Interesting picture on the F-117 site!

www.f-117a.com...

Check this out! it supposedly crashed at Groomlake? what could it be?!

It looks like the highly vaunted TR-3B.

Is it meant to be flying? Is it on the ground? Is it even an aircraft? It could even be just something like a stadium even.

Id say it will probably remain unidentified.

If I was to guess it would be the Have Blue Prototype on a night flying mission. Notice the illuminated region underneath the craft where it appears there’s a flat region with parts sloping upwards towards the wings.



Although the landing gear seems a bit too forward on the fuselage on the Have Blue. But looking at the original picture the landing gear looks unnaturally too much to the rear suggesting this could be a flying wing concept where we are looking at this from a very acute angle. B2 equivalent of the Have Blue project? – who knows.


[edit on 28-3-2005 by Vanguard]

My guess will remain on the TR-3B

for the people too lazy to go to the link:





[edit on 28/3/2005 by GrOuNd_ZeRo]

I think its a relative of the 1st gen of stealth aircraft. Anything newer we would be seeing continuous curvature to attain stealth - that underside shows flat panels.

Just look how far back that landing gear is??

[edit on 28-3-2005 by Vanguard]

closest thin out of groom lake remotely like rhis is a 90 degree squared off flying wing. only seen pictures recently. this apears to be a triangle. also what apear to be landing struts are the brightest lit, all in all very interesting. also very straight edged and angled do not see any sign of roundness or curves to it.

That looks like the F-117 to me. the front landing gear door is the giveaway., as well as the shape and angle of the nose. The two lights on the top are also in the same location as the visible lighting you can see when it is on the ground. Also at the time of the reported crash (1987) the F-117 was not public knowledge yet.


But maybe that is the TR-3B.. i have to squint a bit