see the lights now attached to a craft heading directly towards our land -- again from the horizon.  It is now over our neighbors' forest -- so I can see it flying slow, low just over the large oak trees.  So probably 100 feet up.

So then the craft comes onto our land -- and it flies right over the hill and over the big oak tree on the edge of our yard.  I can see the full craft -- a perfect equilateral triangle.  I could have maybe hit it with a rock but I didn't dare take my eyes off the craft.  It was slow but making a humming noise.  Lights on each corner and in the center.  It then flew over our garage and driveway and continued over the forest on our land -- slowly moving west -- out across the river valley.

This was in Minnesota in the St. Croix river valley about an hour north of the Twin Cities.  So I looked up MUFON database and I discovered about half a dozen similar sightings - one in North Minneapolis - same thing slow and low -- right in the city!!  Another was on the other side of the St. Croix in Wisconsin only the person saw the craft take over at unimaginable speed.

So then I researched it more - I read Curt Sutherly's UFO Mysteries book which has a chapter on the big black triangles and I looked into Ed Fouche's claims and I watched the doc on the Belgium sightings online....

Your article with the logo info is new to me - I'm sure this is a secret military craft.  Nick Redfern sent me his document reference of a 1952 sighting of a big black triangle craft flying off a U.S. military airforce base in the U.K.

So I think this is Tesla-Nazi type technology that was experimental after WWII and has now been mass produced.

I'm not ruling out the "gray alien" bit but the vid you posted of someone witnessing the grays and a big "oriental" e.t. guiding them -- sorry but that sounds like a bunch of bunk to me.

Anyway I look forward to this mystery being solved -- hopefully -- it is something exciting to ponder for the future to reveal.

take care,

drew hempel

p.s. feel free to repost this.

But Drew's account is only one of many. I've included several more eyewitness accounts from different states and different timeframes below. Where there's smoke, there's usually a fire... and the big black triangles aren't going away!

The following is a true and accurate account of my sighting in Seattle Washington which occurred in 1993. I believe it was in the month of November.

It was a Sunday night about 9:30. I often had occasion to be driving north about that time of evening on Sundays and I usually took the I-5 freeway. This time, however, I knew the freeway, northbound, was jammed up due to an accident. So I took an alternate route which eventually led me to what I think was East Marginal Way, right next to the main Boeing Aircraft facility in Seattle.

As I was traveling, northbound, I noticed three red lights low in the sky ahead of me and to my right. They were moving in unison, very slowly across my field of vision from east to west. At first I thought they must be the lights of a low flying plane, perhaps about to land. Then I thought, no, they must be helicopters because a plane, even if it was landing, wouldn't be moving that slowly. The trouble was, I couldn't actually see the craft or crafts that the lights were attached to.

They were, maybe, a half mile ahead of me, about 30 degrees to my right. Normally, I wouldn't have paid much attention to this because I'd been making that Sunday night drive past Boeing (although via the freeway) for twelve years. This is also not too far from the Sea-Tac Airport.

In all that time I'd seen plenty of airplanes and helicopters flying low in this area. But something was different this time. It took me a minute to realize what it was. It was the fact that the lights weren't  blinking. I thought that was odd. It seemed to me every airplane or helicopter I've ever seen flying at night had blinking lights. I squinted my eyes as I drove toward the lights, trying to see just what I was actually looking at.

Although I was now only about two blocks away from being directly under the flight path of these lights, I still could not make out what they were attached to. However, from their slow, steady movement, in unison, I was pretty sure all three of them were attached to a single object rather than being independent of each other.

By the time I was directly in line with their flight path, they were  about to enter the airspace above Boeing Field to my immediate left. At this point I was convinced it was a single, low-flying craft of some kind and I knew there was something very odd here. I pulled my car off to the side of the road and rolled down the window to get a better look. But the craft was now directly overhead so I had to get out of the car to see it.

I opened the car door and stepped out. Craning my neck to see the craft as it passed slowly directly over my head at an estimated altitude of less than 500 feet (Note: at the actual time of the sighting my impression was that the craft was perhaps only about 150 feet above me) I could see it was a gigantic black triangle. There is no other way to describe it because that's precisely what it was; a huge, black, triangle; not just
"sort of" triangular shaped, like one of those stealth jets I'd seen photos of.

It was just one big, three-sided, cookie-cutter-straight-edged, black, geometric shape; a triangle with one large, round unblinking red light at each of its three corners, flat up against the underside of the craft. There was a high, gray cloud cover that evening, subtly lit by the Seattle city lights in the distance. I could clearly and unobstructedly see the object like a huge, dense black silhouette against this gray ceiling.

I stood there almost not believing what I knew I was seeing. I actually said to myself, "Ok. What, exactly, are you seeing? You're going to want to remember every detail of this! Just the facts, now. What, exactly, do you see?" I made a mental inventory. "Black triangle. Red light on each corner, flat up against the underside of the craft. They don't blink. ...(Note: at this point it has proceeded on past me and was now over Boeing field) ...It looks like it's about seventy-five to a hundred feet above one of the main Boeing
hangars. It's moving very slowly. Maybe five miles per hour. It's heading west. It appears to be about the size of a football field."

Suddenly I realized, as I stood there in the dark on this quiet empty street, the object didn't make a sound! Maybe more than anything else, that's what made the whole thing so eerie. Something that huge, that close, moving through the air at a snail's pace should be making some kind of a sound. A hum. A rumble. Anything. But, no. It just moved across the sky like something out of a Steven Spielberg movie with the volume turned off.

I looked up and down the street to see if anyone else was witnessing this silent event, but the street was dark and empty in both directions. It occurred to me, however, that the thing had just passed directly over hundreds of cars on the freeway which was only a few miles east of where I was standing. I looked up again at the mysterious craft now blending into the dark horizon. I watched it until I couldn't see it anymore and then it was over.

I got back into my car and closed the door. The window was still open and I took another look. Nothing was there but the gray night sky, softly aglow from the distant city lights. It was as if nothing had happened. All the way home I just kept asking myself, "What the hell was that?" I'm still wondering.

Gary Val Tenuta

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Chad Mickelson writes...
I saw this object on May 5th 2010 and documented it in writing, very dark night no moon was with 5 friends and we all noticed it slowly moving towards us , I relized it wasnt a plane when there was no sound. It was slowly moving above the trees about 100-150ft off the ground, I would guess its size at about 4 or 5 football fields long and at least 8 stories thick, when it turned and went vertical on its side away from us is when I saw the size, it had large pale white lights on its corners and its belly, it lasted around 5 mins and was gone, I called the sheriffs office and they had deputies that saw it too. This happened around 10 at night in Olathe Kansas.

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Christof Van Tonder · Mossel Bay, Western Cape
Me and my friend were driving back from a party in the town of George back to Mossel Bay South Africa. It was exactly 12.12 midnight Friday 24th August 2012. We saw a big, dark triangular craft hovering very low next to the N2 highway. It didn't move for at least 2 minutes and didn't hear any loud noise. It then started moving very slowly across the highway, turned and moved west over the sea picking up speed and suddenly leaped forward until it was only as bright as the evening star, but yellowish. I followed it for at least 10 minutes in the sky moving like a sattelite, but with sudden pauses and leaps of speed in between flight. The triangle seemed to have been belly up when we saw it first with bright red lights in two corners and a yellowish pulsating light in the other corner. I saw this type of craft once before in the year 2000 near Hartbeespoort dam, Pretoria, SA also around midnight. That one was much bigger with a red light in each corner and a bright white light shining down in the ground....a milky substance to it. The 2000 sighting lasted 5 minutes and the craft was also next to our car on a highway and very low. I looked away and when I looked back it was gone! Can anyone please tell me what this is? 

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quemo1 (signed in using yahoo)
I saw one on May 5th, 2012. We've had a lot of different types of sightings here in Los angeles since Jan 2012. I guess there are 2 types of triangles. There's the Triangular object with the red light underneath. I heard that might be our military (see Aurora project-US government). Then there is the other flying V object. This is a V shaped UFO, not triangle, seen in Phoenix in 1997 by 10,000 people. This one is probably ET. I live south of the LAX airport and was on my balcony at 9 pm. While looking up at the stars, a cloaked V shaped (not triangle) was seemingly floating over my balcony at the same distance as a plane. It was totally silient and totally black but I could see the outline and the outline of the five lights total running along the "v". These were blacked out but a dark grey color. Nothing was on, no lights. It was cloaked. I even saw a "wobble" over the craft like looking at it through water. It took about 5 minutes to totally get out of my view. A few people posted on MUFOn that they saw it too. Not sure what this means to us though. Are they touring? surveying? Bored, lol? I guess more to come on this issue!

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sahaja4531 (signed in using yahoo)
I saw one just outside of Washington, D.C. in a suburban neighborhood in the middle of the night. It was so close I could have thrown a stone and hit it. It was flat black in color,triangular in shape, about 300' on a side and moving very slowly. It wasn't flying in the conventional sense of the word, it was just sliding through the air about as fast as a person walks, totally silent. It had a low light on each corner and no visible seams or openings. The technology employed is nothing we have on this world so the only conclusion I can come to is it is other-worldly. I would tell you more but I don't know anymore.

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tophasaurusrex via Reddit
I saw one of these about 2-3 weeks ago an I live in Central Valley of California. It was HUGE and was a perfect black triangle. I got off work at my job at Costco and arrives home at about 10:45 pm. The object was massive and black with a light at each point. The front one blinked like on any regulation aircraft. It was flying VERY low an VERY slow. It made almost no noise except for a high pitch electric motor like sound, not the usual jet engine noise. It was pretty scary at first, but at the same time I couldn't turn away and I watched it for about 5 minutes as it cruised off into the distance. It was the largest aircraft I have ever seen though, and oddly enough I told this story to a co worker last night and he said he saw the same thing when he lived in San Jose about 10years ago but this object was incredibly loud. He said the object he saw was incredibly large as well.

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The Mystery of the Anasazi: A Personal Account

So I'm going to digress a bit from the usual Object Report content to recount a rather recent story that I feel has some merit to it. Much like Agent D, I don't discuss things like this unless I feel it's prudent and valid.

I spend a great deal of time exploring the American southwest since I reside there. Not too long ago I took an acquaintance on a backcountry jeep excursion through Canyon de Chelly in Chinle, AZ. About 6 hours into the trip, and after much sharing and bonding about respecting the people of the land with our well traveled and older American Indian guide (name withheld), I asked a very simple question, as I often do.

I said, "What's the most bizarre and strange thing you've ever encountered out here? Doesn't matter what it is... just totally weird."  

Our guide was quiet for a moment, just the sound of the jeep tires splashing through the muddy waters of the recently flooded riverbed. And here's how the conversation went, verbatim...

"Well... my grandfather told me a story once that I'm still not sure I believe, but he was a gambler and enjoyed his liquor, so I don't know..."

Me: "What did he say?"

"He lived deep within the canyon, what you see here is only a fraction of what you know of the canyon. He lived way back inside on his patch of land with some sheep. He had to hike down from his hogan on the top of the mesa into the bottom of the canyon to tend to the sheep every day. It was a difficult climb. One day while he was in the canyon he saw two people waving to him from a distance, they were dressed in traditional clothes and he initially thought they were part of some tourist related re-enactment or something like that. Nobody dressed like that, it was modern times, you know. He walked over to them and they spoke to him in the ancient tongue."

At this point I asked our guide what "ancient tongue" meant and the reply was;

"You know how someone that speaks Spanish can speak to another Spanish person and only understand part of what they're saying because they're from a different country? A different dialect? Well, it's sort of like that. He could only partially understand what they were saying, like... broken english for you?"

Me: "Yes, I understand what you mean. What did these people look like?"

"He said they were very small, less than five feet tall, and they were very curious of him, but also very cautious. He told me that he suddenly realized at that moment that they were the 'ancient ones', what you know as the Anasazi. He told me that he said to them 'You should come out and join us, we will accept you into our nation.' But they refused and said others would 'study them' and 'disrupt' their way of life, so they had to remain hidden. They contacted him out of curiosity since they had been watching him climb in and out of the canyon for quite some time."  

At this point our guide attempted to elaborate on what he meant by 'study them' which our guide compared to a news station suddenly knocking at your front door and wanting to film your day to day life. These people--regardless of who they are--were very secretive and didn't want to be messed with. Fair enough.

He continued on with, "My grandfather asked them how they could have remained hidden for so long and he said that one of them placed his hand on the rock wall and said 'we live behind these walls as we always have.'"

Me:  "Wow. That's a pretty big statement to make."

"My grandfather may have been a gambler and a drunk, but he wasn't a liar. I know that much."

Sounds like a native American tall tale told to a tourist, right? Of course it does. So why would I bother writing about this? Because I looked this person in the eyes and I knew they weren't lying to me. This person truly believed their grandfathers story beyond the shadow of a doubt and I have to respect that.

There are unanswered questions out there, not just in the field of ufology or cryptozoology, but in our existence as a species. There are many races who have come and gone long before us. We're not the first kids on the block, nor will we be the last. We should never falter in our pursuit of answers to these questions we keep asking ourselves. We owe it to US.

Agent K

"That's Classified" : Air Force UFO Secrets Revealed by Mike Schratt

I've personally spoken to Mike Schratt on several occasions, and I can vouch for the veracity of his claims. He is without a doubt a true Ufologist & researcher of the highest standards. Lot's of great information here in an easily digestible format. The camera work is rough at times, but it's well worth your time to watch. Highly recommended.

Agent K

Separating Fact from Fiction: Project Silver Bug, the Military and Reverse Engineering

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There has been quite a bit of fervor on the internet recently regarding the release of information pertaining to the US Air Force's attempt at creating a 'flying saucer' or 'UFO' as some articles have dubbed it. I would like to set a few things straight for the record about the whole "Project Silverbug" story. For starters, this is not a 'new' story at all even though it's being touted as such. A declassified version of the "Joint ATIC-WADC Report on Project Silver Bug" from February 15, 1955 was actually posted on the CUFON website in 1998 which included diagrams, design concepts and proposed specifications for a several different craft configurations. Even Wired's Dangerroom picked up the story of "Project 1794" and ran with it like it was brand new information.

First, some brief background on the Avro Canada project...

It was born in the Cold War era as a possible way of hiding high performance aircraft from Russian A-bombs, but it remains shrouded in mystery. The only mention the Air Force makes of that project is in The Report on Project Silver Bug, written in 1955 by the Air Technical Intelligence Center and Wright Air Development Center,  It proposed the mounting of a research and development project into the building of a jet-propelled flying saucer, capable of both vertical takeoff and landing along with supersonic speeds up to 1,500 mph. If successful, the craft would have been based underground, thus avoiding the need for long runways and easily-distinguished bases which would have been easily taken out by a single nuclear bomb or missile warhead.  More here...

There were quite a few configurations proposed by the Avro Canada company, but only one of them ever made it to the actual working prototype phase, and that was the "Avrocar" It famously went on to become the joke that's forever been associated with the Silver Bug project.

But the ultimate goal was to build a VTOL saucer shaped craft capable of Mach 2+ using conventional jet engines arranged in a radial pattern.

In 1954, a memo was fired off to CIA department heads demanding intelligence on new 'saucer-like' flying machines being developed by Britain and Canada. So began the race to develop the most unlikely weapon of the Cold War. The year was 1952 and the cold war was at full chill. Joe McCarthy's Un-American Activities Committee was looking for reds under beds, and UFO sightings were spreading like an epidemic across the United States. Even air-force pilots reported being pursued by flying saucers. The sense of dread was turning to frenzy and the CIA decided something had to be done. In one of his many memos on the subject, H Marshall Chadwell, the deputy head of the agency's Office of Scientific Intelligence, declared that "something was going on that must have immediate attention". He and others in the CIA were concerned that the Soviet Union was developing a secret weapon based on the "flying discs" the Nazis were rumoured to have constructed in the last months of the war.

Here's the second point I'd like to make: Project Silver Bug had almost nothing to do with a separate program of reverse-engineering of alien technology being conducted by the military in the US. Over the years the two have become intertwined with eachother and really they're apples and oranges. The key fact to remember here is that all of these designs were based upon conventional propulsion methods, nothing exotic. The VTOL designs were unique enough, but at the end of the day they were still jet powered.

Military Run Reverse Engineering Programs

The really interesting research was happening underground in places such as Area 51, Lockheed's Skunkworks, Dryden Flight Research Center and Wright Patterson AFB. This research involved the reverse engineering of 'foreign technology' obtained by the US government from a variety of sources, including but not limited to the Roswell wreckage. From this research came electrogravitic propulsion methods along with breakthroughs in the ionization of airframes to reduce and/or eliminate drag entirely. This was the truly exotic stuff that was never declassified, and never will be. All we have is deathbed testimony from multiple people who were intimately involved in such programs.

“We already have the means to travel among the stars, but these technologies are locked up in black projects, and it would take an act of God to ever get them out to benefit humanity. Anything you can imagine, we already know how to do. We now have the technology to take ET home. No, it won’t take someone’s lifetime to do it. There is an error in the equations. We know what it is. We now have the capability to travel to the stars. First, you have to understand that we will not get to the stars using chemical propulsion. Second, we have to devise a new propulsion technology. What we have to do is find out where Einstein went wrong.”  ~ Ben Rich, deceased Director of Lockheed Skunk Works  (source)

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The reverse engineering programs being conducted by the military were highly compartmentalized "Umbra" level special access projects. No one person had all of the pieces of the puzzle, if you were working within the program you only knew what you needed to know to complete your specific job.

"Anti-gravitational research was going on. We know that there were some captured craft from 1947 in Roswell, they were real. And, yes, we really did get some technology from them. And, yes, we really did put it to work. We knew each other from what we call an unseen industry. We can term it black, deep black, or hidden. The knowledge I have of these technologies came from the craft that were captured here. I didn`t see the craft, nor did I see the bodies, but I certainly know some of the people that did. There was no question that there were beings from outside the planet." ~ Mr. Don Phillips, former Lockheed engineer, CIA employee.

The bottomline is that as unique and ambitious as project Silver Bug was, it paled in comparison to the truly compartmentalized research project going on in the US in the decades following the cold war. Avro Canada's saucer fighters were a product of cold war fears, paranoia and was at least partially an attempt to put their company on the map with a joint US venture.

The technology that currently exists within today's classified black budget programs would almost certainly blow our collective minds. Every once in awhile something slips out of the darkness and escapes into the 'white world' and it's only a matter of time before we start to see some amazing things in the skies above us. The giant black triangles and boomerang shaped craft are just the tip of the iceberg...

Agent K

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